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Yeah, the Cavs have to gain a split in the first two or its over. I fully expect the Cs to double Lebron every possession. The shooters will have to knock down the open jumpers to keep the Boston defense honest.
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Dialing Boobie Gibson from the Detroit series last year.. please pick up. BTW the Celts inability to guard Joe Johnson gives me a lot of confidence in this series.
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buckeye running back Chris Wells says he was about 70% last year. If he's 100% this year, what should we do with the women and children?
We should hide the women and children, tell our family we love them and then batten down the hatches.
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I really don't like the fact that Detroit and Orlando will be 2 games in before the Cavs/Celts even start. I think this series should have started today with the Detroit game 2 being pushed to tomorrow. It's the Celtics fault that they got pushed to 7 games by the Hawk and a back to back would be a good punishment.
I like the matchup of this series, although in the past Pierce has played well against the Cavs. He used to be the Arenas/Stevenson type arch enemy of Lebron. Lebron playing big is a given, but the Cavs will need Z and at least 2 of the shooters to be on as well. Ben and Andy should split the game frustrating Garnett with physical D. If the Cavs will I think it will have to be in 6. I don't see them having a let down game if they can close it out. Their backs are against the wall starting tomorrow.
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The biggest key of the series is if we run the offense we ran in game 6 vs the Wiz. Now THAT is how the offense should be run. LeBron is easier to contain when he is at the top of the key pounding the ball. But pass the ball in to LeBron in the post or on the wing and tilting defenses just feed into his passing game. And as long as West, Gibson &/or Wally can hit the wide open shots we will be fine.
Another key will be the defense of our bigs. Rondo will be driving into the paint and dishing off. It will be up to our bigs on how they rotate to defend the driver to determine how many easy looks Garnett/Perkins gets.
Also... I am surprised you guys say if the Cavs win they need to win in 6. I will take my chances with LeBron in a Game 7 at a historic location. You don't think LeBron can have a monster game? He knows history and he knows Jordan had a 63 point game at the Garden... and he knows if he can win a game 7 there he is on his way to being the best basketball player ever.
I have faith in LeBron... I also have faith that Doc Rivers is going to screw up more than Mike Brown
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Originally Posted by Piney
The biggest key of the series is if we run the offense we ran in game 6 vs the Wiz. Now THAT is how the offense should be run. LeBron is easier to contain when he is at the top of the key pounding the ball. But pass the ball in to LeBron in the post or on the wing and tilting defenses just feed into his passing game. And as long as West, Gibson &/or Wally can hit the wide open shots we will be fine.
Another key will be the defense of our bigs. Rondo will be driving into the paint and dishing off. It will be up to our bigs on how they rotate to defend the driver to determine how many easy looks Garnett/Perkins gets.
Also... I am surprised you guys say if the Cavs win they need to win in 6. I will take my chances with LeBron in a Game 7 at a historic location. You don't think LeBron can have a monster game? He knows history and he knows Jordan had a 63 point game at the Garden... and he knows if he can win a game 7 there he is on his way to being the best basketball player ever.
I have faith in LeBron... I also have faith that Doc Rivers is going to screw up more than Mike Brown
I have full faith in Lebron and probably Boobie in a game 7, but I'm not sure about the rest of the team. Not like anyone does, but the Celtics don't have anyone that can stop Lebron other than throwing 2-3 guys at him. It is up to Mike Brown to get Lebron the ball in good situations and not forcing him to do everything. This is one of the few series where Mike Brown has the coaching advantage.
Whoever said they want Brown replaced by Avery Johnson is crazy. He had the best team in the NBA last year and couldn't make it out of the first round. If anyone I'd like to see what Dantoni's offense could do in Cleveland.
