Game #67 - Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers Game Day Thread
by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Mar 14, 2010 1:30 PM CDT
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Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers, Mar 14, 2010 2:30 PM CDT
2009/2010 NBA Regular Season
VS
41-23 51-15
March 14, 2010
Quicken Loans Arena
3:30PM
Radio - WTAM 1100 / ABC
Probable starters:
Rajon Rondo
PG
Mo Williams
Ray Allen
SG
Anthony Parker
Paul Pierce
SF
LeBron James
Kevin Garnett
PF
Antawn Jamison
Kendrick Perkins
C
J.J. Hickson
The Cavaliers and Celtics. National TV. Sunday Afternoon. Mid-March. Does it really get any better than that? The Celtics and Cavaliers renew their rivalry this afternoon at the Q. Both teams have won a game this season - on the other team's home court - after the home teams dominated this series over the past 3 or 4 years. The Celtics will likely have a bit of revenge on their mind after Cleveland turned an early 13 point deficit into a commanding 20-point win in Boston a couple weeks ago. Since then, the Celtics have played better basketball, despite an embarrassing home loss to the New Jersey Nets.
For Cleveland, I'm going to go ahead and guess the Antawn Jamison plays. Jamison was brought in to help the Cavaliers beat Boston and Orlando - if he has to sit against a team like the Pistons in order to play against the Celtics I am all for it. If Jamison doesn't go, Leon Powe will get his second start. Powe will likely have a little extra pep in his step going against his former team in a big game.
Some how, some way, the Cavaliers have to find a way to get in front of Rajon Rondo. Mo Williams struggled against Rondo big time in Boston which helped the Celtics get out to a big lead. The Cavaliers have to prove they can defend smaller guards or they will keep getting eaten up.
Cleveland has won 8 of their last 10, while the Celtics have gone 6-4 in the same span.
3-in the Key
1. At 51-15 (.773), Cleveland owns the NBA's best record and leads the league with highest point differential at +7.1. The team has won eight of their last nine games and is 25-7 (.781) in 2010, which is the best mark in that span. After going a league-best 66-16(.805) last season, the Cavaliers could become the first team since the Chicago Bulls in 1995-96 (72-10) and 1996-97 (69-13) to have sole possession of the best record in the regular season in consecutive years.
2. Cleveland owns the best home and road records in the NBA. At home, the Cavaliers are 28-4 (.875) and play nine of its remaining 16 games at The Q. The Cavs have won 26 of their last 28 home games and are averaging 105.4 points on .513 shooting, while holding their opponents to just 95.1 points on .438 shooting during that span. Since the start of the 2008-09 season, the Cavaliers are 67-6 (.918) at home, which is also an NBA-best. After being tied for the third best home record in league history last season at 39-2 (.951), the team is trying to hold the best home record in consecutive seasons for only the 14th time in NBA history and seventh time (five teams) in the last 35 years. The team's 100-95 victory on Friday over Philadelphia was the 14th road win in its last 19 road games, taking them to a league-leading 23-11 (.676) record away from The Q.
3. At Boston, LeBron James scored a game-high 36 points on 11-23 shooting (.478), seven rebounds and nine assists. James has averaged 37.0 points on .511 shooting, 5.5 rebounds and 8.5 assists in two games against Boston this season and his career average against the Celtics is 30.4 points. Only one player in NBA history has a higher mark against the Celtics: Michael Jordan at 30.7. Since 2003-04, no player in the NBA has recorded more 30+ point games against the Boston than James with 13.
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I read the Celtics blog site preview and the fans are talking about using the Cavs bench “taunting” (celebrating) as motivation. How about us using Ray Allen elbowing Varejao in the balls in Clev, Glenn Davis flagrant foul and ejection in Clev, or Glenn Davis twisting Shaq’s injured thumb in Boston?
Right now
The Celtics fans are looking for any reason they can to get motivated….
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions
OK, lets do this....
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 2:31 PM CDT reply actions
True, Wave....we should win
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 2:35 PM CDT reply actions
Dammit Hickson
It’s as if when you have the ball in the lane, there’s a reverse-magnetic field on the ball. It just flies out.
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 2:37 PM CDT reply actions
Good shot JJ
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 2:38 PM CDT reply actions
Antawns back!
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 2:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Why not?
The Celtics are OLD
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions
LeBron needs to keep that and draw the foul
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 2:44 PM CDT reply actions
Refs are doing well so far
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 2:44 PM CDT reply actions
Garnett has a huge chip on his shoulder
I don’t know why it’s so hard for him to not act like a punk
Get in Garnetts head more
He’ll fold up
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 2:46 PM CDT reply actions
Damn
Mo’s shot is off
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 2:47 PM CDT reply actions
AP breaks the Celt run
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 2:49 PM CDT reply actions
Gotta love the intensity early...
