UBBALLER8 248 Report post Posted May 17, 2009 I'll agree with Courtney Lee and the close second is Pietrus. Pietrus played the best defense on LeBron I've seen out of any player in the entire league this season. If Lee and Pietrus keep Cleveland's players from shooting open shots and from penetrating the lane with a clean release, the Magic should take this series in 5. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skywise316 211 Report post Posted May 17, 2009 Courtney Lee. Mickael Pietrus. Dwight Howard. Ladies and gentlemen, your LeBron James "containers!" Let's give them a big hand! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JRam027 26 Report post Posted May 17, 2009 quote: Originally posted by Skywise316:Courtney Lee. Mickael Pietrus. Dwight Howard. Ladies and gentlemen, your LeBron James "containers!" Let's give them a big hand! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KillingInTheNameOf 63 Report post Posted May 17, 2009 Lee - He has to be able to defend LeBron at the same level he did during the regular season for Orlando to have a realistic chance. I would also be nice if SVG cut dead weight Battie & AJ from the rotation finally. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThisIsTheYear 241 Report post Posted May 17, 2009 quote: Originally posted by KillingInTheNameOf:Lee - He has to be able to defend LeBron at the same level he did during the regular season for Orlando to have a realistic chance. I would also be nice if SVG cut dead weight Battie & AJ from the rotation finally. Battie, yes. AJ is still semi-valuable to this team as a ball-handler. I emphasize on "semi". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nbr 15 Report post Posted May 17, 2009 Rashard Lewis. The task of defending Lebron is well documented. We need the counter attack at the other end and I'm placing a lot on the shoulders of Shard in this series. Not only offensively, but defensively. Defensively, acting as our active 4, his rebounding will be a huge factor. Big series for Shard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLUEHEART 0 Report post Posted May 18, 2009 i think this would be howards series.. he had hard time against bostons bigs untill he did woke up last couple games... im thinking that clevelands bigs should be easier match than bostons. so im expecting from him to get big numbers... also on defensive end we need solid play from pietrus and c.lee. hedo and lewis will have good games 18-22 ppg watch for double on hedo like philly did.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Give Me Redick All Day 109 Report post Posted May 18, 2009 I'm gonna go with Redick as the Y-Factor (I can do that since him and I are from Generation Y). I think he's not as important to our success as Turk or Shard (they are my X-Factors), but I think with him coming off the bench against the Crabs' second unit, he could provide an injection of offense in case we start to go stagnant. I obviously don't want him in for an extended period of time however, for fear of him being matched up against LeBron on a pick and switch... but against their other wing players, with the way he was running around like a madman following Allen? I think he'll do just fine. And if he's knocking down shots? Forget about it. Insta-offense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Svanxx 30 Report post Posted May 18, 2009 Alston and Turk. I think Turk knows what he has to do to be successful, but I hope he remembers it. No more fadeaway 3's, keep driving all game long and set up your teammates. According to Cav's fans, he likes to light up the Q, so hopefully he'll keep that up. We are going to need some more scoring from him, but not more shots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mac Man 0 Report post Posted May 18, 2009 J.J. all day and Hedo but J.J. won't miss alot of shot believe dat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A BETTER DJ 12 Report post Posted May 18, 2009 GORTAT! He has shown over and over that he can give us great minutes. We need to have D12 and Gortat on the floor at the same time for spurts totally taking away drives to the hoop and everybody else playing tight perimeter D. Gortat and D12 will own the boards and Rafer can race down the court and figure out who gets to dunk. All the other guys need simply to play with their same intensity as game 7 and we are on to the finals in 4. RAFER LEE TURK SHARD D12 THEN AJ LEE MP SHARD GORTAT THEN Rafer JJ TURK Gortat D12 THEN LEE MP TURK SHARD D12 THEN RAFER LEE or JJ if he's hot MP TURK SHARD for just a few minutes with no center Then close with RAFER OR LEE if Rafer is off TURK SHARD GORTAT D12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
no_ma'am 0 Report post Posted May 18, 2009 for us: Hedo We are near unbeatable when hedo is playing up to his capabilities. Last night was a terrific example of this trend. If hedo can manage to string together 4 nice games out of his next 7, we win this series with no problem. We can win when hedo isn't himself, but it makes it much tougher for Cleveland: Big Z He's old and frankenstein-esque, but he is still a big part of what cleveland does. If he can pull howard away from the basket, that will really open things up for lebron. He is also the master of the tip in and has a knack for being in the right position to get an offensive board. Z is tall and lanky, and has the potential to give howard trouble if howard forgets how quick he is. another x factor: The Refs If they treat lebron with kid gloves and fall for all of cleveland's flops, it's going to be a long series for the magic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
