Cavaliers vs. Nets - Game 5/Round2

[TheAdmin]

PLAYOFFS // Round 2 // Game #5​

New Jersey Nets (0-1) @ Cleveland Cavaliers (1-0)​

Tuesday, May 16th, 2007
8:00pm ET
TV: TNT
Radio : WTAM 1100

Head Coaches

Lawrence Frank / Mike Brown

Probable Starters

Jason Kidd / Larry Hughes

Vince Carter / Sasha Pavlovic

Richard Jefferson / LeBron James

Mikki Moore / Drew Gooden

Jason Collins / Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Cleveland Cavaliers Bench

Gibson / Marshall / Brown / Varejao / Newble / Snow


Nets Bench

Boone / Nachbar / Robinson / Williams / Wright / Adams


-- // -- GAME NOTES -- // --​

· With a win tonight, the Cavaliers would advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the third time in team history. Cleveland advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals in 1976 and 1992.

· The Cavaliers are a perfect 4-0 at home in the playoffs and have won seven games in a row at The Q dating back to the regular season. With a win tonight, Cleveland would tie its longest playoff home win streak ever (five straight in 1976 and from 1990-92). Cleveland is 6-1 all-time at home in the playoffs against the Nets.

· LeBron James has dished out at least seven assists in all eight playoff games and ranks fifth in the playoffs in assists per game (8.5). He is the only Cavalier in team history and the only non-guard in NBA history with eight straight games of at least seven assists in the playoffs.

· The Cavaliers lead the NBA in opponent field goal percentage (.420) and rank second in opponents points per game (89.5) during the playoffs. Cleveland held the Nets to .360 shooting in Game 4 which was the Cavs best defensive effort since May 15, 2006 vs. Detroit when they held the Pistons to .333 shooting.

· Zydrunas Ilgauskas has averaged 15.1 points and 10.8 rebounds during the playoffs. He joins Brad Daugherty as the only two players in team history to have eight or more rebounds in at least eight straight playoff games. Daugherty did it in nine straight games from April 23 – May 13, 1992.

· LeBron James is currently averaging 27.0 points, 7.6 rebounds and 8.5 assists per game during the playoffs. Oscar Robertson is the only player to average at least those numbers for an entire playoff year (Robertson did it three times from 1962-64).

 

[TheAdmin]

I was cutting some game film when it hit me... Does anyone else think Mikki Moore looks like Doug E. Doug?

 

[Mandingo]

:chuckles: Hell yeah.

 

[chiefwahoo]

Ben, feel free to flash this and add to your player for the play/pause buttons. Just thought it was a cool flash vid from cavs.com, perfect to get us pumped up for tonight

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[Maximus]

Betting the farm on the Nets tonight...

 

[chiefwahoo]

Betting the farm on the Nets tonight...

Good man, it has always worked well for us in the past

 

[highplainsdrifter]

Cavs at home with the crowd's energy... Cavs in the ECF!

 

[Karma]

Knock this thing on the head tonight, and sit back with a few ale's and watch Chicago dismantle the Pistons and take it to 7!

 

[Karma]

Ok enough of this from Nachbar. Dont spoil our party. You stink.

 

[Dungong]

4 TOs and the Nets shooting 4/5 from 3. Basically, if this continues thats a loss

 

[Karma]

This looks all too familiar. Its a repeat of Bulls over Pistons.

 

[Karma]

A timely 3 ball from Pavlovic. Need some stops big time.

 

[Dungong]

Sasha with an excellent foul on Boone who will eventually become the worst free throw shooter in the history of the NBA at the rate hes going

 

[Karma]

God bless Booney! He's certainly consistent at the line.

 

[Kypus]

Lackluster 1st quarter, we need more hustle on the O-boards, and can't leave Boki Boki open in his sweet spot. That's just stupid.