Round 1, Game 1 | Cavaliers vs. Bulls | April 17, 2010 | 3:00 EST ABC

[Rick Astley]

No problem bro. It just went dead for no reason at all. BTV sucks donkey balls man.

Sucks hard. Then they play the game where we lost to the Magic in ECF. Pretty stupid. They must hate the Cavs.

 

[hugerobot]

Does anyone have a video of LeBron's third block on Rose? They haven't replayed it once on ABC. I thought it looked like goaltending at the time, and the refusal to show it makes me believe it more.

Not that I'm complaining; just curious.

 

[czvo]

Does anyone have a video of LeBron's third block on Rose? They haven't replayed it once on ABC. I thought it looked like goaltending at the time, and the refusal to show it makes me believe it more.

It looked like a goaltend, but Im wondering if it was tipped before LeBron got there. If so, I don't think it can be goaltending, right? (I could be totally wrong on that)

 

[mAo_mAo]

I think JJ should really take minutes from Z. When Z is in the game, there is no movement in the offense and JJ could do well in defending the pick and pop that Chicago does. There is no low post threat that can abuse JJ and there will be no lack of rebounding as his efforts have shown in the past games.

 

[Quitness]

Does anyone have a video of LeBron's third block on Rose? They haven't replayed it once on ABC. I thought it looked like goaltending at the time, and the refusal to show it makes me believe it more.

They replayed it at least once. It looked like a close call. Could of hit the backboard first. Doesn't matter though, it wasn't a game changing call. Parker missed his shot coming down the floor after it anyways.

 

[Typhoon]

Pretty good game. Got kinda meh after 7mins in the 3rd though. Cavs flat out refused to go to the basket and let the Bulls try to comeback. It was probably tired legs from sitting the last 3 weeks...

Whatever, win is a win. Game 2 will probably be a blowout

 

[mAo_mAo]

I AM NOSTRODAMUS.

It's Nostradamus, man.

 

[hugerobot]

They replayed it at least once. It looked like a close call. Could of hit the backboard first. Doesn't matter though, it wasn't a game changing call. Parker missed his shot coming down the floor after it anyways.

I must have missed the replay. Like I said, it's strictly curiosity.

 

[JayP146]

Haha, wow. This post game show is just embarrassingly bad for Channel 5.

 

[Andrew]

The biggest question mark coming in was the play of Shaq, while it looked he wasn't at full speed yet, he looked more than spry and the Bulls couldn't defend him. He had 12, 5 and 4.

 

[Rager]

totally out?

I think he played bad.

 

[mAo_mAo]

Delonte played poorly tonight. I hope MB put him in the post next game to wear out Rose a little bit more and make him a little less ineffective in the offensive end.

 

[CBBI]

If this game was any indication, then this series is going to be a sweep. The Cavs really gave a B- level effort and won by 13.

The Cavs shot well below there seasonal average from the three point line, with a lot of the misses (I'm looking at you Weak Sauce) were wide open. Can't expect that to happen again.

Not just the three point shooting, but the Cavs were unusually sloppy with the basketball and turned the ball over more than usual.

I think the Cavs will clean up both of those issues and win this series in 4 games.

 

[BA_CavsFan]

This was a good game by the Cavs that showed how dominant they are at their best. But giving up leads will be their demise when they play the Magic. That was arguably the biggest problem in the ECFs, since the Cavs had huge leads in Games 1 and 2 but lost them.

Anyway, great job by Mo, hope he can keep it up for the rest of the playoffs. His defense on Rose wasn't very effective, but he showed a lot of effort.

 

[Andrew]

That Derek Rose is a hell of a player, but he is truly a 2 guard....

This guy could be REALLY special and help the Bulls win when they get the right pieces around him, they just don't have it now.