Lorenzen Wright injury shows why Cavs rested starters

by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Apr 17, 2009 6:42 AM CDT in 2009 NBA Playoffs Comment 4 comments

The injury to Lorenzen Wright shows why the Cavs decided to rest their starters against Philly (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

There has been alot of talk, locally and nationally, about the Cavaliers decision to rest all their starters, specifically in the 2nd half, against the 76'errs the other night, missing out on an opportunity to tie the 85-86 Boston Celtics for the best home record ever. If you are still on the fence, this news should help you decide --

Cavaliers forward/center Lorenzen Wright suffered a left thumb fracture in the second half of last night’s game versus the Philadelphia 76ers at Quicken Loans Arena. Further x-rays and evaluation was done today at Cleveland Clinic Sports Health. He will have surgery tomorrow performed by Dr. Peter Evans (Hand Specialist) and Dr. Rick Parker at the Cleveland Clinic. He is expected to be out six weeks.

Now, the injury itself is not crushing to the Cavs as Wright has been a bit-player all season. But injuries like this occur, and we could easily be talking about Z, or Anderson, or even LeBron.

Kudos to Mike Brown and the team for keeping the focus where it belongs, on winning a championship!

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Hmmmm

OK ,clacny. What’s your opinion now?

So I told her," I'll be nicer if you try to be smarter!'..That was a mistake.

by Juannieboy on Apr 17, 2009 8:09 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm actually suprised Brown did get more reserves injured

he took guys that play minimal minutes a night and overexposed them. That’s part of the problem of not playing the starters at least 1 quarter. While it wouldn’t be devastating to lose Gibson, Wally or Sasha…their likelihood of injury was exponentially greater than Lebron, Mo or Z’s would have been in minimal minutes because they were asking their bodies to do things they haven’t done in years.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Apr 17, 2009 9:03 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

No Change

The Cavs legacy and the Organization, team stood more to gain from a win than a defeat, and in truth what matters is the championship, we all can agree on that. No crying over spilled milk, what`s done is done. The sharpness or lack of sharpness from not playing will show early in the first quarter of each of the first two games of the series and the continued confidence of another victory is never ending….chris…..Go Cavs, ya gotta make it happen.

christpher lacny

by clacny on Apr 17, 2009 1:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs