Round 1 Game 1 | Cavs vs Pistons | April 17, 2016 | 3:00 PM EST

[MoFlo]

It's playoff time at the Q!!!!!

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Then

The King's reign was in its' infancy..

Billups/Hamilton/Prince/Wallace/Wallace
Boobie/Hughes/LeBron/Gooden/Z

..yet it didn't take long for him to "arrive"..

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Unfortunately, he had to depart to another land to hone his craft and conquer the league...

Now

..so he could come back with a bigger army..



..to help conquer a bigger threat - the 52 year infamy of his LAND.. and officially earn his crown..

And despite losing his two biggest allies...

.. he came within 2 wins of earning that crown

But now...






THE ALLIES ARE BACK!!

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Game 1

2005-2006:
EC Semifinals (4-3):Detroit Pistons over Cleveland Cavaliers (Series Stats)

2006-2007:
EC Finals (4-2):Cleveland Cavaliers over Detroit Pistons (Series Stats)

2008-2009:
EC First Round (4-0):Cleveland Cavaliers over Detroit Pistons (Series Stats)

LeBron in his postseason career vs Detroit:
27.5 ppg; 9.4 rpg; 7.2 apg; 1.88 spg; 45.9% FG; 75.6% FT

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Reggie Jackson
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Tobias Harris
Marcus Morris
Andre Drummond

Kyrie Irving
-Shot career bests .502 from inside the arc and .883 from the line

-Joined Larry Bird, LeBron, Allen Iverson, & Grant Hill as the only players to average 18 points, 3 rebounds, 4 asts, and 1 steal per game in each of his first 5 seasons

-1st player in NBA history to have a slash of 43/32/85 in each of his first 5 seasons

JR Smith
-Holds Cavalier records for most games with 5+ 3ptM (25), 6+ (16), 7+ (8 - next highest has 3), 8+ (4 - next highest 2), and 3ptM in a single season

-Shot .400 from deep, his 2nd highest % of his career

-One of 3 Cavaliers (LeBron, Kyrie) to have 300+ 3ptM and average 12+ PPG, 3+ RPG, 2+ APG, and 1+ SPG

LeBron James
-There have been 36 total seasons where a player has averaged 25/6/6. LeBron is responsible for 33% of them (12)​

-Is also responsible for 12 of the 23 seasons in which a player has put up those numbers with 1.0+ SPG​

-One of only four players (Bird [3], Jordan [3], Robertson [2]) to put up 25/6/6 while shooting 50% from the field. LBJ has done it six times.

-Is one of three players (West, Jordan) to average 25/5/5 in the postseason. LeBron's numbers are over 28/8/6

-One of four players (Kobe, Havlicek, Robertson) to have 26,000 points; 7,000 rebounds; and 6,000 assists in their careers. Only Robertson is at 26,000; 7,000; and 7,000

Kevin Love
-Shot 45.8% (42.7% from deep) in his last 13 games

-4th player in Cavs history (Daugherty, Kenny Carr, Cliff Robinson) with 1,200 pts, 750 rebounds, & 150 assts in a season and has joined Shawn Kemp & Daugherty as only Cavs to average 16/9/2 in more than 1 season

-There have been 22 seasons where a player has averaged 16/9/2 with 1+ 3ptM per game. Love has 6 of them. Nobody else has more than 4 (Bird, Dirk)

Tristan Thompson
-Only 17 players in NBA history have had more offensive rebounds in their first five seasons than TT. Only 8 have done so in less games

-Shot a career best 58.8% from the field and 62.6% over his last 40 games

-In 2015, became the 14th player in NBA history to put up 85+ OR, 215+ Rebs, and 20 blocks in one postseason

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The quest to 16 wins, the King earning his crown, and helping his LAND conquer the world begins.....

NOW....​

 

[Crosby_Cavs]

LET'S GO CAVS! SWEEP THEM!

 

[Frank Stallone]

Difference between Pistons Real GM board this year and Celtics' last year... drastic.

 

[SteelSmack]

Difference between Pistons Real GM board this year and Celtics' last year... drastic.

So they're realistic and just hope to put up a good showing rather than thinking they've got the Cavs beat in 3 games? Celtics fans are the most delusional people, I swear.

 

[Andrew]

My body is ready...

 

[All4One1ForAll]

I'd love to see them send a message and blow the Pistons out. Don't allow them to gain any confidence.

 

[bobdole]

dellyfro had me very confused

 

[shoes22]

Just a heads up that every Cavs playoff game in the 1st round except Game 1 will also be simulcast on FSOhio.

 

[Dr. Gymbo]

 

[Adam]

Well it's about 13hours to tip and I get to watch it live! I always think each early round is important as each opposition has a strength you need to game plan against in the case of the pistons it's the pick and roll.having 4 games with regular pick and roll to defend should force the cavs to sort out their rotations on it and add a few wrinkles. The more practice they get at those wrinkles the better they will be able to go to them in later rounds as surely every scouting report says Kyrie cantguard a pick and roll with Kevin Love

 

[FritzLn]

didn't know Dahntay Jones was on the team until i saw his picture up there

 

[Kizzle]

Kev shot 42% from 3 the last 13 games? That's great. I'm sure LeBron has a similar rise too. They seemed to both be automatic to end the season

 

[Cayman13]

Zero Dark Thirty activated....

 

[JFT]

Zero Dark Thirty activated....

View: https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/721535342642348032

 

[AlohaCav]

PLEASE PLAY WELL TODAY!

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