Game 42 | Cavaliers @ Clippers | January 16, 2010 | 10:30 EST

[theSwayze]

...and he said.......?

Lebron puked on his shoes and punched him in the throat. I'm trying to find the video...

 

[Gunther]

Windy Tweet:

PDcavsinsider LeBron on if he knows how to spell I Love L.A.: "I know how to spell I love Akron and O-H-I-O."
11 minutes ago from web

 

[wuck]

Cavs had a foul to give, and the Clips announcers thought that Baron appeared to be expecting a foul, which caused him to delay a couple of seconds.

Could be. He caught the ball a long way from the basket. And the Cavs could have fouled him during the first 3 seconds of the possession, but didn't seem as if they were looking to.

But let's give Varejao some credit on that play. He played it just the way you draw it up.

Cavs put Varejao on Baron Davis (set up in the paint), expecting to switch with Lebron (on Smith).

6.7 seconds to go. Davis walks up to the free throw line, then hustles to get the inbound out high. The switch has happened by now, and LeBron has Davis while AV has Smith at the free throw line.

4.0 seconds: Davis dribbles and Smith picks LeBron off so AV switches back to Davis, stays next to him, leans on him without fouling, and Baron decides to step back and take a long 2-pointer. Meanwhile, Smith didn't run to the hoop fast enough and LeBron prevented the pass. Both of Davis's feet were on the 3-point line, and he let the ball fly with 2.2 seconds left with AV contesting a bit (at least more than Parker did in Utah).

In the meantime, Gordon was WIDE open for a deep jumper since Delonte was worried about Baron getting around AV and to the basket. Not sure there would have been time, but wow was he open.

Delonte cradled the miss with nothing on the clock.

Bad play execution for the Clippers. I guess they were watching the Cavs play offense the final few possessions...

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[IlocosPride]

sorry dont wanna go through the whole thread

but what was delonte reacting to when he shot those free throws?

About 4 minutes into the second quarter, West had some impromptu fun with a heckling fan who calls himself "Clipper Darrell" and shows up at every home game wearing a shiny and gaudy blue-and-red costume. When West went to the free throw line for the first time, Darrell went into his trademark insult: "U-G-L-Y, you ain't got no alibi. You UGLY! You UGLY!"

West broke into a big smile and clapped his hands rhythmically -- with the ball still in his hands -- and the Cavaliers' bench broke up laughing as he made the first and missed the second. This strange interlude played out again 34 seconds later -- only this time, West made both, and his teammates leaped out of their seats and celebrated as though they had just won on a buzzer-beater.

source: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=300116012

 

[The Enai Q]

About 4 minutes into the second quarter, West had some impromptu fun with a heckling fan who calls himself "Clipper Darrell" and shows up at every home game wearing a shiny and gaudy blue-and-red costume. When West went to the free throw line for the first time, Darrell went into his trademark insult: "U-G-L-Y, you ain't got no alibi. You UGLY! You UGLY!"

West broke into a big smile and clapped his hands rhythmically -- with the ball still in his hands -- and the Cavaliers' bench broke up laughing as he made the first and missed the second. This strange interlude played out again 34 seconds later -- only this time, West made both, and his teammates leaped out of their seats and celebrated as though they had just won on a buzzer-beater.

source: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=300116012

lol nice

good to see delonte enjoying himself

 

[Gunther]

Windy final blog:

When it comes to future, LeBron is practicing what he preaches: Windhorst Beat Blog
By Brian Windhorst, The Plain Dealer
January 17, 2010, 3:01AM

LOS ANGELES -- Thoughts following the Cavs 102-101 win over the Clippers at Staples Center:

* When it comes to media markets, New York is easily the most intense and pressure filled. They have a lot of outlets and they are relentless and they do it all with teeth. But in L.A., it harbors the more bizarre. After the game for example, there was a German guy who upset some players by taking pictures of them coming out of the shower. There was an Israeli guy, well known for weird questions with a camera, asking LeBron if he knew who to speak Russian. There was another guy who, not 15 minutes after a last-second win, asked LeBron if he played basketball in the snow as a kid. Last time the Cavs were here, which was three weeks ago, some idiot, er, journalist asked LeBron if the earings he wore in high school were real.

But in the midst of all that, the Cavs star did get asked a few legit questions about his future. The Clippers do have cap space next summer, they do have some good young players and they do play in a great city with a large media market. Yes, they are perhaps the most poorly run team in pro sports but it is a fair question.

Back in November, LeBron said he wasn't going to talk about free agency until the end. He said he wanted to stop out of respect for his teammates and the organization. He's stuck to his promise and he did so again after the game when getting questions from real journalists:

Q: This team has a lot of cap space, it's a big market, warm weather, any thoughts on that possibility?

LeBron: "Nah, no thoughts."

Q: Do you ever think the Clippers are cursed?

A: "I mean, I don't think so. One team that is cursed is Portland, they have more injuries than anyone in league history. So, no, I don't think so."

Q: Do you know how to spell "I love L.A."

A: "I know how to spell Akron and O-H-I-O."

Is it the ringing endorsement Cavs fans desperately want? No. Does it mean that he's going to re-sign? No. But after years of playing with questions and leaving doors open and upsetting stomachs, James is so far not wavering from his edict. He deserves some measure of credit for that.

* Oh yeah, the game. The Cavs certainly should have won the other night in Utah. But they should have lost this one. There was bad defense in the early going and that is why the Clippers racked up such great shooting and so many points. But in the second half, the Clips were dropping some crazy shots even in the face of good defense. Rasual Butler was sticking shots he had no business taking, much less making. Ricky Davis was even contributing on a meaningful level. So the Cavs should head home feeling 3-2 isn't bad.

* The late game offensive execution was terrible, again. There's really not much more than I can write about it. They were calling timeouts, but LeBron comes out and dribbles the shot clock out and then they are out of options. Mike Brown did have the small lineup in, which meant it made sense to go to the high pick-and-roll and look for shooters. But there was no focus and no real thought put in to what they were doing. Not sure when this is going to get fixed. I guess we'll just keep waiting and watching.

* Delonte West was a large factor in the outcome. His hustle plays and defensively activity were just as vital to the win as LeBron's points. He made three huge hustle plays in the final five minutes. One was when he leapt across the lane for a steal. Then he had that putback layup to give the Cavs the lead for good. Then he played great help defense in denying Craig Smith a basket. Heck, he got the last rebound when Baron Davis missed to make sure there was no putback. Simply, it was West at his best.

As for the mindless inbounds pass that was stolen with a minute to play, that will be stricken from West's record out of respect for the rest of his performance

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[SoundBreaker]

Gotta love our inbound passes...




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[SoundBreaker]

Oh yeah, I'll just leave this here....

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