Going into tonight’s game, the questions will be the same as they’ve been for months:
Will Ben Wallace play?
Will Boobie Gibson play?
Will the offense move at all?
At home against the Bobcats, I’m not especially worried.
As I tried to express over the weekend, what I would like to see is some continuity. Early in the season the Cavs had success overcoming injury by plugging the also-rans, such as Ira Newble, into the lineup to maintain rotations and roles.
The Cavs showed in their last game how we can be successful behind a rotation of Delonte, Devin, Boobie, Lebron, Andy, Z, and Joe Smith. Even if Boobie misses tonight, let’s lean on that rotation once again and see what we have. Plug each of those guys in for close to 30 minutes and fill the space with Wally. I’m sorry Sasha and DJ, but with this being the stretch run, we don’t need to concern ourselves with depth, but rather consistency.
If it doesn’t work, maybe go ahead and tinker with DJ running the show for a stretch. Or put in Sasha for a defensive matchup. Figure out where those guys can play the role of LOOGY rather than regular so we can quickly develop some chemistry with what we’re calling the core.
Meanwhile, over The Angry T…
I’m not sure I know what to make of it, but Damon Jones is, mathematically!, the league’s second best chucker, comfortably situated behind JR Smith and far ahead of Keith Bogans. The formula accounts for the pace at which DJ hoists and how often he hoists 3s, and, further, what percentage of his shots are 3s. I take nothing of value from it, but for the fact that DJ is clearly fantastic.
Go Cavs!
