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The Cavs win impressively in Orlando

November 12, 2009

Well, for one night the Cavs changes all paid off handsomely. They looked like a championship-caliber team with depth in Wednesday's impressive win in Orlando. LeBron James was his usual self, Shaquille O'Neal got Dwight Howard in early foul trouble and played Howard well, and the entire team seemed into the game. The play of [...]

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Cavs lose the opener to Boston

October 27, 2009

Not a great opening night for the Cavs, who looked like a team still trying to find itself.
LeBron James called it a "transition period."
Coach Mike Brown said: "We will get better."
The cynic in me started to ask why Boson's transition seemed so much easier, but there is an easy reason. Boston's new guys — Rasheed [...]

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Ranking one, two, three in something

June 17, 2009

Mike Brown, Danny Ferry and Mo Williams finished one-two-three in ESPN.com's list of the biggest playoff losers. Remember when life was rosy after consecutive sweeps?
 

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Tonight's game comes down to …

May 30, 2009

What does tonight's game boil down to? In its essence, its purest form, its DNA, its molecular structure?
Shooting.
Mo Williams took a huge stride toward regaining his form in Game 5 (after he had taken small strides in Game 4). His shooting, along with that of Daniel Gibson, opened things up for LeBron James at "the [...]

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Some more thoughts while flying to Orlando

May 24, 2009

—It is imperative that Mo Williams find his shot tonight. At times in Game 2, Williams looked like a mess. He hesitated on shots and looked very uncertain. The Cavs made a concerted effort to get him shots early, and when he didn't make them his shooting struggles (13-for-40 in the series, 57-for-139 in the [...]

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The Cavs key to winning rests in their touchstone

May 22, 2009

It was frustrating to watch the Cavs offense bog down in Game 1 into the old style offense.
See LeBron.
See LeBron dribble.
See LeBron dribble some more.
See LeBron shoot.
Yes, James, as he said, "had it going." He was hitting a lot of jumpers, and he was carrying his team, but it always seems like the Cavs are [...]

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Revisiting Mo Williams' attempted game-winner

May 21, 2009

Mo Williams made one impossible shot at the end of the half and darn near made another at the end of the game in the Cavs Game 1 loss to Orlando Wednesday night.
Williams was on the receiving of LeBron James' jump-ball tip, which started when James touched the ball with one second left. Williams basically [...]

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The Cavs lose Game 1 to Orlando

May 21, 2009

Mike Brown called his team's offense in the second half of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals "stagnant."
That's putting it politely. The Cavs lost Game 1 to Orlando because they quit doing the things they had done all season, things that won them 66 games. That meant ball movement and player movement. But in [...]

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The Cavs win Game 3 — no reason to believe it won't be a sweep

April 24, 2009

I think I'll let Mo Williams sum up the Cavs win in Game 3: "I was 1-for-11 and Delonte (West) was 0-for-7 and we had eight turnovers between us And we win the game by 11 on the road. What more do you want me to say?"
Not much to add to that. If either or [...]

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Cavs enjoy themselves again, and it's too bad if Boston didn't like it

April 12, 2009

Someone asked Mike Brown after the game if he worries that the Cavs' in-game, on-the-bench celebrations are becoming too much, whether other teams might resent them. The same person asked LeBron James if he worried that dancing and celebrating on the bench "disrespected" another team. No problem with the question. The guy who asked — [...]

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Some wild finishes for the Cavs and at the MAC tourney

March 11, 2009

Nice win for the Cavs last night in LA. Yes it's the Clippers and you wish they'd have put them away early, but a win is a win is a win. A wise man once said that.

ESPN.com covered the Cavs pursuit of the overall home court playoff advantage. They also wrote about Mo Williams. Which [...]

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After further review …

March 3, 2009

After pondering the Cavs win over Miami Tuesday night, three plays stand out.
One was Lebron's drive and one-handed slam late. The one where he cut across the lane and threw it down, as he said, with force. Not as forceful as the one in the playoffs against Boston, mind you, but forceful enough.
The other play [...]

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As for all those complaints about Mo Williams not being an All Star …

February 10, 2009

… umm … never mind.

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Guess who is friends with Mo Williams?

August 15, 2008

One of the loyal blog readers noticed that new Cavs guard Mo Williams has a special friend (thanks to the gentlemenly Mr. Close for the photo):

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Some thoughts on the Cavs trade

August 14, 2008

Some random thoughts on the Cavs’ deal to acquire Mo Williams:
—Hate losing Joe Smith. Guys like him don’t come along often. Consummate pro. But … as they say … whoever they are … you got to give something to get something. Besides, I'm an old fuddy-duddy who takes a liking to guys like Smith. It's [...]

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