Game 31 | Cleveland @ Los Angeles | December 25, 2009 | 5:00 EST

[No Regard]

I'm not saying don't enjoy it, what i ment by stay classy was there is no reason to jump on me when i have done nothing wrong. I was really just trying to congratulate you.

You should have said these things from the get go. But it's all good! Sorry if you felt that I jumped on you. It was just a misunderstanding after all.

 

[SkipToMyLou]

Oh hell yeah! Nice win today, the bench was huuuuge.

Hey Kobe tell me how my ass taste.

 

[Rick Astley]

Imagine playing this game with Sasha and Wally instead of Moon and Parker.

*shudder*

You should be burned at the stake for even thinking of that.

 

[redscoon]

The Cavs completely dominated the Lakers bigs and that was basically the game. It put a ton of pressure on Kobe to create for himself and Parker and Moon hounded him all day. They established a physical tone early and maintained it throughout. I think that is one of the things that makes Boston great and made Detroit great a few years ago. They got in your shirt all night and establish that as their norm on the defensive end. The refs can't call everything a foul when you play like that constantly, so you start getting some more leeway from the officials.

If Mo Williams hits his jumpers, we are pretty much unstoppable. He was arguably the best player on the court today and the Cavs dominated. If you could guarantee his jumper wouldn't abandon him in the playoffs like it did last year, the Cavs could probably get away with making no moves. But that is certainly not a gamble I think they should take given the opportunities that should present themselves.

The versatility of this squad is impressive. They smashed PHX by going small and dismantled them at their own game. The Cavs went huge to match up with the Lakers and picked them apart at their own game. That's a luxury not previously afforded to the club because of some personnel holes that existed.

A big time statement from the team the last 3 games of this trip, especially tonight. I thought this trip was going to end very badly after Dallas, but will be the first to admit I was way off base.

Thanks for the Christmas present guys. Very enjoyable show.

 

[Born 'N' Raised]

Many many positives to take from this game today. One specific one I am going to dwell on, Parker and Moon defending Kobe. With the quality D we got from them today Lebron was able to spend his energy elsewhere for the majority of the game. That will be HUGE in games that are tighter than this one was. Lebron will have energy to spare when he needs to execute on offense in the fourth quarters... Something to look forward to.

 

[elcheato]

I really hope I never have to listen to Mark Jackson call a game again. Came up with some BS shit saying how the Cavs are a mess, and he gave us no credit at all. Then he was talking about Kobe's competitive nature when the Lakers were down 20?

 

[3 Da Hard Way]

 

[blank964]

Great that people were quick to point out that we weren't able to beat elite teams on the road last season but this year against LA, Orlando, and Boston we're 2-1 including two road wins. We just got to clean up some things and play more consistently and I really think we'll be better than last season.

 

[Mr. Glass]

Mark Jackson is a total piece of shit, LeBron led the team even better than he played, Mo showed up HUGE, our wings frustrated the shit out of Kobe, and Shaq did exactly what we got him to do. A Merry Christmas indeed.

 

[Surge]

Imagine playing this game with Sasha and Wally instead of Moon and Parker.

 

[Dirk Gently]

I really hope I never have to listen to Mark Jackson call a game again. Came up with some BS shit saying how the Cavs are a mess, and he gave us no credit at all. Then he was talking about Kobe's competitive nature when the Lakers were down 20?

It wasn't Kobe being competitive as much as the fact that Kobe has himself on his fantasy basketball team, and he wanted to pad his stats a bit in garbage time. If the situation was reversed, you can believe that Mark Jackson would have been calling LeBron out for trying to pad his stats and calling Mike Brown out for playing his main guys in garbage time.

 

[Ilkkan23]

lebron teachs kobe, ahahhaaa sorry.

 

[Zog]

Didn't get to see the game because I was driving to see relatives.

Did Delonte guard Kobe much? Is that part of the reason for 11/31 for Kobe? :chuckles:

How many times/how long did we go to the twin towers?

 

[Da_James_Gang]

Didn't get to see the game because I was driving to see relatives.

Did Delonte guard Kobe much? Is that part of the reason for 11/31 for Kobe? :chuckles:

How many times/how long did we go to the twin towers?

You just need to find a way to watch it, it was priceless.

 

[TheNewEra]

Didn't get to see the game because I was driving to see relatives.

Did Delonte guard Kobe much? Is that part of the reason for 11/31 for Kobe? :chuckles:

How many times/how long did we go to the twin towers?

You missed the most exciting cavs game, whole lakers team was frusterated getting T's. Fans mad so they started to throw water bottles and foam fingers on court.

Parker, Moon, and delonte all guarded him and made Kobe work all his shots.

The twin towers were very effective.