Cavaliers first team to clinch playoff spot

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Cavaliers first team to clinch playoff spot

Wed, Mar 4, 2009 By Tariq Ali

The Cleveland Cavaliers became the first team to clinch a playoff spot by beating the Milwaukee Bucks 91-73 on Wednesday night. With more than one month left in the regular season, the Cavaliers for the fourth time will advance to the post season. The Cavaliers are 27-1 at home, best in the NBA.

Now the magic number to win the Central Division is six.

LeBron James scored 23 points, Delonte West had 13 and a career-high eight steals. Mo Williams scored 15 and Zydrunas Ilgauskas added 14.

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Tags: Central Division, Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks

Tariq Ali, is the founder of CavsNews.com. Tariq grew up watching and playing soccer but his heart was always in Basketball. Tariq arrived in Cleveland in 1993 and turned into a Cavaliers fan since.

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One Response to “Cavaliers first team to clinch playoff spot”

binary basketball says:

March 23, 2009 at 9:54 pm

I’d almost say that the Cavaliers are playing their best ball of the season but they’ve been taking care of business all season long. It’s going to be an interesting post season this year.

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