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I didn't even see Jackson's line from last night until now. He did look good in the first half (fell asleep at halftime). He only played 13 minutes and had better numbers than either of the starting guards. Funny that Jones only played 2 more minutes than Jackson, Wilkes, and Newble. Please please please move Jackson into the starting lineup Mike Brown!!! Jackson is by far the closest thing the Cavs have to Larry Hughes right now. He is ok at driving to the hoop especially if defenders start playing him to shoot 3's. Kobe's eyes lit up every time he saw Newble covering him. So much for a defensive specialist.
Good to see Z and Drew had nice games. That one reverse layup by Gooden was as good as anything Lebron and Kobe did. Hopefully Wild Thing can get a little more work against the Suns. If AV and Jackson can start playing more it would help with the loss of Hughes.
Lebron needs to work on his FT's. Those misses cost the Cavs the game last night. It is amazing how Kobe has that Jordan-like ability to hit big shots when they are needed. That buzzer beater he shot over Newble in the first quarter was crazy, he had no business putting that in. Lebron doesn't have that yet, but I think I remember him nailing a 3 once last year to put a game in OT.
I like Steve Kerr announcing. He needs to have a talk with Damon Jones about his slump (move closer to the hoop a few times). Brown only let Jones take 1 shot last night.
I'm beginning not to mind Snow at PG as long as they have a SG that can score. Snow seems to know his roll and does what he has to. His shot is much better than last year (46%).
 
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I agree with all you guys, that was a tough game to lose, but in a way we looked good while losing. That is not a good thing, but without Hughes I am afraid that those games are going to happen.

We are a good free-throw shooting team, but the past 3 games we have been horrid. We need to get back on the right track and also with the threes.

I was really impressed with Jackson last nite, b/c if he can start making them shots, I think he helps more than Jones b/c he can penetrate better and it will spread the floor out more.

If you watch the Lakers, Kobe had a lot of room to work with. I wish we had a coach that could teach our team the triangle offense, b/c with Z, LBJ, and Jackson/Hughes, and then we have Gooden and Marshall and Jones who could all fill in the spots. I think it would open the floor for LBJ.

As of now I hardly ever see a offense beside pass and go away from the pass and someone comes and sets a screen, for the ball.

Our best offense is the open floor on the run outs.
 
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Like I said before the game, it was a matchup taylor-made for Z. The coaching staff needs to be very conscious, and seems to be, about what matchups we can exploit each game. Teams with no inside prescence (and there are a lot of them) cannot guard an inside player of Z's offensive abilities.
 
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These guys need to start hitting free throws. LBJ was 4-9.
As a team they hit 60%. They lost by 1 point.

That drives me crazy.
I wish Brown would play Luke more. He can't be worse than Damon Jones.

Get the guy some experience, and see what you have. He could be major next year.
 
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crazybuckfan40 said:
While I would like to see Luke get more pt, I don't like to see it at the expense of Damon. I hope that Damon can get his shot back soon, b/c we need him. When he is hitting his shots it makes us so much harder to defend.
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At the very least Brown should move Jones out of the starting lineup and back to his role coming in off the bench with Marshall. I'd say start James, Z, Gooden, Jackson, and Snow. Bring in Jones, Marshall, and Newble for Snow, Z, and Jackson at the 6 minute mark.
Brown already said he isn't changing the starting lineup tonight.
 
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1/14/06

Cavaliers (20-13) at Suns (23-12)

Saturday, January 14, 2006


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9 tonight, America West Arena, Phoenix

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RADIO WQKT-FM 104.5, WAKR-AM 1590, WTAM-AM 1100, WJER-AM 1450, joined in progress at 9:30 p.m. on WHBC-AM 1480 FAST BREAKS The two teams split last year’s series, but the Suns have won 10 of the last 12 games and six straight in Phoenix. ... Drew Gooden averaged 20 rebounds in two games against the Suns last season. He had a career-high 21 in a 114-109 overtime win. ... The Cavaliers have lost two straight and three of their last four. Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored 29 points, and LeBron James added 28 points and seven assists in Thursday’s 99-98 loss to the Lakers. ... James is third in the league in scoring with an average of 30.7 points. ... Shawn Marion leads the Suns with an average of 20.7 points, while reigning league MVP Steve Nash averages 19.0 points and a league-leading 11.2 assists. MIKE POPOVICH
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Ok for some reason I am really on the downside after tonites loss. One reason might be that I didnt get to watch the whole game. I was out and went I came home there was about 4 minutes left.

