Cleveland at Boston (03/06/2009)

Away:  Cleveland [40-20 ATS]
Home:  Boston [33-29 ATS]

Game Time: 8:00 PM
Stadium: TD Banknorth Garden

Recent Meetings:
01/09/09 - BOS 83 vs. CLE 98
10/28/08 - CLE 85 vs. BOS 90

Team Leaders:

Cleveland:
Points: LeBron James (28.4)
Assists: LeBron James (7.0)
Rebounds: Zydrunas Ilgauskas (7.7)

Boston:
Points: Paul Pierce (20.3)
Assists: Rajon Rondo (8.4)
Rebounds: Kevin Garnett (8.8)

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Quote Originally Posted by Unit_G:

The Celts play great at home.  CAVS are overrated. 

BOSTN  -2

AGREE

THAT is the most intelligent / relevant observation on this thread for tonights game. The home team has won like a million times in a row in this series (including playoffs), ...that streak finally gets snapped tonight...

    What the Cavs did on this last tough road trip REALLY showed metal/character (they're growing up).  They will show no fear tonight ..get in boston's face (having D. West helps with this). 

You have to becareful about that kind of logic when dealing with the NBA..........................................................................

When you think, team A beat team B, team B beat team C, so team A should beat team C.

Quote Originally Posted by kamahsutra:

Have to back the C's at home, they can do this without KG.  Big revenge game since they lost the last one in Cleveland.  I'm not going to buck the trend in this series.  GLA

I Agree

I think home court advantage is big for the celtics and there is a slight revenge factor here. Also the cavs have not proven that they can beat a good team on the road consistently.

Quote Originally Posted by Unit_G:

The Celts play great at home.  CAVS are overrated. 

BOSTN  -2

Overrated?? Why do so many people here post stupid comments?

Don't know if I'd totally agree that boston has shown they can't play without KG. Boston is 4-2 without KG this year and 16-4 without him the last two years. But Cleveland is hot right now. Especially Lebron who's shooting something ridiculous like 80% from 3-point land recently. Plus Cleveland has covered 8 of their last 10 while Boston is only 4-6 ATS and have failed to cover their last 4 in a row. That being said, and maybe it's because I'm a fan, I still wouldn't be surprised to see Boston pull it out at home.