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Cleveland
(45-37) (27-14 home/ 18-23 road)

Washington
(43-39) (25-16 home/18-23 road)

Regular Season Series: Tied 2 - 2
Dec 5: at Washington 105, Cleveland 86
Jan 23: at Cleveland 121, Washington 85
Feb 22: at Cleveland 90, Washington 89
Mar 13: at Washington 101, Cleveland 99


Playoff Schedule
Cleveland leads 3-2
1. Apr 19: at Cleveland 93, Washington 86
2. Apr 21: at Cleveland 116, Washington 86
3. Apr 24: at Washington 108, Cleveland 72
4. Apr 27: Cleveland 100, at Washington 97
5. Apr 30: Washington 88, at Cleveland 87
*6. Fri, May 2 – at Was
*7. Sun, May 4 – at Cle

Don't miss critical free throws this time Gilbert...

BTW...I like the fact Washington is running their yaps, so fuck a Charles. It's making a series that I wasn't interested in a week or two ago interesting. Doesn't hurt that it seems like the two teams don't like each other either, because I like new rivalries developing.

When teams legitimately don't like each other, it makes everything SO much more interesting.

Agent Zero > Gnarls Barkley

The Wizards are beating the shit out of LJ.

It's awesome.

Greatest alley oop ever.

Oh my god, I just shit myself.

Well, it looked a lot better in real time, but it was still amazing.

word. i love when one dunk is such a game changer. that was it right there. i didnt think there was a chance he'd get that one.

Same here. When LeBron dunks, he tends to surprise the fuck out of me.

Thank you Washington and Cleveland (can't believe I said that), for a great start to this year's playoffs!

I was at the gym, so I only saw a little bit of it, but how did Jameson get a Tech when LeBron grabbed his leg and threw him?

And how did LeBron not get a tech when he intentionally elbowed Haywood in the face after a foul was called.


note: I know the answer, but I still wanted to ask the question.

I can see that Cleveland's decided to use the lame Miami tactic of having every fan wearing the same colored t-shirt; because, of course, that's what makes a crowd great.

i knew the wizards were fucked when kstat picked them. he also was ripping cleveland so the cavs will robably win the title this year.

I was at the gym, so I only saw a little bit of it, but how did Jameson get a Tech when LeBron grabbed his leg and threw him?

And how did LeBron not get a tech when he intentionally elbowed Haywood in the face after a foul was called.


note: I know the answer, but I still wanted to ask the question.

LeBron DID get a tech on that play. They called a double tech on James and Haywood and a tech on Jamison for running into the fray a little too ferociously.

i knew the wizards were fucked when kstat picked them. he also was ripping cleveland so the cavs will robably win the title this year.

lol

You might want to post this in the Doom / Gloom threads.

why in the fuck is butler not on lebron as possibly your best perimeter defender. eddie jordan is gay and from cleveland.

i knew the wizards were fucked when kstat picked them. he also was ripping cleveland so the cavs will robably win the title this year.

I love how this guy accuses me of always being wrong, I wind up being right, and he goes and does it again in another thread, and hopes nobody will notice he just got owned...

I'm not sure if it's sarcasm or not, but it's funny as hell.

its not sarcasm at all. your almost always wrong.

you said phx had no chance going into the 3rd overtime. they had an excellent chance and it cme down to no one giving help on a slashing ginoblii.

you do see the difference, right? just because the suns lost doesnt mean they had no chance. you were wrong and yet you still thing you 'owned' me. that amuses me. very kstatian.

This diddy-Kstat rivalry reminds me of the Wizards-Cavs feud!

This diddy-Kstat rivalry reminds me of the Wizards-Cavs feud!


B-Diddy=Deshawn Stevenson.

"Kstat is overrated! Kstat is overrated!"

DENIED.

I'm waiting for Soulja's opinion.

So, do you guys like the Wiz or the Brons tonight?

Brons in another close one.

Honestly, I did like what I saw from the Wiz in game 1 though. Hopefully they can do the same things they did Saturday and this time close the deal.

I will be disappointed if there are no altercations in this one though, because the first game left me wanting more.

It's clear that the Wiz are going to need their "A game" to beat the Cavs in Cleveland (playing 5-on-8 is tough)

I'd love to see it, but it might be wishful thinking.

Of the two games tonight (the other being Jazz-Rockets), this is the only one I'm watching.

Haywood had a "break through" game in game 1. Can he sustain it? If so, that'd be pretty nice for the Wiz. Deshawn needs to shoot better than 1-9 or whatever it was as well.

Dear LeBron,

You are a great player. Get used to the fact that people are going to be grabbing you and fouling you hard. They're trying to prevent you from getting an easy layup or dunk. Stop acting like a baby.

Besides, it's not like you need that to motivate you.

Tech on Arenas, flagrant on Verajao. I love it.

