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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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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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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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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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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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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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2006-07 Cleveland Cavaliers Tribute A look back on the highlights of the 2006-07 Cavs season. Tags: cleveland cavaliers cavs nba lebron james eastern conference champions |
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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'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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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 |