Beat Down In Beantown- Celtics 89 Cavs 73 !!

Written on May 8, 2008 – 11:41 pm | by Harry Robinson |

Game 2 Lebron James is supposed to have one of those nights that a NBA fan won’t forget. The Cavs after losing Game 1 with Lebron James is 5-1. The only problem is that James and the Cavaliers are going up agaisnt the No. 1 defense in the NBA and for the playoffs this Celtics team is now 5-0 at home coming into tonights game. In other words unless James has a classic night Cleveland doesn’t have a chance.

The Cavs for the early part of the first quarter had things going there way but it just didn’t last long. The Celtics in the 1st half went on a 35-15 run and never looked back. Paul Pierce lead the Celtics with 19 points Pierce was 7-13 from the field. In all there were 4 Celtics in double figures. The Celtics as a team shot 40% and out rebounded the Cavs 45-39. Doc Rivers had this to say “It was good to see Ray get it going. I thought that lifted everybody up on our team,” said Celtics coach Doc Rivers, who called the first several plays of the second half for Allen. “I made a concerted effort. I told the coaches at halftime, ‘We’re going to him over and over again. We’ve got to get him going.’ “ As for the Cavaliers being down 2-0 is not a good thing also 8-42 by Lebron James is a shock. James lead all scores with 21 but James continue to struggle from the field. The Cavs shot 35% as a team and was 2-13 from three point range. Lebron is shocked by his performance in the first two games had this to say.”I’m a little shocked that he’s 8-for-42, but this is what we work on. We work on trying to contain him,” said Pierce, who was 2-for-14 in Game 1. “LeBron is what makes them go. And if we can somehow control him, we control their team. And with the help of the guys around me, we’ve been able to do that.” Game 3 will be held in Cleveland where James should get his shot back and the Cavs should do a 180 degree turn. The Celtics who couldn’t beat the Hawks one time at home can they beat a team like the Cavs? will just have to see do they have the killer championship attiude.

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