Category: Cleveland Cavaliers (Page 71 of 88)

This might be the most telling sentence I’ve seen yet about this year’s Cavs team.

James scored 26 points, including a momentum generating 3-pointer that tied the score and eventually led to an 88-84 Cavaliers’ victory.

No surprise LBJ scores 26. Not really a surprise that he’s hitting big 3-pointers, in the clutch, in a close game. The final score is the kicker. The Cavs gave up 84 points. This team is already looking like one of the better defensive teams the Cavs have ever fielded.

If we put those three things together consistently, night after night….LBJ scores a lot, LBJ hits 3’s, and the Cavs hold teams under 90 points….this team will win A LOT of games.

With all these new teammates, and Lebron being pleuritic and all, the team’s got some chemistry building to do.

While Brown will monitor James’ situation carefully, he would like to get him on the court to mesh with key newcomers Larry Hughes, Damon Jones and Donyell Marshall. “We want to get our rotations going,” Brown said. Marshall, who is averaging 11.3 points and 5.1 rebounds in 19.6 minutes, said he’s eager to get James back. “The sooner the better,” Marshall said. “We need him back to build chemistry. We don’t want to go into the regular season trying to build chemistry.”

They’ve got a little time to get on the same page, but Game 1 of the season is only two weeks from tomorrow. Luckily that’s a home game against New Orleans.

Very interesting battle going on for backup center.

White scored seven points and collected three rebounds in nearly 11 minutes, but that was a far cry from the recent play of center Zendon Hamilton, who had 10 points and six rebounds against the Bucks and 13 points and seven rebounds against Philadelphia last Friday.

Boy, would it be nice to have a solid bench player at center, especially one who could rebound. When was the last time the Cavs had that?