Cavs-Wizards 1st round playoff series

[akronbuck]

Kobe use to be my favorite player to be fore he pulled of getting rid of 3 other all stars from the lakers.

He will go down in history as the guy that killed a great team that should of won a few titles in a row besides, the other 3 great all stars of all time were getting up there with there age.

I remember watching him play on that penn all star team when he was going into the 9th grade at capitol. He was so good already but, estaban weaver same age from columbus took him to school. Those 2 were the only 9th graders playing and those 2 were the best during that tournament. That was the beginning of randy ayers disaster of coaching at OSU

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

4/25/06

Cavs realize they can’t be complacent

Wizards came back from two games down in playoffs a year ago

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

James Walker
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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CLEVELAND — Even though the Cavaliers manhandled the Washington Wizards in the first game of their seven-game NBA playoff series, Cleveland guard Larry Hughes knows better than to write off the Wizards.
Hughes played for the Wizards last season when they lost their first two games to the Chicago Bulls before winning four straight to advance to the second round.
The Cavaliers will try to put the Wizards in a two-game hole for the second consecutive year when they face off at 7 tonight in Quicken Loans Arena. Cleveland snapped Washington’s three-game winning streak with a 97-86 victory in the series opener Saturday. Hughes expects a much tougher game from his former team tonight.
"They’re upset that they lost Game 1 but not too concerned because last year they were in the same position," Hughes said. "The confidence I don’t think is going to be a problem. You just have to continue to play good basketball, because I was in that situation and it’s never over until that team wins a fourth game."
The Wizards seem likely to get better production from their big three of Gilbert Arenas, Antawn Jamison and Caron Butler, who combined for 47 points and 15-of-47 shooting from the field in the opener.
Cleveland played a near-perfect first half to take a 14-point lead and maintained a double-digit advantage the rest of the way. The Cavaliers did a good job of contesting shots but don’t expect to hold Arenas, Jamison and Butler to 32 percent shooting the entire series.
"That trio averages 70-plus points per game," Cavaliers coach Mike Brown said. "There’s no doubt in my mind that they’re going to come and try to turn up the heat even more in this next game against us."
No matter what happens tonight, the Cavaliers have history on their side. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, 79 percent of teams that win the opener of a seven-game playoff series go on to win the series. The success rate jumps to 95 percent for teams that win the first two games.
Despite that statistical good news, a loss tonight would forfeit the homecourt advantage the Cavs worked all season to obtain.
"The last two playoff series I’ve been in we won Game 1 and lost the series," Cavs forward Donyell Marshall said. "I’m not going to sit up here and say ‘Get happy’ because we won Game 1 and get too excited. … This team is dangerous."
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[akronbuck]

Back to the cavs,

I can't believe some of those idiots on espn and tnt talking bad about King Lebron, saying he's not a winner like jordan, bird or magic were.

He's on 21 and he's already a better player then those 3 were at 21.

He's a passer like magic and a bigger version of jordan as an athlete.
What else those idiots don't understand.

Plays and knows the game like all of those did.

How many 6'8 245 bring the ball up the court and drives to the basket as easy as Lebron does and gets an easy score. The smaller defenders can't even stop him at all and that alone shows how special he really is.

Just like barkley said about lebron, he's one of fastest players on the N.B.A if not the fastest from court to court to go with his talent and he's only 21

 

[OSUScoonie12]

How many 6'8 245 bring the ball up the court and drives to the basket as easy as Lebron does and gets an easy score. The smaller defenders can't even stop him at all and that alone shows how special he really is.

Magic Johnson....

I think you guys are trying to compare LeBron to players he isn't. He is not like Jordan, not as good as a scorer and defender, not like Magic or Bird because he was a more complete game then those two. The guy you wanna compare him to is Oscar Robertson. He basically averaged a triple double for his career.

 

[akronbuck]

your right oscar and wilt were the best of all time and oscar and his triple doubles averaging but, I was referring to want those idiots compare him to saying he's he doesn't do anything that those 3 did.

Lebron does more

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

I still think everyone is on this 'I hate Kobe' thing still. Ever since the Eagle County rape stuff and when Shaq was traded people started hating Kobe. I knew he was innocent the whole time and i do believe it is better to build a team around a gaurd then a big man. I dont know why every sees Kobe as such a bad player and why everyone hates him. If people could please tell me why i would love to know. Kobe has been my favorite player in the NBA since he was a rookie, and i've been following him since he was in HS at Lower Marion.

And you knew that how?

There is no denying that he is a great player and an incredible scorer, but people who think that LBJ should win the MVP are no more biased than you are. Don't pretend like the only reason anyone thinks Lebron should win is because of the rape case. That is weak.

 

[akronbuck]

osuscoonoe12,

hubie brown was just on espn 2 talking about lebron and kobe , who would he pick to start his team and he KING LEBRON because, he's a true team player and his speed/size combo can not be matched against by others.

