Cleveland Cavaliers

SECAUCUS, NJ — LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers don't have to get to the NBA Finals for the playoffs to be a success, commissioner David Stern said Tuesday. Speaking hours before the NBA Draft Lottery, Stern downplayed the idea that having ...

New York Daily News  IL What can be said about the Cleveland-Detroit series? How about this: the Cavaliers look like they want to represent the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals and the Pistons look like they want the season to be over. Cleveland played sloppily in Game 2, ...

By TOM WITHERS • AP • April 21, 2009 INDEPENDENCE -- Joe Smith's hoops odyssey has spanned 14 years and bridged from Golden State to Cleveland with seven NBA stops in between. Cleveland Cavaliers' Joe Smith talks with reporters at the team's practice ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer  MI And as such, they deserve what they are most likely going to get -- a first-round playoff series with the best team in the NBA, the Cleveland Cavaliers. "I don't think about being the eighth seed as a situation we can't handle," Tayshaun Prince said ...

The loss dropped the Pistons one game behind the Chicago Bulls in the race to avoid the top-seed Cleveland Cavaliers. The Pistons are now alone as the No.-8 seed in the East. That sets up an all-important home showdown against the Bulls on Monday, ...

Boston (50-17) is 3 1/2 games behind Cleveland for the top spot in the Eastern Conference, but a 6-5 stretch without Garnett (sprained right knee) has hurt its chances of catching the Cavaliers. Garnett isn't expected to return until Friday night ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer  CA The Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers are presenting stiff challenges for the Lakers in the quest for the best record. But Bryant said it is more paramount to those two Eastern Conference foes. "I don't think home-court advantage is as big to ...

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Sports Network) - The Cleveland Cavaliers have established themselves as one of the NBA's elite through 30 games this season and will shoot for their ... NBA Sports Betting Cavaliers vs Heat BetUs.com Windhorst Beat Blog: Cavs at Heat The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com

The Boston Celtics are monumentally dominant and one win away from breaking the record for the best start in NBA history. The Cleveland Cavaliers extended ... Who can challenge Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Los ... Hoopsvibe.com NBA year in review: Celtics are back SportingNews.com

By Michael Tiedemann I realize that LeBron James, a few of the Celtics, Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant will get the majority of MVP votes this year. Sure, the Cavaliers may be the worst team in the NBA without James, but Billups at least deserves some of the votes. Right?

By Tom Ziller Ziller: Boston seems to be a favorite in most corners, with Cleveland receiving top contender status. Is Cleveland the best contender to dethrone the Celtics? What about the Pistons? Or will one of the big movers (Philadelphia, Toronto) rise up?

Cleveland took a 49-47 lead just before halftime on James' final basket of the game. The Cavaliers outscored the Celtics 28-17 in the second quarter behind ... Recap: Cleveland vs. Boston Kansas City Star Sports Briefs Hartford Courant Cavs' rookies impress in loss Akron Beacon Journal

 China - LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers' All-Star forward who finished the game with 14 points, also spoke highly of the challenge from the reigning world ...

By Pete Cleveland Cavaliers - Well, they picked up my man JJ Hickson at 19, so I should love their draft if I am Cavs fan right? No - and there are 2 reasons why. One, the only thing on Cavs fans’ minds should be getting another big-time talent ...

By noreply@blogger.com (David Friedman) LeBron James had 21 points, 13 assists, six rebounds, three steals and two blocked shots. He shot just 7-20 from the field--and he only made two shots outside of the paint, a pair of three pointers--but James is the dominant player on the court in this series, a fact that Boston Coach Doc Rivers understands all too well. Asked after the game if he is surprised that the series is 2-2 considering that James has shot just .256 from the field, Rivers replied, "You think LeBron is struggling? He had 21 points, 13 assists, six rebounds. He probably forced 15 fouls. We don't look at LeBron as struggling. You only look at field goal percentage. We don't; we look at the way he's playing his total game and making plays. The (Daniel) Gibson threes and (shots made by...   [read the full post]

By FLCeltsFan Keys to the Celtics-Cavaliers series James Posey has guard up Cavaliers at a glance NBA.com Series blog: Cavaliers at Celtics Celtics likely less Cavalier against Cleveland Celtics 24/7 Keys to Cleveland series Cavaliers vs Celtics series preview Preview of Celtics-Cavaliers

By David Friedman In my Cavs-Wizards series preview article for CavsNews.com, I predicted that this series would start out 2-2 before the Cavs prevail in six games. I said that the keys for the Cavs, as always, are the brilliance of LeBron James supplemented by team defense and rebounding, while the Wizards must focus on teamwork and ball movement on offense while limiting James to near his average on defense, thus forcing other Cavs to perform very well. I also predicted that--contrary to all suggestions from the Wizards--Arenas would rejoin the starting lineup, most likely in game three. So far, the series has played out according to the script that I described. The Cavaliers stayed true to their recipe for success in the first two games while at the same ti...   [read the full post]

