Mattie T’s 1st Round Recap of the Cleveland Cavaliers/Washington Wizards series

Game 1:

97

82

Star Player of the Game: Cavaliers F LeBron James, who scored 23 points, grabbed 9 rebounds & dished out 7 assists in 44 minutes of action.

Key Stat: Cleveland held Washington to just 36.7% shooting for the game.

Game 2:

109

102

Star Player of the Game: Cavaliers F Drew Gooden, who scoed 24 points & grabbed 14 rebounds in 32 minutes of action.

Key Stat: Cleveland outrebounded Washington 56-38.

Game 3:

98

92

Star Player of the Game: Cavaliers F LeBron James, who scored 30 points, dished out 9 assists & grabbed 6 rebounds in 46 minutes of action.

Key Stat: Cleveland outrebounded Washington 48-33.

Game 4:

97

90

Star Player of the Game: Cavaliers C Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who scored 20 points & grabbed 19 rebounds in 40 minutes of action.

Key Stat: Cleveland outrebounded Washington 46-35.

Mattie T’s Analysis:

Gilbert Arenas’ injury really provided a serious blow to Washington’s season.

Since the NBA’s 3rd leading scorer (28.5 PPG) went out on April 5th with his knee injury, the Wizards slumped to a 2-11 finish.

Antawn Jamison had a great series despite his team getting swept, averaging 32 PPG & 9.8 RPG.

Once again, LeBron James was sensational in the 1st round, averaging 27.8 PPG, 8.5 RPG & 7.5 APG.

Cleveland completes their 1st postseason sweep ever in franchise history.

Washington suffers their 1st playoff sweep since 2005, when they were swept in 4 games by the Miami Heat while Eddie Jordan was the team’s head coach.

The Cavaliers advance to the Eastern Conference Semifinals where they have lost their last 2 series.

Until then,

Mattie T

Sports Writer for BMS Radio Chicago

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