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*Quick Notes*
· Cleveland has won three straight and four of the last five meetings against Sacramento. With a win tonight, the Cavaliers would sweep the season series for the second straight year for the first time since 1996-98 when they ran off four in a row against the Kings.
· On Wednesday night against Atlanta, LeBron James scored 32 of his game-high 36 points in the second half to go along with five rebounds and six assists. His 19-fourth quarter points are the most a Cavalier has scored in a quarter this year. James scored or assisted on 26 of Cleveland’s final 27 points.
· Cleveland has held its opponents to an average of 85.8 points and .405 shooting from the field and .266 shooting from three point range in the last four games. Cleveland is 3-1 in those four games.
· Over his last six games, Anderson Varejao has averaged 8.2 points on .500 (20-40) shooting and 9.8 rebounds per game in 27.5 minutes per game. He has grabbed at least six rebounds in all six games.
· LeBron James continues to lead the NBA in scoring at 29.1 points per game. He has scored 30 or more points in 13 games this season.
· Without Mike Bibby, Kevin Martin, and Ron Artest, the Kings are without their top three scorers. Last season, the trio accounted for 52 percent of the Kings’ offense. Bibby was the Kings’ top three-point threat (.360 3pt%, 173 three-pointers) and the team’s assists leader (4.7 apg, 388 assists) last season. Martin, who led the Kings in scoring last season, still leads the team this season with a 24.5 scoring average. Artest, the team’s best defender, is second on the team in scoring (19.1 ppg) and first in steals (2.16 spg). Martin and Artest accounted for 30 percent of the team’s scoring.
· Guard Beno Udrih is stepping up for the Kings, posting double figures in 19 of the last 23 games he has played in. In 13 of the last 21 games he has played in, Udrih has dished out five or more assists. Udrih scored a career a high 27 points on 11/26 versus the Spurs. The Kings signed Udrih as a free agent on November 1.