Round 2... Fight!

It's round 2 of the Playoffs and the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The Cavaliers have advanced from the Eastern Quarter Finals to face off against Atlanta.

I apologize in advance for not posting on time, especially when Wally Szczerbiak had a solid game.

In a decent 11 minutes, Wally Szczerbiak scored 5 points on 2 of 4 shooting. It started off with him being isolated and hitting a quick jumper. He missed a fade-away shot later in the game along with a deep 3, however he stroked one on the right wing giving him his 5th point and what I believe is his 1st 3-pointer thus far.

In addition, Wally Szczerbiak showed a good amount of effort and activity. He grabbed 3 rebounds, a couple of which were good box-outs and vital to the possessions. On one play (which was also shown in the games highlights) Wally Szczerbiak was double-teamed and threw one over to Delonte West who knocked down a 3-pointer. His ability to find an open man, and more importantly the one who will do the job, is a great skill of his.

On the defensive side, Wally Szczerbiak quickly set himself and drew the charge. On a fastbreak play by the Hawks, he stepped up and stopped Josh Smith from getting an easy point, and forced him to the line. Just by looking at the play I would have said he was going for the block but the fact that he didn't give them easy points shows he's putting in good effort.

In addition to Wally's solid play off the bench, King James added 34 points on 12-20 field goal shots and 4 steals in his double-double on Tuesday. Pavlovic was for some reason given some minutes and he didn't mess up that much, so I won't complain.

Amazingly enough, Joe Smith (who I deeply respect, despite the fact that his name is considered "generic") didn't score even a point and only had 2 rebounds in his 20 minutes of play. But it's just one game, right?

With the Cavaliers 27 point win over the Hawks* our team goes to Round 2, Game 2, and we plan to fight them off. I'm looking for a sweep or a 5 game series. No disrespect to the Hawks but it's just going to be tough for them and if Tuesday night's game was representative of the rest of the series, they're in for it.

*(99-72, although we supposedly could have played better in the 1st and 2nd quarters; imagine how many points the Cavs would have led by if that happened)