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Danilo Gallinari Summer League 08 vs Cavs Danilo Gallinari Extended Highlights vs Cavs July 14/08 (+ interview). Knicks 97, Cavaliers 94 at the NBA Summer League 2008. Danilo Gallinari scored 14 points, all in the second half. Gallinari he finished with 14 points on 5-11 FGs, six rebounds and two assists. Boxscore http://www.nba.com/summerleague2008/games/boxscore.jsp?gameId=1520800013 Keys: NBA Summer League 2008 Danilo Gallinari Marco Belinelli moves game play dunk pass shot New York Knicks Cavaliers tv Andrea Bargnani Chandler Gallinari Balkman Collins Roberson Hunter Wafer Holland Graves Songtao Hall Johnson Miller Robinson All rights reserved: NBA.com http://www.nba.com Tags: NBA Summer League 08 Danilo Gallinari Marco Belinelli Knicks Cavaliers Andrea Bargnani Daniel Hackett |
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LeBron Catapults Cavs Into Game 7 Visit http://www.nba.com/video for more highlights. With his Cavs facing elimination, LeBron James erupted for 32 points to lift them over the Celtics and force a pivotal Game 7 in Boston on Sunday. Tags: nba amazing highlights lebron james cavaliers |
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Refs help Cavs pull off amazing comeback After reviewing video footage, NBA officials rule Sixers center Samuel Dalembert committed a foul on Cavs guard Devin Brown with 0.2 second left remaining in the game. Brown hit the two shots, securing Cleveland's home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/3roy5n Tags: devin brown samuel dalembert philadephia sixers 76ers cleveland cavaliers cavs nba instant replay foul free throws |
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Michael Jordan 1989 Playoffs: Gm 5 Vs. Cavs, "THE SHOT" In this series deciding game, MJ attacked the basket with his usual finesse/ferocity to make sure the Bulls advanced to the next round. This is the game that features "The Shot" - the famous hanging jumper we keep seeing in all those highlights and commercials. But, people forget that that shot merely capped yet another masterful performance. MJ attacked the basket like man possessed to get his 44 points the hard way. People also forget that the Bulls lost to the Cavs in all 5 games during the regular season so they were not expected to challenge them at all. MJ's 39.8 ppg, 5.8 rebs and 8.2 asts during the series made sure that the playoffs told a different story. As usual, when it mattered most, on national TV, Game 5 in the playoffs, MJ raised his play and continued his flair for the dramatic to add to his legacy as the greatest playoff and clutch performer ever. Tags: Michael Jordan Cavaliers Dwyane Wade Kobe Bryant Lebron James Shaq playoffs Iverson Vince Carter Tmac Lakers Bulls MJ |
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LeBron Leads the Cavs to Round 2 Visit http://www.nba.com/video for more highlights. LeBron James compiled 27 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists for his 3rd career playoff triple-double as the Cavs advanced. Tags: nba amazing highlights lebron james cavaliers playoffs 2008 |
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C's Big Guns Overpower Cavs Visit http://www.nba.com/video for more highlights. Garnett, Pierce, Rondo and Allen take turns in shooting the lights out of the Cavs in Game 5. Tags: nba amazing highlights |
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Cavs Intro - Finals Cleveland Cavaliers first game home 2007 finals..(game 3) Cavs Intro.. the time to rise up.. Tags: Cleveland Cavaliers Cavs NBA Playoffs Finals LeBron James Daniel Gibson Drew Gooden Ilgauskas Sasha Pavlovic |
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Celtics-Cavs 84-108 Game 3 CLEVELAND, May 10, 2008 (AP) -- While his famous daddy got dressed after the game, 3-year-old LeBron James Jr. practiced writing his letters and numbers on a dry-erase board inside the Cavaliers' locker room. First, he drew an L. Then, a 2. "Put up a 2 and 3 for me," No. 23 told his little namesake. Maybe a 2 and 1 would have been more appropriate. The Cavaliers have trimmed Boston's lead in half. The shots didn't drop again for James, and it hardly mattered. His teammates made most of theirs. James scored 21 points on another off-shooting night, but Delonte West scored 21, Joe Smith had 17 and the Cavaliers raced to a large, early lead in Game 3 in a 108-84 victory Saturday night over the road-challenged Boston Celtics to pull within 2-1 in their playoff series. West, who spent three seasons wearing Celtic green and white, carried the scoring load for the Cavaliers, who are attempting to become the 14th team in NBA history to come back from an 0-2 deficit and win a best-of-seven series. They've had practice at it. Last year, the Cavaliers lost the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals to Detroit before beating the Pistons four in a row to advance to the finals for the first time. After dropping Games 1 and 2 in Boston, Cleveland needed James (8-of-42 in the losses) to shoot his way out of a slump. James was only 5-of-16 from the floor, but his teammates stepped it up, going a combined 32-of-54 (59 percent). Cleveland roared to a 32-13 lead after one quarter, led by 17 at half, 16 after three and easily withstood a few Boston counter punches. "We came out, jumped on them and didn't give it back," West said. James' 22.4 field goal percentage in the first three games is the worst of any three-game stretch in playoff history since the 1977-78 ABA-NBA merger. Still, he was only concerned about one thing. "The win is all that matters," he said. "I can't worry about how I'm shooting the ball." The Celtics remain lost on the road, and Game 4 is Monday night in Cleveland. They've yet to win outside of Massachusetts during this postseason, not an encouraging sign for a team with its sights on a 17th league title. The Celtics, who went a league-best 31-10 in away games during the regular season, dropped all three in Atlanta during the first round as the Hawks averaged 100.7 points and shot 47.6 percent in three home games. "On the road it's going to take a little bit more ... we've got to learn our lesson pretty soon," an agitated Paul Pierce said. "We took our bumps. Hopefully, the guys are mad at the way we played because I'm totally upset at the way we played, especially with a great opportunity in front of us." Kevin Garnett scored 17 points, Pierce 14 and Ray Allen 10 as Boston's three superstars combined for 41 points. But the trio was no match for Cleveland's Fab Four of West, Wally Szczerbiak, Smith and Ben Wallace -- all acquired in deals at the Feb. 21 trading deadline -- who totaled 63 points, 20 rebounds and six 3-pointers. West made four 3s, Smith went 7-of-8 and Wallace, who wasn't expected to play because of an inner ear infection, gave Cleveland an inside presence while guarding Garnett. "Big Ben" added nine points and nine rebounds. "He gave us a big lift every second that he was on the floor," Cavs coach Mike Brown said. The Cavs played a nearly flawless first quarter. They shot 65 percent (13-of-20), had 11 assists on those field goals and didn't commit a turnover. Beyond that, Cleveland didn't rely on James to carry them, as six other Cavs combined for 27 of the club's 32 points. "Can you ask a team to play better than that?" James said. "That was unbelievable." At halftime, James only had seven points but the Cavs were shooting 66 percent (19-of-29) and moving the ball on offense, something coach Brown has insisted is key if his team plans to advance past the league's best defensive squad. While the Cavs got help from their bench, Boston's reserves didn't do much. James Posey scored 11 but Sam Cassell, who has given the Celtics lift, went 0-for-6 and scored one point in 18 minutes. "It's probably the worst game we've played since I've been a part of the Celtics," said Cassell, who joined the team in March. "Unfortunately, it came at the wrong time. We've got to regroup and get our swagger back, get going in the first quarter, this is the second night in a row they came out blasting us in the first quarter." Before the game, James said a few "easy baskets" might help him get started. His first one was both simple -- and strong. With the Cavs leading 10-4, James poked the ball away from Pierce near the free throw line and broke free for a two-handed, stare-at-the-rim dunk that sent Cleveland's hyped crowd into a frenzy. Wallace scored twice underneath and Szczerbiak's two free throws put the Cavaliers up 18-6. Tags: clevland cavaliers boston celtics game 84-108 LeBron James Kevin Garnett NBA basketball |
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LeBron's 34-12 Double Stack Leads Cavs Visit http://www.nba.com/video for more highlights. LeBron James had 34 points and 12 boards in Cleveland's Game 4 win over the Wizards on Sunday. Tags: nba amazing highlights lebron james cavaliers |
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Celtics-Cavs 69-74 Game 6 PO 08 [KG 25pts vs James 32pts] CLEVELAND, May 16, 2008 (AP) -- The Boston Celtics are going home for another Game 7. They handled the Atlanta Hawks. LeBron James may not be as easy. James scored 32 points - 19 in the second half - and the Cavaliers forced a decisive and fitting finale to this home-sweet-home playoff series with a 74-69 victory Friday night over the Celtics, who have gone from regular-season road kings to postseason road kill. "It was either win or go home,'' James said. "I'm not ready to go home.'' The Cavs packed for a weekend stay in Beantown - not a few weeks relaxing on Cape Cod. They've got at least one more game left, and in the NBA, it's as big as they ever get. Game 7. On Sunday. In Boston. James, whose jump shot has mysteriously been missing in this series, made two key baskets midway through the fourth quarter to slow a Boston comeback, Wally Szczerbiak hit a 3-pointer with 2:10 remaining and Joe Smith dropped two free throws with 14 seconds left as the Cavs moved the series back to the East Coast. The Cavs are attempting to become the 14th team to overcome an 0-2 deficit and win a series, and to do so, the defending Eastern Conference champions will have to win in Boston, where the Celtics are 7-0 in the postseason and play like a possessed team with title potential. On the road, they're 0-6 and just ordinary. Still, the Celtics feel good about going home. "Mentally we feel like we're a confident team,'' Paul Pierce said. "We've been in Game 7s before, and we feel like this is a game we let slip away. Hopefully, we can go home and take care of business.'' The Celtics are 15-3 in Game 7s at home, but the Cavaliers may have some confidence playing on the parquet after nearly winning Games 1 and 5. "We can win,'' James said. "We know we can win. We just have to go out there and do it.'' Kevin Garnett scored 25 points, Pierce 16 and Ray Allen just nine on 3-of-8 shooting. The Celtics got just two points from guard Rajon Rondo, who scored 20 in their Game 5 win. Boston's point total was the second lowest in franchise playoff history and the fewest points ever given up by Cleveland in the postseason. Afterward, Celtics coach Doc Rivers was still fuming over some calls he felt went against his team. "Tell the refs to do the interview. They were just as important,'' an angry Rivers shouted at a team official as he walked back from the postgame news conference. James added 12 rebounds, Delonte West had 10 points and Smith came off the bench to add nine, none bigger than his two free throws that closed out the Celtics. Cleveland's win continued a run of domination by home teams, who improved to 21-1 on their floors in the second round of the playoffs. Leading by nine at halftime, the Cavs quickly extended the lead to 51-36. But just when it appeared the Celtics were in major trouble, they responded behind Garnett, who scored eight points in a 13-0 spurt that pulled Boston within three. James finally ended Cleveland's offensive lapse with a layup and the Cavs got a tip-in and fling-in from Anderson Varejao for a 59-50 lead entering the fourth. Garnett's jumper pulled the Celtics within 65-60 before James scored on a drive, and the All-Star hit an off-balance 17-foot jumper to make it 69-60. Eddie House made a 3-pointer for Boston, but Szczerbiak, who missed his first five 3-pointers, finally got one to go down, giving Cleveland a 72-63 lead. Boston hung around as the Cavs came up empty on several possessions and was still within five when Pierce was whistled for a questionable charge. Allen made two free throws to bring Boston within 72-69, but Smith stepped to the line and as 20,000-plus fans fell deadly silent, made the two biggest free throws of his 13-year career. When the final horn sounded, James fired the ball to the other end and the Cavs left their home floor hoping they can get another chance to play on it again this season. The Cavaliers played without injured guard Daniel Gibson, one of their best outside shooters who helped close out the Detroit Pistons in last year's conference finals. Gibson separated his left shoulder in Game 5. But unlike in that loss, when they let the Celtics cut a 14-point deficit to three in the final few minutes before halftime, the Cavaliers closed the second period with a 17-2 flurry to open a 42-33 lead. The Celtics set up a final shot in the closing seconds, but West made a steal, dribbled quickly into the frontcourt and sank a running 3-pointer at the horn, giving the Cavs their nine-point lead and huge momentum. As is his custom before big games, James arrived three hours before the opening tip to get in some extra shooting in the arena's fourth-floor practice gym. James was confident the Cavaliers would be able to force a Game 7. "I don't feel desperate at all,'' he said. Tags: NBA Cleveland Cavaliers Boston Celtics game play James West Garnett Pierce moves shot 3pt dunk block pass Playoffs 2008 |
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Paul Pierce Drops 41 Points to Oust Cavs Visit http://www.nba.com/video for more highlights. Boston captain Paul Pierce scored 41 points as his Celtics eliminated the Cavs in Game 7 on Sunday to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. Tags: nba amazing highlights |
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Pierce Drops 41 to Oust Cavs Boston captain Paul Pierce scored 41 points as his Celtics eliminated the Cavs in Game 7 on Sunday to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals (Grdgez) Pierce Drops 41 to Oust Cavs Boston captain Paul Pierce scored 41 points as his Celtics eliminated the Cavs in Game 7 on Sunday to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals (Grdgez) Tags: Pierce Drops 41 to Oust Cavs Boston captain Paul Pierce scored 41 points as his Celtics eliminated the Cavs in Game 7 on Sunday to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals (Grdgez) |
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Bulls @ Cavs, 1993 Playoffs G3: "1-2 Punch" seals win HIGH QUALITY VERSION: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16D4DCduxVA&fmt=18 After two demoralizing losses to the Bulls, the Cavs looked for comfort in their own building. Wilkins was inserted into the starting lineup to put pressure on Jordan, who played despite a sore shooting wrist and it showed. Jordan was clearly in pain and couldn't shoot the ball like he used to. With Jordan trying to adjust his shooting, Scottie Pippen had to step up his game. He scored 19 points in the first half and was the top scorer for Chicago. Once again Cleveland could not capitalize on Jordan's injury and paid dearly when he completely took over the game in the second half. Jordan was simply unstoppable. He hit shot after shot, took the ball to the hoop and set up his teammates with a variety of great passes. Despite his injury he willed his team to another win over the Cavaliers, who let their fans down again. The best, however, was reserved for Game 4. Tags: Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers Cavs Playoffs 1993 Michael Jordan Scottie Pippen NBA Basketball |
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CAVS@JAZZ lebron 51 pts (2006) SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- LeBron James' sore right knee didn't throw off his shot much. James scored 51 Saturday night, becoming the youngest player in NBA history with 5,000 points in his career, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Utah Jazz 108-90 Saturday night to snap a six-game losing streak. The Cavaliers avoided going winless on a six-game road trip and were assured that James, who had X-rays on his knee earlier Saturday, should be fine. "I was just fighting through it," said James, who decided shortly before the game to test the knee by starting. "I was trying to fight through a cold, but I didn't want to make any excuses. I didn't want to be in the position where I wasn't there for my team tonight." James, who turned 21 on Dec. 30, needed 45 points to pass Kobe Bryant as the youngest player to reach 5,000. Bryant was 22 when he scored his 5,000th point. James was one point off his season high and eight away from tying his career high. By the end, he had won over the Utah fans and left to a standing ovation with 1:35 remaining in the game. "He was terrific. He made his shots and he's just a wonderful player," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said. "I think we're intimidated by him a great deal." The Jazz fell to 20-21, the first time they've had a losing record since falling to 16-17 with an 87-65 loss at Memphis on Jan. 6. Mehmet Okur scored 20 and pulled down 13 rebounds and Andrei Kirilenko had 19 points for the Jazz, who struggled against James all night. James apparently wasn't affected by the knee, which he expects to have an MRI exam on after he gets back to Cleveland, or the arrest of his mother, Gloria, on suspicion of drunken driving back in Akron, Ohio. James, who also had eight assists, was 19-for-35 from the floor and made nine of 11 free throws and the Cavs won for the first time since a 96-88 victory over the Bucks on Jan. 7. "I came real close" to not playing, James said. "If it had been a one o'clock game, I wouldn't have made it." By 7 p.m, he appeared fine. An hour later, James had the Jazz falling down while trying to keep up with him. James made a head fake to the basket that got Matt Harpring off balance, then stepped back and hit a turnaround jumper from the free throw line to put the Cavs up 61-56 late in the third quarter. After two free throws for Utah, Donyell Marshall made a 3-pointer and James extended the lead to 66-58 when he leaped through the lane for a one-handed dunk with about 2 minutes left in the third quarter. James was short in his postgame comments, apparently upset over criticism he faced during the losing streak. "It was a great performance. People need to understand that he's only 21 years old," said Marshall, who scored 24. "The criticism he's taking is unfair." Cleveland led 73-67 after three periods. Damon Jones, Marshall and James hit consecutive 3-pointers early in the fourth to extend the lead to 84-71 with 9:34 remaining. After a timeout, James added another spectacular dunk, but missed his chance at a three-point play after being fouled by Okur. "He just did everything he wants," Kirilenko said. "He drives, he shoots, he scores, he goes to the line, he rebounds the ball." Game notes Tags: lebron james cavs nba basketball 51 points cleveland utah jazz 2005 2006 |
