2008 NBA Playoffs - Cleveland Cavaliers

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General Information:

2007-2008 Records:

Overall Record: 45-37

Home Record: 27-14

Road Record: 18-23

Against Washington: 2-2

2007-2008 Season Stats:

TEAM	G	FG%	3PT%	FT%	TREB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Cleveland	82	43.9	35.8	71.7	44.6	20.0	7.1	5.2	96.4
Washington	82	44.6	35.6	78.2	41.6	19.6	7.7	4.8	98.8

Head-to-Head Stats vs. Washington:

TEAM	G	W-L	FG%	3PT%	FT%	OREB	TREB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Cleveland	4	2-2	46.7	39.6	75.9	12.5	44.0	24.8	4.5	4.5	99.0
Washington	4	2-2	46.6	33.3	72.2	8.0	35.3	20.5	6.8	4.8	95.0

Projected Starters:	Key Reserves:
PG - Delonte West	PG - Daniel Gibson
SG - Devin Brown	SF - Wally Szczerbiak
SF - LeBron James	PF - Anderson Varejao
PF - Ben Wallace	PF - Joe Smith
C - Zydrunas Ilgauskas

First Round Schedule and Results:

April 19 - Washington 86 @ Cleveland 93 (Cleveland leads 1-0)

April 21 - Washington 86 @ Cleveland 116 (Cleveland leads 2-0)

April 24 - Cleveland 72 @ Washington 108 (Cleveland leads 2-1)

April 27 - Cleveland 100 @ Washington 97 (Cleveland leads 3-1)

April 30 - Washington 88 @ Cleveland 87 (Cleveland leads 3-2)

May 2 - Cleveland 105 @ Washington 88 (Cleveland wins 4-2)

Jeff's First Round Series Prediction: Cavaliers in 6.

Nick's First Round Series Prediction: So last spring, LeBron made The Leap. It carried over to this season as he had an amazing year while leading the NBA in scoring. Too bad the rest of his team is awful. The Cavs went from a 50-win second seeded squad to this year's 45-win, fourth seed incarnation despite a "big trade" that really didn't help them. The Cavs and Wiz split the season series, but Washington has a healthy Gilbert Arenas for the playoffs. Wizards in 6.