Preview: Cleveland @ Charlotte

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<font color="red">Cleveland Cavaliers (17-12)</font> @ <font color="orange">Charlotte Bobcats (7-20)</font>

Date: Monday, January 3rd
Time: 7 PM
TV: WAUB (Cleveland), C-SET (Charlotte)

Season Series: <font color="red">Cleveland 1</font>, <font color="orange">Charlotte 0</font>

11.18.04: Cleveland 106, Charlotte 89

Previous Games:

<font color="red">Houston 98</font> <font color="red">Cleveland 87</font>

<font color="orange">Charlotte 90</font> <font color="red">Miami 113</font>

Projected Starting Lineups:

<font color="red">Cleveland</font>



Coach: Paul Silas

<u>Backcourt</u>
<font color="red">Jeff McInnis: 15.7 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 5.7 APG</font>
<font color="red">Ira Newble: 5.6 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 1.0 APG</font>

<u>Frontcourt</u>
<font color="red">LeBron James: 24.4 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 7.2 APG</font>
<font color="red">Drew Gooden: 14.0 PPG, 10.2 RPG, 1.7 APG</font>
<font color="red">Zydrunas Ilgauskas: 16.5 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 1.4 APG</font>

<u>Sixth Man</u>
<font color="red">Eric Snow: 3.7 PPG, 1.6 RPG, 3.2 APG</font>

<font size="2">VS</font>

<font color="orange">Charlotte</font>



Coach: Bernie Bickerstaff

<u>Backcourt</u>
<font color="orange">Brevin Knight: 7.9 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 9.4 APG</font>
<font color="orange">Keith Bogans: 10.5 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 2.0 APG</font>

<u>Frontcourt</u>
<font color="orange">Gerald Wallace: 11.0 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 1.8 APG</font>
<font color="orange">Emeka Okafor: 15.8 PPG, 11.6 RPG, 1.1 APG</font>
<font color="orange">Primoz Brezec: 11.8 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 1.2 APG</font>

<u>Sixth Man</u>
<font color="orange">Jason Hart: 8.7 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 6.1 APG</font>

<font color="red"><u>Cleveland Statistical Leaders</font></u>:
PPG: LeBron James: 24.4
RPG: Drew Gooden: 10.2
APG: LeBron James: 7.2

<font color="orange"><u>Charlotte Statistical Leaders</font></u>:
PPG: Emeka Okafor: 15.8
RPG: Emeka Okafor: 11.6
APG: Brevin Knight: 9.4

Injury Report
<font color="red">Cleveland</font>
-Dajuan Wagner - I.L.
-LeBron James - Questionable
-Scott Williams - I.L.

<font color="orange">Charlotte</font>
-Bernard Robinson - I.L.
-Jamal Sampson - I.L.
-Tamar Slay - I.L.

Players To Watch

<font color="red">LeBron James: 24.4 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 7.2 APG</font>
<font color="orange">Emeka Okafor: 15.8 PPG, 11.6 RPG, 1.1 APG</font>

Keys To The Game
<font color="red">Cleveland</font>
-Points in the paint. Most of the Bobcats forwards (except Okafor, and sometimes Melvin Ely) arn't that good at defending, so they should use Goodens athletic ability and Big Z's height to give the Bobcats problems.
-Transistion D. Jason Hart and Brevin Knight can both get the fast break going, so the Cavs can't relax after they score or miss a shot.

<font color="orange">Charlotte</font>
-Force LeBron to the perimeter. LeBron still has a pretty weak jump shot, but he is quick and beats you with his first step and his dribble. If they can get him to take jump shots and fade aways, they can hang in this game.
-Get Okafor the ball. Emeka has been shooting pretty well the past couple of games, and should get him in the rhythm.

Prediction

Well, this game could really go either way, LeBron or no LeBron. I think it will be close either way, but I see the Cavs showing the Bobcats why they are having a good season and why they are the 2nd seed in the East by beating the Bobcats by 8.

 

Good preview. Excpet that you put in Drew Goodens pic in for LBJ's pic

 

Haha, I was just about to post my preview. Good preview, Bobcats. Let's get some others to post in this forum more often.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Air Pietrus:</div><div class="quote_post">Good preview. Excpet that you put in Drew Goodens pic in for LBJ's pic</div>

My bad. Thanks.

 

Well, my prediction was a few points off, but it still resuslted in a loss. Okafors streak came to an end, but he continued the good FG %.