Dark Age: Monthly Recaps

Jefferson returns but still came up short with the Warriors
It's another bad game from Cavaliers tonight and had a disappointing 3 losing streaks after losing to one of the low ranked teams, the Golden State Warriors. Richard Jefferson returns inside the court but the team didn't felt his presence as Coach Byron Scott was forced to give him little minutes since he's still recovering from his injury. The Warriors had a great start at the first half, putting the Cavs in a 10 point lead with Monta Ellis doing most of the points while on the other side, Miller fights back with his killer jump shots. David Lee showed some strong rebounds defensively but that didn't gave a threat on Oden and Griffin. The start of the second half shows a strong Cavs as they did a 14 - 2 run against the Warriors and made their first lead in the game before the 3rd Quarter expires. By the end of 4th Quarter shows great fatigue at the team that let the Golden State continues to hustle and end the game with the score of 109 - 117. "I don't know what is going on with the Cavs, but all I can say they are not in the good form tonight, they just let Monta get a rare 48 points.", Coach Don Nelson told the reporters during a post-game press con.

Player of The Game:
Monta Ellis
48 points, 4 assists

Key Performers:

Mike Miller
37 points, 4 blocks, 15/26 FG

Blake Griffin
8 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists (an almoust triple double )

David Lee
13 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists

Stephen Curry
24 points, 5 TO's, 7 assists



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The King's ready to face his former team
Lebron James shows up a press conference made by the Heat before their Christmas game against the Cleveland Cavaliers for the first time of the season where many people was anticipating to see Lebron face his former team. "I was really excited to come back where I started but sadly, I am not welcome. I am expecting flying water bottles or toilet papers inside the court but I don't blame them.", Lebron added. The King was then asked how he feels with the performance of the Cavs after his departure, "They started great unlike us who are struggling until but by the looks of it, they lost RJ at the early start of December and that could be the key to beat them, but hell, with or without RJ, we can beat Cavs if my team has the heart to beat them". Another former Cavalier who joined the Heats this offseason Zydrunas Ilgauskas was also in the hot seat during the press conference but the European Star tries not to answer and just said, "This is going to be a good match up and I am very excited about it.". Though RJ suffered a hand injury last week, RJ told at his twitter that he is back and ready to face the Cavs, he also posted something at his twitter account that added some controversy before their game with the Heats, "24>23". Does that means, he is pretty confident that he can beat LBJ or he was just playing arrogant.

Last edited by lefisto on Sat Aug 14, 2010 4:01 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Monta Ellis is a pain to go against, so 48 points isn't that big of a surprise. Good luck against the Heat, hope RJ proves that 24 is a bigger number than 23.

The worst near triple-double is when you don't get 10 points.

Blake Griffin small fail

lol... sigh... Now, I find hard to see if we can win against the Heat since RJ is still in remedy. Will play and post it later.

Might be a little late but it seems everytime Kwame Brown is traded, it will always be a lopsided deal or an upgrade over him.

Anyway I hope the refs don't screw you because of flopping D-Wade, Bosh becomes a none factor and Lebron will be attack by angry mobs before the game and you will win lol.

The worst near triple-double is when you don't get 10 points.

Nope the worst is when you miss a quintuple double by either 1 or 2 in almost every categories. Amare' Stoudamire did it early on in my franchise.

Heat takes home the win for Christmas
This day should be the time to celebrate peace and love but in Quicken Loans Arena, they just did the exact opposite as Cavs fans witness the return of their former hero inside the court. Lebron James finally returned to Cleveland with his new team, the Miami Heat to battle with Richard Jefferson, Mike Miller, Mo Williams and the rest of the Cavaliers. The fans showed no mercy when the trio of Lebron, Wade and Bosh entered the arena as they give them a huge amount of boos and some plastic bottles just like what Lebron said at his press conference. There are even teared #23 jersey of Lebron thrown out of the arena before the game started. Glad the crowd was able to calm down at the start of the game but then the players meet up and it became more worse when Richard Jefferson bad mouths Lebron in front of a huge crowd. It almost turned out to be a Pacers/Pistons slugfest but both Wade and Mo managed to hold their teams. The early half shows both teams doesn't want to lose as most of their shots where good. Miami leads by 10 at the second quarter but the Cavs made an 8-0 run to come close at the their opponents. Miller throws a high three before the second quarter ends that put the Cavs in a one point lead. The second half features a heated up Varejao and a blazing JJ Hickson in both offenses and defenses while RJ was put on the bench after complaining about his aching hand. The two teams came up close by the fourth quarter but then some missed shots was made by the Cavs that let the Miami passes through and wins the game (104-111). "A very sad christmas indeed!" Richard Jefferson said before he leaves the court and went to the locker room. "The teams still is struggling since the start of December. Now my job is to find a way to stop this losing streak and continue winning", Coach Byron Scott said.

Player of the Game:

Chris Bosh
36 points, 8 rebounds

Key Players of the Night:
Lebron James
30 points, 8 rebounds,

Mike Miller
35 points, 7 assits, 5 TO's

Anderson Varejao
10 points, 5-7 FG, 3 blocks



Not Again?

Last edited by lefisto on Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.

lefisto, Tough loss for you.

Indeed tough loss. I like how you added the hatred of the fans toward LeBron James, that was awesome.

Not the game you wanted to have in LeBron's return, but at least it wasn't a blowout. Better luck next time.

Cavaliers closes the year with great momentum

Though the Cavaliers had a rough run in December, they didn't end the month with a losing streak as they got two road victories in the West against the Mavericks and the Hornets. First off, they go Texas and face off Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavs for the second time around. With Richard Jefferson is in 100%, they battled out the Mavs in a very close game that ended, 113 - 111. Greg Oden made a lay up inside in the final seconds of the game to put the team's losing streak to an end. This spoiled Dirk Nowitzki's 33 points and 8 rebounds while Mike Miller is the high pointer with 34 points that helped his team to beat the leading team in the league. Their win gave the Cavs much momentum as they fly to New Orleans and visits Chris Paul and the Hornets. The Cavs get their second win (134-127) but Chris Paul showed so much effort as he made 49 points, 15 TO's and 7 assits while Mike Miller and Richard Jefferson double teams scores 35 and 36.

Against the Mavericks



Against the Hornets

Give Green more playing time.

Good pair of wins there, despite Dirk and CP3 had some great games against you.

Having a great dynasty so far. i like it!

Season Standings:

Western Conferece
Phoenix 22-8
Dallas 23-9
Memphis 20-11
Minnesota 19-11
LA Lakers 19-11
Utah 19-12

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Portland 16-14
LA Clippers 15-14
Oklahoma City 15-15
Houston 15-16
Denver 14-15
San Antonio 13-17

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New Orleans 13-18
Sacramento 8-23
Golden State 7-25

Eastern Conference

Washington 18-10
Philadelphia 18-12
Cleveland 18-13
New York 18-13
Toronto 18-13
Orlando 19-14

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Miami 17-14
Detroit 15-15
New Jersey 15-18
Boston 13-16
Indiana 12-18
Atlanta 10-19

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Milwaukee 10-20
Charlotte 9-20
Chicago 8-22

The Cavs is still hanging in as a Play off Contender while some Play Off favorites are still struggling to get in their spots. The Spurs managed to ascend up to the rankings while the Wizards and Wolves are surprisingly still going strong.

MVP Candidates


Players of the Month





Leading Cavaliers:

Points
Mike Miller - 23.6 PPG
Richard Jefferson - 16.4 PPG
Blake Griffin - 11.4 PPG

Rebounds
Blake Griffin - 11.4 RPG
Anderson Varejao - 6.9 RPG
Greg Oden - 5.8 RPG

Assists
Mo Williams - 5.5 APG
Richard Jefferson - 4.3 APG
Greg Oden - 3.5 APG

Blocks
Anderson Varejao - .84 BPG
Blake Griffin - .70 BPG
Mo Williams - .65 BPG

Steals
Mo Williams - .77
Richard Jefferson - .76
Blake Griffin - .70

The Cavs are still struggling with their defense based on the stats, can they find a way to develop their defensive plays at the start of January.

What happened to San Antonio and Atlanta? More Ls than Ws..

Tim Duncan's not scoring enough.

Tim Duncan needs more blocks to make SA a successful team. Anyways, you have the third seed, but just 3 wins above the eighth seed. Just keep winning more games, and you're sure to make the playoffs.

why won't anyone get more than 1 block per game ? good luck getting to the playoffs .

why won't anyone get more than 1 block per game ?

NBA Live 08's broken sim engine.

Yes. Hedo didn't get +20 points any more at real but he averages 33.7 points per game.