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December 2008

Gameblog: Cavs vs. Heat – Let’s Do It Again – The Aftermath

December 30, 2008

Post mortem – You give the Cavs credit for making a serious run at the Heat in the second half – so serious that they came within one point of tying the game and had the opportunity to go ahead, but Daniel Gibson couldn’t quite finish on a drive to the hoop.
But let’s be honest.  [...]

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Gameblog: Cavs vs. Miami Heat

December 28, 2008

Post mortem:
This one looked more than dicey as the Cavaliers enter the fourth quarter.  The Heat had the lead at 67-58 to end the third and the momentum.  For much of the game, the Cavs looked listless.
Then, they just flicked it on.  On defense they came up with a couple of memorable stops in the [...]

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Gameblog: Cavs vs. Houston Rockets

December 23, 2008

Game: Cavs (23-4) vs. Houston
Broadcast:  TV: FSOhio
WAKR (1590 AM); WTAM (1100 AM), WHBC (1480 AM)
Starters: Cavs: LeBron James (F); Ben Wallace (F); Zydrunas Ilgauskas (C); Delonte West (G); Mo Williams (G); Rockets: Shane Battier (F); Luis Scola (F); Yao Ming (C); Tracy McGrady (G); Rafer Alston (G).
Injuries/inactives:  Cavs:  Eric Snow, Jawad Williams, Darnell Jackson.  Rockets:  [...]

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Gameblog: Cavs at Oklahoma City Thunder

December 22, 2008

Post-mortem:
Give Oklahoma City credit, they played much better than when they appeared in Cleveland.  Yes, the Cavaliers eventually wore them down, but this Thunder team hustled, made the Cavaliers work for everything and beat them on the boards.  Ultimately the Cavs won because they out shot the Thunder hitting more than 55 percent from the [...]

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Gameblog: Cavs at Denver Nuggets – The Aftermath

December 19, 2008

Post mortem:
Cavs 105, Nuggets 88
Remember a few years ago when everyone screamed about whether Zydrunas Ilgauskas was worth the cash the Cavs were giving him?  Many talked about letting him go?  Ummm…yeah.
Ilgauskas shows what his presence can do for the Cavaliers offense tonight.  Sure he tied his season best with 23 points, but because someone [...]

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Gameblog: Cavs at Minnesota Timberwolves

December 17, 2008

Post mortem:
So I’m sitting between Mary Schmitt-Boyer of the PD and Bob Finnan of the News-Herald and we all in near unison declare tonight’s game the most boring we’d seen in a while.  For me, that’s not as many as those two, but it’s still a significant number.  It remained that way until 1:20 of [...]

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Gameblog: Cavs at Atlanta Hawks

December 13, 2008

Post mortem:
Early lackluster play doomed the Cavaliers tonight.  In the first quarter they weren’t as aggressive as they have been in going after the ball.  The Hawks beat them on the boards throughout the game with the Cavaliers only winning the fourth quarter by a single board. 
This team’s dilemma is that they’ve grown accustomed to [...]

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Gameblog: Cavs vs. Philadelphia 76ers

December 12, 2008

Post mortem:  It wasn’t pretty to start, but it’s a win that any casual observer would take.  Coach Brown didn’t think so after his post game comments, but this is a game that last year’s Cavs team wouldn’t have won.   Logically speaking they shouldn’t have won this one.  They lost the battle in the paint [...]

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Gameblog: Cavs at Philadelphia – The Aftermath

December 10, 2008

Post mortem:  Cavaliers didn’t look their best tonight.  Luckily the 76ers weren’t especially impressive either.
After locking down on opponents in previous games, LeBron James didn’t look particularly dominating on defense against Andre Inguodala, allowing him 21 first half points.  In the post game he said that Coach Mike Brown challenged hm to return to the [...]

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Gameblog: Cavs vs. Toronto Raptors – The Aftermath

December 9, 2008

Post Mortem:  Sorry for no halftime fellas, but my laptop is getting a bit buggy with wireless.
Tonight proved to be a night for the record books as Z and LeBron set individual ones for rebounds and steals respectively and the team set a league record by winning their ninth consecutive game by 12 or more [...]

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