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LeBron POSTERIZES JAMARIO MOON / #1 all time cavs score list March 21, 2008 CLEVELAND -- LeBron James walked to the center of the floor as fans who have watched him grow from local teenage prodigy to NBA superstar drowned him in cheers. As they stood and screamed, James returned their love by blowing kisses. The kid from nearby Akron has done it all so quickly, in the blink of an eye. From the franchise's top pick to its top scorer -- in less than five years. "The crazy thing about it is that he's 23," Cavaliers coach Mike Brown said. "Absolutely amazing." James passed Brad Daugherty as Cleveland's career scoring leader in the first quarter and finished with 29 points, leading the Cavaliers to a 90-83 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night in a possible first-round playoff preview. In just his fifth NBA season, James has already moved to the top of Cleveland's scoring chart, a remarkable achievement for a remarkable player whose potential seems limitless. He scored 23 points in the second half, including 11 in the final 7:19 as the Cavaliers won their ninth straight at home. When the final horn sounded, James was handed the game ball by referee Dick Bavetta before his mother, Gloria, rushed on the floor to plant a kiss on her only child. "I think I made my mom proud," he said. And just about everyone else in Northeast Ohio. In hardly no time at all, he has resurrected the Cavaliers, first leading them back to the playoffs and then all they way to the NBA Finals for the first time. He has given Cleveland sports fans a reasonable hope that one of the city's star-crossed pro teams may end a four-decades-old world title drought. It took Daugherty 548 games to amass 10,389 points. James, the NBA's leading scorer, has 10,414 points in just 380 games. "It took me 13 years to get 10,000 points," Cavs forward Joe Smith said. "It goes to show what kind of talent he is. I know he has at least 30,000 more in him." Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 16 points, Devin Brown scored 14 and Damon Jones knocked down two crucial 3-pointers early in the fourth for Cleveland, which opened a 4½-game lead over the Raptors for the No. 4 spot in the Eastern Conference. Chris Bosh scored 24 points in his second game back after missing 10 with a sore knee for Toronto, which slipped to No. 6 in the East. Rasho Nesterovic added 16 for the Raptors, who held the Miami Heat to 54 points in a win on Wednesday night. They would have no such luck containing James, who had his usual assortment of thundering dunks, drives and clutch jumpers. "He had a couple of dunks where we didn't rotate over and he got to the rim," Bosh said. "We should have been a little smarter than that." James came in needing just five points to overtake Daugherty, and he pushed past the former All-Star center in fitting fashion. Powering through traffic in the lane, James went strong to the basket and muscled in one of his patented, scooping layups. The sellout crowd at Quicken Loans Arena immediately rose to give James a thundering ovation and when Brown called a timeout, the All-Star forward first walked to the bench to receive high-fives and hugs from his teammates. Then, he walked to the center of the court to acknowledge Cleveland's fans, who serenaded him with "MVP" chants throughout the evening. "These fans have watched me go from zero points to 10,000," he said. "They've seen me go from a young man to a man now. It's one of the best experiences I've had. To be the all-time leader is something that I never dreamed of. But now that it's here, it's an unbelievable feeling." The Raptors nearly spoiled James' historic night, pulling even at 77 on T.J. Ford's jumper with 5:24 left. But James' dunk made it 81-77, and after Bosh scored, Ilgauskas made two free throws to give Cleveland an 83-79 cushion. James, who always has a flair for the dramatic, then hit a 3-pointer to put the Cavs up 86-79 and end Toronto's upset bid. Trailing by nine in the second quarter, the Raptors scratched within three by halftime and took the lead midway through the third on consecutive 3-pointers by Anthony Parker. At that point, James was the only one doing anything for Cleveland. He scored 10 straight points and 12 of the Cavs' first 14 in the period, but it wasn't enough as the Raptors took a 67-63 lead into the fourth. Cleveland's Ben Wallace went out with back spasms in the third and didn't return. He missed a game last week with the same problem. Tags: LeBron James dunk dunks on Jamario Moon vs Toronto Raptors 2007 2008 season highlights |
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Top 10 Plays: Wizards-Cavs 06 & 07 PO 1st-Round Series The Top 10 Plays from the Wizards-Cavaliers first-round series from the 2006 and 2007 NBA Playoffs. Tags: NBA top10 playoffs 2007 2006 Cleveland Cavaliers Cavs Washington Wizards James Brown Arenas Jamison 3pt dunk game-winner |
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Cavs-Celtics 72-76 Game 1 PO 08[James 12pts vs KG 28pts] BOSTON, May 6, 2008 (AP) - LeBron James drove to the basket, the lane surprising clear. He reached out toward the rim, rolled the ball off his fingertips ... And missed. Again and again (and one more time, when it was too late anyway), James' shots went awry in the final minute, completing one of the worst nights of his career and giving the Boston Celtics a 76-72 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Game 2 is Thursday night in Boston. "This was two heavyweights, just body-punching,'' said Kevin Garnett, who scored 28 points to make up for an off night for the rest of Boston's Big Three. "There was no finesse, no jabs, just an all-out, beat-down, defensive fight.'' Boston held James to 12 points on 2-for-18 shooting; only once in his career has he made fewer baskets. He missed three drives and a 3-pointer in the final minute, including the potential game-tying finger roll with 8.5 seconds left. "I missed a lot of shots I know I can make,'' James said, staring at the stat sheet incredulously after scoring just two points in the second half and missing his last six shots in all. "I missed layups. Those layups I've made my whole life.'' Paul Pierce and Ray Allen of the Celtics weren't doing any bragging, either. Pierce scored four points on 2-for-14 shooting; combined with Allen's 0-for-4 from the field for his first scoreless performance in his last 852 games since 1997. They matched the dud James put out there miss-for-miss. "Me and Ray, we figure if we play him to a standstill ... we give ourselves the best chance,'' Pierce said. "He is not going to go 2-for-18 every game but, hey, we're going to do our best to try to make him.'' At least Pierce could smile about it. Despite the worst offensive playoff performance of his career, he drew two charging fouls against James and the Celtics protected the home-court advantage that helped win their first-round series against Atlanta in seven games and could take them all the way to their NBA-record 17th championship. They can thank their MVP candidate, Garnett, who finished third in the voting announced Tuesday, behind winner Kobe Bryant and runner-up Chris Paul. James finished fourth. "That is why we have three superstars,'' said Celtics center Kendrick Perkins, who had 12 rebounds. And Cleveland only has one. Only once has James made fewer than two baskets - in a Dec. 29, 2004 game against Houston when he missed all five shots in just 17 minutes. "I fractured my cheekbone,'' he said immediately when asked about it. He'll remember this one, too. James scored Cleveland's first basket and then missed his next 10 shots before driving for a layup that cut Boston's lead to 66-65 with 5:34 left. He finished with nine rebounds, nine assists and 10 turnovers. "He had a tough night, and he is entitled to it,'' Cavaliers coach Mike Brown said. "Knowing him, he will definitely bounce back in Game 2.'' Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 22 points and 12 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who shot 31 percent and couldn't make a basket at the end of the game. Boston led 68-65 when Daniel Gibson hit a 3-pointer to tie it with 3:18 left. Ilgauskas made a jumper on a feed from James with 90 seconds left, then Garnett hit a fallaway to make it 70-all. James drove against Pierce and flopped to the court while throwing up a desperation layup that wasn't close. Sam Cassell made two free throws to tie it 72-72; James missed again, but this time Ilgauskas was there to tip it in and tie the game. Garnett moved across the lane to give Boston back the lead, 74-72 as Cleveland called a timeout with 22 seconds left. James dribbled at the point before finding a lane to the basket, but his shot wouldn't fall and James Posey was fouled after grabbing the rebound. He hit both free throws. James missed a long but meaningless jumper to punctuate his night. Notes: "I just thought that LeBron should have been higher,'' Celtics coach Doc Rivers said of the MVP voting, pausing for effect. "We're playing Cleveland, right? As a matter of fact, I thought he should have won.'' ... Cleveland shot 18 of the game's first 22 free throws. ... Cassell was called for a flagrant foul when he kept James from a free throw with 5 1/2 minutes left in the half. The replay seemed to indicate that James enhanced the damage, and the Boston fans let him know they were on to him. ... Cleveland's Wally Szczerbiak missed his first five shots before going to the bench in the first quarter. ... Boston's Rajon Rondo had all of his 15 points in the first half. Tags: NBA Cleveland Cavaliers Boston Celtics game play James Ilgauskas Garnett Rondo moves shot 3pt dunk clutch Playoffs 2008 |
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Damon Jones Cavs Check-up I make these short videos for timeouts during cavs the games so people can get to know our players a little better... Tags: Damon Jones Clevelands Clinic Cavs Check-up Lebron James funny get to know |
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Danilo Gallinari (Knicks vs Cavs) Highlight Mix. a highlight mix og Danilo's first summerleague game. I'll try to make more mix's of this kind. D/L link : http://www.sendspace.com/file/dx7jtl Hope you enjoy it! :) Please leave a comment! .. Tags: nba summer league danilo. gallinari knicks draft usa italy cavs new york tq31 dunk shot las vegas. NY |
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Cavs-Celtics 73-89 Game 2 PO 08[James 21pts vs Pierce 19pts] BOSTON, May 8, 2008 (AP) -- Paul Pierce and Ray Allen found their shooting touch. LeBron James can only hope he left his in Cleveland. Pierce scored 19 points, Kevin Garnett added 13 with 12 rebounds, and Allen broke out of a seven-quarter scoring drought with 16 points to help the Boston Celtics beat the Cavaliers 89-73 on Thursday night and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. One game after going 2-for-18 from the field and missing his last six shots, including a layup to tie the game with 8.5 seconds left, James missed his first three tries and finished with 21 points on 6-for-24 shooting. "I'm a little shocked that he's 8-for-42, but this is what we work on. We work on trying to contain him," said Pierce, who was 2-for-14 in Game 1. "LeBron is what makes them go. And if we can somehow control him, we control their team. And with the help of the guys around me, we've been able to do that." Game 3 is Saturday night in Cleveland. The Cavaliers will need their crowd to pull them out of their funk because the Celtics are 6-0 in the playoffs in Boston, and they would have the homecourt advantage through the NBA Finals. "Being down 0-2, that's a tough hole to dig yourself out of. But if we want to win the series we've got to do it," James said, noting the Cavaliers lost the first two games to Detroit in last year's playoffs but won four straight to reach the NBA Finals. "We've been in this situation before," said James, who offered encouragement along the bench as the final seconds ticked off. "I've got to let them know that I'm not frustrated." The message appeared lost on his teammates, however. "He's got to be frustrated," Cavaliers guard Wally Szczerbiak said. "He's such a good player. He puts so much on his shoulders." James will have a more welcoming crowd for the next two games than the Boston fans who serenaded him with a chant of "Over-rated!" as he went 1-for-11 over the second and third quarters. This time, the poor shooting was contagious: The Cavaliers shot 35.6 percent in the game, hitting just 11.8 percent in the second quarter as Boston turned an eight-point deficit into a nine-point lead. From early in the second quarter to early in the third, a span of 13:41, Boston outscored Cleveland 36-10. Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 19 points for the Cavaliers, and reserve Anderson Varejao had 10 rebounds in 32 minutes after forward Ben Wallace went to the locker room just 3:40 into the game due to dizziness. Wallace, who attributed the problem to allergies, sat on the bench for the second quarter and took some shots during halftime warmups, but did not return to the game. "As bad as my head was hurting me, it's always hard to be out there and see your teammates struggling," he said. Wallace will be re-evaluated when the team returns to Cleveland, Cavaliers spokesman Tad Carper said. Pierce and Allen (0-for-4 in Game 1) snapped out of whatever ailed them. Pierce did it right away, with seven points in the first quarter, but Allen took a little more time. The third member of Boston's Big Three hadn't scored since hitting a 3-pointer with 8:48 left in the third quarter of Game 7 against Atlanta. Boston finished off the Hawks with just seven points from the Allen, who shot 3-for-12 in the first-round finale. He missed his first four shots Thursday but scored 11 points in the third quarter, including the first four of the second half as the Celtics scored 10 straight to take a 54-36 lead. The Cavaliers cut it to 12 on James' only basket of the quarter, but they spent most of the fourth quarter trailing by 20. "It was good to see Ray get it going. I thought that lifted everybody up on our team," said Celtics coach Doc Rivers, who called the first several plays of the second half for Allen. "I made a concerted effort. I told the coaches at halftime, 'We're going to him over and over again. We've got to get him going.' " Allen joked that he had forgotten what it felt like to make a basket. "I think everybody was relieved," said the 33-year-old All-Star, who like Garnett arrived in an offseason overhaul that helped the Celtics post the biggest single-season turnaround in league history. "It was as if I was just traded here all over again." Cleveland took an early eight-point lead, but the Celtics erased it with Garnett and Pierce on the bench. The Boston subs outscored Cleveland's 26-4 in the first half; in fact, the Celtics bench outscored the Celtics starters 26-18 in the half. The Cavaliers led 21-11 in the first quarter, and they still led by seven in the second before their shooting went cold. Tags: NBA Cleveland Cavaliers Boston Celtics game play James Ilgauskas Pierce Allen moves shot 3pt dunk clutch Playoffs 2008 |
