Saturday, May 30, 2009

What They're Saying: Cavaliers vs. Magic Game Six

-Bethlehem Shoals of the Baseline blog on Sporting News admits he has had some playoff fatigue. Which is why he finds the Magic so refreshing.

-Dwight Howard will be ready for the big time. But that time is not now, according to Gregg Doyel of CBS Sportsline. When Howard does not get calls or struggles, he complains and yelps instead of oging about his business harder the next time.

-Orlando's best bet? Win Game Six. Brian Schmitz writes the Magic must look at Game Six at Amway Arena as their Game Seven.

-George Diaz of The Orlando Sentinel says Orlando has to find a way to get the ball out of LeBron's hands. Whether that means double-, triple-, quadruple- or quintuple-teaming. Hell, just throw the kitchen sink at him see if that works.

-LeBron James is not feeling any pressure writes Kyle Hightower of The Orlando Sentinel.

-Obviously Cleveland's offense operates around LeBron James. Tim Povtak of NBA Fanhouse writes James will dare the Magic to stop him again as he goes one-on-one from the top of the key.

-Chris Sheridan chronicles the ghosts of the O-Rena and whether or not it will matter as the Magic try to close a series out on their home floor.

-For the first time all series, confidence should be high on both sides, writes David Thorpe of Scouts, Inc. He thinks it is going to be an interesting game tonight and that Delonte West, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Rafer Alston and Rashard Lewis will be the keys to the outcome. Ultimately, he picks Cleveland but says Orlando is not out on the road in a possible Game Seven.

-Interestingly enough, Orlando is 5-0 when Dwight Howard picks up a technical foul.

-Cavs blog Fear the Sword has some nice links to Cleveland-related stories.

-Brian Windhorst of the Cleveland Plain Dealer talks about how LeBron James is expanding his high post game to be "the nail" in this series.

-Maybe the supporting cast is not so bad. At least that is what +/- numbers from the Cleveland Plain Dealer suggest.

-LeBron James has breathed some life in to a downtrodden Cleveland society and economy and has raised some big bucks for the NBA and the Cavaliers.

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