Cleveland @ Orlando GameThread, Apr 3, 2009 7:00 PM CDT

Game #76 - Cleveland Cavaliers at Orlando Magic Game Night Open Thread

by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Apr 3, 2009 6:46 PM CDT in 2008 Game Day Open Threads Comment 13 comments

Cleveland Cavaliers at Orlando Magic, Apr 3, 2009 7:00 PM CDT

61-14		55-19
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April 3rd, 2009
Orlando, FL
8:00 PM est
Radio - WTAM / TV - ESPN HD
Probable starters:
Mo Williams	PG	Rafer Alston
Delonte West	SG	Courtney Lee
LeBron James	SF	Hedo Turkoglu
Anderson Varejao	PF	Rashard Lewis
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	C	Dwight Howard

Their win streak was snapped last night, now the Cavs must travel to Orlando to face the Magic. Another place where the Cavs have had a tough time winning. Let's hope they get a win or things could start to get very interesting in terms of the #1 Seed.

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Yuck. Down 15, for lots of reasons.

by JulioBernazard on Apr 3, 2009 7:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Down 17 at half.

by JulioBernazard on Apr 3, 2009 8:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey guizzz...

Down 31 points… Wowzers…

Even against Orlando Magic, cmon now xD

by AlexC on Apr 3, 2009 8:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This has been awful.

by JulioBernazard on Apr 3, 2009 8:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Kinsey sighting.

by JulioBernazard on Apr 3, 2009 9:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

If I thought the Cavs cared

I’d care about these two loses. But, judging by the fact that they aren’t playing any defense…I don’t think they really care.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Apr 3, 2009 10:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Well then, hopefully they don't screw up anymore games...

Because you definitely want home court advantage in the NBA Finals.

Cavs will only win if they have homecourt in the finals

by AlexC on Apr 3, 2009 10:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for visiting us from the future

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Apr 3, 2009 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can bet you that the Cavs will not win the championship if they don't have homecourt.

I just can’t believe the Cavs (fully healthy — with the exception of Wallace, but you guys had a 13 game streak so you are fine) would lose to the Magic by 20+ points, that’s just sad. At one point, they were down by 41! Wow…

Even the Celtics, who had half the team injured, including Garnett, were down 10+ points but managed to catch up in the fourth and almost won BOTH games.

And about the whole “blah they weren’t trying” excuse… yeah, that doesn’t make sense because a couple Cavs players in interviews said they are happy with the current standings position because they want homecourt advantage.

Let’s just admit this. If Lebron is having a bad night, the Cavaliers lose. All Magic needed to do is defend Lebron very well (which they did) and the Cavs will lose.

Damn, that’s why I’m glad I don’t root for the Cavs, Lakers, and especially Miami Heat… They depend on one super-star to do most of the work and you can definitely tell by watching the games.

Once KG is back and hopefully Leon Powe for the Celtics, our team will become the powerful Celtics defense that is excruciatingly hard to penetrate. Good luck to Lebron… because he’s played crappy against the Celtics defense.

by AlexC on Apr 4, 2009 9:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're creating a bunch of strawmen

I never said that they didn’t care about having homecourt. But they have a cushion in the standings, so maximum effort on the road isn’t that large of a concern. If they win all the rest of their home games, they will still keep home court in the East. If they win Sunday, they will have homecourt in the NBA Finals against anyone not named the Lakers.

The Cavs don’t NEED homecourt advantage in the entire playoffs to win a title. The nice thing about having a superstar is that they can raise their game on the road and steal a win if need be. The Cavs are the best defensive team in the league which their offense has finally caught up with this season.

This is the same Lebron that struggled to 47 points against the Celtics defense in the playoffs last year? The Cavs took the Celtics to the brink last year. This year, the Cavs are a better team while the Celtics are far worse.

The C’s got their title out of their trades last year. It’s going to be tough sledding going forward with a trio of core guys that are 34, 33 and 32 respectively. It’s the Pistons all over again.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Apr 4, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The C’s got their title out of their trades last year. It’s going to be tough sledding going forward with a trio of core guys that are 34, 33 and 32 respectively

Okay…Let MJ, Pippen, Rodman and company that second 3-peat shouldve never happened

by TheAncientRivalry on Apr 4, 2009 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

celtics got no chance
three guys over 30, wait werent they over 30 last year?
me have pea brain

by TheAncientRivalry on Apr 4, 2009 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Finally.......

……
Playing a team fully healthy
No tic-tac fouls in “BRON-BRON’s” favor
Stupid looks all over the Cavs face….really shocked the refs did not pull through on the deal.
Redemption from the debacle of referee’s wen the Magic was on the road.
And the CAVs are who we thought they were…..a team who benefited from the refs and injury plagued opponent schedule…..

I look forward ,as I already have seen, to the lame excuses of why the Cavs lost.

by CAVSSUCK on Apr 4, 2009 1:20 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs