Cavs vs Celtics Offical Game Thread!

[tarheelsnipe]

Pierce was high fiving the fans, and the little fat kid with the Lebron jersey held up his hand. Pierce gave him the cold shoulder. That was funny.

[selby56]

How can you criticize LeBron? Maybe he's having a bad night tonight, but jeez. He is the most complete player in the NBA and getting better, he has done everything asked of him for his team and so far the organization has given him little to no support. LeBron is the last person to be blamed for the Cavs.

I can criticize Lebron all I want. He hasn't shown up for ANY big game this year. First game against Boston, he flopped, against Orlando, same thing, against LA, both times he sucked it up. Everyone does have an off night, but it is funny that all of his off nights come against teams that are actually good. He can't say we aren't getting him help, he has his help. We have a deadly shooting PG, a deadly shooting SG, a center that can make 18 footers, and we just got him a PF that can play offense and defensively sound, what else does he need? Lebron is the leader of this team, we didn't lose this game because Lebron had to do it by himself, we lost because Lebron wanted to do it by himself. He refused to pass the ball in the 4th quarter. I'm just being realistic, last I checked, the MVP was suppose to be the team leader that helped his team win big games, and that doesn't fit Lebrons description this year.

[montej1695]

What it really comes down to is where the game is played with these two teams, if it is in Bandwagontown, Celtics win, if it is in Cleveland, Cavs win.

Havent the home teams won like 14 games in a row between the two teams? This was a huge win for the Celts imo.

[HIJACK12]

I'm not the one who brought up homecourt...I honestly couldn't care less about it. If we get past Boston and to the Finals, we will probably lose to LA anyways, so it doesn't matter. Also you can't bring Crybaby and KG into this, because we are without our best defensive player down low, Ben Wallace. Who knows how much of a difference he would make.

Just because you guys can't beat LA, doesn't mean we can't. They're going to fall apart in the Finals again IMO.

[sebredsox24]

If Pierce has one problem, his voice is so raspy on interviews. its ok though, it comes with being a finals mvp i guess :P

[garnett_21]

Powe has been HUGE! 20 points and 11 rebounds! Amazing!

[selby56]

Neither team can beat LA? Sorry, that's funny!

So how have you guys done against LA this year?

[tarheelsnipe]

If Pierce has one problem, his voice is so raspy on interviews. its ok though, it comes with being a finals mvp i guess :P

[sebredsox24]

I can criticize Lebron all I want. He hasn't shown up for ANY big game this year. First game against Boston, he flopped, against Orlando, same thing, against LA, both times he sucked it up. Everyone does have an off night, but it is funny that all of his off nights come against teams that are actually good. He can't say we aren't getting him help, he has his help. We have a deadly shooting PG, a deadly shooting SG, a center that can make 18 footers, and we just got him a PF that can play offense and defensively sound, what else does he need? Lebron is the leader of this team, we didn't lose this game because Lebron had to do it by himself, we lost because Lebron wanted to do it by himself. He refused to pass the ball in the 4th quarter. I'm just being realistic, last I checked, the MVP was suppose to be the team leader that helped his team win big games, and that doesn't fit Lebrons description this year.

Hate to break it to you, but in the NBA there is no such thing as a "big game" in the regular season. I would not really care if the Celtics lost tonight, and honestly, neither would the Celtics. They all know one game is just one game. Its all about the championship and staying healthy for the long haul. Dont even try to tell me that LeBron was bad in the playoffs last year. Simply put, the Cavs have no bench. They just picked up Smith so that might help some, but other than that nothing.

[selby56]

OK so you guys won a regular season game. can you remind me who won the playoff series last year?

Did you even read my post? Apparently not. I wasn't bragging about anything, I was saying that we beat you guys without Z, and you beat us with Crybaby and KG, and it basically comes down to where the game is being played.