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May 2008

The NBA targets the grand flop masters

May 29, 2008

ESPN’s Marc Stein tells us that the NBA has decided that it will start fining players for flopping next season. There are a lot of people who I know that hate, hate, hate flopping. One of them is the Plain Dealer’s Branson Wright, who fancies himself a bit of a purest. We’ve [...]

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Answering some rumors

May 26, 2008

I’ve gotten lots of e-mails over the last week asking me about players the Cavs may want to trade for this offseason. Nobody asked about the draft, which I wrote about in Sunday’s paper. I guess LeBron’s comments at the end of the season are the reason for that. Anyway, let me [...]

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The Aftermath

May 18, 2008

Celtics 4, Cavs 3…season over
–Excuse my tardiness in posting, my computer is no more. I am still not back in Cleveland and am using another barrowed computer to do this.
–The Cavs lost to a better team. I feel they actually played better basketball in the series and even though Kevin Garnett is a [...]

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Living to play ugly for another day

May 16, 2008

Cavs 74, Celtics 69

–This was just horrifying basketball from both sides. But that happens in the playoffs, especially with defensive teams like this. The Cavs scrapped and brought a lot of energy to the table and they were just slighty better across the board. It seems to be the home court [...]

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Reality starting to bite

May 14, 2008

Celtics 96, Cavs 89
–When the Cavs lost Game 1 here it was a missed opportunity because they didn’t play as well as they could have and still nearly won. Tonight, I felt like they played pretty well and still were not able to win. They were not flawless by any stretch, they fell [...]

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LeBron to mom, Celtics: “Sit your (butt) down.”

May 12, 2008

Cavs 88, Celtics 77
–Last season in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, in the fourth quarter LeBron James came out of traffic and dunked over the top of Rasheed Wallace. Looking back, I felt the series sort of turned with that play, the Cavs were able to get that win and they never [...]

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Big Ben gets well, so do Cavs

May 10, 2008

Cavs 108, Celtics 94

–Definitely a get well game. Not a surprise at all that the Cavs won, every lower seed has won Game 3 at home in the second round, but they way they jumped ahead and stayed ahead was surprising. I think it is a reminder that the Celtics are vincible and [...]

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Wallace likely out for Game 3

May 9, 2008

Ben Wallace got a complete check up at the Cleveland Clinic today. The Cavs released the following statement:
“Cavaliers forward/center Ben Wallace experienced dizziness with 8:20 remaining in the first quarter of the Cavaliers game last night at Boston and did not return to the game. Exams and testing done at The Cleveland Clinic today [...]

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Cavs take their licking, will they keep ticking?

May 8, 2008

Celtics 89, Cavs 73

–The Cavs now have some serious regret about Game 1, that turned out to be their chance to steal one. The Celtics blow teams out at home, they have done it all year and they will continue to do it as long as they advance in the playoffs. This game [...]

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Game ugly, LeBron uglier as Celtics take 1

May 6, 2008

Celtics 76, Cavs 72
–The Cavs shot 31 percent, LeBron James probably had the worst playoff game of his career, and they were playing on the floor of the No. 1 seed. The Cavs having a chance to tie the game with 20 seconds left is pretty remarkable. Then, the other side of the [...]

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