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Celtics-Cavs 84-108 Game 3 PO 08[KG 17pts vs James 21pts] CLEVELAND, May 10, 2008 (AP) -- While his famous daddy got dressed after the game, 3-year-old LeBron James Jr. practiced writing his letters and numbers on a dry-erase board inside the Cavaliers' locker room. First, he drew an L. Then, a 2. "Put up a 2 and 3 for me," No. 23 told his little namesake. Maybe a 2 and 1 would have been more appropriate. The Cavaliers have trimmed Boston's lead in half. The shots didn't drop again for James, and it hardly mattered. His teammates made most of theirs. James scored 21 points on another off-shooting night, but Delonte West scored 21, Joe Smith had 17 and the Cavaliers raced to a large, early lead in Game 3 in a 108-84 victory Saturday night over the road-challenged Boston Celtics to pull within 2-1 in their playoff series. West, who spent three seasons wearing Celtic green and white, carried the scoring load for the Cavaliers, who are attempting to become the 14th team in NBA history to come back from an 0-2 deficit and win a best-of-seven series. They've had practice at it. Last year, the Cavaliers lost the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals to Detroit before beating the Pistons four in a row to advance to the finals for the first time. After dropping Games 1 and 2 in Boston, Cleveland needed James (8-of-42 in the losses) to shoot his way out of a slump. James was only 5-of-16 from the floor, but his teammates stepped it up, going a combined 32-of-54 (59 percent). Cleveland roared to a 32-13 lead after one quarter, led by 17 at half, 16 after three and easily withstood a few Boston counter punches. "We came out, jumped on them and didn't give it back," West said. James' 22.4 field goal percentage in the first three games is the worst of any three-game stretch in playoff history since the 1977-78 ABA-NBA merger. Still, he was only concerned about one thing. "The win is all that matters," he said. "I can't worry about how I'm shooting the ball." The Celtics remain lost on the road, and Game 4 is Monday night in Cleveland. They've yet to win outside of Massachusetts during this postseason, not an encouraging sign for a team with its sights on a 17th league title. The Celtics, who went a league-best 31-10 in away games during the regular season, dropped all three in Atlanta during the first round as the Hawks averaged 100.7 points and shot 47.6 percent in three home games. "On the road it's going to take a little bit more ... we've got to learn our lesson pretty soon," an agitated Paul Pierce said. "We took our bumps. Hopefully, the guys are mad at the way we played because I'm totally upset at the way we played, especially with a great opportunity in front of us." Kevin Garnett scored 17 points, Pierce 14 and Ray Allen 10 as Boston's three superstars combined for 41 points. But the trio was no match for Cleveland's Fab Four of West, Wally Szczerbiak, Smith and Ben Wallace -- all acquired in deals at the Feb. 21 trading deadline -- who totaled 63 points, 20 rebounds and six 3-pointers. West made four 3s, Smith went 7-of-8 and Wallace, who wasn't expected to play because of an inner ear infection, gave Cleveland an inside presence while guarding Garnett. "Big Ben" added nine points and nine rebounds. "He gave us a big lift every second that he was on the floor," Cavs coach Mike Brown said. The Cavs played a nearly flawless first quarter. They shot 65 percent (13-of-20), had 11 assists on those field goals and didn't commit a turnover. Beyond that, Cleveland didn't rely on James to carry them, as six other Cavs combined for 27 of the club's 32 points. "Can you ask a team to play better than that?" James said. "That was unbelievable." At halftime, James only had seven points but the Cavs were shooting 66 percent (19-of-29) and moving the ball on offense, something coach Brown has insisted is key if his team plans to advance past the league's best defensive squad. While the Cavs got help from their bench, Boston's reserves didn't do much. James Posey scored 11 but Sam Cassell, who has given the Celtics lift, went 0-for-6 and scored one point in 18 minutes. "It's probably the worst game we've played since I've been a part of the Celtics," said Cassell, who joined the team in March. "Unfortunately, it came at the wrong time. We've got to regroup and get our swagger back, get going in the first quarter, this is the second night in a row they came out blasting us in the first quarter." Before the game, James said a few "easy baskets" might help him get started. His first one was both simple -- and strong. With the Cavs leading 10-4, James poked the ball away from Pierce near the free throw line and broke free for a two-handed, stare-at-the-rim dunk that sent Cleveland's hyped crowd into a frenzy. Wallace scored twice underneath and Szczerbiak's two free throws put the Cavaliers up 18-6. Tags: NBA Cleveland Cavaliers Boston Celtics game play James West Garnett Rondo moves shot 3pt dunk clutch Playoffs 2008 |
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Cavs-Celtics 92-97 Game 7 PO 08[James 45pts vs Pierce 41pts] BOSTON, May 18, 2008 (AP) -- Paul Pierce hit a shot. Then LeBron James answered. Pierce hit another and so did James. It was like that all game long, two of the NBA's best trying to carry their teams to the next round. Pierce and the Boston Celtics succeeded, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 97-92 on Sunday. Twenty years earlier there was another thrilling shootout in another seventh game of the Eastern Conference semifinals in Boston -- Larry Bird vs. Dominique Wilkins. And the result was the same: a narrow Celtics victory that sent them to the conference finals against Detroit. Pierce scored 41 points, James had 45 and Boston remained unbeaten in the playoffs at home, where the first two games against the Pistons will be played Tuesday and Thursday night. "It is a great feeling," Pierce said. "We knew this was going to be a tough, tough series." In a seven-game series in which the road team never won, the Celtics had many green-clad fans on their side. Lucky the Mascot held up a sign reading, "ROCK THE GARDEN!" and the crowd roared. Pierce got the loudest ovation when he was