The first thing I see is the box score and the top line say LBJ 44 pts. on 17-26 shooting and I am thinking wow, we must be doing pretty good. Then I see Gooden went down with an ab strain and I am like man that hurts and then I see PHX is 11-16 from behind the arc.

To my suprise when the score came up we were only down by 4. So I get into the game and PHX scores on the pick and roll with Nash and Kurt Thomas. We come down and DJ hits his first 3 he has hit in who knows how long. So I am like ok here we go. Well PHX runs the same pick and roll play about 5 more times in a row and while we were scoring with them for a while eventually down the stretch we took some stupid shots and PHX was unstobbale bc we couldnt defend a pick and roll. It was pathetic to watch. We scored well over a 100 pts and still lose. And to boot Gooden goes down.

Hopefully we can pull together and beat Portland or this could be a long west coast trip.:(
 
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Mike Brown has to be the worst coach in the NBA... seriously.

Phoenix ran the same god damn play 5 times in a row, where Z ended up having to defend Steve Nash in the middle of the floor with no help. Does Mike Brown know that this is a miss-match? Does he know what adjustments are?
 
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1/15/06

James agrees to play for U.S.

Cavs star one of core players for next three summers, Olympics

By Brian Windhorst

Beacon Journal sportswriter

<!-- begin body-content -->PHOENIX - Count LeBron James as part of the effort to restore the reputation of American basketball.
James will be a part of the U.S. Olympic basketball team this summer at the World Championships in Japan and at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.
USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo confirmed James' inclusion before the Cavaliers took on the Phoenix Suns Saturday night, calling James one of the team's ``core'' players.
James and Colangelo, who is also the Suns' chairman, met Saturday but it was really just a formality. In reality, James had given him his commitment nearly a month ago when they met in Chicago, but the two sides had kept it quiet in an effort to dodge media attention.
``I have great respect for what he's already accomplished,'' Colangelo said. ``I've been very impressed with how he's handled everything.''
Colangelo has requested the players make a commitment for the next three summers. This summer it is the World Championships along with a training camp and exhibition tour in China and Korea. Next summer it is the Olympic Qualifying Tournament and then 2008's main event.
There was some question whether James would be involved in the Olympics after a bad experience in 2004 in Athens, Greece. The U.S. struggled to a bronze medal, and James didn't get much playing time, sometimes not even playing in the second half. He was frustrated by it and and later called it ``one of the toughest things I've ever gone through.''
James has been reassured that things will be different this time around.
``Maybe it was too much too early in Athens,'' Colangelo said. ``That experience only will make him that much better prepared for this go around. I felt like he definitely wanted to be in. He's going to be an integral part of this effort.''
Colangelo and Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski will release a list of players invited to the team's training camp next month at the NBA All-Star Game in Houston. That list that already includes stars like Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson and many of the NBA's best, some of whom skipped the Athens Olympics due to security concerns.
Though 18-20 players are expected to take part in the training camp and compete for one of the 12 spots on the team, James appears to have solidified his position.
``Knowing how Coach K and I have talked about our talent level, we have a pretty good idea at this stage,'' Colangelo said. ``It is the same for everyone but there are three or four guys who would end up being the core players and LeBron is one of them.''
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1/15/06

James has 46, but Cavs still fall

Sunday, January 15, 2006

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PHOENIX - The Phoenix Suns overcame a 46-point performance by LeBron James to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 115-106, on Saturday night, their ninth victory in 11 games.
James told USA Basketball chief Jerry Colangelo before the game that he would play for the U.S. team at this year’s world championships and the 2008 Olympics, then put on an all-world show that included eight assists and seven rebounds.
But it wasn’t enough against the deep, high-scoring Suns, and the Cavaliers lost their third in a row, matching their longest skid of the season.
Eddie House scored 12 of his 17 points on 4-for-6 long-range shooting in the fourth quarter for Phoenix. Shawn Marion had 25 points and 12 rebounds and Steve Nash 20 points and 15 assists for the Suns, who shot 55 percent. Raja Bell added 23 points, including 5-of-6 3-pointers, and Boris Diaw 18.
James, who has a season-high 52 points and career-best 56, made 18-of-28 shots, 5-of-8 of them 3-pointers. Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 26 points and 12 rebounds for the Cavaliers.
Drew Gooden was the only other Cleveland player in double figures with 12, but left the game for good with a strained leg muscle with 8:06 left in the third quarter.
Phoenix outscored the Cavs, 19-8, to start the second half to take a 78-65 lead on Diaw’s inside basket with 5:54 to go in the third quarter, then James went to work again.
He sank three 3-pointers in a 16-6 surge, the last one cutting the lead to 84-81.
with 11:34 to play.
Cleveland twice cut the lead to 2 midway through the fourth quarter. and was down 106-103 after James’ emphatic slam with 2:53 to play.
But Nash sank two free throws, Bell made a 3-pointer and Marion dunked on a bounce-pass from Nash, and the Suns were in control for good, 113-103, with 2:53 remaining.
The Suns shot 71 percent in the first quarter (15-for-21) and led only 33-31. They hit 61 percent (26-for-43) in the first half and were up just 59-57.
James scored 14 of 16 points for the Cavaliers late in the first half, and had a brilliant crosscourt bounce pass assist to Eric Snow for the other two. He was 6-for-7 in his 14-point second quarter for 23 first-half points. Bell made his first five shots and scored 15 in the first half to Marion’s 14 and Diaw 12. Notes: Nash had his 10th double-double in 11 games. ... Leandro Barbosa, out for 16 games with a knee injury, returned and scored seven in 19 minutes for the Suns. ... The Cavs were playing their second on a six-game road trip. ... James’ 46 were the most scored against Phoenix this season.
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Ok for some reason I am really on the downside after tonites loss. One reason might be that I didnt get to watch the whole game. I was out and went I came home there was about 4 minutes left.

