Game Preview: Oct.31: SuperSonics at Nuggets

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  1. tremaine

    tremaine To Win, Be Like Fitz

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    As you can see if you continue on, shapecity has given me a good template to do game previews with. I can't yet get the template to display here though.As soon as I learn how to do it, I'll have good looking previews for Nuggets games. And I am going to try like heck to get the previews out at least 18 hours before every tip-off.</p>

    NUGGETS PROBABLE STARTERS</p>

    KEY
    POS. NO. PLAYER
    HEIGHT WEIGHT
    PPG RPG APG (Points, Rebounds, Assists Per Game)
    NOTABLE</p>

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    Small Forward 15 Carmelo Anthony
    6-8, 230
    Career: 24.1 5.7 2.9</p>

    Finished the preseason ranking sixth in the NBA in scoring with an average of 19.0 ppg in five games.</p>

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    Power Forward #4 Kenyon Martin</p>

    6-9, 240</p>

    Career: 14.8 7.4 2.2</p>
    <p align="left">Shot an impressive .619 (13-21) from the field during his three preseason appearances.</p>

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    Center 23 Marcus Camby
    6-11, 235
    Career: 10.9 9.3 1.7</p>
    <p align="left">Finished the preseason ranking first in the NBA in rebounds with an average of 15.0 rpg in three games.</p>
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    <p align="left">Shooting Guard #5 Yakhouba Diawara</p>
    <p align="left">6-7, 225</p>
    <p align="left">Career: 4.4 1.7 0.9</p>
    <p align="left">Closed out the preseason with 12 points, six assists, five rebounds and two steals at Portland on 10/26.</p>

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    PointGuard 3 Allen Iverson
    6-0, 165</p>

    Career: 27.9 3.9 6.2.</p>

    Finished the preseason tied for first in scoring (21.0) and ranking sixth in assists (6.0) in six appearances</p>

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    SUPERSONICS PROBABLE STARTERS</p>

    KEY</p>

    POSITION NUMBER PLAYER</p>

    HEIGHT WEIGHT</p>

    LAST GAME</p>

    PRESEASON AVERAGES</p>

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    <p align="left">Small Forward #22 Jeff Green</p>
    <p align="left">6-9, 235</p>

    <font face="Tahoma" size="1">13 points, three rebounds and one assist in 28 minutes vs. PHX.</font><font face="Tahoma-Bold" size="1"> </font><font face="Tahoma" size="1">9.0 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.8 apg and 25.5 mpg </font></p>

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    <p align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="1">[​IMG]</font></p>
    <p align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="1">Power Forward #54 Chris Wilcox</font></p>
    <p align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="1">6-10, 235</font></p>
    <p align="left"><font face="Tahoma-Bold" size="1">Last Game: </font><font face="Tahoma" size="1">27 points, nine rebounds and three assists in 32 minutes vs. PHX.</font> <font face="Tahoma" size="1">Preseason Averages: 16.0 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 1.4 apg and 25.3 mpg.</font></p>

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    <p align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="1">[​IMG]</font></p>
    <p align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="1">Center #4 Nick Collison</font></p>
    <p align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="1">6-10, 255</font></p>
    <p align="left"><font face="Tahoma-Bold" size="1">Last Game: </font><font face="Tahoma" size="1">10 points, 11 rebounds and five assists in 24 minutes vs. PHX.</font> <font face="Tahoma" size="1">Preseason Averages: 9.7 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 2.0 apg and 26.2 mpg.</font></p>

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    <p align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="1">[​IMG]</font></p>
    <p align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="1">Shooting Guard #35 Kevin Durant</font></p>
    <p align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="1">6-9, 215</font><font face="Tahoma-Bold" size="1">Last Game: </font><font face="Tahoma" size="1">NWT-Sprained Left Ankle vs. PHX.</font></p>
    <p align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="1">Preseason Averages: 18.8 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.0 apg and 29.8 mpg.</font></p>
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    <p align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="1">[​IMG]</font></p>
    <p align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="1">Point Guard #25 Earl Watson</font></p>
    <p align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="1">6-1, 185</font><font face="Tahoma-Bold" size="1">Last Game: </font><font face="Tahoma" size="1">11 points, six assists and two steals in 26 minutes vs. PHX.</font><font face="Tahoma-Bold" size="1"> </font><font face="Tahoma" size="1">9.0 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 6.3 apg, 2.0 spg and 28.3 mpg.</font></p>

    NUGGETS INJURY REPORT
    OUT: Anthony Carter suffered a 3rd metacarpal fracture on his right hand and underwent successful surgery on 10/10. He is expected to miss 4-6 weeks
    OUT: Chucky Atkins suffered a severe right groin strain at Phoenix on 10/25 and is expected to miss 6-8 weeks.

