remy23

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5:00 pm PT, 8:00 pm ET
TV: FSOhio, NBALP

The Good: Cleveland has won 3 games in a row and has regained their confidence. Silas is using a rotation these days instead of running the starters in the dirt and AV is making a difference out there.

The Bad: Nobody likes to play on back-to-back nights and especially not when such a game occurs on the road. Cleveland has shown they are strong at home. Now they need to prove they can win away from The Gund.

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Cleveland needs to have good perimeter defense this game and the encouraging thing is that Snow is getting off the bench quicker these days. If Snow is needed, Silas can put him right in the game. The Cavs are definately going to attack the Bucks in the paint and try to control the glass.


If Cleveland can keep winning, their destiny will be in their own hands. The Cavaliers must continue to do their part.

Tersk

(3:21) [CLE] Ilgauskas Rebound (Off:4 Def:1)
(3:21) [CLE 16-21] Ilgauskas Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS)
(3:23) [CLE] Ilgauskas Rebound (Off:3 Def:1)
(3:23) [CLE] Ilgauskas Tip Shot: Missed
(3:24) [CLE] Ilgauskas Layup Shot: Missed
(3:25) [CLE] Ilgauskas Rebound (Off:2 Def:1)

Go big Z

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Pioneer10

we're officially getting whupped

Pioneer10

wow what a come back: tied it up after being down by 18. Snow needs to replace McInnis in the starting lineup

remy23

Halftime
Cavaliers - 43
Bucks - 48

Down by 18 at one point and back in the game. James once again is willing things to happen. Something about the Bucks (or maybe it's just me) but it feels like they've done this to Cleveland before. It felt like deja vu seeing the guys get blitzed early on.

LOYALTY

Gooden is taking over the scoring in the 3rd quarter, and looking good. Redd is lighting Newble up right now. We have to stay tough on the defensive end. It's going to be the key to the game.

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Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today

Benedict_Boozer

God we're awful on the road. This is the same bucks team we beat WITHOUT Lebron James, yet here we are getting blown out in the middle of a playoff chase.

And Silas has gone back to his erratic sub patterns. Harris logging major minutes, Traylor in the entire 3rd quarter instead of Varejao, Jmac in nearly the entire 3rd quarter, etc.

We need to figure out this problem on the road cause we flat out can't beat anybody.

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Futuristxen:

"This season has been one giant pile of suck. It's been just good enough to keep paying attention. But horrible enough that you were better off if you didn't."

Benedict_Boozer

Silas still going with Traylor instead of Varejao. I'm still trying to figure that one out.

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Futuristxen:

"This season has been one giant pile of suck. It's been just good enough to keep paying attention. But horrible enough that you were better off if you didn't."

Benedict_Boozer

Silas brings in Varejao and Snow and we're immediately back in the game. His erratic subs kill us.

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Futuristxen:

"This season has been one giant pile of suck. It's been just good enough to keep paying attention. But horrible enough that you were better off if you didn't."

LOYALTY

No D.

No W.

Nuff Said

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RP McMurphy

LeBron plays 45 minutes while Sasha Pavlovic and Jiri Welsch (in which the Cavs have invested two first-round picks) play a total of 11 minutes and end up with 4 points, 1 rebound, and 1 assist on 1-5 shooting between them. Time to start the "Fire Paxson" chants.

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If they think we're going into the stands again, then they have the I.Q. of a rabbit. - Stephen Jackson

Pioneer10

sasha and Jiri aint the problem. We won and played well they got minutes

This coaching staff simply baffles me: I thought they turned it around and this gameplan happens:

Mcinnis plays twice as many minutes as Snow: I think Snow +/- over McInnis is right now around a +50-60

AV, Sasha, and Jiri played have as many minutes as the combo of Harris/Tractor. Doesn't make any sense the team played so much better when Harris and Tractor and McInnis saw less time: stupid or stubborn or both?

remy23

Boxscore:Milwaukee 96, Cleveland 88

Cleveland's poor performances in Milwaukee continue. Seeing Harris even enter the game was odd enough and Jiri still seems shakey out there (though he played only briefly) Like what Benedict said, Traylor playing 9 minutes more than AV was baffling. If the Bucks had a huge, physical guy down low, it would be more logical having the widebody out there. But that's the only time that should happen. For the Cavs to truly pick it up, they're going to need to win on the road. They got frustrated, picking up 3 technicals and Silas almost being beside himself. Cleveland did make spirited comebacks but playing catch-up isn't the way to go. You spend a ton of energy to go on a run, the other team buries you again and the morale just sinks another level.

remy23