Official Cleveland at Washington Game Thread

[the burgundy and gold]

Cavs come into the verizon center at 6 today. This is obviously a huge game. I heard Caron's playing so that will help.

Go Wiz:cheers:

[Warhead36]

We win and we're in.

I hope we don't give out stupid playoff t-shirts if we do though.

[GOSKINS_08]

Even though Lebron is playing, I think we will win...Go Wizards!

[skinsfanevan]

we have to win, we have to

but for some reason i see larry hughes DAGGERing us in the final seconds

[Diablo23]

We win and we're in.

I hope we don't give out stupid playoff t-shirts if we do though.

They have had those made since we played Philadelphia.. so yeah, they will give them out I think.

[Thanos]

I gave my tickets away for thisw game.

[turtle]

We need this win.

[Diablo23]

I gave my tickets away for thisw game.

You should have gave them to me :(

[justin_totti10]

huge huge game... now thats carons back we should be fine.
areans

[TheREALJBird]

I like the intensity that Haywood has had lately, that's what he needs to do

[Diablo23]

Good 1st quarter

(has family over.. i'll try to check in after every quarter..)

[TheREALJBird]

We played solid D the first quarter, let's see if we can keep it up

[Gamebreaker]

Hughes has played poorly, I hope that continues. The team is hustling hard today...finally showing some signs of life.

[TheREALJBird]

This is what I like to see

[ksun247]

Gil is starting to HEAT up. :applause:
Let's Go 'Zards.

[cpnasty]

T.g.c.i.b.:notworthy

[Diablo23]

Oh man.. see how much better this team plays with Caron out there..

[the burgundy and gold]

what a great half of basketball. Lets hope it continues.

[Thanos]

We've blown leads before.

[TheREALJBird]

This is great, def. what the team needed to boost spirits, let's just keep it up in the 4th

[roadkill]

We've blown leads before.

everyone has you pessimist

[BayouBrave86]

Rest Caron and Gil.

[the burgundy and gold]

what a 3rd quarter, now we're looking good going into the playoffs.

[Diablo23]

What a game :)

[ksun247]

'Zards playing hard. Don't let up...5th seed is ours. Cavs know they'll be in a fight once the Playoffs start. Coach Jordan don't call off the dogs. BEAT THEM AND BEAT THEM BAD!!!!!!!!!! :applause:

Let's just get out of this game healthy. :D

[mad4comp]

Looks like wiz r planning to lose, gg wiz kids, keep up the tradition..

[the burgundy and gold]

well the 4th quarters not looking so hot

[TheREALJBird]

Geez let's score some pts.....come on wiz, don't dissapoint yet again:doh:

[BayouBrave86]

15-0 run so far in the 4th for the Cavs. Are you kidding me? Absolutely unreal considering this is the Cavs scrubs.

[DonMagicJuan]

wow...from having the BEST 3rd quarter this year to having our worst...haha...what is wrong with us! For the love of Buddah, Moses, Muhammad, and Jesus, can we put them away now!

[B.Lloyd]

Oh **** 88-77, 7 minutes left. NO BASKET IN THE WHOLE QUARTER. Unfrickin real. If we blow this game I will just stop watching the Wizards all together.

[ksun247]

I guess THANOS was on the $$$$. We are known to blow 4th quarter leads and we're doing it right now. :doh:
Let's go 'Zards.

[DCsportsfan53]

Wow, what a frustrating team. I'm pleased with the last two games from Haywood, though. It's about time he started playing to his size.

[mad4comp]

this team = pathetic....

gg wizards, this is not gonna cut it in the playoffs, might as well stay home now.

[ksun247]

:rubeyes: Somebody at CBSsportsline is smoking the good stuff or has had one drink too many.:chug: They got Jarvis Hayes in the game and he has a steal. :laugh:

[Thanos]

Grunfeld really needs to shop some players for a deal in the off-seasonThis team just is not deep and the bench is damn near non-existant..We're making chicken salad out of chicken ( you know what) at this point in the season.This same Cav team will blow the Wiz out of the building next weekend.

[CrazyLikeAFox87]

Can we relax yet?

[cpnasty]

is Jarvis Hayes back ready to play

[PCRoughrider]

That was one ugly fourth quarter!!! :mad:

Thank goodness it's over and we're, unquestionably, in!

[Thanos]

Yippeeeeeee we won.

[CrazyLikeAFox87]

...and relax!

[the burgundy and gold]

well thats ball game folk... playoffs 2 straight years in a row, this fanchise has came a long way in the last 2 years.

Now lets clinch that 5 spot.