    SONICS INJURY REPORT
    No Injuries

    ON THE AIR
    Tonight&rsquo;s game will be televised on ESPN with Mike Tirico calling the action and Hubie Brown providing analysis. The game will also be televised on Altitude with Chris Marlowe and Scott Hastings handling the telecast. The game will be broadcast on KKFN AM 950, with Jerry Schemmel doing the play-by-play and Jason Kosmicki hosting the studio courtside.


    TONIGHT&rsquo;S MATCHUP &ndash; BY THE NUMBERS*
    .............PPG... OPPG.. FG% 3FG%. FT%
    NUGGETS 114.6.. 107.3. .492 .335. .723
    SONICS.. 103.9.. 109.6. .460 .303. .693</p>

    ........... RPG. APG. SPG. BPG. TO
    NUGGETS 43.3 23.1. 8.63 3.88 17.3
    SONICS.. 47.3 24.1 10.13 5.00 19.4
    *2007 Preseason Statistics</p>
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    <p align="center"><font face="Verdana">October 31, 2007 @ 9:30pm EST

    Pepsi Center, Denver, CO

    ESPN</font></p>
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    [​IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/chi...007/Nuggets.jpg</a>" /></font></p>
    <p align="center"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Denver Nuggets

    (0-0)</font></p>

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    [​IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/chingy0007/Sonics.jpg</a>" /></font></p>
    <p align="center"><font color="#2c5098"><font face="Verdana">Seattle Supersonics

    </font><font face="Verdana">(0-0)</font></font></p>

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    <h4 align="center"><font face="Verdana">Projected Starters</font></h4>
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    <p align="center"><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/allen_iverson.jpg" /></font></a><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/yakhouba_diawara.jpg" /></font></a>


    <font face="Verdana" color="#b90456" size="2">PG Allen Iverson SG Yakhouba Diawara


    </font><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456" size="2">SF Carmelo AnthonyPF Kenyon Martin C Marcus Camby

    </font><font color="#b90456"><font face="Verdana">

    <font face="Verdana">[​IMG]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/carmelo_anthony.jpg" /></font></a><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/kenyon_martin.jpg" /></font></a><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/marcus_camby.jpg" /></font></a></font></font></p>
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    <p align="center"><font" target="_blank">http://www.sportstwo.com/js/fckeditor/edit...ot;><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/earl_watson.jpg</a>" /></font></a><font" target="_blank">http://www.sportstwo.com/js/fckeditor/edit...ot;><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/kevin_durant.jpg</a>" /></font></a>


    <font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font color="#2c5098">PG Earl Watson SG Kevin Durant


    SF Jeff Green PF Chris Wilcox C Nick Collison</font>

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    <h4><font face="Verdana">Last Season Stats</font></h4>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Scoring</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">105.4PPG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Field Goal %</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">46.5%</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">3-Point %</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">33.6%</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Rebounds</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">43.4 RPG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Assists</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">23.4 APG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Scoring</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">99.2PPG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Field Goal %</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">46.0%</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">3-Point %</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">36.2%</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Rebounds</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">39.6 RPG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Assists</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">20.7 APG</font></td>
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    <h4><font face="Verdana">Last Season Team Leaders</font></h4>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Points</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Anthony 28.9 PPG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Rebounds</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Camby 11.7 RPG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Assists</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Iverson 7.2 APG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Points</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Allen 26.4 PPG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Rebounds</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Collison 8.1 RPG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Assists</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Watson5.7 APG</font></td>
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    <h4><font face="Verdana">Key Matchup: SF - <font color="#b90456">Yakhouba Diawara</font> v <font color="#2c5098">Kevin Durant</font></font></h4>

    [​IMG]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/yakhouba_diawara.jpg</a>" /><font face="Verdana">v[​IMG]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/kevin_durant.jpg</a>" />

