With the way the Cavs are playing at home, a 4 seed looks awfully nice.
They've beat the Celtics tonight by a healthy margin. LeBron went for 36 again. The combo of James and Hughes is coming along nicely - and much faster than I expected.
The Cavs have won eight straight now, and have the largest margin of victory in the NBA. Don't discount how huge that can be at the end of the season - it may mean a healthier, fresher Z.
I can't wait for Thursday's game at Indy. That's the next litmus test for the Cavs. We'll know who's for real after that one.
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<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr class="bg0away"><td class="bg0awayfont">Boston Celtics STATISTICS</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td class="bg1" align="left">STARTERS</td><td class="bg1" align="right">M</td><td class="bg1" align="center">FG</td><td class="bg1" align="center">3FG</td><td class="bg1" align="center">FT</td><td class="bg1" align="righy">OR</td><td class="bg1" align="right">TR</td><td class="bg1" align="right">A</td><td class="bg1" align="right">TO</td><td class="bg1" align="right">STL</td><td class="bg1" align="right">BLK</td><td class="bg1" align="right">PF</td><td class="bg1" align="right">PTS</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
R. Davis, SG</td><td align="right">36</td><td align="center">11-21</td><td align="center">3-6</td><td align="center">2-5</td><td align="righy">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">27</td></tr><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
P. Pierce, SF</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="center">10-21</td><td align="center">2-3</td><td align="center">2-2</td><td align="righy">4</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">24</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
M. Blount, C</td><td align="right">30</td><td align="center">7-12</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="center">7-8</td><td align="righy">0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">21</td></tr><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
D. West, SG</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="center">2-4</td><td align="center">1-1</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="righy">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">5</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
R. LaFrentz, PF</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="center">1-5</td><td align="center">0-2</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="righy">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td></tr><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td class="bg1" align="left">BENCH</td><td class="bg1" align="right">M</td><td class="bg1" align="center">FG</td><td class="bg1" align="center">3FG</td><td class="bg1" align="center">FT</td><td class="bg1" align="righy">OR</td><td class="bg1" align="right">TR</td><td class="bg1" align="right">A</td><td class="bg1" align="right">TO</td><td class="bg1" align="right">STL</td><td class="bg1" align="right">BLK</td><td class="bg1" align="right">PF</td><td class="bg1" align="right">PTS</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
D. Dickau, PG</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="center">1-2</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="center">3-3</td><td align="righy">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td></tr><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
J. Reed, SF</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="center">2-4</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="center">2-4</td><td align="righy">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">6</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
O. Greene, PG</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="center">1-4</td><td align="center">0-1</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="righy">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td></tr><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
A. Jefferson, PF</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="center">0-4</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="righy">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
B. Scalabrine, PF</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="center">0-1</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="righy">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
K. Perkins, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="righy">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
R. Gomes, SF</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="center">0-1</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="center">1-2</td><td align="righy">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td colspan="1" align="left">
T. Allen, SG</td><td colspan="12" align="center">Did Not Play</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td colspan="1" align="left">
M. Banks, PG</td><td colspan="12" align="center">Did Not Play</td></tr><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td colspan="1" align="left">
G. Green, SG</td><td colspan="12" align="center">Did Not Play</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td class="bg4" align="left">
Totals</td><td class="bg4" align="right">
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35-79</td><td class="bg4" align="center">
6-13</td><td class="bg4" align="center">
17-24</td><td class="bg4" align="righy">7</td><td class="bg4" align="right">38</td><td class="bg4" align="right">19</td><td class="bg4" align="right">20</td><td class="bg4" align="right">4</td><td class="bg4" align="right">9</td><td class="bg4" align="right">26</td><td class="bg4" align="right">93</td></tr><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td colspan="2" class="bg4" align="left">
</td><td colspan="1" class="bg4" align="center">44.3%</td><td colspan="1" class="bg4" align="center">46.2%</td><td colspan="1" class="bg4" align="center">70.8%</td><td colspan="8" class="bg4" align="center">
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<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr class="bg0home"><td class="bg0homefont">Cleveland Cavaliers STATISTICS</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td class="bg1" align="left">STARTERS</td><td class="bg1" align="right">M</td><td class="bg1" align="center">FG</td><td class="bg1" align="center">3FG</td><td class="bg1" align="center">FT</td><td class="bg1" align="righy">OR</td><td class="bg1" align="right">TR</td><td class="bg1" align="right">A</td><td class="bg1" align="right">TO</td><td class="bg1" align="right">STL</td><td class="bg1" align="right">BLK</td><td class="bg1" align="right">PF</td><td class="bg1" align="right">PTS</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
L. Hughes, SG</td><td align="right">39</td><td align="center">9-21</td><td align="center">2-4</td><td align="center">5-6</td><td align="righy">3</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">25</td></tr><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
L. James, SF</td><td align="right">38</td><td align="center">13-20</td><td align="center">1-3</td><td align="center">9-11</td><td align="righy">0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">36</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
Z. Ilgauskas, C</td><td align="right">30</td><td align="center">3-9</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="center">13-13</td><td align="righy">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">19</td></tr><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
D. Gooden, PF</td><td align="right">29</td><td align="center">6-10</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="center">1-1</td><td align="righy">3</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">13</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
E. Snow, PG</td><td align="right">28</td><td align="center">1-4</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="center">2-2</td><td align="righy">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td></tr><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td class="bg1" align="left">BENCH</td><td class="bg1" align="right">M</td><td class="bg1" align="center">FG</td><td class="bg1" align="center">3FG</td><td class="bg1" align="center">FT</td><td class="bg1" align="righy">OR</td><td class="bg1" align="right">TR</td><td class="bg1" align="right">A</td><td class="bg1" align="right">TO</td><td class="bg1" align="right">STL</td><td class="bg1" align="right">BLK</td><td class="bg1" align="right">PF</td><td class="bg1" align="right">PTS</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
D. Marshall, PF</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="center">2-4</td><td align="center">2-4</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="righy">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td></tr><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
M. Wilks, PG</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="center">2-6</td><td align="center">0-2</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="righy">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
A. Henderson, PF</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="center">2-2</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="center">2-2</td><td align="righy">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">6</td></tr><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
L. Jackson, SF</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="center">0-3</td><td align="center">0-1</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="righy">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
D. Jones, PG</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="center">0-3</td><td align="center">0-3</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="righy">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">
S. Pavlovic, SF</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="righy">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td colspan="1" align="left">
I. Newble, SF</td><td colspan="12" align="center">Did Not Play</td></tr><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td colspan="1" align="left">
A. Varejao, PF</td><td colspan="12" align="center">Did Not Play</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td colspan="1" align="left">
Z. Hamilton, C</td><td colspan="12" align="center">Did Not Play</td></tr><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td colspan="1" align="left">
M. Andriuskevicius, C</td><td colspan="12" align="center">Did Not Play</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td class="bg4" align="left">
Totals</td><td class="bg4" align="right">
</td><td class="bg4" align="center">
38-82</td><td class="bg4" align="center">
5-17</td><td class="bg4" align="center">
34-37</td><td class="bg4" align="righy">9</td><td class="bg4" align="right">40</td><td class="bg4" align="right">17</td><td class="bg4" align="right">9</td><td class="bg4" align="right">10</td><td class="bg4" align="right">6</td><td class="bg4" align="right">16</td><td class="bg4" align="right">115</td></tr><tr class="bg3" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td colspan="2" class="bg4" align="left">
</td><td colspan="1" class="bg4" align="center">46.3%</td><td colspan="1" class="bg4" align="center">29.4%</td><td colspan="1" class="bg4" align="center">91.9%</td><td colspan="8" class="bg4" align="center">
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