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Smooth Olaf said:
I'm with you 100%. If the Cavs are going to do a deal before the trade deadline, one would have to think that they would try to get rid of Jones. He has one good game every three weeks yet does nothing but talk smack.
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There is not a team in the NBA that would touch him. He benefitted from having Shaq and Haslem inside and Wade pulling D's away from him last year. He can get on streaks, and at times can be very dangerous from outside when on his shot, but he is very streaky. He played on 10 teams in his first eight years for a damn reason, and we're seeing it now. We are stuck with him. If they're not gonna play Luke, hopefully he'll snap out of this horrible funk and contribute in some way...but he'll never live up to that contract. I'm teaching my first born how to shoot from beyond the arch, thats all I know.
 
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1/25/06

Posted on Wed, Jan. 25, 2006
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Defense sparks rout of Pacers

By Brian Windhorst

Beacon Journal sportswriter

<!-- begin body-content -->CLEVELAND - Adversity looks much more handsome when it's on the other bench.
The Cavaliers have been burdened with the ``woe'' tag of late, easily lamenting close losses, injuries and residence on the wrong end of circumstance.
Looking down at the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night, though, life didn't seem so bad for the Cavs, especially after a 96-66 victory.
The Pacers were playing their fourth game in five nights -- all the previous were were losses. They were dealing with another heavy Ron Artest moment, a trade with the Sacramento Kings that went awry in the final hours leading up to the game. And the Pacers were facing a team feeling flowery after the Cavs' players had enjoyed a few nights in their own beds.
The result was an understandably ugly one-sided game, brimming with frustration and chippiness. To the Cavs, who showed some admirable defensive intensity, went the spoils.
They recorded their biggest victory margin of the season. It was their second consecutive win, perhaps the beginning of burying the six-game losing streak that dogged them on the West Coast.
Looking at the big picture, it was also their seventh consecutive win over a Central Division rival. They've forged at least a tie with Indiana in the season series, which concludes Friday in Indianapolis.
The Cavs (22-17) did it by basically beating the Pacers (21-20) at their own defensive-centric game. Not that this is some stunning insight, after all the team did hire former Pacers assistant Mike Brown to teach it to them.
Attempting to deny the middle and using help defense, the routine principles since training camp, the Cavs forced the Pacers into settling for jumpers or contested layups. Indiana was all too willing to play along.
In all, the Pacers shot 33 percent, a season low for a Cavs opponent. It was also the fewest points the Cavs have held their competition to since limiting the old Charlotte Hornets to 66 points on Dec. 5, 2000.
``I don't think we've had a defensive performance like this,'' said LeBron James. ``We came in with a mind-set to get stops.''
It worked without much resistance. The Pacers were just 4-of-16 on 3-pointers and scored only 22 points inside. The Cavs also blocked 10 shots. Not to say the Pacers' concentration was a little off, but they went a woeful 10-of-24 at the foul line. Jermaine O'Neal and David Harrison combined to go 2-of-15.
O'Neal, who will likely start alongside James in next month's All-Star Game, managed just seven points before leaving with an injured ankle.
It all came down in the third quarter, when the Cavs opened with a 16-2 run and held the Pacers to 5-of-19 shooting. The only fire the Pacers showed was with seven minutes left in a brief on-court scuffle after a hard Drew Gooden foul. Four technicals were called, and the sides were separated in the only closely contested moment of the night.
James' shot was off, as he went 7-of-21 for 23 points. But he did have seven rebounds and eight assists. Ilgauskas (18 points, nine rebounds) and Gooden (14,10) totally outplayed their interior counterparts. And Sasha Pavlovic scored a season-high 16 points in his second start.
``We need that type of effort and focus. If we can continue that we can win some ball games,'' Brown said.
``We have to get to a point where it is consistent whether we are at home or on the road.''
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Jones can't create a shot to save his life.

Wild Thing looked good when he was in there.

Lebron needs to lose the white tights and find a burgundy set. He looks like an old man walking around the hospital with circulation problems.
 
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NFBuck said:
Damon Jones is giving this team nothing, and his salary is the only thing getting him minutes.
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Did any of you watch the game last night? It looks like Jones has finally figured out that he doesn't have to shoot a 3 every time he touches the ball. I have no problem with Damon as long as he continues to come off the bench, and hopefully he'll get hot from the 3 pt line again. As long as he keeps driving to the hoop every once and a while he will be fine and help the team. He hurts the team when he jacks up a 3 every time he touches the ball.
Pavlovic looked good last night. He played decent defense, and made some big shots. It was easily his best game as a Cav. I can only imagine what Jackson would do if he was given 2 starts with 30+ minutes a night. Last night seemed to be the first night that the Cavs didn't really miss Hughes. Pavlovic can't drive to the hoop like Hughes, but he has a better outside shot. He introduced me to the elbow the defender in the face step back and shoot a 3 move last night. :p
I'm with the rest of you here that think Jackson and Wild Thing need to play more. I would much rather see Wild Thing get minutes than Henderson. As I've said a million times good things happen when he is on the floor. Jackson could take over Newble's minutes and give them more offense without much loss on the defensive end. Newble probably had his best game of the season last night, but he give absolutely nothing on the offensive end of the floor. At least everyone else on the floor could score while he was in so it didn't hurt to have a "defensive specialist".
Note to Pacers, I'll give you Damon Jones, Ira Newble, and a 6 pack of warm Bud Light for Artest. Want it? :p
 
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when newble got pasted on his dunk attempt, i about pissed myself laughing. he's a chump offensively.

