remy23

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4:00 pm PT, 7:00 pm ET

Cleveland is coming off a pair of loses which has to have lit a fire underneath the squad. In contrast, the Wolves are coming in off a win over the Clippers. Both teams will have had a few days to rest, practice and prepare for this match up. Garnett and Griffin will be hard to match up against. Hopefully, this means Anderson sees more PT tonight. Since the Wolves are good at the mid-range game, if their shot is falling, Cleveland's defense is giong to be stressed and come apart.



The Wolves pose major problems for Cleveland and it makes for what sounds like a broken record: #23 must take flight and not look back. But against Sam, The Big Ticket, Eddie, and Wally & co., James and Z will need near-career nights if the Wolves posse gets loose.

SamTheMan67

damn sweet pic of lebron right htere

Pioneer10

This could be a three game losing street unless the Cavs step it up big time. Gooden we need some defense big guy

Benedict_Boozer

I'll actually be at this game, so i'm definitely hoping the squad brings some energy and fire to this one. Minnesota is a great team, no question, but we do play much better at home and can compete with anybody when Lebron is on his game.

Other good news is we have a couple "easier" games coming up in the schedule, so even if we drop this one we can rack up a few wins to close out the month.

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Tersk

Drew Gooden is a great passer

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remy23

End of 1st

Wolves - 22
Cavaliers - 29

What a fast paced game. The second the ball came out of the net, both teams would wind sprint down the court. James is doing a great job of sharing the ball and Cleveland went on a run towards the end of the quarter.

Tersk

LeBron is on Fire this quarter

2 long jumpers
A few nice dunks
Great passes

Man, I'm turning into a LeBron Homer!

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Nevus

at Varejao... that was great! Behind the back!

remy23

Anderson strips KG, dribbles down the court, goes behind his back and hits the lay up. Each game Anderson does something that makes you smile.

Tersk

Holy crap

Anyone see that play by Varejo

Steals it from KG
Goes to coast to coast
Puts is around his back then lays it in

Amazing

Man, I'm such a fan of this Cleveland team

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HKF

The Wolves are going to need to make a move, they can't win a title with this group, I'm sorry. By the end of the year, this group will be finished.

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FutureDraftPick

Nice dunk by Z..

And yeah, that play Varejao did was friggin' awesome.

50-36 Cavs

Tersk

Nice fake by Z aswell, had Hoiberg fooled

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Tersk

That woulda been a sweet dunk by LeBron

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Halftime

Wolves - 43
Cavalies - 58

From an offensive standpoint, it seemed if as Cleveland were playing like they were Seattle or Phoenix. Everybody is getting in on the act (James, Z, Gooden, etc.).

While KG has great stats so far in the game, I thought he would be more dominant. He is playing great but he isn't fully imposing his will on the game yet.