Round 1, Game 1 | Cavaliers vs. Pistons | April 18, 2009 | 3:00 EST ABC

[ChicagoCavFan]

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CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (66-16) vs DETROIT PISTONS (39-43)

Saturday April 18th, 2009
3:00 pm ET, Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
Available tickets here, courtesy of TicketCity
TV: ABC
Radio: WTAM 1100

Game 1 - Sat, Apr. 18, 3pm, ABC
Detroit @ Cavs

Game 2 - Tue, Apr. 21, 8pm, TNT and FSN Ohio
Detroit @ Cavs

Game 3 - Fri, Apr. 24, 7pm, ESPN and FSN Ohio
Cavs @ Detroit

Game 4 - Sun, Apr. 26, 3:30pm, ABC
Cavs @ Detroit

Game 5 - Weds, Apr. 29, TBA (if necessary)
Detroit @ Cavs

Game 6 - Friday, May 1, TBA (if necessary)
Cavs @ Detroit

Game 7 - Sunday, May 3, TBA (if necessary)
Detroit @ Cavs


The Venue

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HEAD COACHES

Mike Brown
REGULAR SEASON
W 211 L 117 (.643)
POST SEASON
W 26 L 20

Michael Curry
REGULAR SEASON
W 39 L 43 (.476)
POST SEASON
W 0 L 0

| Cavaliers | Pistons PPG | 100.3 | 94.2 RPG | 42.2 | 41.4 APG | 20.3 | 20.6 FG% | 46.824 | 45.449 FT% | 75.696 | 75.068 3P% | .393 | .349

Probable Cavalier Starters

PG: Mo Williams | 2008-2009 Stats: 17.8 PPG, 4.1 APG, 3.4 RPG
CF: Kenny Lofton | Career Stats: .299 BA, 2428 Hits, 1528 Runs, 622 SB, 130 HR, 781 RBI, 383 2B, 116 3B, 945 BB

SG: Delonte West | 2008-2009 Stats: 11.7 PPG, 3.5 APG, 3.2 RPG

SF: LeBron James | 2008-2009 Stats: 28.4 PPG, 7.2 APG, 7.6 RPG

PF: Anderson Varejao | 2008-2009 Stats: 8.6 PPG, 1.0 APG, 7.2 RPG

C: Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 2008-2009 Stats: 12.9 PPG, 1.0 APG, 7.5 RPG

Cavalier Reserves

Daniel Gibson

Darnell Jackson

Tarence Kinsey

Aleksander Pavlovic

Joe Smith

Wally Szczerbiak

Jawad Williams

Lorenzen Wright

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Probable Piston Starters

PG: Rodney Stuckey | 2008-2009 Stats: 13.4 PPG, 4.9 APG, 3.5 RPG

SG: Richard Hamilton | 2008-2009 Stats: 18.3 PPG, 4.4 APG, 3.1 RPG

SF: Tayshaun Prince | 2008-2009 Stats: 14.2 PPG, 3.1 APG, 5.8 RPG

PF: Antonio McDyess | 2008-2009 Stats: 9.6 PPG, 1.3 APG, 9.8 RPG

C: Rasheed Wallace | 2008-2009 Stats: 12.0 PPG, 1.4 APG, 7.4 RPG

Piston Reserves

Arron Afflalo

Kwame Brown

Will Bynum

Walter Herrmann

Amir Johnson

Jason Maxiell

Walter Sharpe


Injury Report

Cavs

Ben Wallace - Left Patella Tendon Strain

JJ Hickson - Low Back Soreness

Pistons

Allen Iverson - Back


ARTICLES

Please go to this thread: http://realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?t=19534
for series related articles, posted by RCF's resident article guru, thewuck.

After the game, please visit this thread: http://realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?t=15508
for our resident stat guru, Camakazee and his neat-o stats of the night.

INFORMATION

• The Cavs have advanced to the NBA Finals only once in franchise history (2007).
  
• The last title for a Cleveland franchise in the four major sports was in 1964 (Browns).
  
• Cleveland leads the season series, 3-1.
  
• The Cavs are making their fourth consecutive postseason appearance (second-longest streak in team history).
  
• Mark Price was 202-214 from the free-throw line in the postseason (94.4 percent), the highest percentage in playoff history.
  
• The Cavs are the No. 1 seed for the first time in franchise history.
  
• The Pistons have made six consecutive conference finals appearances, the longest streak since the Lakers made eight straight from 1982 to 1989.
  
• The Pistons have made the playoffs in eight straight years, the third-longest active streak in the NBA (Spurs, Mavericks).
  
• Rasheed Wallace has made the postseason in 13 straight years (tied for longest active streak).
  
• The Pistons snapped a streak of seven straight 50-win seasons in 2008-09.
  
