Preseason Game #6 Cavaliers VS 76ers Oct. 21st 7:00PM (ET)

[calleger]

Oct 21ST 2008
7:00 pm
@

WTAM 1100 AM NEWS RADIO
NO TV

THE COACHES

Mike Brown
REGULAR SEASON
W 145 L 101 (.589)
POST SEASON
W 26 L 20 (.565)

Maurice Cheeks
REGULAR SEASON
W 275 L 272 (.503)
POST SEASON
W 5 L 11 (.313)

PROBABLE STARTERS

Cavs        76ers 

Mo Williams 

  PG  

 Andre Miller   

Sasha 

   SG  

 AI²       
 
King James 

  SF  

Thad Young 

Ben Wallace 

   PF  

Elton Brand   

Ilgauskas 

   C  

Dalembert 


THE BENCH

CLEVELAND:

Daniel Gibson|Tarence Kinsey|Wally Szczerbiak|J.J. Hickson|Anderson Varejao|Lorenzen Wright|Delonte West

FIGHTING TO MAKE ROSTER:

Jawad Williams|Ronald Dupree

PHILADELPHIA:

Louis Williams|Royal Ivey|Willie Green|Kareem Rush|Reggie Evans|Donyell Marshall|Theo Ratliff|Marreese Speights

FIGHTING TO MAKE ROSTER:

Jared Reiner

Injury Report:


CAVALIERS
Eric Snow (Knee)
Darnell Jackson (Wrist)

76ERS
Jason Smith (Knee)
Sam Dalembert (Questionable- Knee Soreness)

"Preseason games have no significance for one team or the other"
"I think if we come out of this injury-free and give a good effort, I think that's a good outcome for us," Ilgauskas said.

THINGS TO LOOK FOR

Speights has been excelling when given floor time. If he capitalizes on this extra time, he could cause the 76ers to contemplate starting him over Dalembert.

http://www.nba.com/fantasy/fantasy_playernews.jsp?date=10/18/08&type=news#elton_brand

The Mo Williams-Andre Miller little scrap was surprising considering neither have reps as hotheads and it was a preseason game. Mo was still chippy about it afterward, too, more than two hours after he was ejected.

He was upset Miller threw the ball at him after Mo took a charge in the first quarter and racked up two technicals. These two teams face off again on Tuesday in Philly. The last time I saw the Cavs have an intense preseason game in the midst of a home-and-home was in 2004 with the Celtics. The result was Paul Pierce spitting at the Cavs' bench during a game at Ohio State and Pierce and LeBron nearly coming to blows in the hallway after the game. Stay tuned.

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2008/10/brian_windhorsts_cavaliers_blo_1.html

If you want to have fun while attending a Cavs preseason game [...] never take your eye off rookie J.J. Hickson. And then whenever he makes a play of note, good or bad, look over at the Cavs bench. Nobody gets more cheers and encouragement or looks of sheer dismay than J.J. It's been awhile since the Cavs have had a first-round draft pick who holds as much interest as Hickson, not just because he's so talented but because the Cavs really could use him right away. The team knows this, which is why he gets such reactions.

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2008/10/in_the_preseason_avoid_the_sco.html

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[PIP]

Re: PRESEASON GAME #6| CAVS VS 76ERS | OCT. 21st 7:00PM (ET)

Great work, Calleger..

In fact, all the new Game Preview Team members have done an outstanding job thus far...

Thanks guys...

 

[jjc58]

Re: PRESEASON GAME #6| CAVS VS 76ERS | OCT. 21st 7:00PM (ET)

Seriously. Well done.

I'd do previews...but I'm scared.

 

[Silky Smooth]

Re: PRESEASON GAME #6| CAVS VS 76ERS | OCT. 21st 7:00PM (ET)

Delonte is actually going to start? Wow Mike Brown must be listening to us!!

 

[calleger]

Re: PRESEASON GAME #6| CAVS VS 76ERS | OCT. 21st 7:00PM (ET)

Probably should have noted it... but Delonte was my best guess. He started Boobie last game...and with the performance that Delonte had... why not give him the nod?

 

[KU_216]

Re: PRESEASON GAME #6| CAVS VS 76ERS | OCT. 21st 7:00PM (ET)

Hopefully Delonte does start at the SG position tomorrow, and impresses Mike enough so he starts at the 2 spot in the regular season. Good preview, too!

 

[calleger]

Re: PRESEASON GAME #6| CAVS VS 76ERS | OCT. 21st 7:00PM (ET)

Probably should have noted it... but Delonte was my best guess. He started Boobie last game...and with the performance that Delonte had... why not give him the nod?

FIXED

 

[Da_James_Gang]

Re: PRESEASON GAME #6| CAVS VS 76ERS | OCT. 21st 7:00PM (ET)

Good work, i make my game preview debut wednesday lol. So far i have DWest starting for the wednesday game but that was just a guess. If anyone finds out who is gonna start at sg wednesday i would appreciated if they let me know.....

 

[Radar]

Re: PRESEASON GAME #6| CAVS VS 76ERS | OCT. 21st 7:00PM (ET)

good pre-view...good match-ups especially mo vs miller...i guess MB wants to see what west can do as the starting 2..

 

[Numbers Guy]

Re: PRESEASON GAME #6| CAVS VS 76ERS | OCT. 21st 7:00PM (ET)

FIXED

Sasha actually started.

Anyway, another game not on tv. :thumbdown Oh well, the last 2.. Detroit and Washington are both on TV. Hopefully LeBron will sit out 1 of the 2 last games so we can get a more in depth look at Mo Williams and how the team plays when LeBron does happen to miss games or heads to the bench.

 

[calleger]

Re: PRESEASON GAME #6| CAVS VS 76ERS | OCT. 21st 7:00PM (ET)

Ok, Boobie started the game before last.... oopppssss...... anyway No one has locked down the 2 gaurd spot... so until it is announced.... Delonte is my guess.

 

[calleger]

Re: PRESEASON GAME #6| CAVS VS 76ERS | OCT. 21st 7:00PM (ET)

Brown said the regulars will play extended minutes in tonight’s game. Sasha Pavlovic will start again at shooting guard.

http://news-herald.com/articles/2008/10/21/sports/doc48fd67300aad3328243601.txt



FIXED

 

[Karma]

The same lineup for 2 games in a row. This was a rare occurance all last season and thus far in the preseason. With 1 week till the season proper, Coach will get his rotation guys playing close to their regular minutes.

 

[CBBI]

The same lineup for 2 games in a row. This was a rare occurance all last season and thus far in the preseason. With 1 week till the season proper, Coach will get his rotation guys playing close to their regular minutes.

I hope Mo doesn't get ejected early on so we can see how Mike separates the minutes between Mo, Delonte, Boobie, Sasha, and Wally.

 

[RonG]

Well done on the pre-view, I can not wait for the season to start so I can actully watch some damn games.