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Cavs Loss 5th in A Row
Dec 5, 2007
It's a James less game for the Wizards and they are happy to miss James when they took advantage over the Cavs, Wizards won 105 to 86
With the Cleveland Cavaliers' superstar sidelined for a fourth straight game with a sprained left index finger, the Wizards took advantage to beat the Cavaliers on Wednesday night.
Washington's past two playoff runs were ended by Cleveland, including a sweep in the first round last spring when the Wizards were without Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler.
On Wednesday, the Wizards were again without Arenas, who had an operation on his left knee for the second time in seven months. But Butler took advantage of James' absence and scored 27 points to send Cleveland to its fifth straight loss -- its first five-game skid since Feb. 22-March 1, 2006.
Missing James, Larry Hughes, Donyell Marshall, and Anderson Varejao, who had sat out this season in a contract disupte resolved Wednesday, the Cavaliers bear little resemblance to last season's Eastern Conference champions.
"We can win games, but obviously we're going to have to get some bodies healthy for us to be able to get back to where we were at the end of last year," Brown said.
Lebron James Injured!
Nov 29, 2007
An MRI on LeBron James' injured left finger in Toronto revealed a sprain, and the Cleveland Cavaliers said their superstar would be a game-time decision for Friday's game against the Raptors.
Though the Cavaliers struggled against the Pistons after James left the game, Cleveland is 9-3 in games James has missed.
"We've had some big wins without him on the floor," Cavs coach Mike Brown says. "We don't want to experience a lot of that. Trying to fill that void for multiple games would be a nightmare."
James' injury comes when he and the Cavs were on a roll. The loss to Detroit ended a four-game winning streak, which had moved them into a tie for first place in the Central Division with the Pistons.
In a seven-game stretch from Nov. 14-27, during which he scored at least 30 points in each game and had three triple-doubles, James averaged 37.6 points while shooting 51.4% from the field. He also averaged 9.3 rebounds and 10 assists.
Lebron James Scored 45 Points Against Knicks
Nov 2, 2007
Cavs fans where very happy when Cleveland lead by Star player Lebron James who scored 45 points , Daniel Gibson made four 3-pointers - three off passes from James - in just over two minutes in the fourth quarter to rally the Cavaliers past the Knicks 110-106
Gibson, Cleveland's shooting star in last season's playoffs, finished with six 3-pointers and 24 points. He made four 3s in a span of 2:17 of the fourth, when the Cavaliers turned a three-point deficit into an eight-point lead.
Drew Gooden added 14 points and Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 12 rebounds for Cleveland.
