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Boston "D" Party

Posted on April 13, 2013 at 04:29 AM.

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Matchup Preview *|* December 21, 2014

Cleveland Cavaliers
(12-12, 7-3 Away)

Boston Celtics
(11-14, 6-6 Home)

Stats Comparison
94.2	Points Per Game	98.6
95.7	PPG Allowed	99.8
.461	Field Goal %	.483
.382	3-Point %	.305
.809	Free Throw %	.698
43.5	Rebounds	45.8
6	Steals	6.9
3.9	Blocks	6.8
12	Turnovers	14.6

Projected Starters
Kyrie Irving	Point Guard	Rajon Rondo
Justin Washington(DC1)	Shooting Guard	Archie Goodwin
Shabazz Muhammad	Small Forward	Paul Pierce
Tristan Thompson	Power Forward	Kenneth Faried
Joakim Noah	Center	Montel Jackson(DC1)

Game Notes
This is a matchup of streaking teams (Cleveland 4 in a row)(Boston 3 in a a row)that's trying to gain further momentum going into the next calendar year. The Cavs are currently seeded 7th in the East and Boston 11th

Coming into tonight's game Cleveland has a chance to win 5 straight and also get me the streaking achievement all in the same motion. Rondo is always a major pain for me because his defensive awareness is off the charts and he creates easy baskets for all of his players. Hopefully the defense we are implementing for tonight's game slows him down enough for us to get a key eastern conference win

Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics
Dec 21, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Cleveland (13-12)	24	26	19	22	91
Boston (11-15)	18	14	23	29	84

Cleveland Cavaliers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
K. Irving	37	7-21	4-6	4-4	3	3	1	0	2	22
J. Washington	34	9-17	0-1	0-1	2	3	1	1	3	18
S. Muhammad	36	6-18	0-1	5-5	8	3	1	1	2	17
T. Thompson	33	3-4	0-0	0-3	7	3	2	0	0	6
J. Noah	33	1-1	0-0	0-0	12	0	0	2	0	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
K. Packett	25	3-6	0-0	2-2	2	3	0	1	2	8
S. Jackson	14	5-8	3-6	1-1	2	2	0	0	0	14
J. Alexander	13	1-3	1-3	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	3
J. Leuer	17	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	0
T. Hardaway Jr.	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	1
J. Encarnacion	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
E. Okafor	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		35-79	8-17	13-18	43	18	7	5	9	91

Boston Celtics
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
R. Rondo	41	6-15	0-1	7-11	2	17	3	0	4	19
A. Goodwin	42	6-10	1-2	0-0	5	2	2	0	0	13
P. Pierce	29	3-12	2-4	0-0	4	0	1	0	1	8
K. Faried	32	8-10	0-0	5-7	12	0	2	0	2	21
M. Jackson	31	2-6	0-0	1-3	12	1	0	0	0	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J. Green	19	4-8	0-2	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	8
J. Flynn	11	2-5	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	4
G. Dieng	10	1-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	2
F. Melo	11	0-1	0-0	2-4	2	0	0	0	0	2
J. Sullinger	9	0-2	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	1	2
R. Lopez	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
F. Cameron	6	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		32-73	3-11	17-27	46	20	8	1	11	84

Tonight's game proved that the Cavs are definitely a force out east and the teams chemistry is thru the roof! Crisp rotations, consistent shooting, and great coaching have been the cornerstone to the Cavaliers success so far this season.

The "Manimal" Kenny Faried had a strong outing posting 21 pts and 12 rebounds to go along with Rondo's 19 pts and an impressive 17 dimes! Boston got down early and had to uses most of their energy trying to get out of a hole that was big as 22 pts in the 1st half.

Kyrie Irving didn't have a great game from the floor but he hit 4-6 from deep and that helped spark an an assault that Boston was not ready for. Old soldier Stephen Jackson came into the game and showed that he just might still have a little left in his tank to help out this up and coming team. Honestly these type of outings from Jackson and the bench will make the Cavs super dangerous come playoff time.

Top Performers

Coach Dreece is at the podium lets get to a few questions.

Reporter: Coach Dreece how do you continue to get your guys to play so intense it's like night and day from the beginning of the season.

Dreece: It's a simple concept but it's hard to master. As a defense we are going to force you to do what we want you to do. Rondo likes to penetrate and dish so we just made sure we had multiple defenders around him when he drove and we neutralized his favorite target Paul Pierce by denying him the ball the entire game.

R: Rondo had 19 and 17 how do you call that slowing him up?

D: Game planning for a player like Rondo is tough because he can affect the game in so many ways so we made the choice to make him a passer and made sure we closed out on shooters. We had success for the most part and it helped us get out to a big lead.

R: Can we expect to see more of these strategies implemented in future game plans?

D: Yea you will but everyday we add new wrinkles to our offense and our defense so we don't have that same look out there. These coaches are smart and they make great adjustments it's my job to get my guys prepared to encounter everything out there on the court and I feel we did a solid job tonight.

R: So coach how far do you think this team can go this season?

D: The skies the limit for us. We are getting a few guys back from injury soon and that's only going to help us. We are learning how to play together on offense and that's scary for our opposition but we are still learning and hope to gain ground in the division. After that we can worry about playoffs

R: Thanks Coach what's next for the team?

D: We are taking this recent success in stride and hopefully we can keep this rolling. We are going to simulate up to All-Star Weekend and resume playing right before the trade deadline.

R: Do you plan on making any more moves this season coach?

D: I'm not sure I like my group of guys but if a trade presents itself that will improve this franchise I will definitely consider it.

R: That's all the time we have thanks coach.

D: Sure thing see you in Houston