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Who: Philadelphia 76ers (7-4) at Cleveland Cavaliers (2-8)
When: 7:00 PM Eastern
Where: Quicken Loans Arena -- Cleveland, OH
Broadcast: Fox Sports Ohio/League Pass
And so it goes.
It's not even December, and the writing is already on the wall for the 2012-2013 Cleveland Cavaliers season. Kyrie Irving is out for a month with a broken finger. The cornerstone of the Cavaliers offense is gone, and with it, the Cavs dreams of remaining relevant in the league Filling in for Kyrie? Donald Sloan. The man that has been running the worst bench unit in the league. Filling in Sloan's place on the bench? Jeremy Pargo, a horror that has yet to crawl out of the deepest and darkest place on the Cavaliers bench this season.
But then again, maybe some amazing will happen. Maybe Anderson Varejao will be able to keep up his recent All-Star level play even without Kyrie. Maybe Dion Waiters will step up and fill the void left by Kyrie and take the reigns for the first time in his NBA career. I mean, the Cavaliers did beat the Chris Paul led Clippers last year without Kyrie. And the Sixers are playing on the backend of a back-to-back. Andrew Bynum's still out nursing his haircut. Maybe a miracle can happen.
To help with the analysis for tonight's game, I've called in world-renowed mathematician and expert in Chaos Theory, Dr. Ian Malcom for some expert insight and number-crunching of these two teams. Dr. Malcom, how do you feel about this Cavaliers team without Kyrie Irving?
Welp. Can't disagree there.
Fear the Sword's Prediction:
There's going to be blood, and lot's of it. The Cavaliers are without Kyrie Irving and Daniel Gibson. Tristan Thompson and Tyler Zeller are injured and wearing masks. The Sixers are going to win by a whole bunch and I'm not going to be able to buy enough beer at the Q to get me through this one.
Send help. Please.