Cavaliers Show Up For Final Four Minutes, Down Detroit 113-101
by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 16, 2010 10:09 PM CDT
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The Cleveland Cavaliers struggled through most of the game, but went on a late charge as they wore out Detroit, winning 113-101 at The Palace Of Auburn Hills.
The Pistons, played their most inspired basketball in weeks, led through most of the game, but couldn't contain the Cavs late in the game. Cleveland went on a 22-10 run to end the game, and scored the game's final 9 points.
LeBron James, despite scoring only 7 points through the game's first 33 minutes, finished strong and racked up a triple-double in the process. James finished with 29 points, 12 rebounds, and 12 assists as he created yet another nightmare for the citizens of Detroit. Including playoffs, Cleveland has now won 10 straight games against Detroit.
Mo Williams was the other hero for the wine and gold Tuesday night. Mo Gotti found his shot and finished with 20 points and five assists, which included three three-pointers in the fourth quarter.
With less than three minutes left in the third quarter, the Pistons led 71-66 and the Palace crowd was fired up, excited for a big win over their recent nemesis. However, the combination of LeBron and Mo was too much for Detroit.
James scored 7 of the Cavs' final 9 points in the third quarter, cutting the deficit down to 1. Then Mo and LeBron combined to score 26 of the final 30 Cavs points to end the game.
Antawn Jamison looked a little better than he did Sunday, scoring 15 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. He shot 50% from the floor, a vast improvement from his first game back from injury.
The only other Cavalier in double-digits was Jawad Williams with 10 points
NOTES
The Cavaliers now are one win away from becoming Central Division Champions for the second straight year. A win tomorrow at home against Indiana will clinch it.
Their magic number to gain the #1 seed in the East is now 9
Their magic number to get home court advantage throughout the playoffs is 11.
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Oh, I wouldn't say we didn't show up for the first 44 minutes
Our defense kinda sorta didn’t show up. Which let’s be honest, isn’t going to get better until Ilgauskas comes back. Less than one week away, everyone!
Absolutely true
But it sure FELT like we weren’t playing ball. How many open shots and layups can a team miss anyway?
Thank heaven we pulled it out.
by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 17, 2010 12:21 AM CDT up reply actions
Antwan Jamison may have been better today than he was on Sunday
But he seems to still have a lot of problems finishing at the rim. Someone in the thread pointed out that he simply does not dunk, and I have to agree.
Although you and the person that pointed it out are correct in that he doesn’t dunk much, he is shooting nearly 60% in eFG% when “close” to the hoop. I don’t consider that having, “a lot of problems finishing at the rim”.
As much as he was labeled the “stretch 4” we needed, he has not been good from behind the three point mark to the tune of .344 % for the season both in Cleveland and Washington, and its a consistent % between both clubs. If you include his last two years of data, that is about where he is at this point in his career. This is the week spot of his game, but probably won’t change.
His free throw shooting has been down since joining the Cavs. This is the one area you will see him improve on. his interior scoring isn’t a problem.
dont usually comment on other teams' sites but i've always wondered...
why do they play the godfather music when mo williams scores?
His nickname is "Mo Gotti"
So they play up the gangster role.
Thanks for asking, though….and you’re welcome here anytime.
by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 17, 2010 8:51 AM CDT up reply actions
According to this Windhorst article, Mike Brown pointed at Lebron during a third quarter time-out and challenged him to take over the game, and that this was the turning point in the game.
Yes and many of them are critical of the refs too. Not surprising with the obvious (in slow motion) goal tend that didn’t get called on LeBron ( the ref on the baseline had a bad angle so to me that was understandable). Other than that, Detriot benefited from the Zebras far more than the Cavs. Mo got whistled on a Charlie V 3 pt attempt when Mo never made contact with him…..he simply fell down…but yet, was given 3 FTs. Of course, LeBron got clobbered on at least two drives with no calls which is typical NBA road calls that a team must overcome.
anyway, cry me a river Badd Boys. Get your fishing poles ready.
I'm Polish...what's your excuse?
Ever since we began ownership of that entire state
They’ve been a pack of bed wetters.
by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 17, 2010 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah I asked them how they’d respond if we were happy when that shit went down with Stuckey last week…they told me to piss off this is a pistons blog. It’s not about lebron, It’s just that wishing anyone to get ‘seriously injured’ just because you don’t like them is pretty fuckin’ pathetic. Hoping someone gets knocked out of a game…sure, that’s fine…but ‘seriously injured?’
by johnnyphoenix on Mar 17, 2010 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions
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