    George Karl starts the new season with a newfound respect for defense, and starts Diawara instead of Kleiza or Wafer. Durant gets a golden opportunity in his first pro game to do some damage against the Nuggets reserve swingman, who all Nuggets fans are worried could have a total disaster offensively. Will Durant be able to do some serious damage against Diawara?</font></p>
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    [*]<font face="Verdana"><font color="#b90456">Stay Cool and Confident - The Nuggets can hardly lose as long as they say calm, cool, and confident. They need to ride the crowd to what should be an easy win, but yes, I know, the Nuggets are not known for easy wins to say the least. </font></font>
    [*]<font face="Verdana"><font color="#b90456">Distribute the Ball- Iverson needs to have a huge assists night to get the Spurs series monkey off his and the team's back. Aside from Melo, Iverson needs to be looking especially for Martin, Linas Kleiza, and Von Wafer. With 3 Nuggets guards out, I don't see how even George Karl can avoid playing Wafer, who had a decent preseason and should have a good opportunity here.</font></font>
    [*]<font face="Verdana"><font color="#b90456">Make Sure Durant Doesn't Run Wild and Contain Wilcox Up Front- If the Nuggets can't handle the Sonics defensively tonight, it would be a sign that we could be in for a long, miserable season.</font></font>
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    [*]<font face="Verdana"><font color="#2c5098">Contain & Limit Melo as Much as Possible - This is always one of the keys for any opponent of the Nuggets. Under the Karl regime, Melo is alot more reluctant to shoot if double teamed than he used to be, so you can always double team him if all else fails.</font></font>
    [*]<font face="Verdana"><font color="#2c5098">Go After Iverson- Try to rattle Iverson by getting him into foul trouble and by pressuring him to turn it over. If you can rattle him enough, he will start resorting to the shoot first, pass later mentality, which would be very dangerous for the Nuggets.</font></font>
    [*]<font face="Verdana"><font color="#2c5098">Give Durant a Total Green Light - Tell Durant to shoot at will. Diawara may be decent on defense but it is questionable that he can be very effective against Durant. The side benefit of this is that, even if the Sonics lose, they will have given their upcoming star a great introduction to playing in the NBA.</font></font>
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    <h4 align="center"><font face="Verdana">Projected Starters</font></h4>
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    <td><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font color="#b90456">Home Team X Factor</font></td>
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    <h4><font face="Verdana">Prediction</font></h4>
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    <font face="Verdana">I'm not going to predict a score, but I'll predict the flow of the game. This is almost certainly going to be a high scoring game, and it will probably be a very high scoring game. The Nuggets should be able to win easily in theory, but in practice they almost never win easily. The Nuggets are depending on Yakhouba Diawara to slow down Kevin Durant and the Sonics are hopeful that Jeff Green, with help from Wilcox, Collison, and even Durant can contain Carmelo Anthony. The Nuggets will very likely have a double digit lead at the half, but the Sonics will close it to single digits by the mid-4th quarter. Iverson and Melo need to pace themselves and be ready to close down the Sonics in the second half of the 4th.</font></p>

    <font face="Verdana" size="4"><font color="#b90456"> </font>- <font color="#2c5098"></font></font></p>
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  2. Shapecity

    Shapecity S2/JBB Teamster Staff Member Administrator

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    <font size="4">Tremaine you can use this in the source code for the templates.</font></p>

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    <p align="center"><font face="Verdana">October 31, 2007 @ 8:00pm EST

    Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH

    ESPN</font></p>
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    <p align="center"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Cleveland Cavaliers

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    <p align="center"><font color="#2c5098"><font face="Verdana">Dallas Mavericks

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    <p align="center"><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]</font><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]</font>



    <font face="Verdana" color="#b90456" size="2">PG Daniel Gibson SG Larry Hughes



    </font><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456" size="2">SF LeBron James PF Drew Gooden C Zydrunas Ilgauskas

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    <font face="Verdana">[​IMG]</font><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]</font><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]</font></font></font></p>
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    <font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font color="#2c5098">PG Devin Harris SG Jason Terry



