Round 1 Game 3 | Cavs vs. Bulls | April 22, 2010 | 7:00 EST TNT

[blank964]

Was West on the bench for that last possession? We should have had the quickest guys out there.....Parker was sllloooooowwwwww.

I think he was in front of Parker and as long as that "sprint" to mid-court was (or it seemed), I think he could have passed to him. I'd have to see a replay

 

[camakazee]

No blame on refs, but keeping with my officials updates, those referees (McCutchen, Phillips, Brothers) were a combined 7-7 in Cavs games throughout the regular season.

 

[nime]

I blame Mike Brown for leaning on AV too much.

When AV sucks, he doesn't need to play more.

Hickson shouldn't have been glued to the bench tonight. He should be playing Sunday with Jamison and AV.

 

[Zog]

I want to see LeBron on Rose to start game 4, Mo on Hinrich, Parker on Deng.

 

[udilicious42584]

Missed FTs + 30 3pt attempts + Not playing until 5 mins in the 4th Q + Terrible 4Q Refs

pick which one blew the game for us

How about Mike Brown having Andy on the court when it was obvious Chicago was going to foul us.

 

[mAo_mAo]

I want to see LeBron and Moon as the only players that will guard Rose in the next game.

 

[Jack Donaghy]

Noah almost made himself look like a fool, again. Came "thisclose" to fouling Parker.

AP would've just bricked one of them anyway.

 

[MikeSwim07]

REALITY CHECK:

Windy:

Are Cavs in trouble? Only if Chicago scores 72 points outside the paint and gets 78 pts from Deng/Hinrich/Rose every night. Bulls won it.

 

[SteelSmack]

No blame on refs, but keeping with my officials updates, those referees (McCutchen, Phillips, Brothers) were a combined 7-7 in Cavs games throughout the regular season.

There's a reason the NBA sent them to this game. Especially on the road, that's a great recipe to stretch the series, which is great monetarily for the league.

 

[BA_CavsFan]

Andy was needed for rebounding, both offensive and defensive. He won us the game against the Lakers in January when he got fouled by Pau Gasol during an offensive rebound attempt.

 

[Layne Staley]

How about Mike Brown having Andy on the court when it was obvious Chicago was going to foul us.

Even if they weren't planning to, they would have been stupid to not foul once the ball went to Andy's hands... Lebron should have been alot closer to the ball.

 

[kidduck]

Cavs should be attacking the rim from the opening tip, not just relying on dumping the ball into Shaq for points in the paint.

Cavs found out they can't drift for 2.5 quarters and win a playoff game on the road.

I don't want to hear about bad calls by the refs. It's all on the Cavs players on the floor.

 

[nime]

Adjustment for game 4, Moon and Parker on Deng more.

Mo on Kirk, LeBron on Rose more.

 

[CHIMOCHIS]

Even if they weren't planning to, they would have been stupid to not foul once the ball went to Andy's hands... Lebron should have been alot closer to the ball.

it should of been BRON BRON putting the ball in, passing it to MO or WEST (good ft shooters)

You need to know the team you're playing against, the bulls are the type of team that fouls up 3

 

[BruceBowensFoot]

The Cavs played like shit and lost by 2 points against a mediocre team on a shooting streak (seriously... Hinrich was 9-12, WTF??!) that had to claw its way out of this game to get the win. I'm not upset one bit.

It's good that the Bulls came to play and aren't going to let the Cavs get past them so easily. Last year we swept the first two rounds and I've always felt that didn't help our mindset in the ECF. Chicago is keeping the Cavs on their toes. Look for a way more determined Cleveland squad in Game 4.