introduced with his nickname, "The Truth." And when the game started, one fan bellowed, "Not today, LeBron!" It wasn't Wilkins' day on May 22, 1988, even though he outscored Bird in Boston's 118-116 win over Atlanta at the old Boston Garden. Wilkins finished with 47 points, with 16 in the fourth quarter, and Bird had 34, with 20 in the final period. "I'm very aware of the game," Pierce said. "They don't ever let you forget it when you look up to the jumbotron." James has seen plenty of highlights of that mano-a-mano tussle. "We both tried to will our team to victory and, just like Dominique Wilkins, I ended up on the short end and the Celtics won again," he said. "I think the second round of the postseason, Game 7, these fans will finally have an opportunity to forget a little bit about what Larry Bird and Dominique Wilkins did and remember what Paul and LeBron did. "This will go down in history." Pierce hit 13 of 23 shots and James went 14-for-29. Celtics executive vice president Danny Ainge, who played in that 1988 game, called Sunday's shootout "an epic battle." The Celtics have won 14 straight games at home and have home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. They are 0-6 in the postseason on the road. "Before the year our goal was to be there in Game 1 at home [in the conference finals] and that's where we are," Boston coach Doc Rivers said. "So we're exactly where we should be." Home teams are 22-2 in the second round of this season's playoffs. The Celtics never trailed Sunday, but they never were safe until the final seconds. Pierce hit two free throws with 7.9 seconds left for the final points, then James missed a 3-pointer on the last shot of the game with 4.4 seconds to go. "I had it going, LeBron had it going and we just didn't let up," Pierce said. "Neither one of us wanted our teams to lose." Sasha Pavlovic's 3-pointer made it 95-92 with 8.6 seconds left and the Cavaliers immediately fouled Pierce. His first shot hit the rim, hung in the air, then fell through as the crowd roared. Pierce said team patriarch Red Auerbach, who died in October 2006 at age 89, had something to do with that. "The ghost of Red just looking over us," Pierce said. "I think he kind of tapped it in the right direction. It sort of put a smile on my face." Pierce's second free throw was much smoother, making it 97-92. Cleveland raced downcourt and James hoisted his off-target 3-pointer. The Cavaliers got the rebound and James waved for the ball from the same spot he had just missed from. But Eddie House intercepted the pass and, as the final seconds ticked off, James turned and walked toward his bench, his chances of reaching the East finals dashed on the court where the Cavaliers were 0-6 this season. "Boston did their work during the regular season to put themselves in this position" to play Game 7 at home, Cleveland coach Mike Brown said. The key Sunday, he said, was Boston's 10 offensive rebounds that turned into 18 points. Cleveland had just seven second-chance points. "That was similar to what we had in the last game," Brown said. "You play on the road, if you turn the ball over, which we did a little tonight, and give up second chance points, it is going to be tough to win." Still, the Celtics were pushed to the limit for the second straight series. They did dominate Atlanta in Game 7, winning 99-65, but had a much tougher time eliminating Cleveland. But now they're unbeaten in the 29 series in which they've led 3-2. "Today it was basically, 'Get the ball to Paul Pierce and get the hell out of the way,'" Kevin Garnett said. Garnett added 13 points and P.J. Brown came off Boston's bench to score 10 and grab key rebounds. "It's emotional," Garnett said. "We will enjoy this, but as we advance it does get a little more difficult." Tags: NBA Cleveland Cavaliers Boston Celtics game play James West Garnett Pierce moves shot 3pt dunk block pass Playoffs 2008 |
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Wizards-Cavs 86-93 Game 1 PO 08[Arenas 24pts vs James 32pts] CLEVELAND, April 19, 2008 (AP) -- Flanked by security personnel, one of his own bodyguards and several close friends, LeBron James was escorted from the arena. He was untouchable. He could have used the protection earlier. Bumped and banged by the Wizards on every drive, James scored 32 points, making two tough shots in traffic down the stretch as the Cleveland Cavaliers opened the NBA playoffs with an intense 93-86 win over Washington on Saturday. Determined to shut up trash-talking Washington guard DeShawn Stevenson, who had called him "overrated" last month, James took a physical pounding. But he led the Cavaliers to their seventh straight postseason win over the Wizards, who had their chances in the fourth but missed 10 straight shots and scored just two points in the final 4:39. Afterward, James felt no need to rub it in Stevenson's face. "93-86," he said, "is the only words I need to say." James scored 20 points -- most of them on layups -- in the second half to lead the defending Eastern Conference champions, who took a 1-0 lead in a best-of-seven series that got off to a physical start and appears to have a long way to go. Game 2, or Round 2, if you will, is Monday night. This is the third-straight year the Cavs and Wizards have squared off in the first round, but James may be getting more efficient in the second half of those games. He scored 20 of his 32 points Saturday in the second half, by far his best half in Game 1 of the Cavs-Wizards playoff matchups. "It's one game," Wizards coach Eddie Jordan said. "They drew first blood." Resting a bothersome back, James sat out the early part of the fourth quarter. But once he returned to the floor, Cleveland's superstar forward came through as usual. With the game on the line, he twice got to the basket and scored over Wizards defenders, who had spent much of the game knocking him to the floor. James expected a physical game, and he got one. Not that he minded. "I was built for this," he said. "I'm not 6-9, 260 pounds to shoot jumpers all night. I go to the hole and I create contact. Don't ever think I'm the only person feeling that." With the score tied 84-84, James knifed his way down the lane and hit a layup between Antawn Jamison and Brendan Haywood with 1:37 remaining. Following a miss by Gilbert Arenas, who led the Wizards with 24 points, James powered past Stevenson and dropped a floater with 55 seconds left in the game -- and one tick to spare on the 24-second shot clock. The Wizards were still within four, but although Daniel Gibson missed a free throw and James misfired on two attempts from the line in the final minute, Washington's offense went cold at the worst time possible. Jamison missed three straight outside shots, two of them 3-pointers, in the final minutes. "They were shots I normally make, but I wasn't