    SF Josh Howard PF Dirk Nowitzki C DeSagana Diop</font>

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    </font><font color="#b90456"><font face="Verdana"><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]</font><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]</font><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]</font></font></font></p>
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    <h4><font face="Verdana">Last Season Stats</font></h4>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Scoring</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">96.8PPG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Field Goal %</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">44.7%</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">3-Point %</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">35.2%</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Rebounds</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">43.5 RPG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Assists</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">20.8 APG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Scoring</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">100.0PPG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Field Goal %</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">46.7%</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">3-Point %</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">38.1%</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Rebounds</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">41.9 RPG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Assists</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">19.0 APG</font></td>
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    <h4><font face="Verdana">Last Season Team Leaders</font></h4>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Points</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">James 27.3 PPG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Rebounds</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Gooden 8.5 RPG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Assists</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">James 6.0 APG</font></td>
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    </tbody>
    </table>
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    <table>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Points</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Nowitzki 24.6 PPG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Rebounds</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Nowitzki 8.9 RPG</font></td>
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    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Assists</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Terry5.2 APG</font></td>
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    </tbody>
    </table>
    </td>
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    <td colspan="2">
    <h4><font face="Verdana">Key Matchup: SF - <font color="#b90456">LeBron James</font> v <font color="#2c5098">Josh Howard</font></font></h4>


    [​IMG]<font face="Verdana">v[​IMG]

    With Pavlovic and Varejao still not re-signed with the Cavs, LeBron James needs to bring his A-game night after night if the Cavs are to even stand a chance of retaining their NBA Championship. Tonight, it will be up to Josh Howard to try to contain LeBron and, if he can do a good job, the Mavs should be able to easily win the game. Howard's gangly arms could help him here, as the key is to stop LeBron from driving and make him shoot a perimeter jumpshot. If he starts hitting that too, you might as well just walk off the court; nothing could stop him then.</font></p>
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    <td colspan="2">
    <h4><font face="Verdana">Keys to the Game</font></h4>
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    </tr>
    <tr class="keyStrategy">
    <td>
    <ul>
    [*]<font face="Verdana"><font color="#b90456">Win the Battle of the Boards - It's going to be tough without the help of Varejao, but rebounding remains a strength of the Cavs that they must make full use of, especially if they want to win big ball games such as these. If they can out-rebound the Mavs, they will have laid the building blocks to a W.</font></font>
    [*]<font face="Verdana"><font color="#b90456">Hit open shots- One of the most frustrating things about watching the Cavs is the way that they go through phases; sometimes hitting every shot possible, sometimes missing them all. If they are to win tonight, they need to hit all the open looks they get.</font></font>
    [*]<font face="Verdana"><font color="#b90456">Don'tPanic if things go wrong- Another weakness of the Cavs is the way they panic when they start to play badly. They need to focus on the task, and claw back at a steady rate. They can be sure that LeBron will find a way of scoring, and must aid him in every way possible by creating space for themselves for an easy pass from the King.</font></font>
    [/list]
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    <td>
    <ul>
    [*]<font face="Verdana"><font color="#2c5098">Lock down on LeBron - As I mentioned in the previous segment, if LeBron is stopped there will be virtually no chance of the Cavaliers winnning this game. Therefore, Objective #1 must be to lock down on him and hope to at least contain him.</font></font>
    [*]<font face="Verdana"><font color="#2c5098">Keep an eye on DanielGibson- As was over-publicised last season, Daniel Gibson can get hot from the outside. If he does, he can be lethal. It is therefore worth keeping an eye on him, and if he starts hitting shots, make sure that someone is there to stop him from continuing to do so.</font></font>
    [*]<font face="Verdana"><font color="#2c5098">Play Mavs basketball - If you allow the Cavs to control the tempo and style ofthe game, it is likely that you will lose, because their style has been engineered to get the most out of LeBron. If, however, you can stop them playing their way, you are on a fast-track to victory. This especially accounts for Drew Gooden, who can often find himself out of position on the defensive end of the floor.</font></font>
    [/list]
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    <tr class="sectHeader">
    <td colspan="2">
    <h4 align="center"><font face="Verdana">Projected Starters</font></h4>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="x factor">
    <td>
    <font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font color="#b90456">Home Team X Factor</font>
    </td>
    <td>
    <font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font color="#2c5098">Road Team X Factor</font>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="sectHeader">
    <td colspan="2">
    <h4><font face="Verdana">Prediction</font></h4>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="prediction">
    <td colspan="2">


