Heels in the League (NBA) Celtics vs Cavs (Game 1)
Celtics vs Cavs
And so, just like that, the second round of the NBA began last night. In front of one another two teams with a touch of Carolina Blue. The visiting Boston Celtics taking their Heel, Rasheed Wallace, during the off season, while the Cleveland Cavaliers having Jawad Williams from last season, drafting rookie Danny Green and having brought in veteran Antawn Jamison this February. The good thing, if you are a Tar Heel like I am, is that you know that for sure there will be an ex North Carolina player going to the Eastern finals this year. However I doubt that either the Celtics or the Cavs are thinking about just getting to the conference finals, they both have their sights set on the ultimate prize in the National Basketball Association: the championship trophy! The game, played last night at the Quicken Loans Arena (or as the locals call it “The Q”), began what should be a great series. As it has been for most of the season it was a packed house, with 20,5612 fans in attendance.
For the visiting team from the East Coast Rasheed Wallace got just 13 minutes in all. In that time from the ex pupil of Dean Smith scored two points (1 for 5 ~ 0 for 1 ~ 0 for 0) adding two rebounds, an assist, a turnover and a pts differential of -1 on the night. On the other side, for the home squad, only power forward and ex NPOY Antawn Jamison got to see the court, while Williams suited up but didn’t play (DNP – Coach’s Decision) and Green was not even suited up. For the 12 year vet it was a so-so performance, as he played 37 minutes in all. In that time he scored just 7 points (2 for 6 ~ 0 for 1 ~ 3 for 6) but had a team high nine rebounds (1 offensive) to go with two blocks, a steal and a pair of TOs along with a pts differential of +11.
The game was in control of the Celtics for most of the first half, as they lead by six (26 to 20) at the end of the first quarter and brought the lead to double digits going into the locker room, 54 to 43. However all of that was cancelled in the third quarter as the Cavs outscored their opponents by a dozen, taking a one point lead into the final 12 minutes of the game, 79 to 78. In the last quarter it was mostly all Cavs all the time as they took the first game of the series by the final of 101 to 93.
Main Stream Media:
ESPN ~ NBA.com ~ The Sporting News ~ CBS Sports
Blogs:
Celtics Hub (TrueHoop Network) by Brendan Jackson
CAVS: the blog (TrueHoop Network) by John Krolik
Celtics Blog (SB Nation) by Jeff Clark
Fear the Sword (SB Nation) by AncientMariner
Slam Dunk Central by Jeff Sack
Red’sArmy by BigMck
Celtics Life by Mike Saver
Gino’s Jungle by Travis
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