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Cleveland is up 2-0 in this series because they have held the Wizards to 40% shooting or less in both games. The Cavs has limited the Wizards to 86 points per game, which is 13 points below their season average. Wizards forward Antawn Jamison called his Wizards team undisciplined and unfocused following their game 2 30-point loss. It appears that all of the trash talk from the Wizards in this series have gotten into their own heads and not the Cavaliers nor Lebron James. Cleveland has beaten Washington 8 straight now in the playoffs. The issue going into Game 3 is that the Wizards gave up open looks to Wally Szczerbiak and he connected and the Wizards allowed Zdrunas Ilgauskas to work his way inside for 12 points and 9 boards in the first half in game 2. The supporting cast is stepping up in this series and Lebron is simply Lebron. I expect Washington to rally behind their home crowd for support but the Cavaliers defense wont crack here. Expect a tight grinder and taking the 5 points with the Cavs is clearly the right side. Take Cleveland +5.