Heels in the League (NBA) Celtics vs Cavs (Game 2)
Celtics vs Cavaliers
As the National Basketball Association keeps moving on last night we had yet again another game involving ex North Carolina players. It was the Cleveland Cavaliers, with its three Heels, hosting the Boston Celtics and their one. After the first game, where the Cavs came behind to beat the Celtics by the final of 101 to 93 most people figured this would be a good game, probably no one thought the outcome would be what it was. The telecast of the game, which was on TNT, began with the MVP presentation to LeBron James, and that might just have been the best highlight the home team had in this game. For the visiting team from Bean Town we saw Rasheed Wallace have a heck of a game, playing 18 minutes and scoring 17 points (7 for 8 ~ 3 for 4 ~ 0 for 0) in that timeframe. The ex UNC big man also had two rebounds in this game while having a -2 pts differential in the game. (Wallace had scored a total of 21 points up to this game). On the other side of the ball Jawad Williams and Danny Green were a non factor, with the first coming in for a minute scoring no points (0 for 1 ~ 0 for 1 ~ 0 for 0) and nothing else, while the second didn’t even suit up for the game. Who did suit up and play 36 minutes was Antawn Jamison. The power forward scored 16 points (6 for 11 ~ 2 for 5 ~ 2 for 4), which was second best to James’ 24, to go with six rebounds (1 offensive), a block and two TOs while having a -13 pts differential.
The game was tight at the end of one, with the visiting team winning by four, 26 to 22. That was the same margin as both teams went to the locker room as Boston led Cleveland 52 to 48. The third quarter is where the game broke up, with the Celtics outscoring the Cavs 31 to 12, giving them a 83 to 60 lead going into the final twelve minutes of the game. And while the home team did outscore its opponent in the final quarter 26 to 21 it was definitely nowhere close to enough as the Celtics tied up the game by winning this one 104 to 86. With the series now switching to Boston and the Cavs having lost the home court advantage Game 3 has the making to be a great one, giving this series the possibility of becoming a real good one as well.
Main Stream Media:
ESPN ~ NBA.com ~ The Sporting News ~ CBS Sports
Blogs:
Celtics Hub (TrueHoop Network) by Brian Robb
CAVS: the blog (TrueHoop Network) by John Krolik
Celtics Blog (SB Nation) by Jeff Clark
Fear the Sword (SB Nation) by AncientMariner
King James Gospel (FanSided) by Cody Norman
Slam Dunk Central by Jeff Sack
Red’s Army by Big Mck
Celtics Life by TB727
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