Obviously the Cavaliers are not the same team 50 win team when they are without the services of TheBron James but they’re still pretty darn good.

After just two Cavs posted double-figures against the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night, six players stepped to the plate and delivered a punch or two on Monday night.  Antawn Jamison led the way early knocking down three triples in the first half.  Jamison headed to the locker room midway through the third quarter with an apparent knee injury after posting a solid 17 point effort.  Stretch-4 passed the torch to Jawad Williams in the third quarter and HotWad delivered 8 consecutive points in a two minute stretch for the Cavaliers.

Delonte West took over to start the fourth quarter and ignited a late Cavalier surge on an impressive put-back with 6:19 to play.  West finished with 16 points on 5-of-13 shooting to go along with 5 assists and 4 rebounds.  Anderson Varejao gave another solid effort off the bench posting a near double-double as he went for 11 points and 9 rebounds in the winning effort.

And after a poor performance on both ends of the floor against the Bucks, Mo Williams was visibly shaken up during post-game interviews.  Williams rebounded with a near triple-double in a 17 point, 8 rebound and 8 assists performance against the Spurs.  Mo was still only 1-of-5 from deep but a majority of his shots were half-way down before they popped loose.  He seemed to be regaining the sweet stroke that we grew accustomed to seeing last season.

Mike Brown elected to give LeChosen One another break so he’ll have six full days worth of rest when the Cavs return to the floor on Friday night to take on the 76ers.  The three day lay-off should help Jamison’s knee as well.

As well, tonight, we will begin the TWO WEEK COUNTDOWN as we await the re-appearance of one Zydrunas Ilgauskas to the Wine & Gold roster.  Here’s to you Big Z!

 14 DAYS!