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And now I eat crow after watching that pathetic second half performance by my Cavs. Their offense was stagnant in the second half, especially the third quarter (and that's an understatement b/c that offense was brutal). King James looked like he just got back from a war at the end of that game. He needs some help for the entire game in Game 2 (he was unreal in Game 1 but no help in second half) and he will get it. You can count on that! I believe the Cavs will blow out the Magic in Game 2 (16-18 points). In fact, I will state here that if the Cavs lose this game, I quit. There is no way the Cavs lose this game. The Magic shot over 55% for the game (45% on 3's). They haven't shot the ball that well all playoffs. They blew their wad in Game 1. No chance they shoot that well in Game 2 against the best defensive team this year. I really hope Mike Brown figures it out in this series because I have been doubting this guy ever since he got here. And now PC, I'm ready for you to give it to me good after I said the Cavs would smoke the Magic in this series.
Play:
2* CLEVELAND -9
ML Play:
CLEVELAND -600
Adjusted Series Play:
CLEVELAND -275 (the only good thing that came out of Game 1 was that I was able to get this price; well, maybe two things were good about that loss; the Cavs will now wake up and realize they actually have a series now)
posted by jdelt88
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Playoff Record: 19-20
3* (Punchouts) 1-4
2* 12-6
1* 6-10
ML Plays: 20-4 (+17.53 units)
Series Plays: 6-0 (+6.4 units)
Opinions: 13-18-1
posted by jdelt88
May 22 2009 1:58am -
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Nice call on the Nuggets JD - those boys can play.
0-1 last night.
I don't love laying 9 with the Cavs but think they win pretty easily - a littel weary by the fact Orlando is 3-1 SU vs the Cavs and 4-0 ATS. Instead, I'll go back to the Total and back the Cavs defense which has been stellar at home.
I don't belive this one has the tempo of Game 1, so playing the under 188.5
Cavs/Orlandu under 188.5
16-14-1 Playoff Record
posted by titoleibowitz
May 22 2009 2:45am -
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Fellas, JD..know ya personally, I wouldn't give ya any grief other than saying expect a war. Would you believe I hit ML in game 1? I sent BP my play on that and nailed both ATS and SU on Magic.
Game 2, I'm not sold on the under. The one thing I saw is that if Cleveland can't figure out to get some offense elsewhere, they are in trouble. I took the magic for the series before it started. Let me throw some gambling stats out to you guys:
**Orlando is 11 out of 12 ATS in the last 12 meetings against Cleveland.
**This year's Magic team has not lost a playoff game by more than 4 points for all rounds.
**Stan Van Gundy is 21-10 ATS in his playoff career.
Cleveland's coach brown is 20-11 SU in his career in the playoffs. You take away the 8-0SU this year against Pistons and Atlanta and his record is a very mediocore 13-11 SU.
**Magic's bench outscored Cleveland badly. I wanna say 32 points to 8.
**You LeBron cramp up after game 1? Believe the hype on the rust, if they continue to rely solely on him for offense, it's gonna be sad days in Jamestown as he leaves for New York.
My service play is on the side, but I personally believe it goes over and we might get OT again.
GP play for me is on the over.
Take care fellas, hope your enjoying the playoffs as much as me. Looks like both conference finals are gonna be great hoops.
The NBA really wants Kobe/LeBron and are hyping it. Great motivation for Dwight and the Magic in my opinion.
posted by pc7588
May 22 2009 7:37pm -
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thanks pc $$$$$$$$$$
posted by coolrick1
May 23 2009 12:58am