CAVS vs. Magic
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Yeah i gotta to agree with a few of you guys. Howard isnt going to be able to hang low and wait for Lebron. He is going to have to guard Z 15-20 feet from the basket. Well we will see what howard is going to be able to do tonight its showtime in an hour.
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I just read a post on espn that they are not putting howard on Z. They are gonna match Varajo and Wallace up against Howard. I say we put Z and Joe Smith out there. They both are excelent shooters and will cause Howard to vacate the low post.
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Fair enough, but Van Gundy's not a bad defensive coach, and Dwight doesn't exactly have tree trunks for legs. He can be a little more than arm's length away from Z and keep his eye on the paint. Again like I said, LeBron is a crafty enough player to get his stats anyway, but it won't be easy. It will take more than Z standing far away from the basket.
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I eat every word i ever said about Howard only being a defensive player. Howards offense still might not help playing a team like the cavs.
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@shepwrite said:
They don't have anyone who can cover Lebron, period.Assuming Lebron covers Lewis, you're right: Turkoglu is the tough cover. He isn't very good going to the hoop, although he's willing. Pavlovic might get a lot of minutes when we play small ball. He could cover Turkoglu.
I think you've always been Sasha's biggest fan on here, it definitely looks justified tonight. He's been great so far.
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Holy Sh*t, what a shot to win it by LeBron!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Cavs are looking flat and can't hit any shots again tonight. Can anyone besides LeBron score consistently in this series for the Cavs?
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We are the most rested team in the playoffs, and we have no legs, our "D" sucks ass. Straight up, these CAV'S have no heart, they thought they would sweep there way to the finals. They have looked like shit every game. No one will step up, Z is shooting the 3 ball more than Mo Williams. We will not take this series if we play like this. MVP or not, Lebron has to rally the boys, and the team needs to step up.
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Cavs are looking flat and can't hit any shots again tonight. Can anyone besides LeBron score consistently in this series for the Cavs?
Cavs are looking flat and can't hit any shots again tonight. Can anyone besides LeBron score consistently in this series for the Cavs?
It's not a coincidence that the Cavs look flat and can't shoot well. The Magic's length especially on the perimeter frustrates our small starting guards, and their ability to hit threes on the other end exhausts the defenders because they have to close out so often. Z is shooting like shit, which means he's currently a total liability in all facets of the game. Might be a result of having to guard Howard, but regardless he's killing us right now. The Magic are just going RIGHT at him almost every time down the floor.
Some of us claimed that we had a mismatch in the backcourt before this series, but that seems to be proving false. Both Courtney Lee and Mickael Pietrus might be better than any shooting guard we have, and Mo Williams is barely even outplaying Rafer Alston. The only position we have a clear cut advantage at right now is small forward.
They have a deep, lengthy, good shooting and athletic group of players down there in Orlando.
Like I said two months ago, they're a bad match-up.
If the Cavs pull off game 4, I think they'll win the series. If the Magic win game 4, well... I think you know.
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