<div align="center"><u><font size="5"><font color="#C43B3B">MIAMI HEAT</font> @ <font color="#B84056">CLEVELAND CAVALIERS</font></font></u> <u><font size="3"><font color="#B84056">PROJECTED STARTERS</font></font></u> <u><font size="2"><font color="#B84056">CAVS</font></font></u> <font color="#B84056">C Zydrunas Ilgauskas PF Drew Gooden SF LeBron James SG Larry Hughes PG Eric Snow</font> <font color="#C43B3B">C Shaquille O?Neal PF Udonis Haslem SF James Posey SG Dwyane Wade PG Gary Payton</font> <u><font size="2"><font color="#C43B3B">HEAT</font></font></u> <u><font size="3"><font color="#B84056">MATCHUP BREAKDOWN</font></font></u></div> <font color="#B84056">Zydrunas Ilgauskas</font> v <font color="#C43B3B">Shaquille O?Neal</font> ? Ilgauskas is a good C, but he?s just not in the same league as Shaq Diesel who power in abundance and build in his favour. Ilgauskas just doesn?t stand a chance. <font color="#B84056">Drew Gooden</font> v <font color="#C43B3B">Udonis Haslem</font> ? Gooden has the advantage over Haslem in just about all areas. Haslem is a capable basketball player, as you have to be to start for the Heat, but just not quite as good as the man we call Druuuuuuuuuuuu. <font color="#B84056">LeBron James</font> v <font color="#C43B3B">James Posey</font> ? Posey hasn?t been playing too well this season, so to have to match up with LeBron will, in my opinion, be overwhelming for him. LeBron to come out on top here. <font color="#B84056">Larry Hughes</font> v <font color="#C43B3B">Dwyane Wade</font> ? Hughes desperately needs to shut Dwyane out, or at least make everything difficult for him. If he can, he stands a slight chance. If not, Dwyane ?Flash? Wade will come on top. <font color="#B84056">Eric Snow</font> v <font color="#C43B3B">Gary Payton</font> ? As per usual when Snow comes across a true point guard who can score and pass, I?m expecting him to force a below-par night for his opponent, but still not come anywhere near him in the statistics department. The Glove to win here. <div align="center"><u><font size="3"><font color="#B84056">OTHER NOTES</font></font></u></div> <ul> [*]The Cavs are 2-5 against the Heat since the beginning of the 03-04 season. [*]The total score in that period is 661-615 to the Heat. [*]LeBron James has averaged 22-4.2-7.7 against the Heat in his 7 games against them. [*]The Cavs are 3-7 in their last 10 (12-9 overall) [*]The Heat are 6-4 in their last 10 (14-10 overall) [/list] <div align="center"><u><font size="3"><font color="#B84056">SCORE PREDICTION</font></font></u></div> <u> <font size="2"><font color="#C43B3B">105</font> - <font color="#B84056">96</font></font></u>
