Moderators: montestewart, LyricalRico, nate33
nate33 wrote:Jamison versus Gooden is the key matchup. Jamison always destroys Gooden on offense, but Gooden sometimes makes up for it by nailing the 18-footer and getting a ton of offensive boards. Jamison has to get a hand in Gooden's face and keep him off the glass.
We know Haywood will contain Z. We know our guards are better than theirs. If Jamison can outplay Gooden by a considerable margin, it should be enough to make up for the disparity between Lebron and Butler.
I don't see a disparity!
wateryd wrote:gotta stop varejao from doing all of his varejao stuff -- offensive boards, getting to loose balls, drawing charges, etc. the team and crowd feed off his energy when he's rolling and he's been rolling big time lately. between him and ilgauskas they have two of the best offensive rebounders in the conference, so our bigs need to go a good job on the defensive glass. if the cavs don't get a bunch of easy putbacks and the wiz continue to play strong D, i don't think the cavs have enough offensive firepower outside of lebron to take the game with the way the wiz offense has been flowing.
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Frankly, I think our bench bigs have done a better job of containing opposing bench bigs this season. Last year, I would have been a lot more worried about long, active bigs like Varejao making mincemeat out of our shorter, less athletic bigs like Ruff and Etan. Not so this year, what with Blatche and now Da Pech Mode getting burn. Even Songaila can at least offset the occasional off rebound he'll give up with offensive production on the other end.
These days, I'm more concerned these about 3 point shooting swingmen off the bench than athletic energy players. The Wizards bench tends to play a lot of match up zone on D, and while they're able to close out well on sweet shooting small guards and combo guards (e.g., Jason Terry), taller Nachbar-types are often able to get open looks in the corners--especially when Songaila is in the game.
However, I don't think the Cavs back-up swingmen (Shannon Brown and Devin "Path Not Taken" Brown) are great spot-up shooters. I'm not as worried about Boobie and Damon for the reasons described above. So, hopefully, this should be another strong defensive outing for the Wizards bench.
props to wizznutzz.com
