Game 1: Bulls @ Cavaliers - Sat, Apr 17, 3:00pm [ABC]

[Rise Against]

..............................................vs

..........................................| April 17th, 2010 | 3:00 PM - ET | Quicken Loans Arena | Cleveland, OH |
.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................| ABC | WTAM 1100 |







................................................................................................................ PF: C: SF: ..........
...................................................................................................................................................... Jamison #4 ..................... O'Neal #33 ............................... James #23

.............................................................................................................................................................. PG: SG:
........................................................................................................................................................................................................ Williams #2 ......................... Parker #18

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................................................................................................................................................................... PG: SG:
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Rose #1 ..................................... Hinrich #12

.................................................................................................................... PF: C: SF:
............................................................................................................................................................. Gibson #22 .................... Noah #31 ............................................ Deng #9

[and1GS]

Sweet game thread, good job.

Excited for this series just because I don't get to see LeBron on national TV often. My handle on most other sites is lebron23 so the Cavs are my second team. This should be an easy series.

[B Mac]

Not a fan of the 3:00 start time. I signed up to work overtime on Saturday starting at 6 for some dumb reason. Ugh.

[gflem]

Finally, the playoffs. We shouldnt drop any games this first series but Chicago can at least push us some with Rose being the one guy we will have trouble stopping.

[endemicBull]

Time for Cleveland to get a bit of payback for the Jordan years...

The Bulls are better than their record due to Noah(who has probably improved as much as any NBA player over the past year) missing 20 games, but I don't think the Rose/Noah lead Bulls have enough in them to make this a competitive series, and one win should be considered a positive result, imo.

Best Case: Cavs 4 --- Bulls 0
Worst Case: Cavs 4 --- Bulls 1

[L&H_05]

Personally, i think the Cavs should bring Ehlo in to watch the massacre... And when it's over present him with the game ball....

[prekazi]

LeBron said: He's serious and Bulls gonna face a different monster! http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nba/n ... pn_5096380

He's serious so does that mean he's not gonna dance anymore?

[Rise Against]

LeBron can dance as much as he want when we win the championship. Right now, there is a lot of work to be done.

[SHO'NUFF]

Go Bulls?

[jaypo]

Am I the Meanest-- SHO NUFF???
Am I the prettiest-- SHO NUFF???

Am I the baddest MOFO lowdown around this town??? SHO NUFF!!!

You know that they're about to remake that movie with Samuel L. Jackson as Sho Nuff, right?

That is my favorite move of all time!

[tsherkin]

Thought I'd dip in for a sec, pardon the non-board member.

Good luck, Cavs. Not that you'll need it against the Bulls, but here's to a long and successful playoff run, starting right now.

[mg]

Go Cavs!

I've waited my entire lifetime to finally see a winner in Cleveland. Let's hope this is our year.

[SHO'NUFF]

Am I the Meanest-- SHO NUFF???
Am I the prettiest-- SHO NUFF???

Am I the baddest MOFO lowdown around this town??? SHO NUFF!!!

You know that they're about to remake that movie with Samuel L. Jackson as Sho Nuff, right?

That is my favorite move of all time!

Yup. Hope they do a good job with picking the rest of the cast.

[TheOUTLAW]

I'm not sure which will be more interesting the remake of "The Last Dragon" or the remake of "The Karate Kid". Both should be interesting

[Rise Against]

Go Bulls?

Hope you don't mind if I use that sig.

[SHO'NUFF]

Go Bulls?

Hope you don't mind if I use that sig.

Not at all. looks good!

[olympiakos777]

This series will go to game 6 or even 7..We may also see an upset, dont think the bulls are an easy team to beat.

[Rise Against]

This series will go to game 6 or even 7..We may also see an upset, dont think the bulls are an easy team to beat.

They're not an easy team to beat... But have you not seen the Cavs play when they're at their best? The only game I've seen the Cavs actually care and play with 100% effort was against the Lakers on Christmas, and we know how that game turned out.. Now that the playoffs are here and the games actually mean a little something, I'm expecting a much better all around effort from the Cavs, and especially from LeBron.. We'll see though.

[TheOUTLAW]

This series will go to game 6 or even 7..We may also see an upset, dont think the bulls are an easy team to beat.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure where you stand on this

Lebrons a clown and he thinks this will be a cruise for them, but he wont know what hit them when they lose this series.

However, this is the game thread and not the series thread.

The Bulls have to win this game to have any shot in this series.

[L&H_05]

Everyone is predicting the Cavs will come out slow... I think the opposite actually..

They may do one of their famous scenarios in which they jump out to a big lead and let off the gas pedal to make it close, but I actually think they're gonna come out and be sharp immediately and jump on the Bulls...