Game #9 - Cleveland Cavaliers at Miami Heat
by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Nov 12, 2009 6:30 PM CST
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2009/2010 NBA Regular Season
VS
6-1 5-3
November 12, 2009
Miami, FL
8:00 PM
Radio - WTAM 1100 / TV - TNT HD
Probable starters:
Mario Chalmers
PG
Mo Williams
Dwyane Wade
SG
Anthony Parker
Quentin Richardson
SF
LeBron James
Michael Beasley
PF
J.J. Hickson
Jermaine O'Neal
C
Shaquille O'Neal
Hopefully the site problems that have plagued me for the last day are resolved and I can get back to basketball. The Cavaliers were impressive in their early-season test against Orlando last night, but the task might be even harder tonight when the Wine and Gold take on the Miami Heat.
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- Cleveland will try to leave Florida with a two-game sweep after defeating the Orlando Magic 102-93 on Wednesday. Tonight's gameagainst Miami will feature two of the NBA's top defensive teams so far this season. Miami ranks 3rd in opponent points per gameat 88.6 while Cleveland is 8th at 90.3 ppg. Miami is 2nd in defensive field goal percentage at .415 and 1st in defensive three-point fieldgoal percentage at .257 while the Cavs rank 7th at .430 and 8th at .318, respectively. Cleveland held Orlando to 4-18 (.222) shooting from behind the arc on Wednesday, while also allowing only nine assists. The Cavaliers rank 7th in the league in giving up assists toopponents at 18.0 while Miami ranks 2nd at 15.8.
- The team has won five of their last six games and all four games (4-0) that the team has eclipsed the century mark have comeduring this streak. In Cleveland's last six games, the offensive is averaging 97.2 ppg on .477 shooting overall and .495 shooting onthree-pointers. The team's defense in this span has held opponents to just .424 shooting from the field and 87.7 points per game. TheCavaliers defense is tied for 9th in blocks (5.4) per game. The team is allowing only 30.3 points in the paint and 9.4 secondchance points per game, which are both the fewest in the NBA. After only giving up seven fast break points to the Magic, theteam ranks 5th in fewest fast break points allowed at 9.8.
- Mo Williams combined with LeBron James for 64 points on 25-of-43 (.581) shooting against the Magic. Williams had a blistering22 points in the first half on 9-9 shooting and finished with 28 points and a team-high six assists in 42 minutes. This game was thefourth in which he has had six assists this season.
- On Wednesday, LeBron James had game highs of 36 points on 13-23 (.565) shooting and eight rebounds along with four assists in 39minutes. James is averaging 27.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 7.5 assists in 38 minutes and ranks 6th in both points and assists.
- In his second start of the season, J.J. Hickson added season highs of nine points and six rebounds in 23 minutes. In the two starts,Hickson is averaging 7.5 points on .500 shooting and 3.0 rebounds in 18 minutes per game.
- The team shot a season-high 10-14 (.714) in three-pointers against Orlando. Anthony Parker continues his early season hotshooting from behind the arc. Parker went 3-3 from behind the arc against the Magic to tally nine points while adding three steals.Parker is shooting 8-9 (.889) over the last three games and an overall 17-28 (.607), which ranks 2nd in the NBA (C. Paul) inthree-point percentage. Combined with Mo Williams, who ranks 16th in three-point shooting, at 18-35 (.514) and DanielGibson, who is tied for 17th, at 18-36 (.500), the team ranks 2nd (Phoenix) in three-point percentage at .464 and is one of themost improved teams in shooting three-pointers from last season (.393) to this season (.464). Through the first eight games, theteam has made 69 three-point field goals, which is 15 more than the team's previous best mark of 54 in 2007-08. (STATS, Inc.)
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas (715 games played, 667 starts) is only five games away from tying Bingo Smith (720 games) for second all-time (Danny Ferry, 723 games) in games played in franchise history.
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Shaq
is off to a good start. Anyone who said he will not help the Cavs is an idiot.
