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Game Date: Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Game Time: 8:00 P.M. ET
Location: Wachovia Center
TV: FOX Sports Ohio HD, ESPN
Radio: WTAM 1100

Probable Lineups
Cleveland(18-3)
PG- Mo Williams
SG- Delonte West
SF- LeBron James
PF- Ben Wallace
C- Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Philadelphia((9-12)
PG- Andre Miller
SG- Andre Iguodala
SF- Thaddeus Young
PF- Elton Brand
C- Samuel Dalembert

Brand has a hamstring injury, but practiced Tuesday and is expected to play against the Cavs.

Could actually be tough, but if we tighten the defense down on them we might only be able to win by 12 or 13 instead of the usual 22+.

Well, all I kept reading all summer long according to NBA know it all: Dedicated 76ers fan, was that the Cavaliers were terrible, we're going to be worse cause the east got much better, and that the 76ers were going to rule the east...

So, I would fully anticipate us getting destroyed tonight due to the overall dominance of this 76ers juggernaut...

Need to jump on the sixers early. If we can get up double digits in the 1st half their confidence will drop as they have struggled so far this year.

Lebron usually has good games against them and Big Ben is a good matchup defensively against Brand. Same with Delonte against Willie Green and Mo against Andre Miller. I like how we match up with Philly and expect a win in this one.

L&H_05 wrote:Well, all I kept reading all summer long according to NBA know it all: Dedicated 76ers fan, was that the Cavaliers were terrible, we're going to be worse cause the east got much better, and that the 76ers were going to rule the east...

So, I would fully anticipate us getting destroyed tonight due to the overall dominance of this 76ers juggernaut...

That guy is mysteriously silent now isnt he? Wonder why that is......

I expect a whole lot of this guy..


As well as a little of each of these guys...





With these guys off the bench...



And this guy back at home cheering us on...


Dont see how you can beat a team that looks like that.

B Mac wrote:

HAHAHAHA

That sort of reminds me of Adam Morrison

The Cavs are playing pretty horribly so far. They really aren't shooting all that well and the defense is as bad as I've seen it. They are allowing way too many layups.

AI is an idiot missing the dunk because he was showboating. That is such a stupid thing to do.

It seems just like the Cavs have mostly shot themselves in the foot that first quarter with alot of turnovers(Mo with 3 of the 6). That led to Philly getting alot of transition buckets. Iguodala and Miller came out hot though so gotta give them some credit. Cavs started off slow on the boards as well, but have picked it up on the glass. 13-2 start to the second though and up by 8.

Iguodala is going nuts out there, besides that dunk he missed. He hasn't missed anything else that I can recall, going wild for 21 first half points. The rebounding is even too, I would hope the Cavs take care of the glass in the second half. Only up by 2 at halftime, but we've seen this before. Turnovers, transition D, and rebounding. Do those things and this game will open up yet again. If not, the Sixers could take this one. Delonte needs to get going or Zydrunas. Other than LeBron and Mo, no one else played that great in the first half.

I think we're gonna lose this game, i'd be surprised if we win.

The defensive intensity really picked up out of the half and Mo Cheeks quickly burns 2 timeouts. Nice job to start the third, they did the same in the second quarter though. Hope they keep it up this time.

calibanPK wrote:I think we're gonna lose this game, i'd be surprised if we win.

I was joking guys.

haha caliban, I didnt want to respond just in case a jinx happened. I felt the Cavs would push the lead again in the third. It looked like they had the Sixers at the start of the second. AV really had a huge part in that third, thanks to some great LeBron passes but still. Mo has made some big shots as well, would be nice to get Z some looks and finish this off. Play Philly again on Friday, so don't want to rub it in too much.

oh no Z!

So anyone else holding their breathe after watching the replay of Z landing on that players foot? It didn't look too good, though he walked to the bench. Hopefully its not too bad toommorow.

o god no the cleveland curse does exist
/kills self

Cavs are getting screwed once again by the refs. Early there were bad calls both ways, now the refs are just killing the Cavs.

Philly making a run. This isn't good.