[justin_totti10]

caron gets the props of the day

[ksun247]

is Jarvis Hayes back ready to play

NOPE. just an error made at CBSsportsline. It should have been Antonio Daniels instead of Jarvis Hayes. Not a Good win, BUT I'll take it. :whew:

[DjTj]

one team. one goal.

... now let's win the rest of our games so we can beat Cleveland in the playoffs.

[GOSKINS_08]

Great game..Nice win..We're back in the playoffs! Go Wizards!

[GOSKINS_08]

this team = pathetic....

gg wizards, this is not gonna cut it in the playoffs, might as well stay home now.

Damn man, what is your problem? This whole season all you do is come in here when we're losing and negative posts keep coming from you..Are you a fan or not?

[TheSteve]

The Wizards tried to give away the game to Cleveland's scrubs. :laugh:

This team is so entertaining in that they try to invent new ways to lose games each time they play. When can we get a coach who gets his players prepared and can counter the opposition effectively?:doh:

[TheREALJBird]

Well they certainly kept it "real" :laugh: but i'll take the win, we played ourselves a good 3 quarters and playoffs here we come!

[Diablo23]

plaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayoffffffffs

[skinsfanevan]

beat the heat! hahahaa









sorry.

[hands11]

Grunfeld really needs to shop some players for a deal in the off-seasonThis team just is not deep and the bench is damn near non-existant..We're making chicken salad out of chicken ( you know what) at this point in the season.This same Cav team will blow the Wiz out of the building next weekend.

How do you figure. we crushed these guys while the game was competitive. The problem was EJ sat the starters to start the 4th instead of starting them to keeping the momentum. Then they got the momentum and that's not an easy thing to get back. So EJ rolled the dice to see if other players could keep it rolling but we aren't that experienced yet. Those players haven't played in that kind of a situation or all together.

He should have left Gil and AD or AD and Caron or Caron and AJ on the court or he should have just played his regular starters to start the 4th until we broke their backs. You knew they would come out for a push to start the 4th. That was just stupid coaching.

[hands11]

4th quarter starting line up

AD
B Thomas
Caron
Jefferies
Ruffin

And they had a hot flip and that big Brazil dude on a tear.

What the hell was that.

He just didnt put enough out there.

So Gil, AJ and Haywood were all riding the pin. What kind of insane line up was that. 3 roll players, one start and an sometimes starter :doh:

You dont shut if down until its a sure thing. I hope EJ learned something. You dont shut it down between quarters. MAYBE if we started the 4th on a new run then you shut it down at the 8 minute mark.

[Winslowalrob]

How do you figure. we crushed these guys while the game was competitive. The problem was EJ sat the starters to start the 4th instead of starting them to keeping the momentum. Then they got the momentum and that's not an easy thing to get back. So EJ rolled the dice to see if other players could keep it rolling but we aren't that experienced yet. Those players haven't played in that kind of a situation or all together.

He should have left Gil and AD or AD and Caron or Caron and AJ on the court or he should have just played his regular starters to start the 4th until we broke their backs. You knew they would come out for a push to start the 4th. That was just stupid coaching.

Stupid coaching because it looked like it did not work, they had their scrubs in their too. I agreed with his plan, we lost 5 games without Caron, losing a player in the last quarter to a teams B unit would suck a lot worse than giving up a 20+ point lead and still winning by a healthy margin. EJ has made some bad decisions in the past, but this one I liked.

[mad4comp]

Damn man, what is your problem? This whole season all you do is come in here when we're losing and negative posts keep coming from you..Are you a fan or not?

re-read all my posts, i criticize the wiz even when they win...its got nothing to do with losing except that my points are even more evident in Losses. Because when we win and i complain, people are like "We won, just enjoy it." The season is just all moot if u cant do it in the playoffs and with the way the wiz like to give up leads in the fourth quarter, its not gonna be pretty in the playoffs.

I look at the glass half empty, if you dont like it, dont read my posts.

[GOSKINS_08]

re-read all my posts, i criticize the wiz even when they win...its got nothing to do with losing except that my points are even more evident in Losses. Because when we win and i complain, people are like "We won, just enjoy it." The season is just all moot if u cant do it in the playoffs and with the way the wiz like to give up leads in the fourth quarter, its not gonna be pretty in the playoffs.

I look at the glass half empty, if you dont like it, dont read my posts.

Thats weird, I never see you in game threads when we win...If we won the championship and won the final game by 10, you would say we suck and should have won by 20.

[js79]

just enjoy the win guys, stop bickering like little girls. we made the playoffs 2 years in a row, sheesh

[Warhead36]

Well we have come a long way.

