Nov

28

Cleveland’s Big Three Beat Boston In O/T 109-104

Posted by Jeff Sack under Main 

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When Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Drew Gooden is focused, he is an elite player in the NBA. Having covered him on a daily basis for his first few years in Cleveland, I saw that you could tell if he was focused or not within the first 25 seconds of a game. If he had that laser like intensity, in his eyes, it would be a productive night for Gooden. Tuesday night was one of those nights as the Cavaliers beat the visiting Boston Celtics in overtime 109-104.

Saturday night?Celtics guard Ray Allen won the game against the Charlotte Bobcats, with a three point shot that just beat the buzzer. Allen had the chance to be the hero of this game as well, as he went to the charity stripe with the game tied at 102-102. There was less than 24?seconds left on the clock, and Allen missed both shots from the line. Cleveland’s LeBron James milked the clock down before taking the final shot of regulation that clanged off the rim, sending the game to overtime.

?James of course was the high scorer of the game with 38 points, but that was not the reason that Cleveland won this game. Boston was defeated because the Cavaliers big three of James, Gooden, and center Zydrunas Ilgauskas outscored Boston’s “Elite Three” 77-64. This was a team win for the Cavaliers in every sense of the word as Sasha Pavlovic was the fourth starter to score in double figures. Pavlovic scored 16 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals. James along with his game high 38, had 13 assists, 4 rebounds,2 steals, 2 blocked shots. Gooden had his best game of the year scoring a season high 24 points, 13 rebounds, 1 blocked shot, and “Z” had 15 points, a game high 14 boards, 5 assists, and 4 blocked shots.

Boston had 5 players in double figures, including?4 of their 5 starters, but it wasn’t enough. Allen led the way with 29, Kevin Garnett scored 19, Paul Pierce scored 16, and Kendrick Perkins, as well as James Posey scored 11 each. The game featured 14 ties, and 18 lead changes, and was back and forth through regulation. But James took over in the overtime, scoring 11, and putting the game away. Boston suffers only their second defeat of the year are now 11-2, while Cleveland having now won 4 in a row are?9-6.

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