By David Friedman The Washington Wizards talked trash, delivered hard fouls and muscled their way to an 11 point first half lead--but the Cleveland Cavaliers had the last word because they have LeBron James and the Wizards don't. James scored a game-high 32 points on 12-19 field goal shooting, leading the Cavs to a 93-86 game one victory at Quicken Loans Arena. James also had six rebounds, four assists and just one turnover. The Cavaliers' three part recipe for success is defense, rebounding and James' brilliance. Cleveland enjoyed a slim 43-42 rebounding edge and neither team shot well from the field so James proved to be the difference, as he did several times when these teams met in the playoffs in 2006 and 2007. Zydrunas Ilgauskas had a strong game (22 poin...   [read the full post]

3 CAVALIERS FALL IN SEMIFINALS OF CAPITAL CITY CLASSIC The Cavaliers and Lady Eagles remained deadlocked in a scoreless tie until the bottom of the sixth when the Cavs finally broke through. ... 3 CAVALIERS SWEEP LADY RANGERS St. Gregory's University Athletics

15 CAVALIERS SWEEP #24 NORTHWESTERN The Cavaliers shut down the Lady Ranger offense in the second game cruising to a 7-0 victory. The Cavs scored two runs in the second inning to open the ... 15 CAVALIERS RIDE DOMINANT PITCHING TO CHAMPIONSHIP St. Gregory's University Athletics

By David Friedman Last season, the Cleveland Cavaliers eliminated the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals by relying on excellent team defense, strong rebounding and the brilliant all-around play of LeBron James. Several of the faces have changed in Cleveland--and things have not always gone smoothly since the big trade--but that tried and tested formula resulted in an 89-73 home victory over Detroit on Wednesday night. James did his part with 30 points, seven rebounds and six assists, shooting 11-19 from the field and producing a +15 plus/minus rating while playing a team-high 41 minutes. The Cavaliers outrebounded the Pistons 46-39. Ben Wallace and Zydrunas Ilgauskas each had eight rebounds and Anderson Varejao added six rebounds o...   [read the full post]

By David Friedman LeBron James posted his seventh triple double of the season (24 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds) as the Cleveland Cavaliers overcame a 13 point first half deficit to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers 88-80 at Quicken Loans Arena. With starting center Zydrunas Ilgauskas sidelined by a back injury, the Cavaliers needed their other bigs to pick up the slack offensively, defensively and on the glass. Joe Smith finished with 18 points, five rebounds and a game-high plus/minus rating of +13. Anderson Varejao scored a season-high 16 points while also grabbing nine rebounds. Ben Wallace started at center but had five rebounds and no points in less than 16 first half minutes; at halftime, the team announced that he had back spasms and would not re...   [read the full post]

CAVALIERS COMPLETE SWEEP OF RANGERS Sophomore Brady Thorpe drove in the winning run and collected the win on the mound for the Cavs. SGU will return to action tomorrow when they host the ... CAVALIERS PICK UP FIRST SAC VICTORY St. Gregory's University Athletics

By james NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball. Adrian Wojnarowski at Yahoo Sports lists his early trophy winners. Also included are NBA Obsessed views. MVP: LeBron James, Cleveland. If you had any doubts about his sheer force, all you had to see was what the Cavaliers looke...

Young & Lakers roll past Cavaliers  OR - Oct 20, 2007 After a three-and-out series by the Cavs, Young scored again. His one-yard scoring plunge capped an eight-play drive that was highlighted by a pair of ...

By Ryan Jones For the rest of our season previews, click here. Raise your hand if you think the Cleveland Cavaliers’ run to the 2007 NBA Finals provides a clear sense of how good this team is and where it stands among the Eastern Conference hierarchy.

By David Friedman Anyone who expected the Detroit Pistons to make short work of the Cleveland Cavaliers was seriously mistaken. The Cavaliers' 91-87 Game Four victory tied the Eastern Conference Finals at 2-2. Last year's second round matchup between these teams also was tied after four games, with each team "protecting" its home court. Detroit is the deeper and more experienced team but Cleveland has far and away the best player on either squad, LeBron James, and he was fantastic on Tuesday night, finishing with 25 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds. He did much of his damage in the fourth quarter with the game up for grabs, producing 13 points, four rebounds and three assists while shooting 4-6 from the field and 5-5 from the free throw line. Daniel Gibso...   [read the full post]