halfcourtheave.com - 4/16/2009
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HalfCourtHeave writer Run TMC breaks down this first down matchup.
First Round Preview: Pistons-Cavs
detroitbadboys.com 4/18/2009 — It’s playoff time! This will also serve as a game thread, so get your groove on in the comments.
Cleveland Cavaliers: 66-16
Margin: +8.9
Offensive Efficiency: 109.7 (4th)
Defensive Efficiency: 99.4 (3rd)
Detroit Pistons: 39-43
Margin: -0.5
Offensive Efficiency: 104.5 ...
Cavs Begin Championship Quest by Facing Familiar Foe
cavsnews.com 4/16/2009 — The Cleveland Cavaliers’ reward for finishing with the NBA’s best record (66-16) while shattering the previous franchise record for wins in a season (57) is a first round matchup with the dysfunctional Detroit Pistons. Cleveland and Detroit squared ...
2009 NBA Playoffs: Cavaliers-Pistons Game 1 Recap
talkhoops.net 4/18/2009 — It's not that Detroit played that bad, it's really that Cleveland is that good. The Pistons shot a respectable 46% from the field and 83% from the free throw line. Cleveland, however, shot 52% from the field and 85% from the line. Each statistical category was essentially led ...
2009 NBA Playoffs Preview: 1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs 8) Detroit Pistons
talkhoops.net 4/16/2009 — Ben York is one of the leading members of Deep Purple , a Phoenix Suns Online Community, and a contributor to Talkhoops.net Somehow, this series doesn't have the same intense feeling one would expect. How the Cavaliers Got Here The
Cavs (66-16) demonstrated how good of a team they ...
2009 NBA Playoffs: Cavaliers-Pistons Game 3 Recap
talkhoops.net 4/25/2009 — Cleveland Cavaliers 79, Detroit Pistons 68
If Cleveland doesn't win the NBA Championship this year, I'll be
incredibly surprised. This team is the real deal, even when they
aren't having a solid night offensively, they beat you; as I've said
before, this team can beat you in more ways ...
Cavs Build 29 Point Lead, Coast to 94-82 Win Over Pistons
20secondtimeout.blogspot.com 4/22/2009 — The Cleveland Cavaliers used a powerful three pronged offensive attack led by LeBron James plus stifling defense to race to a 29 point lead versus the sputtering Detroit Pistons en route to a 94-82 victory, placing Detroit in a 2-0 hole. James finished with game-high totals in points (29) and ...
Pistons Series Preview, version 1.0
fearthesword.com 4/17/2009 —
LeBron James and Rip Hamilton are ready to do battle. cdn3.sbnation.com
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J.E. Skeets over at Ball Don't Lie asked me and BPackey from Motown String Music to put ...
2009 NBA Playoffs: Cavaliers-Pistons Game 4 Recap
talkhoops.net 4/27/2009 — Cleveland Cavaliers 99, Detroit Pistons 78
Focus, determination, and intensity; these words perfectly describe
Lebron James and the Cavaliers not only today, but through the entire
series. This team very well could have let down in Detroit and close
out the series in Cleveland. ...
2009 NBA Playoffs: Cavaliers-Pistons Game 2 Recap
talkhoops.net 4/22/2009 — In previewing this series, there was this sense amongst bloggers, pundits and experts that the Detroit Pistons were a proud veteran that would surely secure one win in this series and not be swept. It's easy for me to say this now but I didn't really feel like that was necessarily true so I ...