Game 1; Book it!
April 18th, 2010 by TyThe 4 games played were a mix of what was expected due to home court advantage and some added drama due to KG’s primetime elbow…….The Boston-Miami series just got very intresting!
So the ‘Lebron Show’ was in full swing in Cleaveland. It almost seemed like the Cavs were toying with the Bulls. Not to say the Bulls were’nt playing with their trademark grit and passion but everytime they made a play, the Cavs and King James, in particular, just swatted it……Yes , King James was right there with his all to familiar hustle back block. The result of this game was never really in question. Game 1 Cavs 96 – 83 Bulls.
The Bucks ‘Fear the Deer’campaign should be renamed ‘Fear Brandon Jennings’ campaign. This kid was the only buck that showed up and kept this game relatively respectable. Check it out; Atlanta came through with a balanced attack finishing with 6 players in double digits while Bucks led by Jennings 34pts had only 3 players in double digits, but Jennings was the only Buck over the 20pt mark. By the way, did anyone notice John Salmons. He needs to come through in this series to give the Bucks any chance of surviving the flight of the Hawks. Game 1 Hawks 102 – 92 Bucks.
This game was the definition of playoff basketball. A grind it out kinda game with lots of defence. The Celtics had a great all round game with their defence on everyone except Wade being quie good and keeping the game close after 3 quarters. The 4th quarter was a different story, defence tightened up and buckets were hard to come by for the Heat as the whole team was held to 10pts in the 4th. But the intensity of this game was highlighted by the near brawl that was started by some pushing and shoving and a KG elbow to the face of Q-Rich. Kg was ejected for 2 Techs and a possible suspension from the NBA. Miami might have a chance in this series if Celtics lose their anchor, KG, for more than a game. Game 1 Celtics 85 – 76 Heat.
The storylines for this series just keep on changing. Nuggets want to win for coach Karl who is sick with Cancer, Jazz want to win for Coach Sloan who has never won a championship, can K.Mart is returning from injuries, The Jazz injured list keeps piling up, add in Okur to the already sidelined AK47. The game was high energy from the start, the Nuggets were balanced and fed off the home crowd while the Jazz were lead by CJ. Miles in the 1st half who was hot. Okur was lost in the first half after aggravating his already injured achilles heel. The 2nd half was the Nuggets all the way, with J.R Smith heating up and dropping buckets from beyond the arc finishing with 4 treys and the always smooth Carmelo going to work on the Jazz defenders and finishing with a game and playoff career high 42pts. Game 1 Nuggets 126 -113 Jazz.
gon be a long series. whoa melo with 42 points. reminds me of how special that class of 04 was; LBJ, Wade, Melo, Bosh.
No kidding..Melo is THE most complete scorer in the league…inside, outside..doesnt matter..but that game proved my point…JR Smith is the X factor in this series…he gets hot…Nuggets win..very simple.