We've Seen This Before -- Celtics Beat Cavaliers 90-85 In Opener
Post Game Analysis on the Cavs 90-85 loss to the Celtics - 10/28/08
| Final - 10.28.2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 28 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 85 |
| Boston Celtics | 22 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 90 |
Post Game Analysis on the Cavs 90-85 loss to the Celtics - 10/28/08
Immediate Reaction to the Cavs' 90-85 loss to Boston
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| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 28 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 85 |
| Boston | 22 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 90 |
| Cleveland | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 36 | 9-21 | 0-4 | 4-8 | 7-1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4-0 | 22 |
| Ben Wallace | 19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 30 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 9-10 | 8-3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3-1 | 15 |
| Delonte West | 35 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Mo Williams | 31 | 4-10 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5-0 | 12 |
| Wally Szczerbiak | 15 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 4 |
| Daniel Gibson | 22 | 2-8 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Anderson Varejao | 26 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 9-4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 9 |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 12 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1-1 | 7 |
| Lorenzen Wright | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Eric Snow | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Jawad Williams | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Tarence Kinsey | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| J.J. Hickson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Darnell Jackson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 29-68 | 3-15 | 24-33 | 41-8 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 26-2 | 85 | |
| .426 | .200 | .727 | Team Reb: 14 | Total TO: 1 (18 pts) | |||||||
| Boston | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Pierce | 38 | 10-19 | 2-4 | 5-8 | 3-1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4-1 | 27 |
| Kevin Garnett | 36 | 5-15 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 6-1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 11 |
| Kendrick Perkins | 20 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6-1 | 2 |
| Ray Allen | 40 | 2-9 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Rajon Rondo | 29 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 6-10 | 5-1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5-0 | 14 |
| Eddie House | 18 | 1-5 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 2 |
| Tony Allen | 17 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 3-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 11 |
| Leon Powe | 23 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 13 |
| Glen Davis | 15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Brian Scalabrine | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Sam Cassell | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Patrick O`Bryant | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Gabe Pruitt | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| J.R. Giddens | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Bill Walker | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 33-74 | 3-14 | 21-34 | 36-10 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 28-3 | 90 | |
| .446 | .214 | .618 | Team Reb: 11 | Total TO: 1 (14 pts) | |||||||