Jones poses much more of a threat when he actually drives on occassion. Sasha had a bit of a tough night on defense against jackson. i don't know how much hughes' hand injury affected his shot to label sasha a better shooter. from outside of 15-27 feet he probably is.

The team is still very streaky and lacks consistency on both ends of the court. That will come with maturation of some players, and experience in Brown's system.

Z actually looked like he knew how to play defense last night. However, he's just as likely to get abused for the next 3 games as he is to follow it up with another solid performance.
 
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For those of you that saw the game, what were all the technical fouls about. I think there were about 5 or 6.

As for Jones I agree with Hawg, he is not as bad as some of you guys are making him out to be, as long as he is coming off the bench. Starter: No Becnh : Yes.
 
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There were 4 T's on one play. Foster fouled Gooden hard and Pavlovic stepped in, then Jermaine O, stepped in to back off Pavlovic. I think each player got 1 although there were no free throws for either team.


I'm not sure about the other unless it was a defensive 3-second technical.
 
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crazybuckfan40 said:
For those of you that saw the game, what were all the technical fouls about. I think there were about 5 or 6.

As for Jones I agree with Hawg, he is not as bad as some of you guys are making him out to be, as long as he is coming off the bench. Starter: No Becnh : Yes.
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-One of the T's was for Granger mouthing off to the ref after Pavlovic elbowed him in the jaw
-A little shoving match broke out when Gooden pushed off Foster for a rebound and Foster wrapped up Gooden really hard. that might have been the T's on Gooden, Pav, Foster, and O'neal.
-I think Newble spiked the ball once after he was called for a foul.
-I'm not sure about S. Jackson's T, but he was probably bitching at the refs.
 
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crazybuckfan40 said:
Well I thought that it said O'neal had two. Was he ejected?
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No, but he left the game because he felt his groin pop after Z blocked one of his shots. Hopefully that will keep him out for Friday

Technical Fouls: Indiana - J. O'Neal 2, D. Granger 1, S. Jackson 1, J. Foster 1, Defensive Three. Cleveland - D. Gooden 1, S. Pavlovic 1, I. Newble 1
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I guess it does say he had 2, but he was on the bench after his injury. Might be a misprint.
 
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He introduced me to the elbow the defender in the face step back and shoot a 3 move last night.
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My roommate totally invented that move back in high school. His scoreline usually said something to the effect of 6 mins., 0/3 from the floor, FOULED OUT. He was a real dickhead out there.

He had the attitude of Bill Laimbeer and the skills of Ira Newble.
 
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1/26/06

Just in time for the win

Cavs find legs, defense in final quarter

By Brian Windhorst

Beacon Journal sportswriter

<!-- begin body-content -->ATLANTA - Oh, those Cavaliers, they can be schizophrenic.
It is more agreeable to be manic and win than to be manic and lose.
Therefore, Wednesday night's effort must be declared a success, even if it lacked aesthetic value.
It was hardly a worthy follow-up to Tuesday's 30-point win over the Indiana Pacers, but the Cavs maneuvered through a tricky 106-97 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. That's three victories in a row for the team, and they all count the same in the standings.
Celebrating their defensive effort during and perhaps even after their late flight to Atlanta on Tuesday, the Cavs didn't back it up on the tail end of a back-to-back.
Their defense was porous and lifeless for much of the evening, but they survived with a heady sense of timing, combined with the Hawks' youthful approach to crunch time.
The Cavs (23-17) outscored Atlanta 30-15 in the fourth quarter to run away with it when their defense finally got its legs. Once again, LeBron James was the root and, as has been the case during this mini-streak, he got crucial support.
James scored 38 points with nine rebounds and six assists while logging 46 grueling minutes. But it was Donyell Marshall's 16 fourth-quarter points that truly saved the day.
``Sometimes on the road you have to walk out of buildings happy with a win,'' Cavs coach Mike Brown said. ``That's what I'm feeling now.''
The defense-first mentor was feeling sick during stretches in the first half. After sticking to their defensive principles and giving up just 22 points in the paint to the Pacers on Tuesday, the Cavs seemed slow and willing to allow the Hawks the opposite.
The Hawks (11-29) made 20 of their first 31 shots, and 14 came within just a few feet of the basket. In all, they piled up 44 points in the paint and shot 51 percent, usually indicators of victory for a home team.
``Coming off a back-to-back after a big win against Indiana, it was easy for us not to bring the intensity tonight,'' James said. ``You can't win a big game like that and then lose a game like this.''
This self-evident truth took awhile to sink in as the Hawks led by as much as 12 points. Finally, the Cavs were able to find themselves in the stretch run, making Atlanta settle for bad shots and vigorously contesting the good ones. The Hawks went just 3-of-14 from the floor in their miserable fourth quarter in which Marshall outscored them by himself.
``It is frustrating with the fluctuation of our actions on the defensive end,'' Brown said. ``I've never once said we've arrived because we haven't.''
The Cavs stayed in the game by attacking the glass, be it James on his fierce drives or by taking advantage of mismatches with center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who had 18 points despite foul trouble. The Hawks could only foul, and the Cavs got to the foul line a season-high 51 times
Finally, the Hawks started double-teaming James in the fourth, and it freed Marshall. He nailed three 3-pointers in the quarter and made 7-of-8 foul shots, despite being repeatedly bothered by a Hawks fan's laser pointer.
Joe Johnson, undaunted by lasers, had seven of his team-high 24 points in the fourth, but it was too much Marshall.
``The teams have to make a big decision, guard me or double LeBron,'' said Marshall, who had 19 points.
``That was one of the reasons I was brought here, to make teams make that decision.''
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