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<font color=""Navy"">New Jersey Nets</font> @ <font color=""red"">Cleveland Cavaliers</font> (Series tied 0-0)
Time: Sunday, May 6th 2007 1:00 EST
TV: ABC
Away/Home
The second round of the playoffs begins as the Cavs, who easily disposed of the weak Wizards in the first round, host the Nets, who denied Toronto and beat them in an impressive 6 game series. Obviously, the Cavs and LeBron James are favorites to win this series, unlike the Raptors/Nets series which could have gone either way. If the Nets can beat the Cavs in Game One, it'll give them home court advantage and really hit the Cavs hard right off the bat. LeBron is going to try to lead his teams to their first ever conference finals, after losing to the Pistons last season in the 2nd round, and he and his teammates are very determined to succeed. But, on the other end, the Big Three, who have been playing excellent basketball lately, both team-wise and individualy, and Richard Jefferson has proven in the past that he can slow down LeBron and sometimes even shut him down completely. We'll have to wait and see which team is successful in this intriguing Game One.
Starting Lineups:
New Jersey Nets:
PG:Jason Kidd
SG:Vince Carter
SF:Richard Jefferson
PF:Jason Collins
C:Mikki Moore
Cleveland Cavaliers:
PG:Eric Snow
SG:Larry Hughes
SF:LeBron James
PF
rew Gooden
C:Zydrunas Ilgauksas
*Key players in bold
Keys to the Game:
-The Nets need RJ to give a good game on both ends of the floor: take off some pressure off VC on offense and slow down LeBron on the other end.
-VC needs to drive to the basket instead of settling for jumpers, like he did in game one and two in Toronto.
-Interior defense if very important. The Nets can't let Drew Gooden and Zydrunas Ilgauskas demolish them in the post.
Prediction: Nets +5 and a strong start to the series.
<font color=""Navy"">New Jersey Nets</font> @ <font color=""red"">Cleveland Cavaliers</font> (Series tied 0-0)
Time: Sunday, May 6th 2007 1:00 EST
TV: ABC
Away/Home
The second round of the playoffs begins as the Cavs, who easily disposed of the weak Wizards in the first round, host the Nets, who denied Toronto and beat them in an impressive 6 game series. Obviously, the Cavs and LeBron James are favorites to win this series, unlike the Raptors/Nets series which could have gone either way. If the Nets can beat the Cavs in Game One, it'll give them home court advantage and really hit the Cavs hard right off the bat. LeBron is going to try to lead his teams to their first ever conference finals, after losing to the Pistons last season in the 2nd round, and he and his teammates are very determined to succeed. But, on the other end, the Big Three, who have been playing excellent basketball lately, both team-wise and individualy, and Richard Jefferson has proven in the past that he can slow down LeBron and sometimes even shut him down completely. We'll have to wait and see which team is successful in this intriguing Game One.
Starting Lineups:
New Jersey Nets:
PG:Jason Kidd
SG:Vince Carter
SF:Richard Jefferson
PF:Jason Collins
C:Mikki Moore
Cleveland Cavaliers:
PG:Eric Snow
SG:Larry Hughes
SF:LeBron James
PF
rew GoodenC:Zydrunas Ilgauksas
*Key players in bold
Keys to the Game:
-The Nets need RJ to give a good game on both ends of the floor: take off some pressure off VC on offense and slow down LeBron on the other end.
-VC needs to drive to the basket instead of settling for jumpers, like he did in game one and two in Toronto.
-Interior defense if very important. The Nets can't let Drew Gooden and Zydrunas Ilgauskas demolish them in the post.
Prediction: Nets +5 and a strong start to the series.
