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Cavs Regular Season

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exhawg said:
I can't really make myself feel bad about the game yesterday. Sure the Cavs need to learn how to finish, but they were able to go up against one of the best teams in the East and almost win the game away from home. I just hope the Cavs can continue to tread water until Hughes gets back. If the Cavs can hold onto the 4 seed and Hughes can make it back to 100% by the playoffs this will be a scary team for anyone to play. I'd look for them to have another good game against the Mavs tomorrow. I don't know if they will be able to win, but I feel they will play well. Diop is a good matchup for Z even though they probably know each other well. Diop has no offensive game so Z should be able to defend him pretty easily. Gooden, Marshall, Varejao, on the other hand are going to have their hands full with Nowitzki.

It could be worse, Indy lost to the Raptors yesterday.
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Yeah some teams are just uninspired for whatever reasons on different nites.
 
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ABJ

3/14/06

Signings not as popular

Once-celebrated moves overshadowed by lack of productivity, injury

By Brian Windhorst

Beacon Journal sportswriter

<!-- begin body-content -->DALLAS - Last summer the Cavaliers spent millions to improve their depth and the talent level surrounding LeBron James.
In general, the signings were lauded by the local and national media. Based on previous performances and the way the new group of players' skill sets seemed to fit, everything looked like a match.
Expectation and execution can be very different.
There have been some disappointments resulting from General Manager Danny Ferry's best-laid plans from last summer. With Larry Hughes, it was a bad-luck injury. With Damon Jones and Donyell Marshall, the gunners brought in to spread the floor and free James, there have been letdowns.
With Jones and Marshall as the centerpiece, the Cavs' bench play has been a sore spot all season. It was magnified in the recent trip to Florida, where in losses to the Orlando Magic and Miami Heat, the Cavs' reserves were outscored by a combined 105-17 by the Heat and Magic reserves. Tonight, the deep and talented Dallas Mavericks await.
That massive point differential could be an anomaly, but this isn't: the Cavs' reserves have been outscored by the opposition in six of the past seven games by 117 points.
During that stretch, the reserves have managed to add just 12 points a game, on average, to the effort. This season, they have been outscored by the opposition 36 times. That's why it was no shock that James' 47 points in Sunday's loss to the Heat represented more than half the Cavs' total.
Needless to say, games like that were not part of the grand plan.
``I don't look at it as our bench versus their bench,'' Cavs coach Mike Brown said. ``But we haven't been getting the point production.''
Spin it in any fashion, the numbers look as dreary as the results. Marshall is averaging his fewest points per game in four seasons, 9.4, and at 38 percent, is having the worst shooting season of his career. Jones is averaging the fewest points in three seasons and is shooting a career-low 35 percent on 3-pointers.
That's not what the Cavs thought that they were buying for the $40 million that they invested in them to bolster the bench. Brown, who built a rotation earlier that inserted Marshall and Jones together at the same junction in every game, has noticed.
Brown has been more reluctant to play them of late as their production has continued to trail off. Instead of always putting them in the game midway through the first and third quarters, he has waited to see how the front-line starters perform before going to the second unit.
In the past nine games, Marshall has averaged just 4.4 points and has played his minute average, 27 per game, just once. In the same span Jones has averaged just 3.3 points and not once played his minute average, which is 25.
``Opportunities have to be there for there to be production,'' Jones said. ``This game is all about opportunity. We just have to capitalize on the minutes we're given. For whatever reason, it is not getting done.''
It could be a chicken-and-egg type of debate, as the Cavs haven't been taking advantage of opportunities. Brown has relied on James and new pickup Flip Murray for huge minutes as well as extending Anderson Varejao's time on the floor ahead of Marshall.
Whether the trend changes down the stretch of the season is yet to be seen. At some point, when Hughes is able to return, Murray's move to a reserve role could change things. But until then, Marshall and Jones will continue to be asked to carry the offensive burden off the bench.
``It's not a worry for us,'' James said. ``They are going to pick it up, and they know what we need them to do.''
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Canton

