Avalanche

#1 Boston Celtics

Starting Line-up

PG: Rajon Rondo
SG: Ray Allen
SF: Paul Pierce
PF: Kevin Garnett
C: Kendrick Perkins

Key Bench


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#4 Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting Line-up

PG: Delonte West
SG: Wally Szczerbiak
SF: LeBron James
PF: Ben Wallace
C: Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Key Bench

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Avalanche

I'll get some official previews and what not up when they are available to... heres hoping we lift and play much better then we did in the first round.. minus the last game, Lebron and co will be tough

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#1AntoineWalkerFan

sweep lol

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Sports Illustrated's Ian Thomson: "Under Danny Ainge's leadership the Celtics have become laugingstocks"...WAY TO GO DANNY!!!


--said in the 4th quarter of game 3 of the finals

uhhhh definitely saving this one

LamarButler

I love our chances with Cleveland. Down low, they have no answer for Garnett. Wallace gives up half a foot and Ilgauskas isn't athletic enough to to stop him. Garnett also doesn't have to play defense on Wallace, so he can save energy and use it for whatever we need. Perkins can do a good job on Ilgauskas. Rondo will school West in every part of the game. And whoever Szczerbiak guards will go off. As for LeBron, Pierce has a lot of size, length and strength to compete on D. Posey is also a great guy to put on LeBron. I really think we should play LeBron 1 on 1 with Pierce or Posey on him at all times. We don't want Gibson, West, Szczerbiak getting open looks or Ilgauskas, Varejao and Smith getting easy layups.

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Avalanche

Yeah play Lebron 1 on 1, i want to see posey get a ton of minutes on him i think he can trouble him the most..

Ray should get open looks all day, and KG should get his mid-range off over ben all series.

I say we take it in 6, Just stealing the last one in cleveland

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Game Date/Time Location Series Box Score Recap Highlights
Game 1 Tuesday, May 6 - 8 p.m. Boston - Buy Tickets
Game 2 Thursday, May 8 - 7 p.m. Boston - Buy Tickets
Game 3 Saturday, May 10 - TBD Cleveland - -
Game 4 Monday, May 12 - 8 p.m. Cleveland - -
Game 5 Wednesday, May 14 - TBD Boston - IF NECESSARY
Game 6 Friday, May 16 - TBD Cleveland - IF NECESSARY
Game 7 Sunday, May 18 - TBD Boston - IF NECESSARY

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knicksfan89

celtics to win in 6 and finally win on the road in these playoffs

cgcatsfan

I think that's a pretty good assessment. I agree about Pierce and Posey on Lebron and I would switch a little more often than normal to wear him down. Cos I don't care who you are, LeBron is hard to guard.
And since Wallace is more of a defensive threat, if LeBron gets past them, KG has it.
We're going to have to play excellent defense, take care of the ball and just keep it moving.

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Avalanche

im getting impatient... start already

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Avalanche

C's gotta start strong, dont let them get confident early.. make them chase the whole game

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Marcus13

^^ Soo much for that thought, Pierce is already done for the quarter.

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Avalanche

Lebron just had possibly the worst game of his career, especially in a big game

luckily for him, so did Ray AND Pierce.. those 2 better wake up for game 2, KG cant do it all himself.

huge props to him on a monster game though

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LamarButler

That was a solid win. Don't worry about LeBron's horrible game (2-17, 10 turnovers), since Pierce couldn't hold on to the ball and missed his way to a playoff career low. Ray had the worst game of his NBA career. As for LeBron's atrocious game, it wasn't all just an off game. Pierce played excellent D on LeBron(which is the only thing he did well), forcing half of his 10 turnovers and making him take the jumpshot. Posey forced the other 5 turnovers and locked in during the clutch and gave up nothing.

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