Preview by mommy/JBB aka King/RCF <font size="14">VS</font> <font color="purple">Phoenix Suns</font> (4-0) @ <font color="darkred">Cleveland Cavaliers </font> (1-3) Wednesday, November 10 7:30 pm EST Gund Arena Head Coaches Mike D?Antoni / Paul Silas Probable Starters Steve Nash / Jeff McInnis Joe Johnson / Lucious Harris Shawn Marion / LeBron James Amare Stoudemire / Drew Gooden Jake Voskuhl? / Zydrunas Ilgauskas 6th Men Quentin Richardson / Eric Snow EDIT: The Suns may start Stoudemire at Center and slide Johnson to the Small Forward, with Richardson starting at Shooting Guard. Players To Watch Amare Stoudemire / LeBron James Fast Fact : The Cavs will be the fifth Eastern Conference team in a row that the Suns will have to face. They will face their first Western team on the 13th against Sacramento. Injury List Cleveland : Dajuan Wagner, DeSagana Diop Phoenix : Zarko Cabarkapa <font color="blue">King?s Keys</font> *Work hard on defense. The Suns are currently leading the league in points per game. Try to contain their main scoring threats. Guard the perimeter, as the Suns have some good shooters. Don?t let them get easy shots off or let them drive to the hoop uncontested. *Grab the rebounds. The Suns have rebounded very well thus far. Box out and get good positioning for rebounds. We will need to be very active on the boards. *Give the ball to Z. The starting center position seems to be Phoenix?s biggest weakness. Voskuhl, or whoever their starting center will be (unless they start Stoudemire at the C) is no match for Ilgauskas. Feed him the ball when possible. *Be very active on offense. The Suns have done a great job defensively in their previous games. Our offense will need to step up if we want a win. *Phoenix has a good bench, led by Richardson. We will need to get some more production from our reserves to keep up with the Suns? bench production. Final Thought: The Suns will be looking to continue their winning streak and close out their road trip undefeated. Phoenix has been playing some great basketball to start out the season. The Cavs will need to step up and bring their ?A game? if they want to win this one. We will need a good overall effort from the whole team. Prediction: Suns win 109-98 Visit Real Cavs Fans
I think this should be a good game. Although the Suns will probably use the quicker lineup where Amare is against Z, Marion at PF, JJ at SF, and slid Q in the SG spot. I think a key for the Cavs would be to get back on defense on the fast break. I am taking the Suns also to move to 5-0: 101-95
I'm also taking the suns in this one, cavs D is too weak right now to stop that much O. Another big game for Z though.
Should be a prety good game. I like the Suns in this game mostly because they are much quicker then us. Like Courtking said, the Suns also match up to us better too. Suns-95 Cavs-85
Im going with the cavs i think they have got it together on the defensive end of the floor and but dont count me wrong it can definately improve .......i think this will be the suns 1st loss this season........GO CAVS
I beleive the Cavs will win this one. Their ahead by three at the middle of the second quarter. Lebron has looked impressive so far. Gooden has also looked decent. If he puts up decent numbers I think the Cavs will be a playoff contender.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting NikeAir8:</div><div class="quote_post">Z= best 3 point shooter ever</div> W3rd. Monster games for Z, James and Gooden. Gotta love the heart of this team, coming back from 19 back.
Wow, what a game............ Cleveland comes back froma 19 point deficit at the end of the 3rd. James and Illgauskas <font color="DarkRed">edit</font> incredible. <font color="DarkRed">No foul language is allowed. Please refer to the JBB Guidelines for further information on it. Again, no foul language please or other measures will be taken. Moo2K4 JBB Moderator</font>
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting NuSpace:</div><div class="quote_post">W3rd. Monster games for Z, James and Gooden. Gotta love the heart of this team, coming back from 19 back.</div> Not only that, he's on my fantasy team :mrgreen:
This is right now a good Canidate for game of the year. We got to see a Star turn into a Superstar We saw big men do things their not supposed to And Critics were shut up thinking some guys wont be able to fill the shoes of some traitors. It was a comeback from a huge deficit Their was a buzzer beater People were posterized Lebron for MVP
Amazing game by LeBron but then again when doesnt Bron play amazing, Z had a great 3 and Gooden had a monster games collecting 21 boards by the end of it. I'm surpised we beat Phoenix, but IMO the reason we beat them was because of Amare's shooting percentage today, but its all good as long as we got the win.
Great to see the Cavalier's inflict the Sun's first loss. Gotta love the three from Z, he's forth in his career, as well as the huge game from LeBron, Z, Gooden and J-Mac. Good all-round game from the starting five.
Watched the entire game yesterday and it was an amazing comeback from the Cavaliers. It was a combination of Lebron and Z taking over and the Phoenix offense sputtering in the last 8 minutes. Crazy dunk by Lebon near the end of regulation to bring them within 1 and then Big Z gets the 3 at the end of regulation. How about Drew Gooden with 21 boards? It seemed like he was around every loose ball that game. Hopefully, after this game we can see more consistency out of Drew Gooden.
This is the game that you live for as a fan... I'm a Cavs fan, but I'm more the Laker fan and Nugget fan so the excitement didn't really hit me but no doubt King had a huge game in this one, and Z as well didn't hesitate to pull up for the three this is the kinda shot that makes a true basketball player. There is no doubt in my mind the Cavs are going to cruise with the momentum for a couple of win streaks... this is the kinda game that unites a team together. Go Cavs!
Any true basketball fan would have to appreciate that come-from-behind and credit the TEAM with that win, with Bron holding the reigns.
Great game by z ,bron,and gooden im a cavs fan.....and i watch every game....i think these are the games that are momentum builders keep it up .......hey does anyone know when they play next?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting stang_08:</div><div class="quote_post">hey does anyone know when they play next?</div> I don't know where you live, but if you're in the same time zone as Cleveland then it's Saturday, November 13 in the evening. They have all the dates and stuff down the side of the Cav's Homepage.
