Cavs Bring the Rain

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A lot of folks on the East Coast (including myself) got hammered with snow this weekend but the forecast was a little different in Cleveland on Sunday evening.  20,500+ witnessed their Cleveland Cavaliers bring the rain in the first quarter of a 114-89 blowout.

The Cavs nailed 11 of 13 first quarter bombs and recorded 46 points in the period.  LeBron James canned five triples for 23 of his game-high 32 points in the first twelve minutes while Jamario Moon came off the bench hot, knocking down two tres in an early 8 point effort.

Five other Cavs posted double figures behind LeBron in the scoring column.  Shaquille O’Neal went for 16 points and snagged 12 boards (4 offensive) while connecting on his only two free throws! Daniel Gibson stroked splashed home four of his five long distance attempts in a 14 point effort and Anderson Varejao brought an energetic 11 point-7 rebound performance off the pine.  Jawad Williams and Jamario Moon knocked down a pair of three balls apiece while posting a combined 24 points on the night.

All in all, the first quarter of the game was a thriller.  Each quarter after that looked like LA was just trying not to get embarrassed.  After nearly turning my hair grey over the last several weeks (which is really bad at 19) with so many close games, the Cavs haven’t trailed since the second quarter of Friday night’s stoot slappin’ of the Minnesota Timberwolves.  I do enjoy the nail biters a lot more but the last two have been much easier on the heart.

Anyways, Cleveland will host the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night for what may very well be another good ol’ fashion butt whoopin’ by the good guys.