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Bill Kennedy the officical who was fined by the league for handling of the situation that went down between him and Doc Rivers (when he ejected Doc from the Bulls game). Kennendy will officiate the Celtics/Cavs game this afternoon. This mean Lebron will get all the calls in his favor and the Cs will be playing 6 on 5 the whole game. So IMO the Cs don't stand a chance of winning this game

yaaaa....we'll see about that - the league is probably going to watch this game closley from that standpoint, so its not like Kennedy can do whatever he wants and get away with it...

Well if that happens, Kennedy should get another big fine.

Frank Lucas wrote:Bill Kennedy the officical who was fined by the league for handling of the situation that went down between him and Doc Rivers (when he ejected Doc from the Bulls game). Kennendy will officiate the Celtics/Cavs game this afternoon. This mean Lebron will get all the calls in his favor and the Cs will be playing 6 on 5 the whole game. So IMO the Cs don't stand a chance of winning this game

How is this different than any other game against the Cavs?

Cavs have gotten almost every call this season...and been given many games....C's have been playng 5 on 6 most of the year--they're used to it.....so, they'll just be gearing up for the ECF....if the Cavs DON'T get the calls---Mike Brown will throw his usual hissy fit.

I really doubt that Kennedy has a vendetta against the C's, although that situation was very awkward, I think that could have been D'Antoni on the sideline instead of Doc and we would have seen the same, similar, wrong results. Having said that, obviously the league will be looking at this game closely for those reasons. Kennedy will not give James all the calls for that reasoning anyway and he might actually try to BENEFIT the C's in this game so there is no question at all. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

This game is meaningless now that we have secured the second seed and the Cavs have secured the first seed. I would bet that guys like Pierce, Ray, Lebron get more rest in this game.

Celtics_85 wrote:This game is meaningless now that we have secured the second seed and the Cavs have secured the first seed. I would bet that guys like Pierce, Ray, Lebron get more rest in this game.

Cavs are still fighting for the first overall seed with LA...

and maybe it's just us as fans, but I know, like most, we don't want our old home record tied either.

Am I the only one who is not surprised that we're getting spanked?

No Leon, KG ... vs Cleveland in Cleveland?! No chance. We would still get blown out if we had both of them. They're an exceptional team at home.

Yeah, I turned it off once it had reached twenty-something to nine. The game was helter-skelter from the beginning and I knew I didn't want to invest my time in this. It hurt, I really wanted this game. If for one reason, to give Cleveland something to think about heading into the playoffs. Oh well, if you aren't going to show up, I'm not going to watch you play. Boston could careless about this game. That bothers me, a lot. You clinch your playoff seed and suddenly the remaining schedule is deem meaningless? Bleep that! I'm irked now... I understand about finding time to rest Pierce and Ray but this is... Ugh. I thought defending the 1986 record meant something, anything to these players. No. You throw the game... Cleveland is a good team at home, but I believed that if any team can defeat them there it's both the Lakers and Celtics. The Lakers did... So, now it's Boston's turn. Yeah, right! A big bleeping lol in my face. Dummy for getting myself up for this game. Ha ha... Yes, you got me good. And I almost didn't even watch the game thinking Pierce was going to sit-out from listening to WEEI.

In acknowledgment of Easter Sunday... Here's a giant egg to the team that laid an egg today.

The C's did try but the Cavs were too much once again in Cleveland and then we packed it in.

the cavs weren't "too much again" when we beat them last time without kg.

in fact, the first time we lost in cleveland, it was a close game until the last 2-3 mins.

today the c's didn't show up on the defensive end. the cavs were strolling through the lane and dropping off passes to open guys.

on offense, rondo didnt assert himself until we were down big.

perkins looked like he didnt belong on the floor. he was beat on the boards, on offense, and on defense.

s1ickd wrote:the cavs weren't "too much again" when we beat them last time without kg.

in fact, the first time we lost in cleveland, it was a close game until the last 2-3 mins.

today the c's didn't show up on the defensive end. the cavs were strolling through the lane and dropping off passes to open guys.

on offense, rondo didnt assert himself until we were down big.

perkins looked like he didnt belong on the floor. he was beat on the boards, on offense, and on defense.