able to convert," Jamison said. "It's frustrating." Delonte West made four free throws in the final 15.1 seconds to seal Cleveland's win. Zydrunas Ilgauskas added 22 points and 11 rebounds and West finished with 16 points for the Cavaliers, who, unlike the Wizards, stayed quiet in the weeks leading up to the series. Ilgauskas and West both went 8-for-8 from the line and Cavs (37) shot 20 more free throws than the Wizards (17). Arenas played 27 minutes and fouled out with 13 seconds to go. Still getting his legs after missing 66 games following knee surgery, Agent Zero tired in the fourth. Jamison had 23 points and 19 rebounds and Stevenson finished with three points on just 1-of-9 shooting. Stevenson doesn't regret saying what he did about James. But their dialogue has ended. "The talking is over," Stevenson said. "I didn't say anything to him and he didn't say anything to me. The series has already started. We don't need to talk. We all know what's in the air. I said what I had to say. He [James] is a good player. I do what I can to get under his skin, on and off the court." Meeting for the third straight time in the postseason, these two teams know each other well. They also strongly dislike each other and tempers boiled over in the final seconds of the first half, when Haywood flattened James with a screen near midcourt. James didn't appreciate the foul or that Haywood towered over him for several seconds after the call. "He was standing over me in a very disrespectful manner," James said. He squirmed through Haywood's legs to get up and the pair pushed and screamed at each other. Cavs coach Mike Brown quickly intervened and Jamison came running in to the fray as Ilgauskas and Ben Wallace led Cleveland's charge. Haywood was slapped with a technical, as were Jamison and James. "I was over on top of him and he got a little razzle-dazzled," Haywood said. "That's how things go. He ain't going to do anything. I'm not going to do anything, so let's play on." 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Wizards-Cavs 86-116 Game 2 PO 08[Butler 12pts vs LBJ 30pts] CLEVELAND, April 21, 2008 (AP) -- The Cleveland Cavaliers' extreme makeover is complete. For more than two months since a colossal trade dismantled the defending Eastern Conference champions, Cleveland has waited for the game where its team of mixed parts and new faces finally molded into a legitimate NBA title contender. It happened. Maybe Gilbert Arenas was talking about some other Cavaliers a few weeks back. The team he faced Monday night doesn't look so beatable. LeBron James scored 30 points, Zydrunas Ilgauskas added 16, and the Cavs played their best game since the Feb. 21 megatrade, blowing out the Washington Wizards 116-86 to take a 2-0 lead in an opening-round playoff series oozing with bad blood. The 30-point margin of victory was the largest in Cleveland's 112-game postseason history, and the Cavaliers' performance was perhaps their finest 48 minutes since November. "We are playing the champs," Wizards coach Eddie Jordan said. "I know they changed their team. But they still have the same coaching staff, the monster player and he's taking over the series." James was scary all right. He scored 14 points in the third quarter when the Cavs opened a 25-point lead over the Wizards, whose defensive scheme coming into their third series in as many years with Cleveland was to slow the superstar by roughing him up with hard, clean fouls. It may be time for Plan B. The Wizards hardly bothered James, who finished with 12 assists and nine rebounds, barely missing his third career postseason triple-double. James went to the bench with 6:12 left. At that point, the Cavaliers were leading by 24 points and coach Mike Brown inserted seldom-used reserves Dwayne Jones and Damon Jones. With his team up by 15 at halftime, Brown began reminding his team about the importance of staying aggressive. He only got in a few words. "I didn't say anything," Brown said. "LeBron James did. LeBron started talking, I just left and the guys just followed his lead." Wally Szczerbiak added 15 points for the Cavs, who have struggled with injuries and inconsistency since GM Danny Ferry dealt half his roster at the trading deadline. With Cleveland staggering, Arenas called out the Cavs, saying "I think everybody wants Cleveland in that first round" and "We don't think they can beat us in the playoffs three years straight." Those comments followed Wizards forward DeShawn Stevenson calling James "overrated." Washington is eating its words. The Wizards have lost eight straight playoff games to Cleveland, and they'll have to figure out something before Thursday night's Game 3 in Washington or they'll be heading off on summer vacation, again courtesy of the Cavs. Arenas went 2-for-10 from the field and Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison were both 4-of-13 as the Wizards' Big Three combined for 28 points. The trio spent much of the fourth quarter sitting and thinking about what happened and the task ahead. "For us to come out undisciplined and unfocused was real disappointing," Jamison said. Despite all the trash talk, Jamison insists the Wizards weren't taking the Cavs lightly. "We didn't underestimate anybody," he said. "We know this is a very special team. They didn't play well in the last month of the regular season, but just like any veteran team, when the playoffs get started you're going to elevate your game. "Let's be honest. Some guys talked. It's over with. We know this team is capable of not only going past the first round but going past that." James withstood more rough treatment by the Wizards. In the third quarter, Washington center Brendan Haywood was ejected for a flagrant foul on James. Haywood didn't make much of an effort to go for the ball and shoved James hard with both hands as he drove and the All-Star went flying out of bounds. "It was scary," said James, who compared it to when he got undercut as a high school junior and broke his wrist. "I knew it was going to be a tough fall. I bounced up, though." Haywood, who had an altercation with James in Game 1, could face further discipline for the intentional foul. He didn't speak to the media and was escorted from Quicken Loans Arena by a security guard. James didn't have an opinion on whether Haywood should be suspended. "It was not a basketball play in any shape or form," he said. It was hardly the only physical one. In the first half, Arenas was called for a technical foul and Cleveland's Anderson Varejao was given a flagrant foul after hitting Washington's Andray Blatche in the face. The Wizards may be acting like bullies, but they insist they don't want to do anything more than make James work harder. Tags: NBA Cleveland Cavaliers Washington Wizards game play James Ilgauskas Butler Stevenson moves shot 3pt dunk Playoffs 2008 |