He also, compared lebron to a doctor j as an athlete, to magic as a passer and with a george milonavich (sp) and oscar playing style.

Those 2 are the only ones to average what lebron has so far in his first 3 seasons.
wheres jordan at

 

[OSUScoonie12]

And you knew that how?

I just knew he would never do anything like that. He is alot nicer then what he is made out to be. I'll telling you, just read that Sports Illustrated article and you will know. People also blame the whole Lakers breakup because of Kobe, but Shaq and Phil Jackson are to blame just as much. Shaq was the one who had a problem with Kobe all of a sudden and wanted to be traded. Phil was also the one who wrote about how bad Kobe was in his book. You never heard Kobe say anything like those two did.

AkronBuck...i'm not even going to respond to you because you can't spell my name right.

 

[akronbuck]

osuscoonie12= Butler is a bettet PG

you have no clue about what really happened with all that laker stuff.
You must be really sad believing the sports illustrated story is the correct story. Have you ever figured out how the media is a joke. We might never now the truth even when it might be about what happened but, to believe them is a joke. You can read the same article done by different people and its always wrong and just for sells not the truth

You might want to get a job at esput if your not there already

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

I just knew he would never do anything like that. He is alot nicer then what he is made out to be. I'll telling you, just read that Sports Illustrated article and you will know.

The only thing I know about the case is that I don't know what happened. Plenty of nice people have done terrible things. I'm not saying he did or did not do what was alleged, merely that nobody (except Kobe and the woman) knows exactly what happened that night. To state definitively either way is unfair, in my opinion.

 

[exhawg]

I just knew he would never do anything like that. He is alot nicer then what he is made out to be. I'll telling you, just read that Sports Illustrated article and you will know. People also blame the whole Lakers breakup because of Kobe, but Shaq and Phil Jackson are to blame just as much. Shaq was the one who had a problem with Kobe all of a sudden and wanted to be traded. Phil was also the one who wrote about how bad Kobe was in his book. You never heard Kobe say anything like those two did.

AkronBuck...i'm not even going to respond to you because you can't spell my name right.

Personally I doubted that Kobe raped the chick, gold digging whore that she is. He still shouldn't have had sex with her seeing that he is married. I don't blame Shaq for having a problem with Kobe seeing as Kobe threw him under the bus when he told the cops that Shaq cheated on his wife. Kobe should have known not to throw anyone else's names into his legal problems. Kobe's biggest problem is that he thought that he could win a title on his own, which was the biggest mistake of his life. In this era of the NBA you have to have a great team to win and the Lakers don't have that. The Cavs don't either, but Lebron is on the right track of making them one. I'm sure Kobe will probably win the scoring title for the next several years, but that isn't how you win NBA titles. If the MVP was the Best Player Award, Kobe would win, but he isn't the most valuable player in the NBA.

 

[Piney]

Who cares about Kobe... this is the Cavaliers in the playoffs discussion.

Plus I have a serious question!!!

My fiance's company is raffling off tickets for tonight in their loge. The raffle is based more on the "when was the last time you won" procedure. My fiance is pretty sure that if we enter the raffle we will get tickets.

Now here is the question, this is a one shot deal. I will probable only get to win one time during the playoffs. So here is the dilema.

Do I go for the tickets tonight? Or do I wait for game 5 or 7? Or even the next series to get tickets? I am thinking of waiting, and the deadline is noon to enter or not.

Thoughts?

 

[exhawg]

Who cares about Kobe... this is the Cavaliers in the playoffs discussion.

Plus I have a serious question!!!

My fiance's company is raffling off tickets for tonight in their loge. The raffle is based more on the "when was the last time you won" procedure. My fiance is pretty sure that if we enter the raffle we will get tickets.

Now here is the question, this is a one shot deal. I will probable only get to win one time during the playoffs. So here is the dilema.

Do I go for the tickets tonight? Or do I wait for game 5 or 7? Or even the next series to get tickets? I am thinking of waiting, and the deadline is noon to enter or not.

Thoughts?

I'm going to be freezing my ass off at the Tribe game tonight. Not that that helps you, but I just thought I would say it. :p Downtown is going to be crazy tonight so it will be a bitch to go anywhere. You know the Cavs will at the very least have one more home playoff game after tonight. So if winning is a sure thing I'd wait until game 5 at least. If tonight goes well and the Cavs win the series I would go to game 3 or 4 of the Pistons series.

 

[OSUScoonie12]

What time is the game on tonight?

 

[Brutus1]

I'd wait for a later game. Between the Cavs and Tribe games, and the filming of Spiderman 3, downtown will be a complete zoo.

Try for game 5 or 6. If there is no game 5 or 6, that means they won in 4 (unlikely) and therefore, you can attend a round 2 game. Either way, you can't really go wrong.

No more Kobe talk.