These are the most physical two games of any series I've seen, or at least in a long time.

Washington needs to make their FTs.

Haywood playing well again. I'd say that's good for Washington.

Well, you can't say there isn't a ton of action at the rim in this one.

Marv talking about Soulja Boy and Jay Z is pretty funny.

Gibson sighting.

Jesus Christ, rap sucks now.

This series is fucking wild.

Haywood ejected, Cavs going to spank them the rest of the way.

I keep forgetting about these threads way back here in the back room.

Man, I don't know what provoked me to pick the Wizards to win this series.

So much for my 1,000 alpacas.

BTW...Haywoods foul was NOT a F2.

GODDAMN, I HATE WATCHING THE CAVALIERS

Looks like the Wiz might finally win one.

The Wizards are not out of this series by any stretch.

If there's anything I like nearly as much as I like watching the Pistons win, it's watching Cleveland lose.

Even Jordan's Bulls never beat the Cavs as badly as the Wizards did tonight.

Just one game, but they are on the right track. The cavs are used to series adversity though thanks to two years of playing against us in the playoffs.

I will say that Lebron is too built an athlete to be soft about the physical play coming at him. Credit to the wizards for being willing to get physical with them

It's good to see the Cavaliers lose, but I'm getting mightily sick of the various Wizards' players celebrating after every made basket. Even Antoine Walker didn't shimmy that often.

KG did the same thing last night to atlanta. That was worse.

KG did the same thing last night to atlanta. That was worse.

I won't mind when he does it to Detroit, because scoring over Sheed in the playoffs is an accomplishment worth celebrating.

I did find LeBron's postgame quotes amusing.

He basically called Washington's crowd atmosphere "inferior" to Detroit's.

Now that Cleveland lost a game to the Wizards, does that mean they were just "fucking around and should be ashamed," or does that term only apply when the Pistons lose a game?

Cleveland's crowd is inferior to Detroit's too. Detroit has all the guys who talk shit behind the opponent's bench. The only crowd more enthusiastic is Utah, and those people are just plain obnoxious. The kind of crowd that cheers when an opposing player is injured.

I remember hinting at the fact that the Wizards just might be better without Arenas, it's really starting to look that way.

Somebody is going to have to be really stupid to throw a max deal his way.

Also, I heard that the Wiz crowd was chanting "overrated" very loudly for LJ in addition to booing him every time he touched the ball (I only caught bits and pieces of the game).

Love that.

Now that Cleveland lost a game to the Wizards, does that mean they were just "fucking around and should be ashamed," or does that term only apply when the Pistons lose a game?
Only to the pistons who have a far shittier opponent than the cavs. Now if Boston got it handed to them at home, then yea.

"far shittier?"

The Sixers finished a whole 5 games behind the Cavs, and had a far better record after the all star break...

They are also a far worse team. Dalembert is their only interior presence and Igoudala is fairly one dimensional. After that its rookies, inconsistent andre miller, and nobody's. Shame on the cavs for underachieving, props to mo cheeks for getting the sixers to overachieve. But the sixers are not that good and have very lil' talent overall.

Ugh, I hate Delonte West the most out of all the Cavs.

100-97 Cavs, just under 6 seconds to go.

Cavs win, now up 3-1. This one is over.

Listening to Delonte talk...what a tool this guy is.

WTF is up with this 6 pm EST tip off?

Wiz steal one, back to Washington we goooooo!

I'm still not smellin what the Wiz are cookin, but I'll stick around in the kitchen for a lil while.

The least Washington and Atlanta can do is tire out Cleveland and Boston a little before they meet in the 2nd round, assuming the Cavs and Celtics both advance.

Washington’s Darius Songaila Suspended
Posted May 2 2008 12:13PM

NEW YORK, May 2, 2008 – Washington Wizards forward Darius Songaila has received a one game suspension without pay for striking Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James in the face with his hand, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.

The incident occurred with 3:20 remaining in the first period of Washington’s 88-87 win over the Cavaliers on Wednesday, April 30 at Quicken Loans Arena. Songaila will serve the suspension tonight when the Wizards host Cleveland in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference First Round.

i other news paul pierce stabs a hawks player in the leg, but will not receive a suspension.

In other news, Jason Kidd doesn't get suspended for throwing Pargo on the floor by the head. Kevin Garnett doesn't get suspended for shoving a referee. Kendrick Perkins doesn't get suspended for stepping on the court during a fight. But Darius Songaila faces a shooting squad for touching LeBron.

yours is more ironic because its true. though mines could be.

I lol'ed when I saw that we had the same idea at the exact same time.

In OTHER news, KG is accidentally given a Charlie Horse by a Hawks player, goes on a rampage through the Hawks bench, and subsequently knocks out the training staff and an assistant coach. All 5 Hawks starters were suspended for instigating this riot.