3/14/06

Cavaliers (36-28) at Mavericks (49-14)

Tuesday, March 14, 2006


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8:30 tonight, American Airlines Center, Dallas

TV WUAB (Channel 43)

RADIO WHBC-AM 1480, WAKR-AM 1450, WTAM-AM 1100, WJER-AM 1450 FAST BREAKS Sunday’s 98-92 loss to Miami dropped the Cavaliers to 1-2 on their four-game road trip. They already have 14 road wins, one more than their entire 2004-05 season total. ... LeBron James scored 47 points against the Heat and set a Cavs record with 24 free throws made and 28 free throws attempted. It was the 12th 40-point game of James’ career. Prior to his arrival in 2003-04, the Cavaliers had 14 40-point games in team history. ... The Mavericks have won 21 of their last 23 home games and are 28-5 in Dallas this season. ... Forwards Dirk Nowitzki and Josh Howard and guard Jason Terry lead the Mavericks. The Cavs will also get their first look at former teammate DeSagana Diop, who starts at center for Dallas. He averages 2.3 points and 4.7 rebounds. MIKE POPOVICH
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I am not sure how the signings are not popular.

DJ and Donyell have spread defenses at times, and why they have had bad games they are still very important parts to this team and Larry Hughes was probably the best pickup of the entire NBA but he is hurt right now.

Not sure if they would rather haver Geri Welsh b/c I heard he is suppossed to be an all star.
 
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NFBuck said:
This suprises you in some way? This is a bad team right now. Anybody can spin the performances anyway they want, but they blew a 15 point lead to Miami, and now this. Bad Team.
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This is a Dallas team that has 4 of their top 8 scorers out for the game.

Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Im in shock still...

EDIT: There is no excuse for this. What the hell goes on at halftime? Every single damn team we play looks like they are twice as fast as us, it looks like we are running in water.
 
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Well...

Lebron has disappeared this fourth quarter... again. I think he just turned the ball over and led to a fast break...

Gooden sucked... again. He plays about 10 good minutes a week, the rest of the time I have no clue what he is doing, probably practicing thumb wars.

Damon Jones... or as my dad calls him, "Damon Jones! No D, and no J!" What more can you say...

Snow was his usual offensive self, he cant attack the bucket and cant hit a wide open jumper.

Donyell Marshall(see Damon Jones same applies here.)

How many offensive rebounds can we give up? Its amazing how there are 3 Mavs and 1 Cav player under our basket everytime...

EDIT: You cant really blame Lebron though, hes double teamed every night but no one else can do anything.
 
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Well at least Mike Brown hopefully learned some new things after today...

1. Snow guarding Nowitzki is a mismatch, I know... hard to believe...
2. Gooden guarding Terry is a mismatch...
3. No more thumb wars at halftime, maybe they can actually prepare for the second half.

This team needs to get its head out of its ass and see whats going on. How many games have we lost in the 3rd quarter?

Oh yeah, and im also tired of Marshall running his mouth about "how it feels like last years collapse..." Yeah it does, but you werent even on the team so how would you know?
 
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How the hell do they give up a 19 pt lead in 1 quarter? Even if they only give up 10 they win the game. I think everyone but Lebron and Z had their worst game as a Cav tonight. The Mavs showed no respect to any of the Cavs except for Lebron in the 3rd quarter by sending at least 2 or 3 guys at him every time he touched the ball. Snow missed 4-5 wide open shots. I wish Brown would play Pavlovic a little more to see if he can come in and hit some shots because what he is doing now is pathetic. I'd try a lineup of Murray, Pav, Lebron, Gooden/Varejao, and Z and see how that works. That way you have 4-5 players that can score. The Cavs need to sweep this next home stand to hold on to the 4th playoff spot. I really hope Hughes' visit to the doctor goes well tomorrow.
 
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I have little confidence in Brown as a head coach... I think he's a wonderful asst coach but he just doesn't seem to know how to make adjustments... and I really dislike the fact he sucks it up and hardly ever bitches about a call...
 
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