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Should be working exclusively through him right now. There is no one on the Heat that can come close to matching up with him.
by Chief WaDrew on Nov 12, 2009 7:28 PM CST up reply actions
In Miami he didnt really help
shaq didnt really help us in miami. he was constantly missing shots he makes.
You are completely
off your rocker if you think that. Your other comments bring to mind something. “Its better to not saying anything and appear to be foolish then to open your mouth and remove all doubt”.
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by E5 on Nov 13, 2009 2:09 PM CST up reply actions
you know there’s a website that tells you exactly how many shot he missed while in Miami. Hey I’ll give you a link to it right here. He in fact had in Miami his second and third highest FG% in his career. So you are incorrect in your biased observation.
and I have just learned I can’t carry a conversation with someone while I’m trying to post a comment.
by Chief WaDrew on Nov 12, 2009 7:44 PM CST up reply actions
Yea I agree
you expect some calls to go Miami’s way but this is just awful.
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by E5 on Nov 12, 2009 7:48 PM CST up reply actions
CAVS have missed too many shots..they should still be leading by 6+…fouls, deserved or not, only decide games if they let them
by cavslandrocks on Nov 12, 2009 7:50 PM CST up reply actions
Guys
who are superstars and the main focus of their teams tend to miss some shots. Michael Jordan was famous for saying that he missed more game winning shots then he made.
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by E5 on Nov 13, 2009 2:13 PM CST up reply actions
my comment was in reply
to yours about the one sided calls…I agree they were… but when a team shoots as poorly as the Cavs were at that point, the refs really are a non factor…had they been shooting like the night before and Miami still creeping up due to foul shots then I might have agreed
by cavslandrocks on Nov 13, 2009 3:53 PM CST up reply actions
They
weren’t shooting that poorly 46% if I call correctly. In the long term refs are not and should not be the determining factor, just complaining.
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by E5 on Nov 13, 2009 4:31 PM CST up reply actions
In Miami it is.
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by E5 on Nov 12, 2009 7:48 PM CST up reply actions
I know that there is a lot of talk around the blog sites complaining about LeBron getting foul calls when he drive, however there have been at least 3 drives which could have been called on LeBron drives. Wade on the other hand has been drawing ticky tack basically everytime he has put foot in the lane.
Have you ever seen his hook shot? I would argue he only practices his long range shots after watching that poor excuse for a shot.
by Chief WaDrew on Nov 12, 2009 7:53 PM CST up reply actions
The people who say that about LeBron don’t see the games to see what a beating he actually takes every game
Just making an observation. For every one call that LeBron gets while he’s driving, there are probably two that his body just absorbs.
by Chief WaDrew on Nov 12, 2009 7:55 PM CST up reply actions
EXACTLY
Lebron James rarely gets to take a break and all yall are doin are hating on him and looking for ways to diss him
Mike Brown
hates basketball “35-33 is to many points.”
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Which team won?
Sometimes you want your team to get off to a good offensive start because defense always picks up as the game goes on.
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What is your point
to these indecent comments?
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by E5 on Nov 13, 2009 2:30 PM CST up reply actions
Heat
can’t defend the basket at all so they flop worse then Andy. At least Andy tries to play D first.
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Is it just me...?
or do these refs only seeing things one way?
So I told her," I'll be nicer if you try to be smarter!'..That was a mistake.
Graig Sager..
Lookds like a freaking clown in that outfit.
So I told her," I'll be nicer if you try to be smarter!'..That was a mistake.
Does Sager actually add anything to the broadcast, other than give something for everyone to ridicule?
He wears funky suits.
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by E5 on Nov 12, 2009 8:15 PM CST up reply actions
Can we actually call that “adding to the broadcast” though? They could have a monkey do that.
by Chief WaDrew on Nov 12, 2009 8:18 PM CST up reply actions
I swear
JJ Hickson is stuck on stupid right now
So I told her," I'll be nicer if you try to be smarter!'..That was a mistake.
Wow
give the Guy a break he is still essentially a rookie.
