Game 36 | Cavs @ Utah | Friday January 10, 2014 9:00 PM EST

[MoFlo]

Game #36

(Game #1 of the Luol Deng era! AKA: The end of the "WTF is a SF?!?" era)

Cavaliers (12-23, 2-15 Away) @ Utah (12-25, 7-10 Home)

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Head Coaches:

Mike Brown

Tyrone Corbin

Starting Lineups:

The Bad Guys:

Trey Burke

Averaging 16.5 Points; 4 Rebounds; 6 Assists per game on 43.5% shooting in wins. 10.6 Points; 2.9 Boards; 4.8 Assists on 33.7% shooting in losses.

Gordon Hayward

Averaging 27.0 Points; 5.7 Rebounds; 5.0 Assists; 1.3 Blocks; 2.0 Steals per games over his last 3, while shooting 60.4% (64.3% from deep)

Richard Jefferson

Shooting 53.2% from downtown over his last 14 games.

Marvin Williams

Utah is 8-7 when Williams scores 10+ points.

Derrick Favors

Shooting 57.1% over his last 19 games.

The Good Guys:

Kyrie Irving

Has 81 Assists to 28 Turnovers over his last 12 games. (22:4 in last 3).

C.J Miles

Shooting 47.4% from deep at home. Just 28.6% on the road.

Luol Deng

Over the last 3 years at the Q (5 Gms): 21.6 Points; 6.0 Rebounds; 4.0 Assists; 61.8% FG; 60.0% 3's; 15-15 FT

Tee Tee

The Cavs are 9-6 when TT gets a double double.

Andy

Averaging 14.0 Rebounds per game over his last 8.

Utah's Scrubs:

Enes Kanter

Alec Burks

Diante Garrett

Jeremy Evans

Bench Brigade:

Delly

Dion Waiters

Jarrett Jack

Earl Clark

Tyler Zeller

Anthony Bennett

Alonzo Gee

MoFlo's Notes:

-Utah is allowing just 86.3 Points at home vs the East this season.

-Utah has won their last 4 home games and are 11-11 since starting the season 1-14.

-The Cavs are allowing just 87.2 PPG over their last 5 games.

-Cavs have dropped 18 out of the last 19 to the West on the road, their last such win coming 1/16/2013 @ Portland.

-Chicago was 59-16 when Luol Deng dished out 5+ assists, including 34-6 over the past 3+ seasons (4-3 this season).

Jazz Groupies:

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[Fuggles]

murst win

 

[thegodfather]

This should be one of the most interesting, most watched games of the season.

 

[Soar]

Haven't been this excited for a game since opening night. I really think Deng will fit in like a glove.

 

[Stark]

Richard Jefferson

 

[wuck]

I'm not raising my hopes too high. Since starting the season 1-14, Utah has played .500 (11-11), winning their last 4 home games.

It should be a good game but I would feel a lot better about it if it were in Cleveland.

 

[Ohio]

Richard Jefferson

who?

 

[AMC]

who?

Jazz.

 

[UncleDrew]

Deng's debut as a Cavalier! Can't WAIT!! It should be interesting!

 

[Stark]

Why isn't Kanter starting? I thought they let Millsap and Jefferson walk so that Favors and Kanter could start.

 

[Walter White]

Oh crap, the Jazz beat the Thunder last game? This might not be as easy as I thought.

 

[gourimoko]

Really gotta win every game now...

 

[killerkev369]

I can't wait to see how many "Richard Jefferson" posts there will be every time he does something. :chuckles:

 

[DatDudeZ3]

I have a bad feeling about Friday night after how the Jazz just beat the Thunder and have been playing well lately. I hope they prove me wrong, so I can have that confidence in them in shaky games again.

 

[Adam]

If they are really going to start marvin williams at the 4 then we have to go to TT on the block as the first look early in the game, that should be an easy look.

i'll be amazed if deng shoots well (hes struggled a bit recently anyway) but i think he'll really win over the fans on the defensive end.