Blazers @ Cavaliers Tonight <font color="Black">Portland Trail Blazers</font> (14-13) @ <font color="DarkRed">Cleveland Cavaliers</font> (9-21) Sunday, 7:00 pm Eastern Gund Arena, Cleveland, OH TV: FSOhio, NBALP Season Series Saturday, November 1st, Cavaliers 85 @ Blazers 104 Previous Game Bulls 87 @ Cavaliers 80 Wolves 92 @ Blazers 101 Streaks Cleveland: Lost 2 Portland: Won 2 Head Coaches Paul Silas/Maurice Cheeks Probable Starters LeBron James/Damon Stoudamire Kedrick Brown/Jeff McInnis Ira Newble/Rasheed Wallace Carlos Boozer/Zach Randolph Zydrunas Ilgauskas/Dale Davis 6th Men Eric Williams/Wesley Person Players To Watch - Young Stars LeBron James/Zach Randolph James: 19.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 1.53 steals Randolph: 23.4 points, 11.4 rebounds Injury Lists Cavaliers Dajuan Wagner DeSagana Diop Blazers Derek Anderson Travis Outlaw Keys To The Game <u>Cavaliers</u> Double-team/contain Zach Randolph Box out Attack the basket Don't be afraid to play physical <u>Trail Blazers</u> Get the ball out of LeBron's hands early Double Ilgauskas on the blocks Run the floor hard The King's Take Blazers by 5 <font size="1">Please visit NBA.com</font>
Randolf vs Boozer will be a very good matchup. I say Boozer hold him to under 20 points. But who will guard Sheed? I think he will go for almost 30. I say Cavs by 2.
The Cavs have no excuses after their terrible performance against the Bulls, if they are not out to prove something in this game, might as well book us for a top 3 pick in the draft. <font size="1">(yes, they have me angry, lol)</font>
Blazers are WINLESS on the road. The choice is obvious.. Cavs continue the Blazers bad luck on the road.
I agree with you deestillballin. The Blazers can't win a road game if there franchise rode on it.J/k. I think the Cavs take this one by 7. 101-94
I think both teams will play a hard fought game. However, the Cavs will pull it out because of the Blazers horrible play on the road. Cavaliers by 5.
Blazers are playing bad on the road but c'mon their streak has to end here.Randolph will be too much inside....the inside duo of Randolph and Sheed will be too much for Cavs to handle..Hell it's too much for alot of teams to handle
After falling flat on their face after a great win against the Hornets, the Cavs really need to get back on track. Losing to the Magic was excusable as they have been playing well lately, but the Bulls loss at home was just disgusting. I don't look for things to get much better tonight. Randolph could honestly go for 40 against us. Boozer can sometimes cover up his defensive flaws with hustle and solid rebounding, but I think he will be exposed tonight. I expect Wallace to have a good game too, but Randolph's could be monster. The Blazers may be winless on the road, but everybody snaps their streaks against the Cavs. The Heat were winless this year for the first 2 or 3 weeks until they beat the Cavs. The Bulls snapped a long streak against us two nights ago, and Portland will finally get in the win column on the road tonight. Portland by 8.
Cavs win 86/74! LeBon James dominated the Blazers scoring 32 points, grabbing 10 boards, and dishing out 9 assists. James had 2 steals at the end of the game for isolated dunks that made the crowd go crazy. Boozer had 10 and 13 Randolph had 20 and 9 Wallace had 17 and 9 The Blazers only had 8 4th quarter points Ilgauskas played only 10 minutes tonight, all in the 1st quarter, and no he is not injured. Miles had 10 and 5 Full story and box score coming soon! ----------
Woah, how many 30pt game performances have LeBron already had this season? Screw next MJ talks, he's the next best thing!
Nice to see the Cavs getting a win. I see that LeBron had a god-givin night with 1 assist away from a triple double. Keep it up. BTW has LeBron ever had a triple double?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TimFlem:</div><div class="quote_post">BTW has LeBron ever had a triple double?</div> Not as of yet, he has come very close many times.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting King James:</div><div class="quote_post">Cavs win 86/74! LeBon James dominated the Blazers scoring 32 points, grabbing 10 boards, and dishing out 9 assists. James had 2 steals at the end of the game for isolated dunks that made the crowd go crazy.</div> Lebron didn't dominate anyone. Lucky win for the Cavs, and a lucky game for Lebron. Lebron's performance had nothing to do with skill, but simply the fact that he had Mouse guarding him. The Blazers are clearly the better team, but the Cavs got a lucky win.
Say what? Did you watch the game? He had Wallace, Patterson, Stoudamire, and McInnis on him all throughout this game. He scored at crunch moments and there was nothing that the Blazers could do. Still wunless on the road, like that had anything to do with luck. Stop being ridiculous. <font size="1">You are not supposed to be in this forum anyway</font>
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Trail_Blazer76:</div><div class="quote_post">Lebron didn't dominate anyone. Lucky win for the Cavs, and a lucky game for Lebron. Lebron's performance had nothing to do with skill, but simply the fact that he had Mouse guarding him. The Blazers are clearly the better team, but the Cavs got a lucky win.</div> A lucky 12 point win? A lucky near triple double? Give me a break. Lebron was simply amazing tonight. His ability to finish with his left hand is incredible. He took the game over in the 4th and the Blazers' only hope was that he would miss shots. Miles put in a solid game tonight. There is no reason why he can't play like that every game. Z plays 10 minutes in the first and then doesn't see the floor again. I don't envision him being around here much longer.
I'm not being ridiculous. If you looked at the box score you would see that Lebron had 9 assists (which is great), but he also had 5 TOs!!!!!! Why is it that people only point out the good things that he does? Has anyone besides me noticed that Lebron is 3rd in Turnovers per game, and second in total turnovers? He may be a rookie, but his ball handling is horrible. The TO category always tarnished his stats IMO. But for some reason people choose to overlook this because they are blinded by their love for him. <font size="1">when did we ever say that I cannot be in this forum?</font>
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Trail_Blazer76:</div><div class="quote_post">Lebron didn't dominate anyone. Lucky win for the Cavs, and a lucky game for Lebron. Lebron's performance had nothing to do with skill, but simply the fact that he had Mouse guarding him. The Blazers are clearly the better team, but the Cavs got a lucky win.</div> Stop embarrassing yourself please.
Blazers went to that small lineup a lot tonight with Randolph at center and Patterson at the small forward, so the game was just too fast for Z, who did have a great start tonight, so I think it was smart coaching by Cheeks to find a way to take him out of the game. I agree though, once Diop is back, I expect Z's days to be numberd.
