Cavs Steal Win in the Q

I want one!

On a night in which the Cavaliers handed out team Snuggies, the Cavaliers came out slow and went down as much as 21 points.  As Brian Windhorst described via Twitter following the first quarter, the Cavaliers defense was “Snuggle soft.” (LeBron made lone rookie Danny Green wear his personalized Snuggie during warm-ups on Friday night).

LeBron and Co. picked up the pace in the second half and closed the gap to just a pair heading into the final period.  The comeback was somewhat muted when Detroit guard Rodney Stuckey had an apparent seizure on the bench during a timeout.  The game was paused for 12 minutes and Stuckey was rushed to the Cleveland Clinic.

The King was flat out incredible again and recovered from a few early careless turnovers to punish the Pistons in a 40 point-13 rebound performance.  He added three steals, a pair of blocks and six assists to the impressive stat line.  Antawn Jamison led the way while Bron was on the bench to start the fourth quarter and scored 7 of his 17 points in the first few minutes of the final period.  Mo Williams continued his shooting struggles going 3 of 9 for just 8 points in a rather quiet effort.

Anderson Varejao and Delonte West were huge off the bench for the Wine and Gold as they combined for 28 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists on the night.  Andy doubled-up with a 16 point-10 board effort.

Cleveland pushed through a rough start to take their sixth straight victory and will head to Milwaukee to take on the Bucks on Saturday night.