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Cavaliers @ Clippers
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Back spasms.
TyGuy
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Sasha had back spasms, plus he has been sucking. Anyway, hopefully we can close out this west coast trip with a win tomorrow. Going to be tough going against the nugs but we have played very well in just about every game.
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Good solid win tonight. Not much more to say. I can see us mailing in tomorrow's game though.
Nice total team effort. You can't say anything bad about any Cav tonight. Good flow to the offense all night and defense was sold overall.
LeBron with a nice total floor game tonight. He kept the ball moving better tonight too.
Z and Gooden were huge inside. Probably Gooden's best game of the season and Z kept going with another very nice game.
Even players who get criticized like Hughes and Newble made good contributions tonight.
Also nice to see M. Brown giving minutes to Simmons. That can only help in developing him and getting him ready to contribute on a regular basis
LeBron with a nice total floor game tonight. He kept the ball moving better tonight too.
Z and Gooden were huge inside. Probably Gooden's best game of the season and Z kept going with another very nice game.
Even players who get criticized like Hughes and Newble made good contributions tonight.
Also nice to see M. Brown giving minutes to Simmons. That can only help in developing him and getting him ready to contribute on a regular basis
Postgame — Cavs 103, Clippers 95
Stars
LeBron James, 22 points, eight assists and six picks…He was in complete control in the fourth
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, 25 points…In a great rhythm
Drew Gooden, 18 points, 17 boards…who’d have thought Ira Newble would prevent him from going 20/20
Sam Cassell, 29 points on 19 shots…he’s still got it
–There is one game left, but the Cavs have to consider this road trip a success. The Clippers went after it in the second half and the Cavs handled it. They played in the fourth quarter like they were 100 percent sure they were going to win. If the ending had gone different in Utah this thing may really have been special.
–LeBron had five assists (one for a 3) and two baskets in the fourth quarter, meaning he was responsible for 15 points. Yet the way he did it was more impressive than if he’d scored them all by himself. The Cavs actually ran offense instead of standing around in the fourth quarter and the Clippers couldn’t cover it.
–The Cavs had 54 points in the paint tonight, a season-high. They also shot a season-best 51 percent. These numbers are related.
–Ilgauskas’ rebound streak ended tonight, but he really played his best offensive game of the season with 13 points in the fourth quarter. Chris Kaman ate him up in the third and he responded by outplaying him at both ends down the stretch.
–The Cavs’ opponents are shooting 36 percent in the fourth quarter in their wins. Tonight the Clippers shot 35.
–Devin Brown and Damon Jones combined for 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting. Newble had eight rebounds in 15 minutes after he had seven in Phoenix. How long can the bench keep this up? Larry Hughes, Daniel Gibson, and Drew Gooden did even play in the fourth, and it wasn’t their fault.
–The Cavs were 4-0 in Cali last year and they’re 3-0 this year.
–Oh, um, the Cavs were 16-of-27 at the foul line and 2-6 in the last minute.
–Hughes look pretty good in his return with 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting. But he was limping pretty bad in the second half. Sasha Pavlovic also had back spasms and Brown looked like he tweaked a leg muscle late in the game. Come back tomorrow for the injury report.
–When I looked at the Cavs schedule at the start of training camp, I said the best-case scenario is them starting 4-4. After the preseason, my expectations were lowered. They have continued to get better every game, shown more confidence, and the offense has started to come around even with all sorts of injuries and a constantly changing big-man rotation.
–O.J. Mayo was hanging out in the hallway outside the Cavs locker room after the game. He got a steady stream of hellos from players, agent-types, hangers on, and even a handshake from Mike Brown. Meanwhile, nobody seemed to pay any attention to Penny Marshall.
Quotes
Mike Brown: “When our defense shows up, we give ourselves a pretty good chance to win and it showed up in the fourth.
LeBron: “This is the best offensively that we have played in three years. The way we are getting the ball upcourt, sharing the ball, and getting into our rhythm, this is the best we’ve played this season.
Mike Dunleavy: “Ilgauskas made some big shots. They set him up with LeBron penetration and we had to help.”
Windhorst At The Game
Stars
LeBron James, 22 points, eight assists and six picks…He was in complete control in the fourth
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, 25 points…In a great rhythm
Drew Gooden, 18 points, 17 boards…who’d have thought Ira Newble would prevent him from going 20/20
Sam Cassell, 29 points on 19 shots…he’s still got it
–There is one game left, but the Cavs have to consider this road trip a success. The Clippers went after it in the second half and the Cavs handled it. They played in the fourth quarter like they were 100 percent sure they were going to win. If the ending had gone different in Utah this thing may really have been special.
–LeBron had five assists (one for a 3) and two baskets in the fourth quarter, meaning he was responsible for 15 points. Yet the way he did it was more impressive than if he’d scored them all by himself. The Cavs actually ran offense instead of standing around in the fourth quarter and the Clippers couldn’t cover it.
–The Cavs had 54 points in the paint tonight, a season-high. They also shot a season-best 51 percent. These numbers are related.
–Ilgauskas’ rebound streak ended tonight, but he really played his best offensive game of the season with 13 points in the fourth quarter. Chris Kaman ate him up in the third and he responded by outplaying him at both ends down the stretch.
–The Cavs’ opponents are shooting 36 percent in the fourth quarter in their wins. Tonight the Clippers shot 35.
–Devin Brown and Damon Jones combined for 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting. Newble had eight rebounds in 15 minutes after he had seven in Phoenix. How long can the bench keep this up? Larry Hughes, Daniel Gibson, and Drew Gooden did even play in the fourth, and it wasn’t their fault.
–The Cavs were 4-0 in Cali last year and they’re 3-0 this year.
–Oh, um, the Cavs were 16-of-27 at the foul line and 2-6 in the last minute.
–Hughes look pretty good in his return with 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting. But he was limping pretty bad in the second half. Sasha Pavlovic also had back spasms and Brown looked like he tweaked a leg muscle late in the game. Come back tomorrow for the injury report.
–When I looked at the Cavs schedule at the start of training camp, I said the best-case scenario is them starting 4-4. After the preseason, my expectations were lowered. They have continued to get better every game, shown more confidence, and the offense has started to come around even with all sorts of injuries and a constantly changing big-man rotation.
–O.J. Mayo was hanging out in the hallway outside the Cavs locker room after the game. He got a steady stream of hellos from players, agent-types, hangers on, and even a handshake from Mike Brown. Meanwhile, nobody seemed to pay any attention to Penny Marshall.
Quotes
Mike Brown: “When our defense shows up, we give ourselves a pretty good chance to win and it showed up in the fourth.
LeBron: “This is the best offensively that we have played in three years. The way we are getting the ball upcourt, sharing the ball, and getting into our rhythm, this is the best we’ve played this season.
Mike Dunleavy: “Ilgauskas made some big shots. They set him up with LeBron penetration and we had to help.”
Windhorst At The Game
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Karma's comment about Mike Brown getting no credit for last night's decisions was very appropriate.
Several posters would have been all over MB for the use of Damon and Newble throughout the fourth quarter had the Cavs lost.
Yet when it worked out brilliantly not a kudo in sight.
I would give MB high marks overall for the results he has achieved so far this season with a depleted roster and for the success of the new offensive tactics.
Several posters would have been all over MB for the use of Damon and Newble throughout the fourth quarter had the Cavs lost.
Yet when it worked out brilliantly not a kudo in sight.
I would give MB high marks overall for the results he has achieved so far this season with a depleted roster and for the success of the new offensive tactics.