Every Monday, with the assistance of the good people over at www.basketball-reference.com, I like to take a look deep into the statistics of teams and players from around the league in a little post I like to call “Fun with Box Scores”.
Cleveland Cavaliers
16 November 2009
12 November 2009
The NBA league pass is awesome, but nothing beats a good TNT double-header.
Tonight, we get a great TNT double-header.
The night starts off with Cleveland at Miami. I’ve written this before, but LeBron vs. Wade is the best head-to-head matchup to watch in the NBA right now. These guys always bring out the best in each other.
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6 November 2009
LeBron James makes his only trip to Madison Square Garden tonight.
For the past two seasons there has been plenty of talk about LeBron bolting his hometown of Cleveland for the bright lights of New York City.
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2 November 2009
In the NBA these days, it seems like there is a stat for everything. We’ve got PER, offensive efficiency ratings, defensive efficiency rating, and so on and so on.
It seems like every team in the league now employs their own stat guru. And while I’m not one to question the use of all these new statistics to evaluate NBA players (I actually kinda like them), I’m old school.
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29 October 2009
will ensure that he will never again be the dominant force he once was.
The Ugly
Cleveland Cavaliers
It’s not exactly time to panic; it’s just an 0-2 start. But it’s the way that they went about doing it that makes Cleveland the ugliest team of the first two days of the NBA season.
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27 October 2009
Happy New Year!
With the new NBA season set to tip off with four games tonight, here are some of the things I’ll be watching for in tonight’s action.
Boston @ Cleveland, 7:30pm
I can’t wait to see LeBron again this season. Last year, coming off the Olympics, you could see that his focus was on improving defensively. Now, without a summer in the spotlight, I’m curious to see if he’s made any improvements to his already unreal game. Is this the year we finally see LeBron use his Karl Malone-like body to beast on people inside?
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Disappointing news for NBA fans everywhere, courtesy of yahoo:
"LOS ANGELES (AP)—Blake Griffin’s (notes) NBA debut has been pushed back indefinitely after the Los Angeles Clippers revealed late Monday night that their No. 1 overall draft pick has a broken left kneecap.
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1 August 2009
Phoenix Suns
8. New Orleans Hornets
Easter Conference Playoffs:
1. Cleveland Cavaliers
2. Boston Celtics
3. Miami Heat
4. Orlando Magic
5. Chicago Bulls
6. Atlanta Hawks
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28 July 2009
The once infamous Lebron James getting dunked on tape is finally out for all to see. But all you see is a bunch of hype over nothing. Like the rest of the sports world, I had built up this monumental
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5 December 2008
After a thrilling game-winning tip in by Troy Murphy that gave the Pacers an 118-117 win over the Lakers, Indiana had to travel to Boston the following night for a rematch with the defending NBA champion Celtics. Did they have enough in the tank to defeat Boston again? In a word, no.
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28 October 2008
The Boston Celtics have definitely proven their worth as a championship team. Their cinderella story has came true the previous season and now comes the hard part. It's time to defend and it's time to prove that they are deserving to be called NBA Champions. Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett will have their hands full this season as many teams have improved their line-ups.
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R THE WEST
ROOKIES WIN OVER SOPHOMORES
PLAY-OFFS:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
1) Boston Celtics
2) Cleveland Cavaliers
3) Detroit Pistons
4) Orlando Magic
5) Philadelphia Sixers
6) Toronto Raptors
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