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by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Mar 14, 2010 2:54 PM CDT reply actions
OMG
The King!
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 2:58 PM CDT reply actions
Cavs by 6 after 1. Love the defense by the Cavaliers early – especially on Rondo…
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by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Mar 14, 2010 3:01 PM CDT reply actions
Buckeyes by 6 - 24-18...
Timeout Gophers.
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by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Mar 14, 2010 3:04 PM CDT reply actions
Did the refs go home?
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 3:09 PM CDT reply actions
Cavs playing a litle bit out of control right now…..Slow Down….
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by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Mar 14, 2010 3:10 PM CDT reply actions
He's not
Has a t-shirt on over his uniform
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Bucks up 3
33-30 at half
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 3:13 PM CDT reply actions
Mark Jackson ready to cry
Called it a three, and it was confirmed by replay
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 3:15 PM CDT reply actions
It brings their average age down, too
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Mo is alive!
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 3:17 PM CDT reply actions
Delonte has stepped it up lately
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 3:18 PM CDT reply actions
Way to go Varejao
This is how you get under people’s skin…poking the ball loose ans forcing turnovers…not by trying to talk shit to JJ Hickson
Why the hell are we focusing on the TV crew?
This is utterly ridiculous. They haven’t talked about the game for 10 minutes
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 3:22 PM CDT reply actions
Pierce blows
haha
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 3:26 PM CDT reply actions
Glen Davis is a *
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by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Mar 14, 2010 3:30 PM CDT reply actions
varejao continues to make life miserable for wallace
Ray Allen continues to be a nonfactor in this game
*cough Marbury *cough*
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
This isn't right
We played a great 2nd quarter…but we’re only up by 5
our defense wasn’t as good in this quarter
SHUT THE FUCK UP ESPN
they insist over and over again how good the celtics must feel that they’re only down by 6
The Cavs haven’t played that well. The offense has been clicking but the defense almost looks lazy…we are letting them get under the rim too many times
They should make an award for flop artists – the trophy would be the likeness of Paul Pierce
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by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Mar 14, 2010 3:49 PM CDT reply actions
in a wheelchair
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions
PP has been reduced to a flop artist..
….. He isnt worth much else anymore
I'm Polish...what's your excuse?
I'm going to watch the rest of the game with the mute button on
We cannot afford to let Allen catch fire
We haven't had a game in which we were completely outclassed in the 3rd in a while
I think we’re due for one
Buckeyes Big Ten Champions again
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 4:07 PM CDT reply actions
Hickson's out of sync
Bad bad play from him lately today
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 4:18 PM CDT reply actions
Stat of the day
Ohio State scored 46 points in the final 11.5 minutes of the game. Won by 29 points
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 4:29 PM CDT reply actions
Browns traded Brady Quinn to Denver
for a RB and two picks
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 4:30 PM CDT reply actions
Brady Quinn traded to Broncos...
For Peyton Hillis and 6th Round Pick in 2011 and conditional pick in 2012
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by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Mar 14, 2010 4:30 PM CDT reply actions
I win on speed
You win on accuracy
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
"Now I'm done"
because I couldn't go for 3...
by SouthBayBuckeye on Mar 14, 2010 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions
back and forth quarter
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 4:35 PM CDT reply actions
12-4 run
to close the third quarter
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 4:40 PM CDT reply actions
5 fouls ANYTHHIINGG IS POSSSIBBLLEEEEEEE wooo wooo woooooo
because I couldn't go for 3...
by SouthBayBuckeye on Mar 14, 2010 4:48 PM CDT reply actions
Sheed 1-for-8 so far
But his AARP discount gives him 50% off at Sizzler
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 4:50 PM CDT reply actions
I call this "Elder Abuse"
because I couldn't go for 3...
by SouthBayBuckeye on Mar 14, 2010 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
LOVE it
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions
there'sa big campiagn here is CA called "stop elder abuse"
it’s all over all the city and state vehicles… with the child drop off stickers too
because I couldn't go for 3...
by SouthBayBuckeye on Mar 14, 2010 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Robinson's been defending harder?