Just two years ago we were bitching about getting rid of the likes of Stackhouse and Laetner.

Just four years ago we were celebrating what turned out to be an unsuccessful return by Michael Jordan, well unsuccessful in the W-L column but definitely successful in the pocketbooks of Abe Pollin.

Just six years ago we were stuck with a team full of guys like the overpaid Juwan Howard, the douchebag Rod Strickland, the old unreliable Mitch Richmond, etc. etc. need I move on?

Wizards are back in the postseason...I know I have said some nasty things this year, as have a lot of us, I think after last year we were just a little too spoiled and wanted more. I predicted 50 wins for this team, and I think thats definitely attainable. We lost some games we could have easily won(Hornets and Celtics lost to fluke buzzer beaters)but we're on our way there.

[arenasisgod]

Well we have come a long way.

Just two years ago we were bitching about getting rid of the likes of Stackhouse and Laetner.

Just four years ago we were celebrating what turned out to be an unsuccessful return by Michael Jordan, well unsuccessful in the W-L column but definitely successful in the pocketbooks of Abe Pollin.

Just six years ago we were stuck with a team full of guys like the overpaid Juwan Howard, the douchebag Rod Strickland, the old unreliable Mitch Richmond, etc. etc. need I move on?

Wizards are back in the postseason...I know I have said some nasty things this year, as have a lot of us, I think after last year we were just a little too spoiled and wanted more. I predicted 50 wins for this team, and I think thats definitely attainable. We lost some games we could have easily won(Hornets and Celtics lost to fluke buzzer beaters)but we're on our way there.
Well effin put Warhead. Nothing like believing in this team for so long and finally seeing them come through
**sniff**

[mad4comp]

Thats weird, I never see you in game threads when we win...If we won the championship and won the final game by 10, you would say we suck and should have won by 20.

were you around last season? Ask around, im sure Bugs or Hands11 will tell ya I was bickering about EJ even when we won...Me and Bugs would get into Legendary arguments about the Glass Half Full/Glass Half Empty argument.

This year not as much because I have a ton of classes at night :(...

[hands11]

Stupid coaching because it looked like it did not work, they had their scrubs in their too. I agreed with his plan, we lost 5 games without Caron, losing a player in the last quarter to a teams B unit would suck a lot worse than giving up a 20+ point lead and still winning by a healthy margin. EJ has made some bad decisions in the past, but this one I liked.

I understand the dice he was rolling but it was to much of a risk. I would have risked the extra 4 minutes of floor time out of a whole game in order to make sure we still had the momentum coming out to start the 4th quarter.

Starting quarters and finishing quarter are major momentum swings. If he just played his main player another 4 minutes and we continued to kick then you totally blow them away and they get nothing from this game except fear of facing us in the playoffs. As it went, they now know their B team and crush our B team and that gives them hope and a startegy. They know if they can get our starters in foul trouble their reserves and go more then ours. We lost a huge mental edge we could have gained just because of 4 more minutes. The Cavs could shut it down with a full quarter to go because they are locked in. We shouldnt have shut it down until about the 7 or 8 minute mark. That my friend was stupid coaching.

[hands11]

were you around last season? Ask around, im sure Bugs or Hands11 will tell ya I was bickering about EJ even when we won...Me and Bugs would get into Legendary arguments about the Glass Half Full/Glass Half Empty argument.

This year not as much because I have a ton of classes at night :(...


True. Mads been bitching for years. We both actually get on EJ when he does bone head moves, win or loss.

I think he is getting better but as Ive always said, he seems to learn at a slow pace. The team is young and he is still young and they are getting better and growing so its a pretty good fit. Having stability has outweighted changing to a more seasoned coach. I dont see them changing but he has to correct his mistakes or there will come a day this team has outgrown him.

A coach needs to get it right more often then the players do. A coach should be close to 100% right with his substitutions, his T's, he TO's and adjustments to momentum. He has to be talented enough to give the players the best chance of success. He is the general. The players are out there with the live bullets.

I just didnt like the move of shutting it down to start the 4th quarter in such an importand game against the team you are likely to face in the playofs when you had owned them all game. Given what happen, I would hope EJ learned a valuable lesson and would do differently if he has it to do all over again.

[GOSKINS_08]

were you around last season? Ask around, im sure Bugs or Hands11 will tell ya I was bickering about EJ even when we won...Me and Bugs would get into Legendary arguments about the Glass Half Full/Glass Half Empty argument.

This year not as much because I have a ton of classes at night :(...

Its all good..Im just saying, usally a fan would say something positive sometimes...But maybe thats just me...And nah I joined dec of 2005 so this is my first full season in here.