Archive for March, 2010

Again, what a great day it was to be an Ohio sports fan.  TheBron was ridiculous during a 92-85 victory over the Bulls in which he became the youngest player to top the 15,000 point plateau, passing Kobe’s mark by more than two years.  Then Evan Turner and the Buckeyes went to work against UC Santa Barbara to advance to the Thrifty Thirty-two in this year’s NCAA Tournament.  The Cavs look like they’re getting a little bored with playing lower-tier teams who are banged up.  They took on a Bulls team that was missing three starters, including All-Star point guard [...]

For the second straight night, the Cavaliers came out extremely flat against a Central Division opponent. Leading by just two at the half, the Cavs came out on fire and took a 17 point advantage midway through the third quarter.  They put themselves back in cruise control from there and took a comfortable 16 point edge into the final period.  But with LeBron James riding pine in the first part of the fourth quarter, the Cavs coughed up their lead and allowed Indiana to close the gap to just one point with 4:52 to play. And his highness stepped up.  [...]

LeBron James didn’t do a whole lot wrong on Tuesday night but he had Mike Brown all fired up forcing the coach to take one of his timeouts.  James disagreed with a non-foul call on one end, didn’t hustle back on defense and then took an earful from Coach Brown.  That may have been what TheBron needed to get fired up because the young superstar went off for his fourth triple-double of the season as he went for 29 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists. Mo Williams caught fire down the stretch and knocked down five of his nine three [...]

What a great day to be an Ohio sports fan, huh?  Evan Turner and the Buckeyes ran the Golden Gophers out of Indianapolis.  And our beloved Cavaliers chased the mangy Celtics out of Cleveland. From the start, it really seemed like the Celtics were taking the Joshua Clottey – just cover your face and try not to get knocked out – approach into Sunday afternoon’s matchup.  But the Cavaliers prevailed in Pacquaio-like fashion with a 104-93 victory. LeBron James began the afternoon as the Facilitator and picked up six assists before the end of the first half.  James opened up [...]

There’s a reason the 76ers are one of the worst teams in the NBA.  And the Cavaliers used that to their advantage on Friday night. Cleveland launched 31 three-point attempts, missed nine free throws and were outscored 66-40 in the paint but still managed to come away with a 100-95 victory.  And, surprisingly enough, I was never really nervous about the Cavs’ chances at picking up the win.  Only against a bad team I suppose. TheBron returned to the floor and led the way with 23 points and 10 assists.  However, he was a miserable 3-of-10 from downtown and an [...]

The Cavaliers are a little banged up but they’ve had three days to nurse their injuries.  They’ll hit the road and take the floor against the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night.  And here’s how the teams match up: Jrue Holiday vs. Mo Williams Holiday comes in averaging 6.9 points and three assists a night for the 76ers.  He is shooting the basketball at about 41 percent from downtown but does not average very many attempts per game.  Mo Williams seemed to reacquire his stroke on Monday night against the Spurs but walked away with a finger injury.  Mo should be [...]

ESPN.com is reporting that the Cavs expect LeBron back in the lineup on Friday and that they are taking a wait and see approach in regard to Antawn Jamison. If you caught Tuesday’s game against the Spurs, you know Jamison left with a knee issue. It looks as though he is going to be OK as the MRI came back negative. Here is the report from ESPN: LeBron James is expected to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ lineup against the Philadelphia 76ers, while Antawn Jamison remains day to day. Cleveland coach Mike Brown said on Wednesday that he expects James [...]

With LeBron James missing the last two games with an injured right ankle (or “just resting” according to Mike Brown), the Cavaliers haven’t quite looked like the same 50 win team they’ve been all season.  But that’s to be expected.  They have been forced to readjust roles and make up for the absence of the world’s greatest player. But Marc Stein’s NBA Power Rankings came out on Monday (March 8th) and the Cavaliers were ranked number three.  Yes, #3!  Pushing the Cavs down below the Magic and the Mavericks following a loss to a pretty good Milwaukee Bucks team seems [...]

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 [...]