Open Thread: Regular Season Game 79 vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

by Jake Whitacre on Apr 8, 2009 5:05 PM EDT in Game Threads

Washington Wizards at Cleveland Cavaliers, Apr 8, 2009 7:00 PM EDT

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The Essentials:
Wizards (18-60) vs. Cavaliers (62-15)
7:00 p.m.
Quicken Loans Center
CSN

This year:
December 25: Cavaliers 93, Wizards 89
January 4: Wizards 80, Cavaliers 77
April 2: Wizards 109, Cavaliers 101

Notable Cavaliers numbers this season:
1st in expected winning percentage (.783)
25th in pace factor (88.8 possessions per game)
4th in offensive efficiency/offensive rating (112.0)
3rd in defensive efficiency/defensive rating (102.2)

Key Links: (drop any others in the comments)
Give, give, give people.
Fear The Sword
And One
Cavalier Attitude
Cavs The Blog
Waiting for Next Year
Game Day Cavaliers
The Other Side: Cleveland

Tonight's Projected Starters
Wizards	vs.	Cavaliers
Player filling in for injured starter	PG	Mo Williams
Taser	SG	Delonte West
Tough Juice	SF	LeBron James
The Last Man Standing	PF	Anderson Varejao
Brendan Haywood	C	Zydrunas Ilgauskas

This is an open thread, so if you're intrigued by a lineup featuring DaJuan Wagner, Ricky Davis, LeBron James, Darius Miles, and Carlos Boozer, talk about it here.

GO WIZARDS!

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Isn't tonight's game in Cleveland?

I could be wrong.

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by Matt K. on Apr 8, 2009 5:13 PM EDT reply actions

You're right

That was the one thing I forgot to update. It’s been fixed.

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by Jake Whitacre on Apr 8, 2009 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions

And

I forgot to take Agent Zero out of the starting lineup. That’s been fixed.

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by Jake Whitacre on Apr 8, 2009 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions

It's all good

Nice picture, by the way

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by Matt K. on Apr 8, 2009 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Are we certain he's out?

by Palace of Good Play's Golden Toilet on Apr 8, 2009 5:27 PM EDT reply actions

Meant that to be a reply

about Gilbert.

by Palace of Good Play's Golden Toilet on Apr 8, 2009 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions

99.99 percent sure

According to Michael Lee.

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by Jake Whitacre on Apr 8, 2009 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Even if he does play

I’d imagine he’d come off the bench to help limit his minutes.

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by Jon L on Apr 8, 2009 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Any chance someone will poleaxe LeBron into the fifth row?

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by George Templeton on Apr 8, 2009 6:00 PM EDT reply actions

i cannot condone that kind of thing

but i can take great joy if it happens

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by little stevie colter on Apr 8, 2009 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions

I think an ugly game plays to our favor

Maybe not to our advantage, but to our favor at least.

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by Jake Whitacre on Apr 8, 2009 7:17 PM EDT reply actions

Ledell Eackles is helping out at the telethon

No really.

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by Jake Whitacre on Apr 8, 2009 7:20 PM EDT reply actions

Ledell looks to be in "game shape"

for him

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by Rook6980 on Apr 8, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I am home tonight but baseball is on my tv

So Bullets forever is my source to follow this game! That’s the reason I’m a Bullets fan!

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by George Templeton on Apr 8, 2009 7:24 PM EDT reply actions

1?

Who in the world is going to be playing the point w/o Arenas, Critt and Young? (If it comes to that).

If only we could trade Taser for one day and have him put up 30 on us off their bench before we got him back...

by Juice over Whine on Apr 8, 2009 7:26 PM EDT reply actions

Critt is healthy

And I think Dixon is good to go as well, which is a good thing.

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by Jake Whitacre on Apr 8, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Dixon or Taser

Both have some handle. Or they could Go Point Forward (Jamison or Butler)

by Pryme on Apr 8, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Gotta say

For a guy that looks winded, Haywood still plays well.

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by Jake Whitacre on Apr 8, 2009 7:27 PM EDT reply actions

Muresan is on the phones!

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by Jake Whitacre on Apr 8, 2009 7:29 PM EDT reply actions

Thought he was working on the "Princess Bride" remake...

by Pryme on Apr 8, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Excellent!

I mean, score not so good, but Muresan good.

If only we could trade Taser for one day and have him put up 30 on us off their bench before we got him back...

by Juice over Whine on Apr 8, 2009 7:31 PM EDT reply actions

Maybe the Sweet Ambassador can make this game worthwhile

Just let him do some commentating and the donations will flow in.

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by Jake Whitacre on Apr 8, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Wow

LeBron just deestroyed Nick On that post-up.

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by Jake Whitacre on Apr 8, 2009 7:33 PM EDT reply actions

So how did it end up . . .

that Nick Young was guarding LeBron on the block?

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by George Templeton on Apr 8, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't remember exactly

I’m guessing there was a switch on a screen or something.

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by Jake Whitacre on Apr 8, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Wallace looks so weird without the afto

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by Jake Whitacre on Apr 8, 2009 7:34 PM EDT reply actions

The cavs color commentators always sounds like he’s gorging on food while he speaks.

by Fundefined on Apr 8, 2009 7:34 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah

And he’s obsessed with calling LeBron “L-Train” for some reason.

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by Jake Whitacre on Apr 8, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions

HA!

Seriously? How does that even make sense? Does he have a collection of model trains at home? Or is it the way he just runs over players (which is really more of a football attribute than a basketball one)?

by Pryme on Apr 8, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions