Game #70 - Cleveland Cavaliers at Chicago Bulls Game Night Open Thread
by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Mar 19, 2010 6:30 PM CDT
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2009/2010 NBA Regular Season
VS
31-36 54-15
March 19, 2010
United Center
8:00PM et
Radio - WTAM 1100 / FSOhio
Probable starters:
Kirk Hinrich
PG
Mo Williams
Jannero Pargo
SG
Anthony Parker
James Johnson
SF
LeBron James
Taj Gibson
PF
Antawn Jamison
Brad Miller
C
J.J. Hickson
The Bulls, losers of 9 straight, and Cavaliers, who have won 10 of 11, square off tonight at the United Center. The Bulls were sitting pretty in the East just a couple weeks ago - 6th seed in the playoff race, four games over .500. Not anymore, a rash of injuries to the nucleus of their team has sent them into a tailspin.
For the Cavaliers, it remains about being able to find a way each and every night. The thought is Zydrunas Ilgauskas will rejoin the team early next week which will provide some much needed size and depth to the front court. While Anderson Varejao has played great at the 5, consistently banging bodies with guys much larger will eventually begin to take their toll.
It would be nice for the Cavaliers to give maximum effort early and allow LeBron, Andy and Co. to get some rest. Every little bit this tie of year is crucial.
3-in the Key
1. With Wednesday's 99-94 win versus Indiana, the Cavaliers clinched the Central Division title. It marked the 3rd time in franchise history that Cleveland has won the division (1975-76 and 2008-09) and the first time they will have won back-to-back division titles. The team remains the only one with more than 50 wins, a playoff spot earned and its division won to date.
2. Cleveland owns the best home and road records in the NBA. The team's 113-101 victory at Detroit on Tuesday was the 15th road win in its last 20 road games, taking them to a league-leading 24-11 (.686) record away from The Q. In facing the Bulls, it will mark the third of four straight games against Central Division opponents (113-101 win at DET, 99-94 win vs. IND, @CHI, vs. DET) and Cleveland currently stands at 9-2 (.818) against their division. Last night's win over the Pacers earned the Cavaliers their 24th consecutive victory versus teams with losing records and pushed their record to 29-3 against teams currently under .500 (Elias). It was their 10th straight victory over the Pacers at the Q and fourth consecutive time overall.
3. Wednesday was a special night for LeBron James as he had a game-high 32 points on 11-24 (.458) shooting, nine rebounds and a game-high nine assists to go along with a game-high three steals and two blocks. Historically, James surpassed Magic Johnson to become only the third player in league history to have 49 or more games with 30-plus points, eight-plus rebounds and eight-plus assists since the 1976-77 NBA-ABA merger. With his 28th point, James reached the 2,000-point mark for the sixth straight season. The last NBA player to record six consecutive 2000-point seasons was Karl Malone, who did it a record 11 straight seasons beginning with the 1987-88 season. The last player with six or more consecutive 2,000-point seasons this early in his pro career was Oscar Robertson, who did it in his first seven seasons in the NBA (1960-61 to 1966-67). After pulling down nine rebounds, James (3,794) moved into fourth place on the Cavs' all-time leaders list in total rebounds, passing Jim Chones' 3,790.
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I missed the party
Had to replay the 1st quarter as I just got back from the gym. Pffftt on the lame arse free throw LeBron got his 15,000th point on. But that’s 15,000 more than I’ll ever score, so congratulations Mr. James. Here’s to 15,000 more.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Too objective
Didn’t even care to announce LeBron’s milestone.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
That was a sleepwalk 1st Q
need something to happen to wake them up
I'm Polish...what's your excuse?
