Game On! Celtics-Cavs Game 6

CLEVELAND -- Winless in five road games in these playoffs, the Celtics looked to close out this best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Cleveland Cavaliers by snapping their woeful road streak with a win tonight in Game 6 at Quicken Loans Arena.

Asked how the Celtics hoped to win their first playoff road win of the season, Ray Allen told ESPN's Michele Tafoya in a pre-game locker room interview, ``At this point, seems like we got some good teams in the league who are taking care of business on their homecourt. We just have to take care of our business.''

The starting lineups:

Boston:

F Paul Pierce
F Kevin Garnett
C Kendrick Perkins
G Ray Allen
G Rajon Rondo

Cleveland

F LeBron James
F Ben Wallace
G/F Wally Szczerbiak
C Zydrunas Ilgauskas
G Delonte West

LeBron powdered his hands with talc and did his customary pre-game offering to the crowd at 8:09 p.m.

Referee Dick Bavetta served up the opening tap at 8:10 p.m, and had to do a do-over. Ilgauskas controlled the tap. Cleveland ball. Game on!