Game 26 | Cavaliers @ Nuggets Dec. 19th, 10:30PM (ET)

[wuck]

Interesting little tidbit from Windhorst's blog before tonight's game:

I think the Cavs are a little peeved that there is a perception they aren't playing well on the road. Which I partially started last week after the loss in Atlanta. So I think they are very much looking forward to this game. We'll see, I think it will be an excellent test.

 

[Typhoon]

proved them wrong

but they wont shut up 4real until we beat Boston or the Lakers

 

[Karma]

Any win in Denver is a good win, but to blow them out is unbelievable.

LeBron was exceptional at both ends.

Ilgauskas seems to be our X factor within our offense. He certainly relieves pressure off the other scorers as well as make this team are markedly better rebounding team.

Good to see Delonte putting it together again tonight.

 

[diversebeats]

Hubie is a tool, and an annoying one at that.

Sits there all game and just blabbers and blabbers stats his intern(s) are handing him on a screen

Hubie is annoying sometimes.... but i actually think he is one of the best analysts.. Most of what he says makes sense, and he is very unbiased compared to other people on ESPN

 

[kosis]

Is there any wonder why this team plays like they are on crack and so damn moody everygame???

They play in the pepsi center for petes sake. WHO DRINKS PEPSI???

Coca Cola all damn day!

Bring back Vanilla Coke, R.I.P.

Nah, it was all about Crystal Clear Pepsi.

 

[camakazee]

I finally got up to posting the neat-o stats of the night, sorry for the delay! Believe it or not, I was watching the game with a friend and getting ready to post my stats when he stumbled upon NBA Live 98 for PS1. So we popped it in my PS3 and played for hours. Talk about a misuse of technology :chuckles:

Anyways, make sure to check them out in the gameday stickied thread.

 

[kookoo]

Hubie is annoying sometimes.... but i actually think he is one of the best analysts.. Most of what he says makes sense, and he is very unbiased compared to other people on ESPN

Hahahahaha. Sorry, funniest thing I have heard all night minus all Hubie's talk about LeBron needing to be called for offensive fouls.

 

[mixman]

I'd say normally Hubie is pretty even in his analysis. But he definitely wasn't tonight.

Glad we won this one. There were three games I thought we might lose in Dec. @ATL, @DEN, and vs. HOU. So far we're 1-1. I'll definitely take that.

 

[KingSimba]

Wow ESPN really needs to learn there facts

THis morning some guy is talkg about the Lebron-Melo rivalry

He was talking about how hyped up it had been ans stuff.

THen he says it had been disapointing because neither player has lead thee team to a NBA Finals appearence.

Seriously where has this guy been.

 

["MVP"]

Ya, it was a great game from Bron, Z, and Delonte, but don't forget about Wally!

Here is an excerpt from Windhorsts blog:

"Wally Szczerbiak hit the floor seven times tonight, I counted. He will be sore tomorrow. But he also tied his career high with 16 high-fives after taking a charge from Carmelo Anthony in the fourth quarter. Yes, I counted. Wally loves high-fives."

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2008/12/windhorst_beat_blog_cavs_at_nu.html

Lol.

 

[jjc58]

Windy's been stealing his stuff from the Forum.

Career-high 16 high-fives? That may be his career high for a single possession, but definitely not a game. Wally's the Wilt Chamberlain of high-fives.

 

[Green Lantern]

I think the Cavs are a little peeved that there is a perception they aren't playing well on the road. Which I partially started last week after the loss in Atlanta. So I think they are very much looking forward to this game. We'll see, I think it will be an excellent test.

Good..they need to play with a chip on their shoulder..I need to see them peeved like that in more games..it'll mean they bounce opponents off their court...hear that Boston??
This game was amzing from the start...Z hitting everything..West hitting huge shots..
Lebron abusing the whole Nugget D..
We smoked them in their own building..and it was funny seeing Anthony just shake his head when James started hitting turnarounds in their mugs..
Fortuantely I watched the game on FSN not ESPN..

 

[wuck]

After the game, LeBron rewarded two Denver kids -- with his shoes!

Pretty good Christmas gift from their dad and LBJ.

