Celtics @ Cavs Gamethread - Tuesday, February 5th

cfan79 · Post #2 » by **cfan79** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 4:27 pm

We could be in for a load of trouble. Hopefully Powe enters the game early because he might be a better matchup against Gooden.

Kaykoose · Post #3 » by **Kaykoose** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 4:37 pm

In that loss to the Cavs, Pierce played scared. He better man up and take it to LeBron tomorrow night. Get him in foul trouble = easy win.

P2 · Post #4 » by P2 » Mon Feb 4, 2008 5:37 pm

PP + Ray > LBJ

They key to this matchup is not getting outrebounded. They're much bigger than us due to KG's and Pollard's absence, so I don't know how we will do with our biggest player 6'8" (excluding Perk).

thejackram · Post #5 » by **thejackram** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 6:08 pm

anybody think we will see big baby in this game...without kg we havent seen much of him and ive been suprised. And how will scal do on z or gooden

freakon0mics · Post #6 » by **freakon0mics** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 6:25 pm

I'm hoping KG rests till he is 100%. If he isn't then he shouldn't be playing. I'm fine seeing Leon out there.

daveisceltics · Post #7 » by **daveisceltics** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 6:32 pm

As long as Ray gets his looks like the last game, we should win this one.
If we can beat Dallas without KG we can beat the Cavs.

cisco · Post #8 » by **cisco** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 7:12 pm

If we don't control the boards it's going to be tough to win. The Cavs are a very good rebounding team. The best thing to do is to keep Scal off the floor and play someone (Powe or Baby) that can rebound the damn ball. I don't like to hate on Scal, because he's a good teammate, but he's terrible and I can't stand watching him play.

EvadedHavoc · Post #9 » by **EvadedHavoc** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 7:15 pm

Powe Plz

theGreatRC · Post #10 » by **theGreatRC** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 8:05 pm

Hopefully the C's can still do this awesome job they have been doing without KG.

bballcool34 · Post #11 » by **bballcool34** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 8:47 pm

The two best small forwards in the league going head to head- should be a fun one.

celticfan42487 · Post #12 » by **celticfan42487** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 9:14 pm

Cavs were a better rebounding team then us somehow when we had KG.

Now that we have air ball Scal in the line-up offensive rebounds could be close.

Grampa Ray always does well after a 3 day rest though, so this one should be competitive.

I hope Doc realizes the rebounding issue and plays Baby+ Powe and not Posey at PF.

Is there ever a game that were going to play where we can actually expect Pollard to play? We could use his size at the C spot ohhh every game but he seems to always be injured.

Man_Up · Post #13 » by **Man_Up** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 9:58 pm

Pierce is going to have the freedom to do what he wants. I hope he doesn't get to caught up in trash talking and hands it to Lebron.

P2 · Post #14 » by P2 » Mon Feb 4, 2008 9:59 pm

wiseguys wrote:I'm fine seeing Leon out there.

As long as we win.

celticfan42487 wrote:I hope Doc realizes the rebounding issue and plays Baby+ Powe and not Posey at PF.

We're talking about Dr. Small Balls. Get it?

cisco · Post #15 » by **cisco** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 10:44 pm

P2 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

We're talking about Dr. Small Balls. Get it?

Good one.

cisco · Post #16 » by **cisco** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 10:50 pm

celticfan42487 wrote:Cavs were a better rebounding team then us somehow when we had KG.

Now that we have air ball Scal in the line-up offensive rebounds could be close.

Grampa Ray always does well after a 3 day rest though, so this one should be competitive.

I hope Doc realizes the rebounding issue and plays Baby+ Powe and not Posey at PF.

Is there ever a game that were going to play where we can actually expect Pollard to play? We could use his size at the C spot ohhh every game but he seems to always be injured.

Please explain to me how we could be a better offensive rebounding team with Scal as opposed to KG?

You do know that Scal doesn't rebound AT ALL, don't you?

celticfan42487 · Post #17 » by **celticfan42487** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 11:00 pm

Welll.... it still could be close hopefully

Celtics_History_Lesson · Post #18 » by **Celtics_History_Lesson** » Tue Feb 5, 2008 1:12 pm

Most of the losses have been against teams with a star center, including the Magic twice and Cavs once, so far. Somebody needs to grow 5 inches so they can look Ilgauskas in the eye.

The last time these two teams played it was one of the most exciting games of the season.

Big Baby!

Scalamental · Post #19 » by **Scalamental** » Tue Feb 5, 2008 4:39 pm

Man what has it been a week since the celtics last played? damn it's about time.

Scalamental · Post #20 » by **Scalamental** » Tue Feb 5, 2008 4:42 pm

Celtics_History_Lesson wrote:Most of the losses have been against teams with a star center, including the Magic twice and Cavs once, so far. Somebody needs to grow 5 inches so they can look Ilgauskas in the eye.

The last time these two teams played it was one of the most exciting games of the season.

Big Baby!

The last time we played them, they were with out LBJ and the Celtics played like they took sleeping pills. I was at the game. It sucked. but a w's a w.