Cavaliers vs Bobcats Highlights

Bring on the Celtics: Cavaliers prepare for champs with a rout of Charlotte

The Cavaliers may not have been looking ahead to Friday's game with the Celtics while they were playing the Charlotte Bobcats Wednesday night, but it sure didn't take them long to shift focus. In the minutes after their 111-81 blowout of the Bobcats, players huddled around the televisions in the locker room to watch and comment on the Celtics' battle with the Houston Rockets. LeBron James' son, LeBron Jr., raced around his dad's legs as he studied each possession. Other players peeked in from the shower room and the training room, hearing the bellows...read full article

Cavs Dominate Charlotte Beating Bobcats 111-81 at the Q

The Cleveland Cavaliers put on a thorough display of their best basketball Wednesday night and extended their home win streak to 18 games as they crushed the Charlotte Bobcats 111-81. It was a performance that should terrify most of the NBA. The Cavs had been in a bit of a funk the last few games, looking more like last year’s ill-fated squad. This game marked a return to the form that helped them establish a 28-6 record to start the season and put the rest of the league on notice that their great start was no fluke. LeBron James led the way with...read full article

LeBron has easy night, Cavaliers rout Bobcats

LeBron James scored 21 points before grabbing an early seat on the bench as the Cleveland Cavaliers warmed up for their highly anticipated matchup with Boston Celtics by blowing out the Charlotte Bobcats 111-81 in the NBA on Wednesday. Mo Williams added 15 points to help the Cavaliers improve to 18-0 at home. On Friday, the defending champion Celtics will arrive for a game between the Eastern Conference's premier powers, a rematch of last season's heated seven-game conference semifinal and a possible tease of what could come this spring. Boston...read full article

Final Dime - Cavaliers 111, Bobcats 81

One of the Cavaliers’ biggest concerns coming into Wednesday night’s matchup was that they might look past the 13-22 Bobcats with Friday night’s heavyweight showdown with The Celtics on deck. But the Wine and Gold put that concern to rest one stanza into the affair, jumping out to a 29-12 first quarter lead behind LeBron James’ 15-point period. The Cavaliers didn’t shoot less than 55 percent in any quarter after that, and eventually ran away with the 111-81 win over the Bobcats. The lopsided victory – Cleveland’s third over Charlotte already this...read full article

Cavs blow out Bobcats, set up showdown with Celtics

Start the hype. After pounding the Bobcats by 30 Wednesday, the Cavs officially turned their attention to Friday’s showdown with the defending champion Celtics. And it took point guard Mo Williams just a few moments to do so after the 111-81 rout of Charlotte at Quicken Loans Arena.
“They got us up there,” Williams said during the on-court postgame interview, referring to the Celtics’ win over the Cavs on opening night. “It’s our turn. It’s payback time.” The Cavs made sure they headed into Friday’s 8 p.m. game at The Q the right way, by destroying...read full article

Cavs stay focused on Bobcats

So much for looking past the Charlotte Bobcats. Instead, the Cavaliers just ran them over 111-81 en route to their biggest game of the season on Friday against the Boston Celtics. The Cavs opened the game on a 6-0 run to signal to the Bobcats just exactly how things were going to be. To put an exclamation point on it, the Cavs conjured up a 28-3 run from the end of the first quarter into the second. In the first half, the Cavaliers led 43-14 and looked well on their way to embarrassing the Bobcats, who came in winners of two consecutive games, the last one coming...read full article

LeBron James has easy night, Cavaliers rout Bobcats 111-81

LeBron James and a few of his teammates hung around after their post-game showers and watched the final minutes of Boston's game against Houston on TV. They'll see the Celtics in person soon enough. The NBA champions are coming. The Cavaliers are ready. James scored 21 points before grabbing an early seat on the bench, Mo Williams added 15 and Cleveland warmed up for its highly anticipated matchup with Boston by blowing out the Charlotte Bobcats 111-81 on Wednesday night, raising the Cavaliers' record at home to 18-0. 19-0 isn't a...read full article

Bobcats-Cavaliers Preview

LeBron James can't stop talking about the Cleveland Cavaliers' latest loss, and his team has a showdown with the defending champions looming later this week. In the meantime, they might want to pay some attention to the Charlotte Bobcats. With a highly-anticipated home game against Boston Celtics on the horizon, the Cavaliers will first try to improve upon their 17-0 record at Quicken Loans Arena on Wednesday against Charlotte, which is coming off a thrilling overtime win over the Celtics. Cleveland (27-6) had won 17 of 18 games in dominant...read full article

NBA Today: Cavs Better Not Look Past ‘Cats

Everyone is talking about the big showdown between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics coming up Friday night, and how that will be the biggest test yet to the Cavs’ home court dominance. The only problem is, Cleveland faces Charlotte Wednesday night – the same team that just beat Boston the other night. Talk about a situation ripe for an upset. Add to this the fact that the Cavs have dropped two of their past three games, including a loss to underwhelming Washington, and you could see how Cleveland looks very vulnerable suddenly...read full article

Cavaliers coach Brown gladly makes decisions by committee

With the third-best record in the NBA at 27-6, the Cleveland Cavaliers have hit few rocky spots this season. Coach Mike Brown is prepared to keep it that way. Using a tip from St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, Brown has formed a group of veteran players with whom he confers — through good times and bad. He refers to his foursome of LeBron James, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Ben Wallace and Mo Williams as "The Committee." They offer Brown feedback and police the team. "It helps me out," Brown says. "I don't have all the answers. They have a better...read full article

NBA Action Bobcats @ Cavaliers

The Charlotte Bobcats (13-22 SU, 20-15 ATS, 14-20-1 O/U) picked up their biggest win of the season on Tuesday, surprising the defending-champion Boston Celtics in their 114-106 overtime win, easily covering the spread for BetUS NBA sports betting backers in the process. The Cleveland Cavaliers (27-6 SU, 23-10 ATS, 15-18 O/U) have dropped two of their last three overall, including an 80-77 loss to the Washington Wizards on Sunday in which they failed to cover the spread as a 9-point road favorite in the BetUS Sportsbook. The Bobcats got 25 points from...read full article

Almost-Jayhawks: Which ones still make you wonder?

Last summer, Washington Wizards guard DeShawn Stevenson made quite a ruckus for calling out the Cleveland Cavaliers and mighty King James during the Wizards’ playoff series against LeBron’s gang. Stevenson, who emerged as a bona fide NBA star down the stretch last year, was unconscious during the playoffs, scoring at will and making famous his “You can’t see me” gesture after every long-range dagger. The whole time I watched, I couldn’t help but wonder if Stevenson would be the same player he is today had he honored his commitment to come to...read full article

Award Watch: Coach of the Year

This week's Coach of the Year rankings are almost identical to last week's with one major exception: Gregg Popovich has shot up to #5. This was inevitable as the production San Antonio's role players could not go unnoticed forever. Portland's Nate McMillan took a slight dip this week as did Houston's Rick Adelman. Boston Celtic's Doc Rivers however maintained his spot at #3 despite the recent losses.

#1 (1) Mike Brown – Cleveland Cavaliers (27-6) – Owners of the best record in the East, Brown's Cavaliers are still chanting the same mantra: Efficiency. I say this...read full article