2010 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals: Cavs (#1) Vs. Celtics (#4)

Lebron had a bad game but people are kidding themselves if they think it's over, I'm looking for Lebron to come back with a vengeance in Boston.

Regardless of who wins this series, the winner won't beat the Magic. The Magic are playing dominant bball unlike the Celts and Cavs.

 

I know the Celtics haven't been doing it the whole series but they won by 32 tonight against the best team in the regular season, that is pretty darn dominant.

I think the Magic will win a series against the Celtics but don't count the C's out.

 

Lebron has a good supporting cast but the system they play in revolves around Lebron playing ....... like Lebron.

You cannot have him go MIA and expect his teammates to magically start playing a different way at this point in the playoffs.

 

Lebron will not win a championship with Mike Brown as the coach.

 

Boston's Big 3 did most of the offense in the first half of the game until Rondo started scoring. LBJ scored 15 points on 3-of-14 shooting and those only came in the 4th Q. He was defending Rondo part of the time, but other players were also used on him as well to no avail. Mo Williams was ineffective, both in offense and defense.

 

I need to search to find which douchelord on this board said I was out of my mind if I thought Boston could beat the Cavs.


Athleticism doesn't always equate to victories.

 

PWNED LMAO!

 

-Cavs Fan

LOL, Cavs fans are really delusional and taking the LeBron hating to a whole new level

Damn, LeBron, if your hearing this, get your ass outta Cleveland as soon as possible. Come to Houston!

 

At this point it's going to take 2 incredible games from Lebron to win.

The Celtics have found the weak links in Cleveland's defense: Jamison and Mo Williams. The Celtics have confidence that they can score on those two everytime. Mo Williams is like a punching bag, if he's on Ray Allen then Allen abuses him with the 3, if he's on Rondo then Rondo blows by him with the drive. Jamison is the same way, KG, Wallace, and Davis love posting him up, even Perkins could take Jamison at this point.

What I would do is put Mo Williams back on Rondo, let Rondo score and hope that the other guys don't get involved. And of course pray that Lebron plays well.

 

Cavs fans need to STFU.

Without LeBron, they probably wouldn't even be in the playoffs; that, or a first round flameout.

LeBron made your team what it is. Not fans. There is no "chicken or the egg" scenario here; James came first, then a buttload of fans.

 

Man, between the Spurs getting swept and how this series has played out I feel like I literally know nothing at the moment.

 

I think most of us slept on this Celtics team. The playoffs is really they only time they have all been healthy it seems.

 

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LeBron press conference.

 

False.


The Celtics are smarter than the Magic.

The Hawks had no one to even guard Dwight. The Celtics have a variety of combinations.

 

Can somebody please post the Inside the NBA from tonight's game? I was at the gym and didn't get a chance to watch Kenny, Charles, and EJ's post-game commentary. I tried searching for it, but was unable to find it online.

 

Don't forget the Cavs were "playing dominant bball" last year (they swept the first two rounds) only to lose to the Magic in 5. Just because the Magic have swept the first two rounds this year, like the Cavs did last year, doesn't suddenly make them dominant. They could beat the Cavs or the Celtics, but they haven't proven anything until they beat a legitimate team. The Bobcats and Hawks are not legitimate teams.

 

The Cavs lost to Orlando in 6 last year

 

Main problem with the Cavs is Mike Brown. You can't win by having an offense that is just "give the ball to LeBron." Didn't work for Jordan. Didn't work for Kobe. And it won't work for LeBron.

There is a reason Phil Jackson shoved the triangle offense down Jordan and Kobe's throats. Kobe hated the triangle offense which is one of the reasons he got the Lakers to get rid of Phil Jackson, then failed without it, learned his lesson, and got Phil back. The Bulls tried the "let Jordan do whatever he wants" thing and the Pistons beat that multiple times before they brought in Phil and inserted an actual offensive philosophy.

You can't just have 100% of the offense dependent on one guy. The Cavs can't beat good teams unless LeBron has a crazy game. We've seen that the last two years now. He will have to have two MONSTER games now for the Cavs to win this series, if he is off in just one, they're out.

 

Agree it's on Brown. They have a strong, though overestimated team talent wise, but for a supposedly defense oriented coach the C's have easily found chinks in the armor and Brown just stands their mouth agape.

For all the chemistry they show from the sidelines, you'd think they play better team ball on the court.