Cavaliers&#39; dream depends on other results
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Virginia isn&#39;t out of the running for a Bowl Championship Series bid, but it&#39;s going to need some help to get back in the picture.
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The Spurs have three crisp championship banners and a cast of role players who have been there and done that, then done it again. The Cavaliers have LeBron James.
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And not just because the Cavaliers&#39; 1-3-1 zone was too much for the visiting Wildcats, but because nothing - uncharacteristically - seemed to go right in a 78-60 loss to Virginia at University Hall in front of 7,792 fans, some of whom stormed the court
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LeBron James watched another open shot clang off the rim, then screamed as he turned and trotted down the court. It was that kind of night for the Cleveland Cavaliers &#151; so bad, it almost ended up in the record books.
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LeBron James scored a career-high 43 points last night to lead the Cavaliers to a 92-76 win over the Detroit Pistons at Cleveland. Jeff McInnis added 16 points as the Cavaliers won for the seventh time in eight games.
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Crown them one and all, the kid called King and the Cleveland Cavaliers. For the first time, they're Eastern Conference champions &#151; and on their way to the NBA finals. Lugging an entire region's hopes with him on every trip to the basket, LeBron James had 20 points and 14 rebounds, and unflappable rookie Daniel Gibson added 31 points &#151; 19 in the fourth quarter &#151; to give the Cavaliers a 98-82 victory in Game 6 against the Detroit Pistons.
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There is a chance for fireworks during the NBA&#39;s doubleheader today, but the anticipation of overly physical play in sports often leads to the opposite result.
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As debuts go, this one fell somewhere between Ashlee Simpson on "Saturday Night Live" and the Titanic on the Atlantic Ocean. Fortunately for LeBron James, there are more games to come.
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At 5-foot-6, Dan Gilbert never had a realistic chance of playing in the NBA. So he discovered another way into the league: owning the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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The comebacks come too late for many of their young fans to see, and certainly too late to do much good against the San Antonio Spurs. Once the fourth quarter rolls around, the Cleveland Cavaliers begin playing NBA finals-worthy basketball.
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LeBron James scored 31 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers pulled away from the Atlanta Hawks in the fourth quarter for a 106-95 victory Friday night.
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Larry Hughes scored a season-high 40 points and LeBron James added 29 points and 10 assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Magic, 118-111, last night in Orlando, Fla.
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LeBron James had 40 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists to help the Cleveland Cavaliers defeat the host Atlanta Hawks, 111-102, last night for their third victory in four games.
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CLEVELAND The Cleveland Cavaliers have enjoyed a dramatic financial turnaround since the arrival of star LeBron James. Now -- they&#39;re up for sale.
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LeBron JamesÃÂ discoversÃÂ Sunday he and the Cavaliers are simply outmatched by the Spurs, who unleashed an arsenal on Cleveland in Game 2.
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Cleveland Cavaliers&#39; LeBron James grimaces in pain after an injury in the second quarter of Cleveland&#39;s 98-87 loss to the Houston Rockets Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, in Cleveland.
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First place was not at stake in the Central Division on Thursday night when the Pistons squared off against the Cleveland Cavaliers, but the defending champs&#39; reputation was on the line