Who’s he defending? Parker? Parker’s not a volume scorer, Mark Jackson.
ha, mark jackson is delusional. it's a fact
because I couldn't go for 3...
by SouthBayBuckeye on Mar 14, 2010 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions
KG wanted no part of that
because I couldn't go for 3...
by SouthBayBuckeye on Mar 14, 2010 4:55 PM CDT reply actions
ELDER ABUSE
Goodnight Bawston
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 4:56 PM CDT reply actions
feel free jeff, feel free
because I couldn't go for 3...
by SouthBayBuckeye on Mar 14, 2010 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions
ba-dum dum
because I couldn't go for 3...
by SouthBayBuckeye on Mar 14, 2010 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Wondo fall down go boom :(
because I couldn't go for 3...
by SouthBayBuckeye on Mar 14, 2010 5:00 PM CDT reply actions
Still up 11....
But we gotta wake up now
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 5:02 PM CDT reply actions
MAN's GAME!
because I couldn't go for 3...
by SouthBayBuckeye on Mar 14, 2010 5:06 PM CDT reply actions
you don't know the ref, do you?
because I couldn't go for 3...
by SouthBayBuckeye on Mar 14, 2010 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Van Gundy
advocating that Baby should have mugged LeBron …what a idiot
I'm Polish...what's your excuse?
Pierce gets carted off on a stretcher again
and then is magically healed… wait that already happened
because I couldn't go for 3...
by SouthBayBuckeye on Mar 14, 2010 5:10 PM CDT reply actions
perkins has a 5head
because I couldn't go for 3...
by SouthBayBuckeye on Mar 14, 2010 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Buckeyes #2 seed
Playing UC Santa Barbara
Kansas is ourtop seed in midwest
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 14, 2010 5:14 PM CDT reply actions
beautiful city
because I couldn't go for 3...
by SouthBayBuckeye on Mar 14, 2010 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions
was hoping to get Duke
because I couldn't go for 3...
by SouthBayBuckeye on Mar 14, 2010 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Mark Jackson's not an analyst. He just spits out lame catchphrases
Are you out of ideas? Don’t you reserve “Mama there goes that man” for Kobe?
"momma there goes that man".... triple U....
because I couldn't go for 3...
by SouthBayBuckeye on Mar 14, 2010 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Celtics fans will want to point to the 11-point loss as a good sign
given that Rasheed Wallace, Michael Finley, Nate Robinson, and Marquis Daniels gave the Celtics next to nothing today. But that’s become the rule, not the exception.
The Cavs really didn’t play that well today. The offense was clicking for most of the game but the defense was off. The Celtics really shouldn’t have scored more than 85 in this game. Jamison gave us nothing on defense and was only effective on offense in stretches. LeBron waited until the second half to take over the game. The rebounding wasn’t that impressive and we missed 13 free throws as a team. Leon Powe was the only good free throw shooter. Delonte had a much smaller game than usual, and JJ Hickson was a nightmare as a jump shooter.
The difference is that we have more scoring options
Varejao played a magnificent game once again, and Mo Williams gave us some key buckets and assists. The Celtics’ role players, on the other hand, can’t shoot. There are few teams that can beat us when we score 100 points, and the Celtics ain’t one of them.
Over at the Celtics Blog they are saying the Cavs
arent so good if not for LeBron (da) and “when healthy” they are better. Some are still in denial which is hilarious!
I'm Polish...what's your excuse?
It's a broken record
Cavs outscored the Celtics when LeBron was on the bench. And this is as healthy as the Celtics are going to get.
The Five Stages of Grief (Sponsored by CelticsBlog)
1. Denial
don’t tell me the Cavs won because they’re so incredibly BETTER … that’s the propaganda the press wants us to buy into, and not the reality. When the C’s are at their best, they can beat anyone.- everyone is ready to crown them, just like last year, and we saw how it worked out.
2. Anger
—I cannot wait until lebron leaves cleveland
—Why? The fans will just go with him.
—ii still am not a believer in the cavaliers – seems i remember that they looked unbeatable last season as well and then they folded like an oily beach chair in the playoffs.
3. Bargaining
— I know the Cavs are the superior team..but the NBA Refs need to get off their knees for the Cavs…it is so obvious.
4. Depression
— I just cant handle this right now. I really thought they were going to win this game and I cared about it more than they did.
5. Acceptance
—How much evidence do you need before it’s not rationalization but accepting reality?
—Cleveland is on another level compared to this Celtics team. Period. We cannot compete with them, and we don’t, quite frankly.
You can rationalize this away all you want, but the Cavaliers are a FAR better club than the Celtics. Younger, more athletic, better shooters, far better on the defensive end, made a significantly better move at the deadline.
It’s not close. Nor will it be.
by johnnyphoenix on Mar 14, 2010 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
ESPN still thinks the Celtics will finish hot with the 3rd seed
Maybe when they face the hawks without home court advantage and lose as the 5th seed, the media will finally figure this shit out.
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