The Boston Celtics held the Cleveland Cavaliers to 29-70 field goal shooting (.414), overcame an early 14 point deficit to build a 15 point second half lead and then staved off a late Cleveland rally to topple the Cavaliers 95-89 in the season opener for both teams. Kevin Garnett scored 13 points and had 10 [...]
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
In 2007, the Cavaliers surprised many pundits—but not this writer—by making it to the NBA Finals, where a veteran San Antonio Spurs team promptly swept them. The Cavs had perhaps reached the championship round “a year early,” but rather than stand pat to see if that group could return to the Finals, General Manager Danny [...]
Friday, April 24, 2009
The Cavaliers were slightly off their game Friday night but with major help from the bench they were able to come away with a 79-68 victory over the Detroit Pistons and take an almost insurmountable 3-0 series lead(no team has ever won a best of 7 series after trailing 0-3). The starting backcourt of Mo [...]
Friday, March 27, 2009
In a Bar Mitzvah event that took place last Saturday, it’s being reported that Dan Gilbert got into a minor physical altercation with his former Rock Financial employee David Hall. “There have been rumors, since Hall’s abrupt departure from Rock Financial over a year ago, that there was friction between Gilbert and Hall. Mojo in [...]
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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 [...]
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
This Sunday’s showdown between the Cleveland Cavaliers and L.A. Lakers should be savored for many reasons: the teams only meet twice a year, this may be an NBA Finals preview and the superstar matchup between LeBron James and Kobe Bryant features—to borrow the title of one of my favorite basketball articles ever—“The Best the Game [...]
Saturday, January 10, 2009
The Cavaliers did to the Celtics what they’ve been doing to every other club when they visit the Q handing them their 4th loss in a row. The Celtics never led as the Cavaliers playing without injured center Zydrunas Ilgauskas. Including last year’s postseason, the Cavaliers have now reeled off 10 straight wins over the [...]
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
In a matchup of two defensive minded teams with legitimate championship aspirations, Cleveland defeated Houston, 99-90. LeBron James bounced back from a sluggish first half (eight points, two rebounds, two assists, five turnovers) to finish with game-high totals in points (27) and rebounds (nine). He also had five assists, three steals and one very impressive [...]
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
The wins and records just keep piling up for the Cleveland Cavaliers, who improved to 18-3 with a 114-94 victory over the Toronto Raptors. LeBron James had 31 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals, surpassing Mark Price’s franchise record for career steals (734) with a swipe that led to a fast break dunk [...]
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
During an interview on “CNBC Reports”, the Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert said Lebron James is focused on this year and winning a championship and he is not worried about him leaving for the Big Apple in 2010. “This is not LeBron James saying this stuff, this is just a media phenomenon here that will [...]
Friday, October 31, 2008
LeBron James nearly had a triple double (22 points, nine rebounds, nine assists) in just 30 minutes of action as the Cleveland Cavaliers improved to 1-1 by winning their home opener versus the Charlotte Bobcats, 96-79. Daniel Gibson scored a game-high 25 points, shooting 10-14 from the field; if he had not uncharacteristically missed three [...]
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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