ROTATION
Starters -- Point guard Delonte West, Shooting guard Wally Szczerbiak, Center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Power forward Ben Wallace, Small forward LeBron James. Bench -- Guard Daniel Gibson, Guard/forward Sasha Pavlovic, Forward Joe Smith, Forward/center Anderson Varejao.

PLAYER NOTES

--G Delonte West was outstanding in Game 3 with 21 points, seven assists, five rebounds and one steal. But he was almost invisible in Game 4 with six points and one assist. West and Celtics G Rajon Rondo have taken turns outplaying each other in the series. Rondo got the best of West in Monday's game with 15 points and four assists.

--Replays of F LeBron James' blocked shot in Game 3 revealed just how high he soared. He sailed up near the top of the square on the backboard to reject a layup by Celtics guard Rajon Rondo with 3:17 left in the third quarter of Game 3 on Saturday. "He's a specimen," Cavs coach Mike Brown said. "That was a great block. It was a crowd-pleaser." It was one of three blocked shots by James in Game 3. "I'm not a one-dimensional player," he said. "If I'm not making shots, I'll continue to do things to help us win the ballgame."

--F/C Ben Wallace was introduced as the starter by the P.A. announcer for Game 3, but it was F/C Anderson Varejao who ran out and gave out high-fives. "Everybody wants to start," Cavs center Zydrunas Ilgauskas joked. "Andy took the opportunity."

The reason Wallace wasn't out there for the introduction was the Cavs didn't want to trigger the dizziness that came in Boston in Game 2. "They didn't want Ben around for all the (smoke and) explosions," Ilgauskas said.

--G Daniel Gibson had just 12 points in the first three games of this series. He had 14 points and six rebounds in Game 4.

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