Game #68 - Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons Game Night Open Thread
by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Mar 16, 2010 6:06 PM CDT
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2009/2010 NBA Regular Season
VS
23-43 52-15
March 16, 2010
The Palace of Auburn Hills
7:30PM
Radio - WTAM 1100 / FSOhio
Probable starters:
Will Bynum
PG
Mo Williams
Richard Hamilton
SG
Anthony Parker
Teyshaun Prince
SF
LeBron James
Jonas Jerebko
PF
Antawn Jamison
Jason Maxiell
C
J.J. Hickson
The Cavaliers and Pistons went several months without playing each other. They are following that up with 3 games in 16 days. Back on March 5, the Cavaliers came back from over 20 points down to beat the Pistons at the Q. It was a win tempered by a scary incident involving Rodney Stuckey, who collapsed during a timeout and was rushed to the hospital. Stuckey appears to be ok, thankfully, though he will not play tonight.
For the Cavaliers, the countdown continues until the return of Zydrunas Ilgauskas. The Cavaliers can begin negotiations with him on March 22nd and I expect something to get done that day. As for tonight, Delonte West will take a breather with what the team is calling a sprained left knee. It is considered precuationary, however, and the team expect West to play tomorrow night against the Pacers.
While the Cavs are on the front end of a back-to-back, Detroit had the mis-fortune of playing the Celtics one day after their defeat against the Cavaliers. Boston made short order of the Pistons - on ESPN no less, up over 30 points for large parts of the game. For that reason, at least in part, Sunday's rematch between the Cavs and Pistons at the Q has been moved from 8PM to 6PM and will no longer be broadcast on ESPN.
3-in the Key
1. At 52-15 (.776), Cleveland owns the NBA's best record and leads the league with highest point differential at +7.1. The Cavaliers are the only team with 50 wins, has won nine of their last 10 games and is 26-7 (.788) 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. After defeating Boston 104-93 on Sunday, the Cavs are now 28-9 (.757) against teams with a .500- record or better.
2. As the Cavaliers head to Detroit, the team's magic number to clinch their second straight Central Division crown is two. Cleveland will face four consecutive Central Division opponents and stands at 7-2 (.778) against their division this season while holding a commanding 15.0 game lead over Milwaukee, the largest division lead in the NBA. The Cavs have won five straight over the Pistons, including two consecutive contests at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
3. Anderson Varejao notched his 11th double-double of the season with 17 points on 6-8 (.750) shooting, 10 rebounds (six offensive) and one block to lead Cleveland's bench, which outscored the Celtics' reserves 27-15. Varejao has now scored in double figures in nine of his last 10 contests and is averaging a near double-double with 12.5 points on .707 shooting and 8.8 rebounds over that span. Varejao ranks second in reserves in total rebounding at 7.9 rpg in 58 games (Lamar Odom - 8.3 rpg in 41 games). The Cavs entered tonight's game allowing a league-low 25.9 points from the opponent reserves, and over the last four games, the bench has outscored their opponents' reserves 33.5-16.5.
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Three words....
Let’s
Do
This
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 16, 2010 6:28 PM CDT reply actions
Jamison looks like hes on a mission
Good
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 16, 2010 6:45 PM CDT reply actions
JJ and Antawn working hard
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 16, 2010 6:47 PM CDT reply actions
Boobie's in the game in the 1st quarter
Mike Brown is looking for good lineups
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 16, 2010 7:01 PM CDT reply actions
That is just
Because I don’t think Delonte’s playing.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Youre probably right
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 16, 2010 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Varejao's J
Always nice when it makes an appearance.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Anyone else here
think the Cavs front office should keep their faith in Powe? I mean his offense is really rusty but it could get better over time. Or is he expendable at this point?
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Powe has a nose for the the rim underneath and seems to always get fouled. That could be huge in tight, foul heavy game. I’d give him minutes until the palyoffs to see how consistent he could be on both ends.
by kingcrimson2 on Mar 16, 2010 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions
I think Ben
is injured. Charlie V in the meantime does not play D, I think.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Ben is playing
but he’s just come from injury?
