Heels in the League (NBA) Cavs vs Celtics (Game 3)

All I can say when thinking about yesterday’s game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics is: what a beat down! I guess I drank the kool-aid after the team from Bean Town beat LeBron and Company on their own court that this could be a big time series. Unfortunately that same team that defeated the Cavs 104 to 86 didn’t show up at the TD Garden last night, as the packed hous of 18,624 watched their Celtics team go down, and go down hard! For the team from C-Town, who has three ex Heels in Antawn Jamison (starter), Jawad Williams (did not suit up) and Danny Green (didn’t play), it was definitely a bounce back game against the Celtics and their only Tar Heel, Rasheed Wallace. When it was all said and done, the Cavs are taken back home field advantage and did it by beating the Celtics for their worst home loss in playoff history.

For the visiting squad, as I said above, Antawn Jamison, the eleven year veteran, was the only ex UNC player to get minutes. The power forward started and played 29 minutes in all. In that time frame Jamison was able to have a very good game as he registered a double double on the night. He scored 20 points (7 for 15 ~ 0 for 2 ~ 6 for 7) to go along with 12 rebounds (5 offensive), two assists, a steal and a turnover while having a pts differential of +27 (second best on the team/game). So far in these playoffs the ex NPOY has scored in double figures seven out of eight times, three of those being double doubles and is averaging 17.5 points (shooting just short of 50% from the field: 52-105) and 8.0 rebounds per game. On the other side, for the home team, it’s ex UNC big man Rasheed Wallace, who comes off the bench and plays 15 minutes. In that time the 14 year vet scored just two points (1 for 2 ~ 0 for 0 ~ 0 for 0) to go along with a rebound and a -7 pts differential.

And while my opening paragraph gave the score away, the points differential between the two Tar Heels should leave no doubts! Cleveland came out in the first quarter and told their opponent and their crowd that this game was over before it began with a 36 to 17 showing. The second 12 minutes also went to the visiting squad, this time a lot closer, with the Cavs outscoring the Celtics 29 to 26, meaning that the home squad went into the locker room trailing 65 to 43. It would not get any better in the second half as Cleveland would take the third quarter by 4 points, 31 to 27 (96 to 70) and the fourth by three, 28 to 25, making the final score 124 to 95.

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