Category: Cleveland Cavaliers (Page 19 of 88)

Damon Jones, the Cleveland Cavaliers point guard, has improved this year both on and off the court. On the court, Jones is starting to hit the 3-pointers and direct the team during critical parts of the game. He’s becoming a leader, besides LeBron James, the Cavs can depend on in clutch situations.

Jones, who recently received two technical fouls in a game, called a press conference before the Washington Wizard contest. He publicly apologized for the unprofessional manner in which he acted in the previous contest.

This action shows me that Jones, who sometimes can come across as arrogant on the court, is a class act and respects the game of basketball. The amount of money being paid to professionals these days, it’s good to see someone step up and show some humility.

LeBron James fell two assists shy of a triple-double but still couldn’t lead the Cavs past the Toronto Raptors as they lost 95-87. The Raptors improve to just 3-8 on the season and the Cavs fall to 0-3 on the second night of back to backs. They looked sluggish early and the Raptors shot the lights out in the first quarter. The Cavs battled back and led going into the fourth quarter before falling apart in the final period. Chris Bosh was a menace for the Raptors scoring 25 points and adding 14 rebounds.

For the second night in a row the team has not looked very sharp. Lately they have had trouble putting together a full 48 minutes and have often looked out of sync at times.

The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Memphis Grizzlies Tuesday night 97-94 after leading most the of the game by at least 20. As I watched the game, it became very evident the Cavaliers don’t have that “put them away” instinct.

Cleveland will never be a championship team if they can’t put a team away when they’re down. If the Cavaliers would have blown this game, a black cloud would be above them early in the season. Terry Pluto writes and interesting article on the Cavs inability to finish a game.

My opinion is that LeBron James, not just Mike Brown, must lead this charge. The NBA is a game of momentum and James needs to learn to take advantage of it. If Michael Jordon was leading by 20 at home, you could go grab a beer and listen to the “fat lady sing”. The Cavaliers and James are slowing changing the face of Cleveland basketball, now they need to show everyone they have what it takes to be a champion.

The Cavaliers almost let a 21-point first half lead slip away but hung on to win a narrow 97-94 contest against the Memphis Grizzlies. The Cavs were outscored by 15 in the second half. However, they were able to come through in the clutch as they hit several key free throws down the stretch to preserve the win.

Damon Jones and Drew Gooden had big nights, bailing out an off night LeBron James who only shot 7-of-21 from the field and finished with a meager 15 points. Jones finished with 21 points and drained a couple threes late in the game when the Cavs were struggling and needed a bucket. Gooden was a force, scoring 22 and grabbing 15 boards.

The Cavs are dangerous with LeBron James as it is, but when other players can step up when he has a bad night shows the maturity and the depth of this team. We begin a tough stretch of four games in five nights so we’re really going to need help from the supporting cast and our bench to have a successful week.

The Cleveland Cavaliers went into Washington last night feeling pretty good about this season; they left after getting easily beaten by the Gilbert Arenas and the Wizards. Arenas scored 45 points and Washington took over the game in the second half.

LeBron James and the Cavaliers struggled to score, while the Wizards were scoring from all angles. At the one point, the Cavs frustration came to a head as Damon Jones was nailed with two technical’s and ejected from the game.