Cleveland's Finest

I underestimated the Spurs. Not the same team as last years like I expected and definitely healthy. Interesting having Parker coming off the bench. Even with Dallas' acquisitions, I think the Spurs could win this series just as likely. Duncan and Ginobili have been really good.

No offense but you can't say Dwight is mvp when he's scored 3 points. He has to get involved down the stretch here. I know he's going Brittany Griner on them with all these blocks but he's gotta make the free throws and take it to them and get some dunks.

Chandler killed the rhythm with that jumper....just terrible.

Dude, you're the one who cries about the refs all the time. Something that really surprised me was the bench play of the Thunder. I had no idea Collison was this productive. I don't know if he played in the playoffs when the Sonics had Ray Allen and Rashard, but he looked very experienced. And Ibaka and Maynor, very young guys, really played well. Great sign for this team. I liked seeing Kobe help Harden up after being charged with an offensive foul.

Charlotte needs someone to make threes or this game will be like this till the end.

I don't know what to expect from the Lakers. The Thunder are really going to need their bigs to step up though because Odom and Gasol could counter what Durant does. If Westbrook can put up 20 though, I say OKC wins.

People are underestimating this team. The 76ers last year were tied with Orlando 2-2 at one point last year and their team was very athletic. This team is even more athletic and they've beat some good teams.

Why didn't Marquis Daniels play? Is he injured? I thought he was ahead of Tony Allen on the depth chart..... And just stunned seeing how Nate Robinson is used on this team. Just an odd scenario.

[expletive]....female announcer from espn is doing this. fml I was looking forward to the game.

LMAO at Garnett's shocked look.

Lmao, Sheed's probably so pissed this didn't happen on the Boston bench.

This only makes the Celtics look bad again...somehow the refs will find a way to suspend a Heat player too though. A shame.

Wow....so Q walks over to check on Pierce, Garnett elbows him and gets in his face. But later on Magloire from the bench pushed Garnett aside. I like seeing that. These guys won't let Garnett cheap talk them.

Garnett being a tool again.

For a playoff game in Boston, the crowd was dead silent for the first half. Starting to pick up I guess, but they have looked terrible at points during this game. Arroyo and Richardson are being very consistent.

Then again, you think the officiating is terrible every Cavs game. Unless the Bulls won this, you would say something like this. The game was physical all around. Look which team shot better and look which team had more rebounds, assists, blocks. That team was the Cavs. That's why they won.

Is this like the 1st game the Heat have played against a team with a winning record in over a month? If it's really been this long, then they might be in for a reality check. I've got a feeling Boston is going to really take it to this team and ugly it up.

That was the dagger. Impressive job by the Bucks, Jennings specifically, in keeping this a close game in the 4th.

Bucks just can't make these shots. Too many bad threes.

Bucks finally made a shot to take advantage of Hawks bad run. Come on Bucks!

11 vs. 17 free throws? 15 vs. 19 personal fouls? Not that big of a diff. And I watched the game. The Cavs have a top defense for a reason. How many times did Jamison and LeBron strip the ball away from the Bulls and 12 blocks also. They were even both ways imo. But of course, even 4 years of in playoffs and only one finals appearance, yet people still think the refs favor LeBron.

I know, I mean seriously haha. How could the one seed be winning? Awesome game. Only problem was Delonte but damn, Shaq showed up. All the haters who said we'll lose because LeBron and Shaq can't play together can shut up. 15 to go.

I'm anticipating how the Celtics are gonna play. Will they turn the ignition on and look like they did during the 23-5 start and will Sheed be draining threes? Or is D-Wade gonna pick this team apart and make them look like the declining 27-27 team that they have been.

Cavs are 4-0 in the LeBron era in the opening playoff game if it means anything.

I don't know if I've ever felt more excited to see the Cavs than now, Just knowing the context of this season. Possibly LeBron's last year with the Cavs? Z's last year? Shaq is actually playing in Cleveland? And we somehow got Jamison also? So many amazing things happened to make this team the way it is and knowing that this year is their chance to put it together is very exciting.