Zydrunas Ilgauskas

ing the remainder of the off season or into next year.  While the Cavs still have Ben Wallace, Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Andersen Varejao on the front lines, they lack some depth and skill and the 4, which saps their versatility and ability to scheme and be creative on offense (not that creativity was ever part of their offensive game plan before…).  Varejao will likely continue to improve, but without another reliable big man, Cleveland will continue to be fatally flawed.

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 Starting in the middle, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, though large and adept at scoring in several different ways, is incredibly slow (not physical at all given his size and imposing frame) and hasn't played well at all in Boston this season.  Kendrick Perkins, PJ Brown and perhaps Glenn Davis will all take a turn on BIg Z, and match up well against his size and his game.  Additionally, there will be some help on the interior because of the collective black hole that Cleveland has at power forward since they traded Drew Gooden away at midseason.  At best, the Cavs have Joe Smith at the 4, and at worst it's Ben "Anemic on Offense" Wallace, with Floppy McFlopperson (excuse me, Anderson Varejao) falling somewhere in the middle in a realm I like to call obnoxious game and hair land.  Since none of Cleveland's power forward's can score consistently, there will be plenty of help defense on Ilgauskas and anyone else who sets foot in the paint in Boston tonight.  

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Seeing as its the first day of the NBA Playoffs, I'm going to be doing a bit of live blogging and writing throughout the course of the day.  This way you'll be able to follow my flip-flopping analysis throughout the flow of the games.  As usual, however, I was not out of bed in time to catch the start of the first game, so although I know you're dying to hear my take on the first quarter of the Wizards-Cavs game, you'll just have to settle for the last three.  Without further ado, here goes.

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