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Cavs 07-08 Season Thread

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Turnovers killed us tonite...Also slow start killed us and the fact that New Jersey couldn't missed early, but we still got back in the game...

LBJ needs Z and Boobie to help provide more scoring...Hopefully Sasha can start to provide some...From his pregame interview he truly wants to help out and seems to understand his role very well...
 
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Nets 104, Cavaliers 99
Fourth quarter fickle for Cavs LeBron's 42 points not enough as Nets jump out early, stop late rally
By Brian Windhorst
Beacon Journal sportswriter

Published on Thursday, Mar 13, 2008
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.: Since their big trade, the New Jersey Nets had been one of the worst teams in the NBA. Since theirs, the Cavaliers had been playing pretty solid basketball.
Perhaps these facts were too much on the minds Wednesday of the Cavs, who arrived at the Izod Center with a lethargic attitude, maybe under the assumption the outcome would be easy to diagnose. As is often the case, that proved to be flawed NBA logic.
The Nets, losers of six straight games and wheezing on offense since they traded away point guard Jason Kidd, throttled the Cavs early and then hung on late for a 104-99 victory. It's the third time the Nets (27-38) have beaten the Cavs (37-28) this season and the third time it has followed this script.


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CPD

Cleveland Cavaliers fall despite LeBron James' 42 points


Thursday, March 13, 2008Branson Wright
Plain Dealer Reporter
East Rutherford, N.J.- Cava liers coach Mike Brown is baffled. His team's success has partly been stunted because of injuries, but the Cavs continue to play, especially on the defensive end, in leisure mode.
And Brown is not happy with this trend.
"I've been disappointed in the last couple of ball games where we've had some great looks at the beginning of the game, but defensively we just don't play with a sense of urgency," Brown said. "The other team continues to make shot after shot after shot. [The urgency] shows up in spurts, and we have to come back from double digits late in the third quarter or in the fourth quarter. If you have to do that as much as we've done it, it's not good."
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Neither was the Cavs' early defensive effort on Wednesday night against the New Jersey Nets, and that effort led to a 104-99 loss at the Izod Center. It was the Cavs' third straight loss to the Nets and their fourth straight road loss.
Maybe it just wasn't the Cavs' lack of defense. Apparently it doesn't matter if it's Jason Kidd or Devin Harris at the starting point guard spot, the Cavs have not had an answer for the Nets. Harris had 19 points and five assists.




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Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James makes right decision about intrusive fan, says The Plain Dealer's Bud Shaw


Thursday, March 13, 2008Bud Shaw
Plain Dealer Columnist
At least the name on the jersey didn't read "Parche."
The fan wearing a No. 23 Cavaliers jersey who ran across the court to meet LeBron James at New York's Madison Square Garden last week was not James' guest at the Cavs-Nets game in New Jersey on Wednesday after all.
James isn't one to acknowledge criticism as valid, but he got some for downplaying the incident. Inviting the 17-year-old to the Nets game is like dangling a carrot for others to consider stopping by to see him whenever the mood strikes. And, of course, whenever security is busy watching the cheerleaders.
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Some -- oh, like his teammates -- wouldn't have appreciated him setting that precedent. The Cavaliers, meanwhile, had every right to protest a lack of security at the Garden.
It helps that their star player isn't going out of his way to reward the intruder in any public display. It's bad enough James didn't acknowledge the fan was out of line in crossing the court.
Really, now, what's the worst that can happen in that situation?




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James denies ticket story



Thursday, March 13, 2008 Branson Wright

Plain Dealer Reporter
East Rutherford, N.J. -- Despite a report and rumors, LeBron James said he did not purchase a ticket or invite Anthony Erskine to Wednesday's game between the Cavaliers and the New Jersey Nets at the Izod Center.
Erskine, 17, is the youth who was escorted off the court in Madison Square Garden in New York after he ran on the court and approached James on March 5. Erskine said he just wanted to meet his favorite player. Erskine spent three hours in a holding cell at the arena for his stunt.
"It never happened," James said about purchasing a ticket. "I don't know where that rumor came from."
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If Erskine showed up, James said he would not know anything about it.




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Canton

Cavaliers still can't find an answer for Nets
[FONT=Verdana,Times New Roman,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]LeBron James scores 42, but Cleveland falls[/FONT]
Thursday, March 13, 2008
BY BRIAN MAHONEY
AP BASKETBALL WRITER

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. New Jersey needed only 12 minutes to start forgetting a horrible road trip. That's all the time Cleveland Head Coach Mike Brown needed to realize his team still can't stop the Nets.

Richard Jefferson scored 24 points, and the Nets overcame LeBron James' 42 points to hold off the Cavaliers, 104-99, on Wednesday night and snap a six-game losing streak.

The Nets were coming off an 0-5 trip through the Southwest Division in which they were hardly competitive. But they looked completely different back home, blitzing the Cavs with their best first quarter of the season and improving to 3-0 against the team that knocked them out of last season's playoffs.

"It was a must-win situation for us," point guard Devin Harris said. "We had a rough road trip. We needed this win to get our confidence back."

James moved into second place on Cleveland's career scoring list, and added 11 rebounds and seven assists. But the short-handed Cavaliers got little else from their starting lineup and had a two-game winning streak snapped.

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Well, I've seen Wally make two (2) shots tonight. I don't understand why Mike Brown (wait a minute, yeah I do) allows him to get important minutes in the 4th quarter when he's this ice cold and jacking up ill-advised shots. Let him work out the kinks early in the game or in garbage time. If Wally isn't making shots, what does he bring? Not rebounds, defense, passing or dribble penetration. On paper, he's like a deluxe version of Damon Jones - except right now Jones is actually making shots.

The refs really suck tonight - they're blowing calls for both sides. The refs lost control of this game pretty early on - I guess it's a good thing neither team really has any thugs or punks, otherwise it would've gotten pretty ugly.
 
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