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
That's like asking
If Euroballers will ever get tougher.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
That's what
smallball does to you, I think. Potent offense, crap D.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
There was this old geezer
during the NBA draft that predicted a Spurs, Cavs finals, with Cleveland winning. Did anyone catch that? And with the Spurs rolling, is that prediction plausible?
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
not gonna happen. the mavs nuggets and lakers are all better than the spurs, especially with them missing tony parker.
If Jupiter's buttcrack
aligned with Venus’, I think it will happen.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Dragonmoon X, actually.
Nice hentai, /b/rothers unite!
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Blowout
We need moar. As I understand, the Cavs are on the first leg of a back to back.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Does anybody else think
The slogan “Are You In The Tribe” sounds kinda dirty???
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 16, 2010 7:46 PM CDT reply actions
Is that Cleveland's?
Not really. If it was asked by a member of the Village People, then yes.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
+1
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 16, 2010 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions
I did not know
Al Horford was Latino. I’m watching this on League Pass Broadband, and they’re doing this special on the Latino contingent in the NBA.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Enjoy it while you can
That’s not happening in the playoffs, as much as I hate to say it.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
We're not in sync tonight
Playing down to the level of our competition again
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 16, 2010 8:05 PM CDT reply actions
It won't matter, anyway
Because even if you establish some rythm now, you’re back to square one when Shaq and Z come back.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
YEAH!
Vote for the best blogger in Ohio right now, like they said to do!
Hint – vote for Jeff Seemann. He’s cool ;-)
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 16, 2010 8:18 PM CDT reply actions
Where do you do that?
Or is that US restricted?
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Here
http://www.foxsportsohio.com/pages/tournament_of_bloggers
You can vote as much as you want.
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 16, 2010 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions
No scripts or bots, though.
You have to register each vote yourself
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 16, 2010 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions
A vote from the Canuck
That takes care of my random act of kindness for today. Canadians: Yeah, we’re that nice.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Thank you!
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 16, 2010 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Just wondering
Would Rip be a good fit on the Cavaliers?
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
There's the Powe
Everyone’s come to know and love.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Is that the one
with the guys not wearing pants?
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Lulz on continuation
That is NOT a continuation, thank yuu refs.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Detroit just wont go away
Time to MAKE them go away.
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by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 16, 2010 8:44 PM CDT reply actions
Powe always seems
to want to go to the center. He needs to diversify.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Bang.
Make shots like those and Pacquiao will be on the LBJ bandwagon faster than he knock out Ricky Hatton.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
i can't wait for this game to be over
so that the detroit announcers will shut the **** up
they whine so much
Not quite
To be fair, Kobe has an unbelievable FG% at crunchtime this season.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Is there a difference?
The thing about LBJ is, he doesn’t need a last second shot because he takes care of business beforehand.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Hah, I miss that ad
But seriously, semantics aside, what is the difference?
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
even if kobe is better in the final 2 minutes, lebron is better in the first 46 minutes, and every score or missed score affects the final result, whether it’s in the first or last minute of the game
by CavsLebronFan on Mar 16, 2010 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions
We won this game
by doing a lot of little things. Wiling themselves to the line, grabbing rebounds, and timely offense by LeBron and Mo.
In the past two seasons
The Cavs have a 62-game lead on Detroit.
No, I’m not kidding.
We’re 129-35
They’re 62-92
by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 16, 2010 9:06 PM CDT reply actions
Some PistonFan ‘Gems’ to keep the hate alive
First off… Let’s examine;
What the HELL cleveland! show some sportsmanship
Shortly followed by:
if i was any of the pistons I wouldn’t mind being banished to Italy the rest of my basketball life for causing LeBron a serious injury with a hard foul.
i really do hate lebun so so much. what a dick. please let him be denied again this year. i will take it one year at a time.
I just want someone to seriously hurt Lebron. That would make me happy.
just bring some dude up from the d league, let him crush lebron on one play.
by johnnyphoenix on Mar 17, 2010 1:59 AM CDT up reply actions
See you next time everyone!
I feel better about this win than others. This wasn’t as ugly as some other ones we’ve had.
Streaky, streaky
Hope that that continues in the playoffs.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Magic numbers
To win Division – 1
To win #1 in East – 9
To win #1 in NBA – 11
by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 16, 2010 9:16 PM CDT reply actions
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