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Game Date: Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Game Time: 8:00 P.M. ET
Location: Quicken Loans Arena
TV: TNT, FOX Sports Ohio HD
Radio: WTAM 1100


(54-13)





(43-25)



Season Series: Cleveland leads 1-0
Jan 21, 2009 - CLE 104, @ POR 98
Mar 19, 2009 - POR @ CLE 8:00 PM ET

Cleveland FTW...

^^A couple questions for you and other Blazer fans that visit here. How bad was Batum hurt in the Pacers game? Do you expect him to play in this game? If not, who starts at SF? Your team is very talented, so I wouldn't mark this as a sure W for us. I feel bad for you guys, after watching Oden at OSU for a year(I'm a Buckeye fan). He just doesn't have his normal explosiveness and maybe it's just the injury he originally had. If he gets together healthwise, I have no doubt in my mind he'll be among the premier defensive players in the NBA. Possibly the unquestioned best at it too.

Don't know how serious Batum is yet, but he won't play tomorrow.

Likely be looking at Outlaw/Rudy filling in his minutes. We really needed Batum's length to harrass LeBron (not that it would have mattered).

How long is Oden out? The rest of the season? I heard 2 weeks but that was forever ago.

Oden played tonight and will hopefully play the rest of the year.

RevMan26 wrote:How long is Oden out? The rest of the season? I heard 2 weeks but that was forever ago.

Oden played 12 minutes against the Pacers tonight(4pts, 7reb, 1blk). From what I've read is they are going to keep him off the bench though. Probably a good move until next season.,

Ok Blazer fans another question, because I didn't see your game. Aldridge was hurt too against IND?

I like the POR team, they are my 2nd favorite team to watch. Delonte will have his hands full with Brandon Roy - though I'd imagine LBJ will want to check him in the 4th.

Hopefully the TNT curse doesn't apply

Loss.

Benedict_Boozer wrote:I like the POR team, they are my 2nd favorite team to watch. Delonte will have his hands full with Brandon Roy - though I'd imagine LBJ will want to check him in the 4th.

Hopefully the TNT curse doesn't apply

Same here. If I had to root for a team in the west it's Portland.

Regardless of how tomorrow's game goes tomorrow, I hope you guys beat the
Celtics for the East title and beat the Lakers for the title (assuming the Blazers
don't make it).

Yeah, the Blazers are nice... And their sideline reporter is hot too..

I will say this though, I'm just glad we got the #1 pick in '03 and not in '07

LoveThemCavs wrote:Ok Blazer fans another question, because I didn't see your game. Aldridge was hurt too against IND?

Yeah Aldridge reportedly is at an Indy hospital with a concussion and is "doubtful" for the game I'm not holding out much hope, not that I was pre injuries

good luck you guys, I enjoy watching the cavs play (although hopefully not in a blowout tomorrow...)

This is a team we match up against very well. West is very good at defending two guards like Roy and Varejao will always harasses jump shooting big men like Aldridge. They have no one that can D up Lebron, so it should be an easy win.

LoveThemCavs wrote:

RevMan26 wrote:How long is Oden out? The rest of the season? I heard 2 weeks but that was forever ago.

Oden played 12 minutes against the Pacers tonight(4pts, 7reb, 1blk). From what I've read is they are going to keep him off the bench though. Probably a good move until next season.,

I really hope Oden gets healthy. I am a Jr at OSU and met Oden when we were both Freshmen and he is a cool dude. I hope things get better for him becuase he deserves it.

Sucks losing both Batum and Aldridge last night. Outlaw took a shot to the face as well, but he's fine. Glad Oden is back. He'll probably get around 15 minutes tonight. He looked pretty decent in limited minutes last night. With the Blazers up 20 after the 3rd quarter, Nate didn't put him back in the game in the 4th. I guess he wanted to keep him fresh for tonight. I'm not really sure what Portland is gonna do about LBJ though if Batum is not able to give it a go. I would guess Roy may spend a little more time at SF and of course Outlaw will have to pick up the slack, although he needs to cover for Aldridge as well. Gonna see a lot of Frye tonight if Aldridge can't give it a go. I was really looking forward to this game tonight with a healthy Oden and the rest of the guys. Webster is pushing hard to come back in April, as well so we may actually have our entire team healthy for the playoffs (crossing my fingers). Good luck tonight guys, although with the Blazers sudden injuries, I don't think you'll need it.

Ha, if Outlaw is guarding LBJ I'd expect him to set a new career high. What is his career high?

^56.

I thought Outlaw does pretty decent against Lebron?