What are the chances
Chicago overtakes my Toronto Raptors for 8th? I don’t want to think about the energy LeBron (esp. Jamison since he most likely will be guarding KG v.2) will be wasting on Bosh.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
chicago's top 3 players are injured
so their losing woes will continue unless they get those guys back
Gentlemen
Toronto is losing to Oklahoma 90-58.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
toronto is incapable of playing good defense
and oklahoma is
just checking in
im actually watching celtics/rockets as i don’t have league pass
LeBron dancing on West jumper
that’s sure to piss off the fellas at Blog A Bull
I'm Polish...what's your excuse?
there is likely to be lots of dancing in this game
chicago’s current healthy players as a team would probably challenge the nets for worst record in the league
I didn't know
Knees also affected hands. Powe has the clumsiest hands in the NBA so far.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
JJ is in a league
of his own. He has hands of stone.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Jawad
is a diamond in the rough. People over at Cavfanatic is saying he sucks. Is FtS the only place for smart Cavs fans?
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Isn't this
his M.O. for the first three quarters?
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
If his heatchecks
go in. I’m not too worried.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
WaveOcean
Do you have a split screen that allows you to comment on both blogs at once?
I'm Polish...what's your excuse?
Must feed your inner troll?
but it is fun to get the other sides take
I'm Polish...what's your excuse?
Go Back To DC AC
Austin Carr should have BEEN fired along time ago but for him to sit in his seat and fix his lips to say that the Cavs and Bulls are rivals just shows his stupidity. Why he still has his job is beyond me but hopefully, he won’t be back next year.
Juannieboy.LoL
Yeah because theres nothing i love more than being reminded that im in the Q for every 3pt shot. GREAT ANNOUNCER.
We took his best away from him
The Raps, I mean. Our bad.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
You Love AC???
Oh yeah, and how can you not love when a Cavalier is in the “office”, by a “copy machine”, or “fax machine”? What does this have to do with basketball? You love this guy? No-Way. Fred is funny tho. I like Fred way better than AC.
I think Jawad can be the next Scottie Pippen.
You can always
mute it. A lot of people seem to like him.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Hero-worshipping the G.O.A.T.-douche
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
4 point lead
watch them win by 10 or more.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Can't Mute It:
Love Fred too much. Hate AC because he has NO idea what hes talking about 100% of the time. Can anybody tell me what a COPY MACHINE has to do with basketball? If you can tell me what that has to do with basketball then i’ll leave him alone but until then i want him FIRED.
He puts the color
in color commentator.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Because of all
the deep dish pizzas?
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
I like AC
in small and occasional doses. Luckily for me, I watch on League Pass Broadband, and they pick the Cleveland feed infrequently. They chose the Comcast feed for this game.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
we need a hero
we need someone who can knock down shots
because our defense sure as heck ain’t gonna win this game for us
On the bright side for this game
Jamison hasn’t missed a freethrow yet =)
Shut Up:
The Cavs will win this game. I promise.
FreeThrows Will Be The Death Of Us:
Gotta knock em down guys.
Think of it
as practicing for the playoffs.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Atlanta wins
by a Joe Johnson game winner. Now if LeBron can get it going so they don’t need a miracle.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
What the F
Jamison only has 2 points. Any reason that is?
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Jamison maybe injured tonight?
He has 24 minutes and only 1-3 shooting for two points. Can’t watch the game so just wondering if something is up or they are trying to limit his minutes. Or has he just not been effective??
Watched all but 1 game
And that 1 game I didn’t get to, I torrented.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Hopefully LeBron knows
This trash won’t cut it in the playoffs.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
Quite a tough game
I love LeBron and Varejao. I love these guys so much. I hate the games our guards gave us tonight. Actually, Mo was pretty effective early.
Winning Time:
No disrespect to Reggie Miller but the KING said it’s winning time and hand down, man down. Best player active strikes again with a 4thQ takeover. When the game is close “Mama there goes that man”. The King is a BAAAAAAD Man.
@Lex.L. Shut up. The King will takeover in the playoffs and this will be just enough to get the job done. Stop being so critical of a winning team. You guys at like this is Boston or Newyork. We won’t always have a winning team so shut up and be happy we got one. I don’t care how we win, just as long as we do win. KING KING KING MVP MVP MVP.
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