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November 18, 2009Cavs Win Streak, Wizards Losing Streak Both Snapped as Wiz Pull off 108-91 Win
November 18, 2009
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Cavs at Wizards tonight. No Shaq, Andy, or Jamario for the Cavs. Antawn is back for the Wiz. Game is at 7:00 on WTAM 1100 and ESPN. Get ready for an earful of LeBron on the Browns talk – ESPN keeps it so fresh!
Also, DC Meetup pre-game. See you kids at Fado.
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Any word on the severity of these three injuries (or at least the Andy and Jamario) ones?
I love Deshawn’s (dear God what have I done) face in that picture. I bet this is how Lebron looks when his children have disappointed him.
If the D can meet last year’s standard this team is unstoppable!! Go Cavs!
I think the Wizards are going to pound JJ like a pinata (my kingdom for knowing how to work the tilde). This should be a major test of his beastiness. I hope to see his best KG.
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On a more Cavs related note, kinda worried about this one. I think the best I can hope for is just to see us play hard, even if we have a close loss.
Re: Injuries. Moon is going to try and come off of the bench. Andy and Shaq are inactive.
“Wiiizzzarrds, come out to pllaaayyy!”
It just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
Refs helping out early: LeBron took way more contact than Miller did, yet no call on LeBron’s drive. Yay NBA.
And wow, the Wizards let the Cavs create two open 3’s off the same play with LeBron above the FT line. Things seem casual, but they’re mostly clicking early. A little hiccup during a two-man play with Hickson and Parker and some lazy defense are the biggest causes for concern. The Cavs aren’t closing out effectively on picks and switches.
And LeBron closes the first period with some great defense of the basket. Solid start. I need to stop talking to myself. By the way everyone, this game is on ESPN 360 if ya’ll have access.
Darnell Jackson doing great work to this point in the game. 6 points and 4 rebounds off five shots as of now.
I’m looking forward to seeing Wizard website with the picture foul analysis again tomorrow. Not that there’s been much wrong with the officiating so far, but because that was just too classic.
Anyways, back to the game, where’s JJ tonight? I’ve hardly seen him out there.
And as I say it he’s back in.
Wiz fans should have no cause for complaint about calls this game. They are getting calls even on clean blocks, and the current free throw attempts for the teams are
Cavs: 1
Wiz: 13
[Fake edit: now it’s
Cavs: 3
Wiz: 15]
Z is worthless
What happened to this teams energy?
Typical PD comment board poster:
“Man they suck…Coach Potato Head sux, get rid of Z he is slow and slow and big and whatever….even if they win they suck because coach Potato head just sucks…and they will win only in spite of him and they can’t shoot it and Ferry didn’t do anything and Gilbert is too cheap! Why didn’t Ferry trade for Bosh, Nash and Nowitski?”
Typical WFNY poster:
I am not happy with the way this game is going, but I understand that they are missing 1/2 of their primary front court players, working Delonte back in, etc so I will be happy with a win. But still, where is Mo and Hickson tonight? I’ve been kinda walking back and forth watching the game in between whatever, but don’t seem to get the sense that other than Lebron chucking it up, there is not much else going on with this team tonight. My question is: WHY? It’s not like they didn’t know they wouldn’t have Shaq or AV and couldn’t gameplan for it?
This game has the potential of sucking worse than any in the ECF’s
Still haven’t found their heart this year
At least West is playing like he doesn’t like losing by 20.
That’s not a jump ball. Someone should hit Stevenson in the face before the game ends.
Is Hubie Brown serious? He hugged him.
Yea so not that it really matters but that jump ball call was brutal
I thought the block was similar to LeBron’s chase downs… clean up top, but ancillary contact below, which is ignored often in those situations.
This game was lost with Brown’s rotation to start the 4th. I get that he’s down two guys – but seriously – the Wiz go small & he counters by putting Z & Jackson out there together?! It’s no surprise the deficit grew. But what kills me is that it takes him soooooo long to admit/realize it’s not working & adjust. He rotated us out of a win tonight. Same for the Chicago game, and the Toronto game was lost when Z & Shaq got out on the floor together.
Long story short, Brown has to do a better job rotating. His biggest weakness is countering the adjustments the other team makes. Once Flip went zone against the Cavs tonight they erased the lead, but Mike countered w/nothing and what’s worse is he actually rotated them into losing. Again.
I know Mo had an off game & that the refs were questionable at best, but this loss, to me, is squarely on Mike Brown’s inability to rotate effectively to what’s happening out on the floor.
and our rebounding…out rebounded by 14
Mike Brown’s job is very difficult right now..no idea what you’re getting from Delonte and if he can be trusted.. no Shaq, no AV. having to rely on Darnell Jackson for extended periods.
As well as LeBron shot it, I blame him a lot tonight. He played selfish ball in the 2nd half, played no defense (again). Got emotionally taken out of the game. Stats lie sometimes and they did tonight.
You’re right Dawgpowend. There’s no question LeBron’s been playing too much selfish ball lately (and not coincidentally, it’s usually coincided with the Cavs’ leads evaporating), but Brown can not leave Z & Jackson out there for that long to start the fourth against a small-ball Wizards unit. It killed any chance of a comeback before he even put LeBron back in the game.
#26 – You took the words right out of my mouth
How obvious is it that this team still needs one more star player? How long can we continue to ask this question? This team fully healthy could not beat the Lakers at their best, and thats where we need to be. If Gasol, Bynum, Odom OR Artest were on the cavs they would be our 2nd best player.
As of now we are Pretenders, barely Contenders.
@29 – When/if they play? I’d take a healthy Oneal for 30 minutes than any of those on your Laker wish list. And a mentally correct Mo as well. Out of the above you mention, I’d take Gasol, who has proven to be a solid, reliable player. The others on your list? Not so much. At least not to the extent that it makes us ‘Pretenders’ in comparison. Sorry, but you are wrong. Yes we lost tonight. No, we should not have lost tonight. And not to make excuses, but 2/5th (counting Darnel now) of the frontcourt was missing. This team will be ok and a CONtender for the title no matter what. Not saying they’ll win it all, but just sayin’.
Bring back the CP3 rumors! By far the best possible fantasy for Cavs fans.