Cavaliers @ Bulls Tonight! <font color="DarkRed">Cleveland Cavaliers</font> (7-19) @ <font color="Red">Chicago Bulls</font> (7-17) Saturday, 8:30 pm Eastern United Center, Chicago, IL TV: <u>Cleveland</u>: NBATV, WUAB, <u>Chicago</u>: TV: FSChi, NBATV Previous Game Cavaliers 88 @ 76ers 81 Bulls 73 @ Pistons 77 Streaks Cleveland: Won 1 Chicago: Lost 1 Head Coaches Paul Silas/ Scott Skiles Probable Starters LeBron James/Kirk Hinrich Kedrick Brown/Jamal Crawford Ira Newble/Kendall Gill Carlos Boozer/Antonio Davis Zydrunas Ilgauskas/Corie Blount 6th Men Eric Williams/Jerome Williams Players To Watch - Young Studs LeBron James/Jamal Crawford James: 18.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 1.35 steals Crawford: 16.8 points, 5.4 assists, 1.64 steals Fast Facts The Cavaliers ended their 34 consecutive road game losing streak yesterday @ Philadelphia. The last 5 games LeBron James has been scoring 28 points per game. Injury Lists Cleveland Cavaliers Dajuan Wagner DeSagana Diop Chicago Bulls Tyson Chandler Scottie Pippen Jay Williams Eddy Curry - out Roger Mason Jr - out Eddie Robinson - questionable Jamal Crawford - questionable Keys To The Game Cleveland - Run the floor, attack the basket, and make this team work on offense. I would post up James on Hinrich or Crawford, to take advantage of his size. I try to get Ilgauskas involed very early to try and get Davis into some early foul trouble as this bench is very thin at the moment. Consistant play here tonight can mean an easy victory. Chicago - This team must hustle on every possession, bottom line, they must be very hungry and just want this more than the Cavs. Limit the turnovers, play consistant basketball on both ends of the court. Someone is going to have to step up and have a big game. The King's Take I have called 2 games in a row now (my 3rd overall this week), yet I believe this one is the most difficult. I won't be exact, but I will predict a blowout, plain and simple. The Bulls are too banged up and don't have the horses to stay in this game. Cavs by 10+ <font size="1">Please visit NBA.com</font>
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TimFlem:</div><div class="quote_post">I say Cavs by 17. The bulls just don't have what it takes to stop a team like this.</div> What the hell are you talking about? "A team like this". The Cavs arent any better than the Bulls
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting ObieCent:</div><div class="quote_post">What the hell are you talking about? "A team like this". The Cavs arent any better than the Bulls</div> I beg to differ, the Cavaliers are a hard team to blowout, they are in every game and they are the best rebounding team in the NBA. The Bulls are banged up big time, this game should not even be close.
This is going to be a blow out...Lebron James goes for 40 tonight, i have a feeling he hits it, and he gets 9 boards and 11 assists, cavs by atleast 12
James does have the chance to get a new career high tonight, though I believe that the Bulls will stick Gill on him a lot, because it would just be unfair to expect Hinrich or Crawford to tangle with him all night.
All you guys predicting a blow out and all that calm down a little, This will be a close game, unless Crawford doesnt play tonight , then it will be a blow out, i wish that curry and chandler and scottie werent hurt or it would be a bulsl blowout, and anyway beware of the best pure pointgaurd from the draft, kirk hinrich
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting ObieCent:</div><div class="quote_post">What the hell are you talking about? "A team like this". The Cavs arent any better than the Bulls</div> We'll see
Hinrich has been very impressive, I love the potential that him and Luke Ridnour have, they are pure point guards, something that the NBA has lacked since the Mark Price, John Stockton, Mark Jackson, Scott Skiles days. If it is not a blowout, I would not be shocked, the Cavs still turn the ball over a lot, but the Bulls do too. The cavs have had that weird knack of shooting 50% from the floor, only to look up at the scoreboard and be down 10 points. That is because of turnovers, and I feel in this game that they will be close, or the Bulls in fact may get more.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Tyson Chandler Scottie Pippen Jay Williams Eddy Curry - out Roger Mason Jr - out </div> That is brutal.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting STCBBall3:</div><div class="quote_post">That is brutal.</div> Looks like it will be worse too, Jamal Crawford is questionable and Eddie Robinson missed their last game with an ankle injury. Word is that on Friday at a practice, Crawford took a jump shot, fell on someone's foot, and rolled his ankle. This is a blowout, any way you look at it, but the Cavs better not overlook them.
