I think the wives of the Cav’s came to play. I have never seen so many bricks thrown up in one game not to mention the vast number of air balls. Cleveland did a better job against the 3 point shot and was doing good on the rebound but couldn’t finish with points, we need someone else besides James to help this team.

Folks let me explain this. The Cavs have surrounded James with shooters, well they’re not hiiting so what else can they bring? Umm, nothing really. Other than Mo no one can create their own shot. Z doesnt even post anymore, he’s a 7 foot 3 jump shooter, a 3 point shooter who has only made 15 all year so why is he shooting those.

Now Orlando has shooters too, the problem is THEY ARE TALLER than the Cavs. Orlando’s shooters are taller, more athletic and can post up the small Cavs.
Cleveland has got to acquire a taller shooting guard and move Delonte to the 6th man role like Ginobili. Only Detroit with Isiah and Dumars won with a backcourt that small.

The front court has all kind of issues too. Wallace looks like he became 40 years old overnight. He has no offense and isnt even blocking shots. Andy is not strong enough and has zero offense with LeBron getting him dunks. Zydranus I covered, he cant block shots and is a jump shooter now who is strangling the Cavs salary cap, and Joe is at the end of his career.

In this series I’d look at Wally, Kinsey, or Boobie if our starters keep missing, then I use Joe Smith more since he actually has a jump shot, and is Lorenzen Wright active? Then have him come in and hack Howard.
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In the offseason, Z, Wallace, and Boobie are expendable. Gotta get a bigger shooting guard and more athletic down low or find a post player with a back to the basket game.
Here are some options.

Trevor Ariza- He is young, athletic, can hit the 3 and play defense. This could move Bron to the shooting guard since he handles the ball anyways.

David Lee- Another guy who can rebound and help down low.

Jason Kidd- He, Mo, and Bron would have 3 ball handlers on the court and Kidd is alot taller.

Marcus Camby- A shot blocker and rebounder the Cavs need. If Lebron is our leading shot blocker we have issues. Clippers will dangle him since they’ll draft Blake Griffin.

Zach Randolph- A player with a back to the basket game in the low post and can step out and hit 3’s. Clippers will dangle him also.

Tyson Chandler- A shot blocker and rebounder the Cavs need.

Let me add this also to my post above. Why are the Cavs collapsing on guys like Gortat and leaving shooters open??

If Z cant guard Gortat then sit him. They are collapsing too much.

Folks the Spurs used to never leave shooters when they played the Suns. They made Amare and Nash beat them. Amare has a way better jump shot and free throw % than Howard so why do they let Howard get dunks, is he muscling are guys under the basket? Then our guys are weak inside like I said.

I’ll openly admit I’m a Magic fan, but I think we can all agree that the Magic were the more aggressive team tonight. That usually leads to more free throw attempts. The article points to the disparity in free throw shooting as being indicative of “fair officiating” but that’s hardly the scenario here. Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, and Reggie Miller all commented on the horrible officiating tonight.

There were 6 free throws under a minute left where the Cavs fouled trying to extend the game. The Cavs strategy, furthermore, is to foul Dwight Howard whenever he is about to get a clean look. Those two factors skew the free throw shooting stats. If your strategy is to foul a guy and put him on the line (which it openly is the strategy), FT disparity is not indicative of officiating.

Consider these calls in the series: the 6th foul on Dwight Howard. One of the worst officiating calls in the history of the game. That call was made for no other reason than it was LBJ shooting and then flailing his arms. Nice acting job by the way.

Mo Williams throwing the ball at Dwight Howard.

There’s no excuse for officials to miss these two calls. Most of the things fans argue about are judgment calls, and it’s easy to feel like your team is on the short stick when it is your team. But to have three former NBA players all question the officiating is something legitimate, and when you factor in the above two “decisions”, perception begins to blend into reality.

I’ve been reading and following FearTheSword for awhile, haven’t posted, but I’ve been following it, as I’m a AVID Cleveland sports, especially Cavaliers fan.

I very well believe we could be up 3-0 in this series, or at the very least, 2-1.

We came out strong in games 1 and 2, and totally disappeared in the second half in each of them.

This team needs to get back to what got them here. Nobody besides LeBron can hit a shot. The Magic defense is not that great in my opinion. Just bad shots being taken. Delonte and Mo have become way to careless with the ball. The entire team is lack-a-dasical at key moments in the game. I love Z, but he cannot hang with Howard at all in the middle. He is getting constantly man handled by him, and its embarrassing to watch and should be embarrassing for Z. Andy needs to get back to what turned him into the Wild Thing, and when someone comes flying down the lane, he needs to step up and take the charge. Sasha, although he matches up well with Hedo in size, cannot hang with him whatsoever. And Ben, grant it he’s had lots of injuries has turned into a softy. When he played in Detroit, I never saw this guy try to take a charge, and now he’s flopping all the time, especially in this series, most of the time, not getting the call. The entire bench has been non-existent. And what I also dislike, is how our guys are getting pushed around, bruised, cut, bloodied, and we just take it. This team in the regular season would, not really retaliate in a negative way, but they would let it known that they aren’t going to take any crap. This team has turned into the 2003 through 2008 Cavaliers, not the 08-09 team we’ve seen this entire year. There are plenty of more things that can be said, but I’d be here forever talking about them.

This is suppose to be OUR year, this is suppose to be OUR time, this is suppose to be OUR turn. We cannot let this Magic team, who I truly believe we are better than, steal this away from us. Its gut check time for this team, we need to step up and put the ghosts of Cleveland’s sports past behind us.

We are going to see what this team is made of on Tuesday…its do or die time and its time for these men to step up to the challenge.

Nobody else, imo, is really a stand out on the defensive end for the Magic.

Watching game 3, I noticed the Cavs were settling for far too many jump shots. Especially a lot of shots taken with no teammates within 10 feet of the basket.

The Cavs are at their best when LeBron and Williams are driving to the basket and either shooting or dishing. This opens up the outside shooting, creates foul opportunities, but more importantly enables players like Varejou offensive opportunities to score. Every point Varejou, Wallace, and Z scores is a bonus. Varejou, Wallace, and Z can not create offensive opportunities on their own. This is also a method for taking the scoring burden off of LeBron, getting more players involved in the offense which puts a burden on Orlandos offense, and more times than not results in a higher percentage shot.

Settling for the long range jumper which is what most of the Cavs were settling for today was a gift to the Orlando defense. Especially tonight when most shots were not falling.

The only player I saw who was at least trying to drive was West. He still could not make his shot but least it resulted in him taking a 12 feet shot as opposed to a 20 feet shot.

the cavs intentionally sent dwight howard there 19 times….

They also fouled intentionally towards the end of the game, so pointing out the FTA is misleading.

I am a diehard MAGIC FAN, hence the name. I just want to shed a different light on the Foul calling arena. My beef isn’t that the calls aren’t being called consistently, but that it’s hard for me to believe that the man who was 2nd in Defensive Player of the year voting gets so little calls called on him. Now, I know some of the argument, he’s so big he gets beat up all the time. That was SHAQ’s argument or the one against him, b/c he’s so big and strong. But isn’t a foul a foul? It’s just amazing that someone who is involved in so many plays and so good defensively does it so cleanly. Of course just my perception.