Round 1 Game 1 | Cavs vs Pacers | April 15, 2018 | 3:30 EST

[MoFlo]

It's Playoff time at the Q!!!

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The King left the Land that he had been ruling over for 7 years. A Land that had been under severe distress for 46 years.

He left to grow, knowing he needed to earn his place on the throne..

in order to rule such a Land back to the heights it hadn't seen in decades..

He returned to the Land to which he belonged..

with reinforcements..

and eventually..

achieved the impossible.


However, his dynasty was halted by a combination of super powers.

Now, he has a fresh, young group of reinforcements..

Hungry to help the King revitalize his dynasty and to become the undisputed GOAT

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Game 1


1997-98:
Eastern Conference First Round (3-1): Indiana Pacers over Cleveland Cavaliers

2016-17:
Eastern Conference First Round (4-0):Cleveland Cavaliers over Indiana Pacers

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Darren Collison

Victor Oladipo

Bojan Bogdanovic

Thaddeus Young

Myles Turner

George Hill

-Over the last 5 postseasons, is averaging: 13.7 pts; 3.4 reb; 3.3 ast on .378 3pt% (.524 eFG%)

-Shot .479 from the field (.390 from deep) over his last 19 games

-21-46 (.457) from deep on passes from LeBron

Rodney Hood

-Averaged 12.6 pts on 48.7% shooting (.440 from deep) over his last 8 games

-12-21 from 3 on passes from LeBron

LeBron James

-Averaged 32.8/9.8/9.0/3.0/2.0 on .543 shooting (.450 from deep) in the 1st round vs Indy last season

-Had his 15th CONSECUTIVE season with 1600 pts, 400 rebs, 350 ast, 90 stl. Nobody else in NBA history has more than 10 such seasons in their CAREER.

-Only player in NBA history to have 2200 pts, 700 rebs, 700 ast, 100 stl, 70 blk in a single season

-Had his 10th season of 2000 pts, 500 rebs, 450 ast, 100 stl. Nobody else has more than 4 such seasons.

-Had the 3rd highest (Chris Mullin '96-97, Bron '16-17) FG% for a player with a 3PAr of .250 or higher

Jeff Green

-Set career highs in FG%, eFG%, FT%, TS%, FTr,

-As starter: .484/.356/.875
As reserve: .476/.296/.866

Kevin Love

-Had his 6th season of 1,000 pts; 500 rebs; 100 ast; and 100 3ptM. Only LeBron (9) & KD (7) have more such seasons

-The first player to average 17 & 9 in under 30 MPG since 1980-81 (Robert Parish)

-Had his 6th season of 25/15/3 per 100 possessions. Only Duncan (14), Shaq (10), and KG (9) have more such seasons

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The quest to 16 wins, the King revitalizing the dynasty of his Land, and solidifying his undisputed GOAT status starts...

NOW!!!​

 

[bob2the2nd]

Flying out to Cleveland to be there for game 1. Should be a blast

 

[SmudgeHog]

Ugh, game starts at 7:30 AM for me tomorrow morning.

 

[Adam]

I get to watch this one LIVE (on tv) god bless the afternoon tip! Im really looking forward to a well coached game and rotation. Lue dont let me down!

 

[Lyst]

GAME DAY BITCHES!!!! I'm going to try to enjoy every one of these post-season games to the fullest. Something tells me this may be our last chance to do so for a very long time.

Keys to the game: Play defense.

Mainly- CLOSE OUT ON SHOOTERS. DONT JUST TURN AROUND AND WATCH THE BALL!!!!!

 

[Hupu Cavs]

I am a FAN from China.

GO CAVS!!

 

[Cayman13]

Go Cavs! Nervous about this year’s team but never giving up having the best player on earth.

Need a 3rd/4th guy to step up Bigtime after LBJ and KLove- can’t wait to see what LeBron can do what this bunch. Some boys need to step up!!

 

[Certo17]

Gotta work til 8.. already crying that I won’t see the game :/ lol but for some reason whenever I don’t watch the game we either crush the team or come back from a crazy deficit.. so will see what happens. Go cavs!!!

 

[KilgoreTrout]

So, the Cavs are out of excuses, right? If they play like crap and don’t defend, it’s because they are playing like crap, right? And not because they aren’t trying?

I sure hope that a season of bad habits doesn’t come back to bite them in the ass.

 

[Otsego Mar]

Ugh, game starts at 7:30 AM for me tomorrow morning.

Wake yo ass up time to pregame!

 

[Walter White]

I forgot Lance Stephenson was a thing.

 

[Crosby_Cavs]

GO CAVS!!!!

 

[tocov]

Don't know if that's good or bad, but that's interesting.

View: https://twitter.com/mcten/status/984608085519028225

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

A real shame that we barely saw Nance and Love frontcourt during the regular season... also a shame that we never saw if a Zizic and Love front court can be a thing, and I think it can be really good.

 

[K1rieIrving>AllOtherPG's]

Don't know if that's good or bad, but that's interesting.

View: https://twitter.com/mcten/status/984608085519028225

Is Lue planning to have brain transfer surgery with coach Pop too? because that would be great

Just kidding just kidding, I’ll keep it easy on Lue in the playoffs but the motherfucker better have some actual secrit plan this time, because if the defense is trash again he’ll be out of a job next year and will probably never get hired by an NBA team ever again.