I say the Bulls come in and demolish the Cavaliers. This team isn't very good, and I think we can compete with them. Bulls 92 Cavs 81
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting ObieCent:</div><div class="quote_post">What the hell are you talking about? "A team like this". The Cavs arent any better than the Bulls</div>I agree. You guys are treating the Cavs like champions. They won their first road game in Philly in a long, long time. I see the Bulls winning this one but I think it will be close down to the end. Call me crazy, but I can't picture a blow out.
Points Scored: Cavs 91, Bulls 89.7 Points Allowed: Cavs 95.4, Bulls 97 FG%: Cavs .434, Bulls .425 OFG%: Cavs 0.43, Bulls .446 Rebounds: Cavs 47.2, Bulls 42.9 Blocks: Cavs 7, Bulls 5 Assists: Cavs 22.68, Bulls 21.583 Steals: Cavs 6.76, Bulls 7.75 Turnovers: Cavs 16.52, Bulls 17.3 That's only one stat advantage the Bulls have over the Cavs, you tell me who the better team is.
Cavs will win this ball game if they don't choke down the stretch, and theoretically they should win this one. However one always has to be sceptical when predicting a Cavs win, especially on the road (I don't think that's an unfair comment). That said however, my feeling is the Cavs will put it together tonight and win easily.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting King James:</div><div class="quote_post">Points Scored: Cavs 91, Bulls 89.7 Points Allowed: Cavs 95.4, Bulls 97 FG%: Cavs .434, Bulls .425 OFG%: Cavs 0.43, Bulls .446 Rebounds: Cavs 47.2, Bulls 42.9 Blocks: Cavs 7, Bulls 5 Assists: Cavs 22.68, Bulls 21.583 Steals: Cavs 6.76, Bulls 7.75 Turnovers: Cavs 16.52, Bulls 17.3 That's only one stat advantage the Bulls have over the Cavs, you tell me who the better team is.</div> All those that they are better in are by a very slim margine. But the Bulls have a better record!!! That's what counts.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting The Prophecy:</div><div class="quote_post">All those that they are better in are by a very slim margine. But the Bulls have a better record!!! That's what counts.</div> By one game? Woopty doo. The Cavs point differential is -4.4, the Bulls is -7.3, the rebounding is not even close as well, plus the Bulls turnover the ball more, the 3rd worst in the league as a matter of fact. Yes they have one more win, so that means that when you lose, you lose REAL ugly, the Cavaliers have been more consistant.
Cavs up 26/24 after 1 James has 3 points, 1 board, and 6 assists Ilgauskas has 9 points, 7 rebounds, and an assist. ---------- Cavs up 40/31 with 6:58 left in the 2nd, Cavs went on an 8-0 run, capped off with a huge LeBron James dunk. 9 points and 6 assists for James at this point ---------- Cavs up 49/44 @ the half Cavs have outscored the Bulls 30/10 in the paint. James has 11, 2, and 7 Ilgauskas has 11 and 8 Battie has 3 and 7 Cavs have been sloppy with 10 turnovers compared to the Bulls 5. FG%: Cavs 52.6, Bulls 40.9 If they take better care of the basketball the 2nd half, this will be an easy win. ---------- With about 8 and a half left in the 3rd, the cameras has spotted one Michael Jordan. ----------
3rd Qtr 2:36 left, Kendall Gill has left the game with an ankle injury, looked very painful. Bulls up 3, 67/64