What?!

How can you say the Cavs weren't too much? We were down 49-19 by the 2nd Q! That is too much.

The first time we lost in Cleveland was NOT a close game with 3-4mins left. We were losing 95-76 with 3-4mins left.

There are too many excuses from fans about the Cavs. I feel too many of you are under-estimating them.

We lost because:

- we couldn't score
- played bad defense
- Rondo didn't show up
- Pierce and Allen looked "old"
- we got out-rebounded

I mean, come on, I love the C's, but give the Cavs some credit. They played exceptional defense and played with a great level of energy.

I have not seen anything from the C's which proves we can win in Cleveland and that is a major concern seeing that we have to go through there to get to the finals.

I still believe we can win, but let's please stop calling them pretenders.

MaxwellSmart wrote:Cavs have gotten almost every call this season...and been given many games....C's have been playng 5 on 6 most of the year--they're used to it.....so, they'll just be gearing up for the ECF....if the Cavs DON'T get the calls---Mike Brown will throw his usual hissy fit.

oh please don't start with taht ..its funny to me how yall are saying the NBA wanted Cavs and Lakers in the finals.. Celts are a great team don't get me wrong.. but just don't make excuses for your poor play and lack of enthusiasm and passion because if you watched last yrs finals from an unbiased perspective you would see that your zone d abused Kobe and most of the calls were gone unnoticed .. and the celts fed of taht momentum while it left LA frustrated and miserable.. so please just grow up and stop blaming the "NBA" for the improved play of the Cavs .. this embarassing play of yours today really ruined the game because I like many others were looking forward to a good game ..

06rahmaq wrote:

MaxwellSmart wrote:Cavs have gotten almost every call this season...and been given many games....C's have been playng 5 on 6 most of the year--they're used to it.....so, they'll just be gearing up for the ECF....if the Cavs DON'T get the calls---Mike Brown will throw his usual hissy fit.

oh please don't start with taht ..its funny to me how yall are saying the NBA wanted Cavs and Lakers in the finals.. Celts are a great team don't get me wrong.. but just don't make excuses for your poor play and lack of enthusiasm and passion because if you watched last yrs finals from an unbiased perspective you would see that your zone d abused Kobe and most of the calls were gone unnoticed .. and the celts fed of taht momentum while it left LA frustrated and miserable.. so please just grow up and stop blaming the "NBA" for the improved play of the Cavs .. this embarassing play of yours today really ruined the game because I like many others were looking forward to a good game ..

Don't worry about it, you'll get all you can handle and more in the ECF.

I must have missed this yesterday.

When it comes to the Celtics, it's easy to be green with revulsion, says Bill Livingston

The Boston Celtics used to play in a squalid tenement slum atop a train station called Boston Garden. It smelled of stale urine, spilled beer, and Red Auerbach's victory stogies. Nobody called the dump the Miscue by the Choo-Choo, though.

After a generation without the Celtics winning an NBA championship, our long civic nightmare has regrettably resumed. The Celtics are the defending champions. They won two series, 4-3, with all their victories at home, They are the Cavs' closest pursuers in the East and their archest of rivals this season.

http://www.cleveland.com/livingston/ind ... ics_i.html



Well, I've some things off the top of my head that annoy me about the Cleveland Cavaliers and/or LeBron.



Cavalier players crying foul over Maurice Williams being (initially) left off this season's All-Star game. Who's this guy (Mo), Rappin' Rodney?

