Cavs toy with Knicks 100-91
by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Nov 6, 2009 9:48 PM CST
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PrintLeBron James travels to Madison Square Garden just once this season. Ever the showman, LeBron wanted to make sure he gave the fans of the home-town Knicks something to remember - and something to hope for. James was nearly flawless - as were his Cavaliers teammates - in a 40-point first quarter pacing the Cavaliers to a 100-91 beating of the New York Knicks.
James 19 point start to the game was filled with everything that makes LeBron so special - drives to the basket, long-range jumpshots, no-look passes and lock down defense. The Cavs shot over 75% for the quarter and the games was never really in doubt again. James finished with 33 on 12-17 shooting. He added 8 rebounds and 9 assists as well.
Mike Brown, in an effort to revitalize the Cavaliers bench, started J.J. Hickson alongside Shaq. Hickson played just 6 minutes, however, scoring 6 points. By having Anderson Varejao coming off the bench, the Cavaliers were able to maintain their energy level. In fact, Delonte West, Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Varejao all came in at teh same time around the 6-minute mark of the first quarter. All 5 started for the Cavaliers in 2008-09 and it was amazing how quickly the team seemed to pick up right where it left off.
The rest of the game was filled with bad defense, poor shot selection and seemed to be a complete version of how NOT to play basketball.
Anthony Parker played closer to what he should - 22 minutes - splitting time evenly with Delonte West. While West scored just 3 points, and Parker 7, the true difference between the two is in the +/-. In a game the Cavaliers led by double-digits almost the entire way, Parker managed to break even. West was a solid +18. Figure that one out.
It was also nice to see the return of Z. Gone was the twin-tower experiment - at least for one game - and this allowed Z to find a comfort zone, especially offensively. After going 0-9 last night against the Bulls, Z bounced back with a 9 point, 11 rebound game - his finest of the season in my opinion.
For the Knicks it was the same ole' same ole. I still can see now justifyable reason LeBron would want to play for the Knicks. If winning is all that matters, as LeBron says it is, then the Knicks would be last on my list.
David Lee was high-man for New York scoring 21 points with 6 rebounds. Old friend Larry Hughes finished with 18 while Danilo Gallinari added 17.
A win is a win and this game falls right into that. The Cavaliers now get a few days off to get some of these issues handled. They had better, because a trip through Florida awaits, with Orlando on Wednesday and Miami on Thursday.
GO CAVS!
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After watching tonight’s game, I have no idea why LeBron or any other 2010 free agent would want to sign there. The Knicks are horribly put together and play no defense. Besides the money, the Knicks will be a hard sell next year for free agents.
"It ain't over till it's over." - Yogi Berra
if the cap goes down … they wont even be able to go there for the money … the knicks gambled and lost … o well new york has enough champions for the century IMO
Chris Sheridan mentioned it
But the Cavs can offer 6 years and like 120 mill or something like that. The Knicks could only offer 5 years and in the high 90’s in terms of money.
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Lebron to NY
I am still convinced that the all the ‘Lebron to NY’ talk was simply a product of 24 hour news network conjecture and never based on any real reporting.
I don’t seem him going anywhere. Especially to an inferior team like the knicks
I mean no disrespect
But somehow, LeBron looked good hamming it up with ARod, JayZ and all the other NY citizens.
Doesn’t mean a thing. He just looks good as a CELEBRITY in NY. As a COMPETITOR, I dunno if LeBron will wanna be in NY.
Its just so annoying
..and predictable all this media hype.
every sports site had a companion piece outside the AP recap that talked about lebron playing in NY.
Its the same story they wrote last year when he played at MSG and they all fall for the same stupid traps. Trying to decipher where lebron is going based on his postgame comments.
Its enough to make you want to pull your hair out
West Z and Andy off the bench
That’s Pretty strong.
Keep pumpin, ain't worried bout nuttin
Busters thought we was frontin, so reload and keep dumpin
Keep Sleeping on Orlando...
Hopefully this is the future
of the team. Maybe just maybe Brown is learning a thing or two. Shaq and Z can not play together and Z will play better with West, Varjaeo and Daniel Gibson on the floor. Cavs still have some issues but Browns rotations seems much more in line with what should be and less in line with experimenting. Granted all this came against the worst TEAM in the NBA but still it was nice to see Brown actually using strategies instead of guessing.
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