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by E5 on Nov 12, 2009 8:53 PM CST up reply actions
That was an observation...
not an indictment
So I told her," I'll be nicer if you try to be smarter!'..That was a mistake.
Mo is on Fire lately
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D-Wade is going to
go off in the 4th qT
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I hear
crickets.
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Hickson
is playing pretty well. I like how this team is playing lately.
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Hickson’s development as a player is amazing. The reason MB is starting him is becoming more and more clear.
Yea
he isn’t very explosive but he is playing well. If you remember or look back on his game logs from last year you will see in January he was playing well but after that he got hurt. He is very capable of becoming a very good player on this team. If Hickson can continue to play like this then the Cavs will be in great shape against the Magic, Celtics and Lakers.
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by E5 on Nov 12, 2009 9:25 PM CST up reply actions
If Hickson can continue to play like this then the Cavs will be in great shape against the Magic, Celtics and Lakers.
and that’s not even factoring in Powe…if he can be effective when-IF?- he returns
by cavslandrocks on Nov 12, 2009 9:28 PM CST up reply actions
True Dat
I love Powe and the Celtics will rue the day they didn’t bring him back.
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by E5 on Nov 12, 2009 9:29 PM CST up reply actions
J.J!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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J.J
+15
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Yea
J.J starting is adding to our bench
Z, Varjaeo and D. West(if he can get out of his own way) are all starters on a good amount of teams. Add in Gibson, Moon and potentially Powe and I would say our bench is pretty solid.
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by E5 on Nov 12, 2009 9:36 PM CST up reply actions
Moon
is exactly what this team needed off the bench.
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Have Moon
guard Wade
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7-17 isn't that bad really
it is below Lebron’s standards but given this game it isn’t horrible.
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by E5 on Nov 12, 2009 9:48 PM CST up reply actions
Parker
can’t guard Wade. Let Moon guard him.
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Varejeo is -8
and Hickson is +12
Idiot Brown.
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When it's close like this
I don’t mind seeing LeBron take over as long as he attacks most of the time
Nice
steal by Lebron. His defense in the 4th qt is always top notch. I would say he is the beast 4th qt defender in the league.
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Ouch
take out the knife you just gutted them. Lebron!!!
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Well Lebron's nail
three was with 1 second left is that good enough for you?
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by E5 on Nov 12, 2009 9:57 PM CST up reply actions
the point is
keeping the ball for as much of the 24 seconds limits Miami’s offensive chances or inside 2 min forces Miami to foul…but to answer your ? yes…a three with 3 or less seconds works
by cavslandrocks on Nov 12, 2009 10:01 PM CST up reply actions
Nice one
Marv.
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What a fantastic game by JJ Hickson. This is what I’ve been hoping to see from him for the past two years; I’m glad that Brown is giving him the oppourtunity to play. I really like having him start next to Shaq with Z and Andy coming off the bench together.
This team is already much improved over the beginning of the season, just wait until the spring! I knew that the slow start wasn’t a big deal and some people were making too much of it. It’s still way early in the season, but the last two wins against Orlando and Miami were big.
I’d like to point out that the team did a great job in the 4th quarter holding serve without LeBron. We don’t see that often.
New team
different results. Brown is still holding this team back. Let them play Mike, the more we push the tempo the better we play. Stop trying to slow us down to keep the score down. Worry about your offensive flow, creating offensive mismatches and shooting percentages instead of the total scores.
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Mo Williams!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
of course mo williams needs to work on drawing his fouls to him. but when he made those two threes in a row it was wonderful. that also helped us alot.
anderson verajo (:
you have to admit he was trying his hardest to have a good game. but when wade dunked on him and they showed mj laughing in the stadium seats it huRT MORE. BUT it was funny when verajo started gettin an attitude with wade of course i think verajo would win the fight if they were to fight.
is Varajo still alivE?
that was Brutal.
Congrats on the Sunshine State Sweep though
Keep pumpin, ain't worried bout nuttin
Busters thought we was frontin, so reload and keep dumpin
Keep Sleeping on Orlando...
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