Preview: Nets at Cavaliers, February 9th
2010-02-09
Relevant Statistics:
Pace: Nets 94.2 (21st) vs. Cavs 93.4 (25th)
Offensive Efficiency: Nets 95.4 (30th) vs. Cavs 108.4 (5th)
Defensive Efficiency: Nets 107.7 (26th) vs. Cavs 99.8 (3rd)
Notes:
‘Cmon. It’s the Nets at home. The Cavs should really win this game.
Please, no letting the Nets back into this one if the Cavs get an early lead.
Contrary to earlier reports, Delonte West will likely not play in this one.
Recommended Reading:
Nets Are Scorching
I won’t be doing the Daily Dime Live tonight, because I have class. They’re very big on me going to class here. I’ll catch it on the archive, and I’ll have a recap up for you guys tonight. Until then, campers.
I disagree. I think Shaq’s minutes are perfect, no matter what Z does. I think that on nights when Z is ineffective we should give Andy some more minutes at center and put Hickson back in or move Lebron to the 4 a bit. I really worry about wearing Shaq out in games against the dregs of the league when we have so many more options that don’t take the risk of wearing him down faster than Mike Brown wants. Surprisingly, LBJ finished with a negatime +/-. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen that ( not that I’ve looked… Read more »
Z, 1-10 (and was really terrible on defense, I mean..as bad as it gets). Sometimes shaq should just get 28 minutes instead of 23…this was one of those nights.
The simple long and short of this game was both teams played well. The Nets offense was just on. They weren’t throwing it away and they werent missing open jumpers. They only had 30 points in the paint but still shot 51.4%, meaning they hit quite a few jumpers. Was actually a pretty pleasing game to watch.
Couldn’t watch the game tonight, but the box score tells an interesting story. Nets starters outplayed Cleveland’s? Judging by the +/- numbers it looks that way. And the Cavs’ thin and Guard-less, yet extremely effective bench was the key. Does anyone who watched the game have more insight into how it really went down?
Took Lebron 6 minutes to do anything, and when he did it was too easy. Why in the world are we currently trailing by 6 with Lebron standing around? I like getting everyone involved, but come on now.. Don’t let these guys hang around. Also, JJ is playing hard, but it seems like tonight is one of those “Oh he’s soooo close” times. Great drive to the basket, but the layup didn’t go. Good effort on the boards, but it bounced away from him. Good look at a jumper, but got all rim. Hopefully he can get past that little… Read more »