The first thing I see is the box score and the top line say LBJ 44 pts. on 17-26 shooting and I am thinking wow, we must be doing pretty good. Then I see Gooden went down with an ab strain and I am like man that hurts and then I see PHX is 11-16 from behind the arc.

To my suprise when the score came up we were only down by 4. So I get into the game and PHX scores on the pick and roll with Nash and Kurt Thomas. We come down and DJ hits his first 3 he has hit in who knows how long. So I am like ok here we go. Well PHX runs the same pick and roll play about 5 more times in a row and while we were scoring with them for a while eventually down the stretch we took some stupid shots and PHX was unstobbale bc we couldnt defend a pick and roll. It was pathetic to watch. We scored well over a 100 pts and still lose. And to boot Gooden goes down.

Hopefully we can pull together and beat Portland or this could be a long west coast trip.:(
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So what you're trying to say is the loss was all your fault. :p

The only good thing about Gooden going down for a while is that it should force Brown to play Wild Thing more than a minute a game. Since the Cavs play again today I would guess that Gooden will be out. He looked like he was in a lot of pain.
I wish the Cavs could run an offense like the Suns do, but you need shooters and Steve Nash. Jackson wasn't able to hit his shots and had too many TO's, but he made a couple nice passes. One of the announcers made a good point when they said Jackson is going to make mistakes right now since he hasn't played much. He just needs to play more to get through all of this. As long as Hughes is out they need to get Jackson 20+ minutes a game. Lebron, Gooden, and Z were all good last night, but the guards didn't help out much. By the end of the game the Suns figured out they could aggressively double Lebron and make him give the ball up right away. I don't know if you can fault Brown for not fixing the defense, because the Suns do that to pretty much every NBA team. Brown probably went with the best defense that he had to use. Who knows what might have been left open if they changed it up. The Suns offense is just beautiful to watch as well as how well they push the ball after they get it back. It seemed like they never missed an open shot or in Eddie House's case any shot.
 
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exhawg said:
So what you're trying to say is the loss was all your fault. :p

The only good thing about Gooden going down for a while is that it should force Brown to play Wild Thing more than a minute a game. Since the Cavs play again today I would guess that Gooden will be out. He looked like he was in a lot of pain.
I wish the Cavs could run an offense like the Suns do, but you need shooters and Steve Nash. Jackson wasn't able to hit his shots and had too many TO's, but he made a couple nice passes. One of the announcers made a good point when they said Jackson is going to make mistakes right now since he hasn't played much. He just needs to play more to get through all of this. As long as Hughes is out they need to get Jackson 20+ minutes a game. Lebron, Gooden, and Z were all good last night, but the guards didn't help out much. By the end of the game the Suns figured out they could aggressively double Lebron and make him give the ball up right away. I don't know if you can fault Brown for not fixing the defense, because the Suns do that to pretty much every NBA team. Brown probably went with the best defense that he had to use. Who knows what might have been left open if they changed it up. The Suns offense is just beautiful to watch as well as how well they push the ball after they get it back. It seemed like they never missed an open shot or in Eddie House's case any shot.
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I agree with all of this.

But most of all get Jackson and Varejao more minutes.
 
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I was really excited when we got Marshall and Henderson... guess it's obvious why they were available... and I cannot believe I used to think Erik Snow could play basketball...:mad2:
 
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