    <font face="Verdana">It's a tricky one this time around. The Cavs will have huge home support as they welcome back their Eastern Conference Championships in their quest to retain that title and, perhaps, go one step further (though that is extremely unlikely). LeBron is out to prove something this year, having already made the statement that it will be his best year yet. On the other hand, however, you have the Dallas Mavericks, playing in their first competitive game since their suprising defeat to the 8th seed Warriors in the 1st Round of the Playoffs. I think it will be a close match, but I think the Cavs might just be able to win the game, thanks to huge home support.</font></p>


    <font face="Verdana" size="4"><font color="#b90456">97 </font>- <font color="#2c5098">93</font></font></p>
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  3. Shapecity

    Shapecity S2/JBB Teamster Staff Member Administrator

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    <td class="center" colspan="2">
    <p align="center"><font face="Verdana">October 31, 2007 @ 8:00pm EST
    Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
    ESPN</font></p>
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    <tr>
    <td class="center">
    <p align="center"><font face="Verdana">
    [​IMG]</font></p>
    <p align="center"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Cleveland Cavaliers
    (0-0)</font></p>


    </p>
    </td>
    <td class="center">
    <p align="center"><font face="Verdana">
    [​IMG]</font></p>
    <p align="center"><font color="#2c5098"><font face="Verdana">Dallas Mavericks
    </font><font face="Verdana">(0-0)</font></font></p>


    </p>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="sectHeader">
    <td colspan="2">
    <h4 align="center"><font face="Verdana">Projected Starters</font></h4>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="roster">
    <td>
    <p align="center"><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]</font><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]</font>

    <font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#b90456">PG Daniel Gibson SG Larry Hughes

    </font><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#b90456">SF LeBron James PF Drew Gooden C Zydrunas Ilgauskas
    </font><font color="#b90456"><font face="Verdana">
    <font face="Verdana">[​IMG]</font><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]</font><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]</font></font></font></p>
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    <p align="center"><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]</font><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]</font>

    <font size="2"><font color="#2c5098">PG Devin Harris SG Jason Terry

    SF Josh Howard PF Dirk Nowitzki C DeSagana Diop</font>
    </font>
    <font color="#b90456"><font face="Verdana"><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]</font><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]</font><font face="Verdana">[​IMG]</font></font></font></p>
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    </tr>
    <tr class="sectHeader">
    <td colspan="2">
    <h4><font face="Verdana">Last Season Stats</font></h4>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="seasonStats">
    <td>
    <table>
    <tbody>
    <tr>
    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Scoring</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">96.8PPG</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Field Goal %</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">44.7%</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">3-Point %</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">35.2%</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Rebounds</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">43.5 RPG</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Assists</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">20.8 APG</font></td>
    </tr>
    </tbody>
    </table>
    </td>
    <td>
    <table>
    <tbody>
    <tr>
    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Scoring</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">100.0PPG</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Field Goal %</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">46.7%</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">3-Point %</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">38.1%</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Rebounds</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">41.9 RPG</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Assists</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">19.0 APG</font></td>
    </tr>
    </tbody>
    </table>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="sectHeader">
    <td colspan="2">
    <h4><font face="Verdana">Last Season Team Leaders</font></h4>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="seasonStats">
    <td>
    <table>
    <tbody>
    <tr>
    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Points</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">James 27.3 PPG</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Rebounds</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Gooden 8.5 RPG</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">Assists</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#b90456">James 6.0 APG</font></td>
    </tr>
    </tbody>
    </table>
    </td>
    <td>
    <table>
    <tbody>
    <tr>
    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Points</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Nowitzki 24.6 PPG</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Rebounds</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Nowitzki 8.9 RPG</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td class="strong"><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Assists</font></td>
    <td><font face="Verdana" color="#2c5098">Terry5.2 APG</font></td>
    </tr>
    </tbody>
    </table>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="sectHeader">
    <td colspan="2">
    <h4><font face="Verdana">Key Matchup: SF - <font color="#b90456">LeBron James</font> v <font color="#2c5098">Josh Howard</font></font></h4>