DENVER - The game was over. The Cleveland Cavaliers had defeated the Denver Nuggets. But, before leaving the Pepsi Center floor on Friday night, international superstar LeBron James gave two local boys a gift they will never forget.

James walked up to two young fans and gave them the shoes off his own feet.

"They were shocked," said the boys' father Steve Day about the moment James handed them his game shoes, "I don't know if they said anything. I was shocked."

Day says his sons Tyler, 14, and Ryan, 10, are big Nuggets fans, but even bigger fans of LeBron James.

They went to the game dressed in Nuggets gear, but had also made a sign for James with three photos of him on it, and even laminated it. Early in the game, when James saw them two rows behind the Cavaliers' bench holding the sign, he made eye contact with them and pumped his fist.

"That was good enough for me," said Day. "He's a classy guy."

Little did Day know, before they left the Pepsi Center, his two sons would each be clutching one of LeBron James' size 15 Nike basketball shoes as strangers in the concourses snapped photos with them.

"It was pretty amazing," said Day.

The boys' aunt, Jennifer Day, says the boys were in town from Grand Junction for the game. She says her nephew Ryan knows everything there is to know about the Cavs' star, and even told her about an interview he remembered seeing in which James said the best Christmas gift he'd ever received was a little tykes basketball hoop when he was 3 years old.

"These shoes will be the best Christmas gift of my life," Ryan told his aunt.

Steve Day says he got the tickets as a Christmas gift for his sons, buying them online. He says they were pricey, but worth every penny after his sons got to look their hero in the eye.

"They think the world of him," said Day. "Now I see why."

Day says his sons plan to send James a thank you. He says they were so in shock when he gave them his shoes he's not sure they thanked him.

http://www.9news.com/sports/article.aspx?storyid=106297&catid=295

 

[kookoo]

After the game, LeBron rewarded two Denver kids -- with his shoes!

Pretty good Christmas gift from their dad and LBJ.

DENVER - The game was over. The Cleveland Cavaliers had defeated the Denver Nuggets. But, before leaving the Pepsi Center floor on Friday night, international superstar LeBron James gave two local boys a gift they will never forget.

James walked up to two young fans and gave them the shoes off his own feet.

"They were shocked," said the boys' father Steve Day about the moment James handed them his game shoes, "I don't know if they said anything. I was shocked."

Day says his sons Tyler, 14, and Ryan, 10, are big Nuggets fans, but even bigger fans of LeBron James.

They went to the game dressed in Nuggets gear, but had also made a sign for James with three photos of him on it, and even laminated it. Early in the game, when James saw them two rows behind the Cavaliers' bench holding the sign, he made eye contact with them and pumped his fist.

"That was good enough for me," said Day. "He's a classy guy."

Little did Day know, before they left the Pepsi Center, his two sons would each be clutching one of LeBron James' size 15 Nike basketball shoes as strangers in the concourses snapped photos with them.

"It was pretty amazing," said Day.

The boys' aunt, Jennifer Day, says the boys were in town from Grand Junction for the game. She says her nephew Ryan knows everything there is to know about the Cavs' star, and even told her about an interview he remembered seeing in which James said the best Christmas gift he'd ever received was a little tykes basketball hoop when he was 3 years old.

"These shoes will be the best Christmas gift of my life," Ryan told his aunt.

Steve Day says he got the tickets as a Christmas gift for his sons, buying them online. He says they were pricey, but worth every penny after his sons got to look their hero in the eye.

"They think the world of him," said Day. "Now I see why."

Day says his sons plan to send James a thank you. He says they were so in shock when he gave them his shoes he's not sure they thanked him.
http://www.9news.com/sports/article....6297&catid=295

HOLD UP. Wally is rubbing off on LeBron. Soon he's gonna be gelling his hair and losing 6 feet off his vertical leap

 

[NarlCavs]

One thing that impresses me and is a nice change from past seasons is when the Cavs have a lead this season and the opposing team is making a run to bring the score closer the Cavs regularly have been able to put a stop to the run and push the score back out. Cavs would regularly lose big leads in the past but that's not happening anymore.

LeBron was almost as perfect as you can get in last night's game.
Huge showing for Z coming back from the injury.

Almost hard to believe they came in and blew away a Denver team that had been playing very well and did it on their homecourt.