there was some rust to start, but the C’s did that banner proud.

Leon definitely on the up elevator against Delonte. Looked real good off the bench tonight.

Powe and Tony stepped up second half, Rondo continued doing the little things which makes him such an underrated player. Pierce solid, KG had his shooting woes (hint: take it inside if the jumper isn’t working). Perk could have played much smarter, Ray looked stale.

1. pp the magnifico- from the tears to outplaying lebron and willing this game to the green. 2. yes powe and tony- physical and under control. 3 no points from house and baby, but theywere hustling and playing d. 4. not a real good game for jg and ray. last year when ray slumped, he was still smooth. tonite, he never looked smooth. one game is nothing, but let’s keep an eye on ray. 5. perk was playing well, but then the dumb fouls. come on perk stop with the flagrant picks. and 6. you gotta love rondo, even with the dopey last second foul. he is fearless and he runs the o.

Like last year I don’t think Lebron has enough talent to get by us and when push comes to shove our defense takes over.

I still think Cavs are #2 in the east until Philly, Magic, Pistons prove differently.

Lebron’s 2 for 6 from the line had to be tough for Cav fans to swallow. Even Shaq thought Lebron needs to work on FT. Seriously though Lebron only 71% from the line last year, if he gets it up to 75 to 80% range he can really make teams pay like Pierce often does.

Its one game, give him time. KG didn’t have his best game and nobody is calling for him to be traded/have a bad year.

Cavs looked poor and disorganized offensively when LeBron was off the floor.

I know the Powe dunk was impressive to some degree but somehow Delonte got caught underneath on a switch. Anytime a “tweener” guard is trying to stop a PF from dunking, the PF is going to win that battle 8 or 9X out of 10.

That being said, it was still a sweet dunk.

Eddie handled what pressure they put on him pretty well. he seemed quicker up the floor and his handle seemed more sure (just one game). The second unit wa uneven, but showed a lot of promise. Pretty good d, but up and down offense.

 I would say KG and PP are about equal ground. But to say it is clearly Pierce is not true. The game is more about offense. Who won the defensive player of the year award? How many times has it been said that defense win championships? Who is the top defender on the team? Give KG some credit.

I meant the game is more then just offense. LOL

In the ceremony, Paul was BAWLing his eyes out. It wasn’t until tipoff that he was BALLing his…well…balling his, umm, butt off. I’m not normally a stickler for that type of thing, but the double-meaning was too much to pass up.

Now in his sixth year in the league and for whatever reason—conditioning, fouls, coach’s decision—Perkins still can’t stay on the floor for more than 20-22 minutes.

It was a beautiful, understated ceremony. It would have made Red proud (but Red would have had that cigar lit up).

Sure wish the game was done by Mike and Tommy. TNT doing it almost ruined it for me. I wish those guys would get their facts straight.
1. They said Doc was almost fired the year before last. That never happened.
2. In talking about the KG deal they said KG had a “No Trade Clause” in his contract. He didn’t. He had a player’s option for this year and needed to agree to an extension before the deal was made.

Sure wish PJ Brown was there. Guess he didn’t want any temptation to come back. I hope he knows how much we fans appreciate his contribution to last nite.

Sloppy game, but good to see that the D was still there when we needed it. Thought Tony Allen had some good moments slashing to the rim and on the defensive end. Not as many mental mistakes as I’ve come to expect from him.

Looking at the box score, though, more minutes than I’d like for the Big Three. Still believe we need significant bench help to repeat.

looked shaky in the first half, but they eventually got it together enough.

piierce looks superb.

There seemed to be one major surprise in the game. Mo Williams, other than hitting a couple of three’s, barely figured into the game. Rondo totally eclipsed him.

I had watched Williams the other night in a Cavs game, and he was scary good. But matched up against Rondo, his magic was gone. He couldn’t penetrate in the same way, and his poor defense was exposed. It was an eye-opener.

It’s a stupid observation, but I’ll make it anyways. On television, LeBron James had told some reporter he was much improved after his Olympics experience. He claimed he was something like “five times better” than he was against the Celtics in last year’s playoffs.

Now it’s obvious that James is a great player. But if he wants to claim he’s even five percent better than last year, it’d be hard to argue that from last night. Perhaps math wasn’t his best course in high school

If choking and missing free throws at the most critical time of the game makes Lebron believe he is 5 times better then lasdt year so me it. He is fooling no one. But of course to most media Lebron can do no wrong. LOL

So be it, i mean. Really should use the preview before I post I think.

Excellent start by the boys against a quality opponent.

Always difficult to harness the emotion after a banner is raised and then perform.

Strapping myself in for another long season which will hopefully end in June next year.

Go the Green !!!

Cheers

Aussie

Powe was a great sparkplug off the bench. Everytime he got in there, you could tell he was going to make something happen, and take it aggressively to the rack. Powe could be 6th man of the year if he keeps up this kind of play.

Tony Allen looked best when he attacked the basket. And 1 should be his mantra.

Perkns still looks like there is something wrong with his brain at times. He still racks up too many stupid fouls. A competent backup C/PF looks like the missing piece right now. Especially for the nights when Perkins gets like this.

As I predicted, Rivers is still going to give the Big 3, Big minutes.