<div align="center"> <span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:100%">@</span> November 3, 2006 - 8:00 pm ETGame aired on ESPN</div> <span style="color:#990000">Cleveland Cavaliers</span> <span style="color:#CC9933">(1-0)</span><span style="color:#CC9933">PG</span> <span style="color:#990000">Eric Snow</span> <span style="color:#CC9933">SG</span> <span style="color:#990000">Larry Hughes</span> <span style="color:#CC9933">SF</span> <span style="color:#990000">LeBron James</span> <span style="color:#CC9933">PF</span> <span style="color:#990000">Drew Gooden</span> <span style="color:#CC9933">C</span> <span style="color:#990000">Zydrunas Ilgauskas</span> <span style="color:#CC9933">Key Bench Players:</span> <span style="color:#990000">Donyell Marshall, Anderson Varajoe, David Wesley, Scott Pollard, Shannon Brown, Daniel Gibson, Damon Jones</span><span style="color:#000000">San Antonio Spurs</span> <span style="color:#999999">(1-0)</span><span style="color:#999999">PG</span> <span style="color:#000000">Tony Parker</span> <span style="color:#999999">SG</span> <span style="color:#000000">Manu Ginobili</span> <span style="color:#999999">SF</span> <span style="color:#000000">Bruce Bowen</span> <span style="color:#999999">PF</span> <span style="color:#000000">Tim Duncan</span> <span style="color:#999999">C</span> <span style="color:#000000">Fabricio Oberto</span> <span style="color:#999999">Key Bench Players:</span> <span style="color:#000000">Michael Finley, Francisco Elson, Robert Horry, Brent Barry, Beno Udrih, Matt Bonner, Eric Williams</span> Injury ReportNone Who To Watch Out For<span style="color:#990000">LeBron James</span><span style="color:#CC9933">Season Stats: 26.0 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 5.0 apg, 2.0 bpg</span><span style="color:#990000">Larry Hughes</span><span style="color:#CC9933">Season Stats: 27.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 5.0 apg, 2.0 spg</span><span style="color:#990000">Drew Gooden</span><span style="color:#CC9933">Season Stats: 14.0 ppg, 11.0 rpg</span><span style="color:#000000">Tim Duncan</span><span style="color:#999999">Season Stats: 13.0 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 4.0 apg, 1.0 bpg</span><span style="color:#000000">Tony Parker</span><span style="color:#999999">Season Stats: 19.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 3.0 apg</span><span style="color:#000000">Manu Ginobili</span><span style="color:#999999">Season Stats: 16.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 5.0 apg, 2.0 spg</span>Rookie Watch <span style="color:#CC9933">CLE:</span> <span style="color:#990000">Shannon Brown</span><span style="color:#000000">Overall Selection: 25</span><span style="color:#CC9933">Season Stats:</span> <span style="color:#990000">Has not played.</span> <span style="color:#CC9933">CLE:</span> <span style="color:#990000">Daniel Gibson</span><span style="color:#000000">Overall Selection: 42</span><span style="color:#CC9933">Season Stats:</span> <span style="color:#990000">Has not played.</span> <span style="color:#990000">Cleveland's X-Factor</span><span style="color:#990000">Zydrunas Ilgauskas</span><span style="color:#CC9933">Last Season's Stats: 4.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg</span><span style="color:#990000">Big Z is coming off a bad game vs. Washington. He needs to bounce back and be a force on the inside, especially against San Antonio.</span><span style="color:#000000">San Antonio's X-Factor</span><span style="color:#000000">Bruce Bowen</span><span style="color:#999999">Last Season's Stats: 13.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.0 apg</span><span style="color:#000000">His role tonight is simply put: slow down LeBron James.</span> Key Matchup vs. <span style="color:#990000">Larry Hughes</span> <span style="color:#000000">vs.</span> <span style="color:#000000">Manu Ginobili</span><span style="color:#000000">Both of these guys are very good all-around players, and can play on both ends of the floor. If one of these guys can give their team a big boost, that would be huge.</span> CelticBalla's Extra Thoughts/NotesI'm always excited to watch LeBron play, as the average fan is. But it's also interesting to see how well this team actually does against San Antonio. CelticBalla's PredictionSan Antonio is the 2nd best team in the NBA, IMO. I think if they play a normal game, they should definitely take it. It's in San Antonio as well, so that's a plus. LeBron won't make it easy, however.
I haven't watched the whole game because I'm also watching the Suns but LeBron has just embarrassed some good defenders tonight. Bowen, Duncan and Manu. 28 points on 12-19 shooting with 1 quarter left.
Not many teams will be able to beat the Cavaliers when LeBron James and Larry Hughes are on....Glad to see Hughes playing well. That dunk is pretty good...it looks like LeBron jumped 5 feet in the air, that guy defies logic.
I only got to see bits and pieces of the first half, plus the 4th quarter of this game (I was watching the Celtics/Pistons and I only switched over to this game during timeouts and halftime). But from what I saw, LeBron was incredible. Tim Duncan had a big 4th quarter as well, but LeBron just took everything over. What a great win for Cleveland, this is huge. This win is going to be HUGE to their confidence.Then, I saw the highlights. I screamed when I saw LeBron's slam on Duncan. WOW!!! Not to mention he had about 2-3 other plays that are SC Top 10 worthy. Incredible.
LeBron was huge up until the 4th, where he started to dissapear and choke a bit. GREAT game by him, though. Duncan was simply amazing in the 4th quarter, whoever says he has fallen off is crazy.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nitro1118 @ Nov 4 2006, 11:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>LeBron was huge up until the 4th, where he started to dissapear and choke a bit. GREAT game by him, though. Duncan was simply amazing in the 4th quarter, whoever says he has fallen off is crazy.</div>Yeah like I said I only watched the 4th quarter and bits and pieces of the first 3 (switching over during Celtics timeouts), but LeBron definitely did miss a few buckets down the stretch. And I made that thread about Duncan last week, people need to start giving him the respect he deserves. He's still going to have a normal Tim Duncan year, last year he was hurt. He's healthy now, and as you saw, he's ready to go. He's still the best big man in the NBA.
<span style="font-family:Book Antiqua">LeBron had two insane highlights:1) Dunked on Tim Duncan2) That lay-up he did... The windmill lay-up.Incredible game by King James.</span><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ Nov 3 2006, 02:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><span style="color:#990000">Cleveland's X-Factor</span><span style="color:#990000">Zydrunas Ilgauskas</span><span style="color:#CC9933">Last Season's Stats: 4.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg</span><span style="color:#990000">Big Z is coming off a bad game vs. Washington. He needs to bounce back and be a force on the inside, especially against San Antonio.</span><span style="color:#000000">San Antonio's X-Factor</span><span style="color:#000000">Bruce Bowen</span><span style="color:#999999">Last Season's Stats: 13.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.0 apg</span><span style="color:#000000">His role tonight is simply put: slow down LeBron James.</span></div><span style="font-family:Book Antiqua">Umm... I hope you meant last game's stats because last season, Zydrunas Ilgauskas posted 15.6 ppg and 7.6 rpg, while Bruce Bowen dropped 7.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg and 1.5 apg.</span>