    [​IMG]<font face="Verdana">v[​IMG]
    With Pavlovic and Varejao still not re-signed with the Cavs, LeBron James needs to bring his A-game night after night if the Cavs are to even stand a chance of retaining their NBA Championship. Tonight, it will be up to Josh Howard to try to contain LeBron and, if he can do a good job, the Mavs should be able to easily win the game. Howard's gangly arms could help him here, as the key is to stop LeBron from driving and make him shoot a perimeter jumpshot. If he starts hitting that too, you might as well just walk off the court; nothing could stop him then.</font></p>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="sectHeader">
    <td colspan="2">
    <h4><font face="Verdana">Keys to the Game</font></h4>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="keyStrategy">
    <td>
    <ul>[*]<font face="Verdana"><font color="#b90456">Win the Battle of the Boards - It's going to be tough without the help of Varejao, but rebounding remains a strength of the Cavs that they must make full use of, especially if they want to win big ball games such as these. If they can out-rebound the Mavs, they will have laid the building blocks to a W.</font></font>
    [*]<font face="Verdana"><font color="#b90456">Hit open shots- One of the most frustrating things about watching the Cavs is the way that they go through phases; sometimes hitting every shot possible, sometimes missing them all. If they are to win tonight, they need to hit all the open looks they get.</font></font>
    [*]<font face="Verdana"><font color="#b90456">Don'tPanic if things go wrong- Another weakness of the Cavs is the way they panic when they start to play badly. They need to focus on the task, and claw back at a steady rate. They can be sure that LeBron will find a way of scoring, and must aid him in every way possible by creating space for themselves for an easy pass from the King.</font></font>[/list]
    </td>
    <td>
    <ul>[*]<font face="Verdana"><font color="#2c5098">Lock down on LeBron - As I mentioned in the previous segment, if LeBron is stopped there will be virtually no chance of the Cavaliers winnning this game. Therefore, Objective #1 must be to lock down on him and hope to at least contain him.</font></font>
    [*]<font face="Verdana"><font color="#2c5098">Keep an eye on DanielGibson- As was over-publicised last season, Daniel Gibson can get hot from the outside. If he does, he can be lethal. It is therefore worth keeping an eye on him, and if he starts hitting shots, make sure that someone is there to stop him from continuing to do so.</font></font>
    [*]<font face="Verdana"><font color="#2c5098">Play Mavs basketball - If you allow the Cavs to control the tempo and style ofthe game, it is likely that you will lose, because their style has been engineered to get the most out of LeBron. If, however, you can stop them playing their way, you are on a fast-track to victory. This especially accounts for Drew Gooden, who can often find himself out of position on the defensive end of the floor.</font></font>[/list]
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="sectHeader">
    <td colspan="2">
    <h4><font face="Verdana">The Cavs since 2003 v Dallas</font></h4>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="since03">
    <td colspan="2"><font face="Verdana">The two teams have met 8 times. The Cavaliers have won just twice, averaging 96.1 PPG, whereas the Mavericks have won six times, averaging 101.9 PPG. LeBron James averages 31.5 PPG (his second best), 6.1 RPG and 5.8 APG against the Mavericks. In each of the last six games against the Mavs, LeBron has scored at least 31 points, with his highest being 46. If he can continue this trend, the Cavaliers will be sitting pretty with a very good chance of winning the game.</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="sectHeader">
    <td colspan="2">
    <h4><font face="Verdana">Prediction</font></h4>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="prediction">
    <td colspan="2">


    <font face="Verdana">It's a tricky one this time around. The Cavs will have huge home support as they welcome back their Eastern Conference Championships in their quest to retain that title and, perhaps, go one step further (though that is extremely unlikely). LeBron is out to prove something this year, having already made the statement that it will be his best year yet. On the other hand, however, you have the Dallas Mavericks, playing in their first competitive game since their suprising defeat to the 8th seed Warriors in the 1st Round of the Playoffs. I think it will be a close match, but I think the Cavs might just be able to win the game, thanks to huge home support.</font></p>


    <font size="4" face="Verdana"><font color="#b90456">97 </font>- <font color="#2c5098">93</font></font></p>
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    Displays like this when you use that source code.</p>
     
  4. pegs

    pegs My future wife.

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    I was looking for this game thread. Seattle's up 1 at the moment, very surprising. Delonte's playing good, and Damien's doing great on offense, surprisingly.</p>

    Looks like Anthony's carrying this team on offense, and Iverson has gone cold. Diawara has done good in his start, and Camby's putting up his usual solid defensive stats.</p>

    I didn't expect this to be such a close game. It's either really good for Seattle, or really bad for Denver.</p>
     

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