<div align="center"><u><font size="5"> <font color="#055E37">SEATTLE SUPERSONICS</font> @ <font color="#FF0033">CLEVELAND CAVALIERS</font></font></u> <u><font size="3"><font color="#FF0033">PROJECTED STARTERS</font></font></u> <u><font size="2"><font color="#FF0033">CAVS</font></font></u> <font color="#FF0033">C Zydrunas Ilgauskas PF Drew Gooden SF LeBron James SG Larry Hughes PG Eric Snow</font> <font color="#055E37">C Johan Petro PF Reggie Evans SF Rashard Lewis SG Ray Allen PG Luke Ridnour</font> <u><font size="2"><font color="#055E37">SUPERSONICS</font></font></u> <u><font size="3"><font color="#FF0033">MATCHUP BREAKDOWN</font></font></u></div> <font color="#FF0033">Zydrunas Ilgauskas</font> v <font color="#055E37">Johan Petro</font> – The experienced vet Big Z should b able to take the young Frenchman but will have to be wary as youth, passion and hunger for victory could spur Petro on to give Z more than he expects. <font color="#FF0033">Drew Gooden</font> v <font color="#055E37">Reggie Evans</font> – Evans could be interesting to watch as he can pull down 20 rebounds if he plays at his best. If he uses his 245 lbs well, he could be knocking Drew down with his power. Drew will need to be cautious, but should come out on top. <font color="#FF0033">LeBron James</font> v <font color="#055E37">Rashard Lewis</font> – This should be interesting. On one hand, you have a contender for the MVP Award. On the other, you have a player who can be just as dominant if he’s shooting well. The two will fight it out to the death, with LeBron using his extra explosiveness to surpass Lewis. <font color="#FF0033">Larry Hughes</font> v <font color="#055E37">Ray Allen</font> – Will the great matchups ever stop for Hughes? We have one of the best defensive SGs against one of the best offensive SGs. This one will be fought out, but Allen will prevail. <font color="#FF0033">Eric Snow</font> v <font color="#055E37">Luke Ridnour</font> – Ridnour’s passing ability should make him beat Snow hands down in the matchup. Snow might defend better, but Ridnour will play like a true PG to gain the advantage over the Cavalier. <div align="center"><u><font size="3"><font color="#FF0033">SCORE PREDICTION</font></font></u></div> <u><font size="2"><font color="#055E37">87</font> - <font color="#FF0033"> 109</font> </font></u>
I didn't get to catch the game last night but it looks like the offense brought their 'A' game. LeBron put up 31 pts and 5 boards. Marshall and Hughes both added 13. One stat that really blew my mind was that the Cavs out rebounded them 56-21. And the Cavs had 4 guys with at least 9 boards(Gooden, Henderson, Marshall, and Z). So it looks like the Cavs mixed both good offense and good defense to win this one, which makes me very happy!