"Ben Wallace was right when he called Mo originally being passed over for the All-Star Game a shamockery," Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert said in a tongue-in-cheek e-mail to The Associated Press. "But not naming him as the natural and obvious replacement for the unfortunately injured Jameer Nelson is stupidiculous, idillogical and preposterageous."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/allstar20 ... id=3888887

Stupidiculous? Preposterageous? Put that in my don’t know what you said book. Put that in my are you out of your goddamn mind book too. Mo Williams over Ray Allen? These cats must be hanging out with Michael Phelps.

http://joshqpublic.com/2009/02/06/mo-wi ... star-snub/


Those were some of the ugliest jerseys imaginable. Having hideous uniforms over the years is unsportsmanlike conduct. For a franchise with little success in their history, they don't have to take it out on the rest of the league and fans. We don't want to see that!



http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/history/lo ... story.html


Seeing Jay-Z (Beyonce sold separately) court side at games. And all the articles on whether or not LeBron stays or leaves in 2010. More and more the relationship between LeBron and Jay-Z is irrelevant news and James' immediate future is becoming more clearer with the current economic climate. I don't think he'll leave...

Jay-Z talked of a tomorrow when these two monuments to music and basketball will transform the rules of engagement for the iconic performer, one witness said. He talked of making history.

For the Cavaliers officials watching, there had to be something of a collective gulp. They have been uneasy witnesses to a dance between James and Jay-Z, a bond between a generation’s most celebrated entertainer and athlete. These two spend a lot of time together - traveling, talking and sharing big ideas.

What’s unnerving to Cleveland is that Jay-Z happens to be a part owner of the New Jersey Nets with unlimited access to James’ heart, mind and ambitions. Of course, the Nets are plotting a move to a sparkling new arena in Brooklyn, perhaps as soon as the 2011-2012 season. They’re clearing cap space and planning a pursuit of James when he can opt out of his contract in the summer of 2010.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=a ... &type=lgns


Knowing that they'll likely tie for the best regular season home record in history with the 1986 Celtics. Boo. Somehow it seems even less impressive the more you think about the differences in eras.


LeBron, powdered rosin and pregame ritual. I never understood the need to or point of doing this by players.

It has become LeBron James' trademark. Just before tipoff, he leans over the courtside scorers' table, pours a pile of powder on his hands and then -- poof! -- throws it skyward as if filling the arena with a cloud of magic dust.

"It's not a good idea to throw powder up in the air and breathe it in," said Fagan, who's also an assistant professor at Case's medical school. The particles can irritate the lungs, eyes and nose, she added.

Even more of a concern to Fagan is that inhaled powders can aggravate serious lung conditions like asthma, a growing problem with kids, especially in Cleveland and other urban areas.

"Any kind of exposure that might aggravate asthma is of concern," she said.

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/plaindeal ... xml&coll=2


That at least LeBron is pleased by the league's decision to reconsider changing (or tweaking) the rules on traveling. And Frogger was an interesting game in the eighties. It got updated, so why not traveling?

In response to increased scrutiny in recent years, the NBA is examining rewriting its traveling rules as soon as next season. It may include allowing for two steps, not one as currently written, and possibly even a provision for LeBron James' famous, or infamous, depending on your perspective, crab-dribble move.

The news that the league is considering clarifying the rule, which gets violated and called differently all season long, was received with satisfaction from James. Though players have been allowed two steps in practice for many years, James has been caught in controversial traveling situations numerous times in his career.

The most focus has been on James' jump-stop move, which he's been perfecting since high school. Sometimes he travels and gets away with it, sometimes he executes it properly and still gets called for traveling.

"That would be good, I could get my move back," James said of the potential rule changes. "They stole my move. I've gotten used to knowing that you have to land on two feet."

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf ... ear_n.html

Bonsaflipflops - I appreciate the sentiment, but isn't that one of those little chocolate eggs you give your kids in their Easter baskets?

Brett43 wrote:Bonsaflipflops - I appreciate the sentiment, but isn't that one of those little chocolate eggs you give your kids in their Easter baskets?

I thought that image (taken from a different article about the same topic) was of the actual egg... I edited the image...

In 2005 Chocolaterie Guylian created the worlds largest "edible" Easter egg according to the Guinness book of world records.

To make the chocolate egg, it took 26 master chocolateries eight days and fifty thousand Guylian praline chocolate bars. Guylian, the world's leading manufacturer of Belgian chocolate, made the sculpture to celebrate the renovation of Belgium's largest market square in Sint Niklaas, Belgium.

http://www.socyberty.com/Holidays/World ... ggs.613443