• Richard Hamilton is 1 of 2 active players who has won an NCAA title and an NBA title (Nazr Mohammed).

QUICK FACTS

• At 66-16 (.805), Cleveland finished with the NBA’s best regular season record and was a league best 26-5 (.839) since the All-Star break, including 11-4 (.733) on the road. The Cavaliers’ 66 wins are the most wins in franchise history for a season and made them the 12th team in NBA history to win at least 66 wins in a season. Nine of the previous 11 teams that have won 66 games finished the season winning the NBA championship. The Cavaliers tied the 1971-72 L.A. Lakers for 2nd in NBA history for the largest improvement in wins (21) of all teams that won at least 45 games in the previous season. (STATS, Inc.)
  
• The Cavaliers enter the postseason winners of five of their last six games overall and three consecutive games against the Pistons this season. The Cavaliers and Pistons will meet in the NBA Playoffs for the third time in franchise history, all in the last four seasons. The Cavaliers lead the all-time playoff series 7-6 while Cleveland has won five of its six home games against Detroit in the playoffs. Entering the series, Cleveland has won four straight playoff games against the Pistons.
  
• The Cavs won the season series 3-1 for the first time since the 1997-98 season. In the four games this season, the Cavs averaged 89.3 points on .433 shooting while holding Detroit to 81.8 points on .411 shooting from the field.
  
• The last time the Cavs faced the Pistons in a playoff series, Cleveland won 4-2 in the 2007 ECF. The Pistons won the first two games in Detroit only to have the Cavaliers take the next four games, becoming the 3rd team in NBA history to rally from 2-0 deficit in the conference finals to capture a seven-game series.
  
• For the regular season the Cavaliers ranked 1st in overall opponent points allowed per game, the only NBA team to allow less than 93.0 points, at 91.4 (Pistons were 8th at 94.7), ranked 2nd in defensive field goal percentage, allowing opponents to only shoot .431 from the field (Pistons were 8th at .451), and ranked 1st in defensive three-point field goal percentage at .333 for the season (Pistons were 9th at .354).
  
• Cleveland and Detroit are two of the NBA’s best teams at protecting the basketball. The Cavaliers rank 6th in the NBA in turnovers per game at 12.7 while the Pistons rank 2nd at only 11.9 per game. However, the Cavs rank 9th in the NBA in converting points off turnovers at 17.2 points per game while the Pistons ranks 30th at 13.4 points per game.
  
• Cavaliers LeBron James (28.4) and Mo Williams (17.8) were the highest scoring duo in the NBA at 46.2 ppg. LeBron James finished the season averaging 28.4 points, 7.6 rebounds and 7.2 assists. He played in 81 games, a career high, but played a careerlow of 37.7 minutes per game. Against Detroit this season, James averaged 25.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 6.5 assists in four games. Mo Williams averaged a career-best 17.8 points on .467 shooting, 3.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists for the season. In four games versus Detroit, Williams averaged 17.3 points on .456 shooting, 3.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists.

CAVALIER GIRLS!!!!!

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Thank you B Mac, for this lovely "Inside the Cavalier Girls locker room" thread: http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?t=10318

Scream Team

MOONDOG

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CCF'S PREDICTION
Cavaliers - 94
Pistons - 89
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[wuck]

Wow. Everybody is getting ready to rumble.

If the Cavs come half as strong as CCF just did, they will win by 40 on Saturday.

You deserve truly massive rep for that game thread.

 

[Corey]

Yeah baby. Playoff-flavored Game Threads. Excellent.

 

[blank964]

Forget about what happened this season it doesn't mean shit now, for at least 16 games we have to prove that we are the best team in the league.

 

[mixman]

only 16 left to get. Happy second season everybody.

 

[dekethecreep]

Cavs win by 30!

 

[Chardon]

Im nervous.

 

[Collyflower]

Check the Sig!!

 

[Soda]

Here we go...I will be in the city for this one, traveling up from school this weekend so I am real excited. But off topic real quick...who did the chalk toss last night??

 

[Chardon]

Here we go...I will be in the city for this one, traveling up from school this weekend so I am real excited. But off topic real quick...who did the chalk toss last night??

Andy. and here is the video here.

 

[SixPACK]

i know this is game 1 thread but may be going to Detroit for game 3 if anyone is around for that..

going to O'Malleys in that one Hotel (Hilton maybe?) like 5 minutes from the stadium, so clutch. cheap beer and real good food too. fills you up so you dont have to take out a loan for food at the stadium

 

[JayP146]

My first playoff game as a member of RCF! Can't wait.

 

[theSTEREO.]

Check the Sig!!

...."Cut a hole in a box..."

 

[ChicagoCavFan]

Game thread is up. Lot of info in there.

 

[theSTEREO.]