<div align="center"><u><font size="5"><font color="#FF0033">CLEVELAND CAVALIERS</font> @ <font color="#1268AC">ORLANDO MAGIC</font></font></u> <u><font size="3"><font color="#FF0033">PROJECTED STARTERS</font></font></u> <u><font size="2"><font color="#FF0033">CAVS</font></font></u> <font color="#FF0033">C Zydrunas Ilgauskas PF Drew Gooden SF LeBron James SG Larry Hughes PG Eric Snow</font> <font color="#1268AC">C Steven Hunter PF Chris Webber SF Kyle Korver SG Andre Iguodala PG Allen Iverson</font> <u><font size="2"><font color="#1268AC">76ERS</font></font></u> <u><font size="3"><font color="#FF0033">MATCHUP BREAKDOWN</font></font></u></div> <font color="#FF0033">Zydrunas Ilgauskas</font> v <font color="#1268AC">Steven Hunter</font> – Zydrunas Ilgauskas is coming off a 22-11 game and should be able to take his momentum straight at Hunter and be able to fight him off for another decent performance. <font color="#FF0033">Drew Gooden</font> v <font color="#1268AC">Chris Webber</font> – This one will be interesting – Gooden is more consistent than Webber, but Webber can have more flashes of brilliance in his game. I’m tipping Gooden to come out on top here. <font color="#FF0033">LeBron James</font> v <font color="#1268AC">Kyle Korver</font> – This is like throwing a lion into a cage with a zebra – only one will ever come out on top. Here, the “one” will be the “chosen one”, LeBron James. <font color="#FF0033">Larry Hughes</font> v <font color="#1268AC">Andre Iguodala</font> – A fairly interesting and high tempo matchup will be expected when these two meet as you have a man who can play on both ends of the court very well and another guy who has explosiveness and tenacity coming out his ears going face to face. I think that this one will come out pretty much even. <font color="#FF0033">Eric Snow</font> v <font color="#1268AC">Allen Iverson</font> – The fourth straight game in which Snow has to match up with an elite guard. So far in this run of games, he has dealt well with the pressure and managed to prevent the opposing man from having a runaway game. I expect Iverson to come out better, but still feeling he could, or perhaps should, have done better. <div align="center"><u><font size="3"><font color="#FF0033">SCORE PREDICTION</font></font></u></div> <u> <font size="2"><font color="#FF0033">106</font>-<font color="#1268AC">98</font> </font></u>
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Drew Gooden v Chris Webber ? This one will be interesting ? Gooden is more consistent than Webber, but Webber can have more flashes of brilliance in his game. I?m tipping Gooden to come out on top here.</div> <---- ---- I got the Cavs by 12. This is going to be the Sixers 4th game in five days and against a hot Cavs team which had an easy going game last night, I just can't see the Sixers winning as much as I would love to see them win. Iverson will come out on fire and cause havoc but I doubt the rest of the guys will be able to match his energy other than maybe Salmons. Overall, the Sixers might make this game for about two quarters and a half until they fall apart and the Cavs led by Larry Hughes(which will have a big game) starts making runs and evetually this game will be out of reach.
I think the 76ers can win this, they have to come out swinging though and with momentum. You never know when the 76ers supporting cast is going to show up, so maybe they'll show up tonight considering the fact they didn't last night. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">This one will be interesting ? Gooden is more consistent than Webber, but Webber can have more flashes of brilliance in his game. I?m tipping Gooden to come out on top here.</div> Gooden is more consistent then Chris Webber?
My opinion is um. That's about the limit of my French, lol. Anway, I'm keen to learn from others - I rarely speak a lot about the Cavs so I rarely hear opinions. I'm open to opinions and facts and they will help expand my knowledge.
I think Webber is much more consistent than Gooden is, but being that this game will be played on a back end of a back-to-back for the Sixers, the Cavs have a good shot at stealing a win even though they are also in the second game of a back-to-back. Webber sometimes has problems in these situations, but he was moving better than I've seen him last night @ Miami... at least offensively.
