Long wait over for Cavaliers
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In the end, their free LeBron James bobbleheads gyrating in their hands, the sellout crowd at Gund Arena half-heartedly booed at the loss of their free food.
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Kevin Garnett missed his third consecutive game last night, and his coach produced a timetable for a return without a calendar. In other words, indefinite. Or he could be back Tuesday. Does that make it any clearer? Didn't think so.
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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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The New Jersey Nets will likely have to wait at least two weeks before they can begin to gauge how well they made out in Tuesday's eight-player deal with Dallas.
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A self-proclaimed 'last-minute' person, the Cavaliers' LeBron James is still undecided on whether he will enter All-Star Weekend's dunk contest.
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It's not like the Cleveland Cavaliers have revolutionized pick-and-roll defense in the Eastern Conference Finals. It's not like they have ambushed the Detroit Pistons with some new gimmick.
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LeBron James and Zydrunas Ilgauskas brought the Cleveland Cavaliers all the way back from a 19-point deficit in the fourth quarter.
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As the Cavaliers returned to Cleveland for Game 3 on Sunday, trailing by 2-0, second-guessing LeBron James has become a sport in itself.
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Virginia will be playing in its first game since a win over N.C. State on Dec. 3 but will have to shake off the rust quickly as the Cavs host Hampton, the first of four games in six days.
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CLEVELAND -- The Cavaliers finally got Drew Gooden's autograph. Almost one month after he agreed to terms of a three-year, $23 million contract, Gooden signed the deal Monday, giving the club a power forward it believes can get it further into the playoffs.
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The box score showed LeBron James with 23 points, nine rebounds and nine assists. What it didn&#39;t show were the litany of mistakes he made in the final 2 minutes -- the last of which helped cost the Cleveland Cavaliers a game.
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Denver Nuggets: Shooting guard Voshon Lenard will be out for at least six months after surgery on his torn Achilles tendon. The team said the surgery on Lenard&#39;s left leg was a success.
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The National Basketball Association suspended Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O&#39;Neal of the Indiana Pacers and Ben Wallace of the Detroit Pistons indefinitely pending completion
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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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They&#39;ve won three in a row and nine of the last 10 to improve to 9-4 overall. The Cavaliers are now 6-1 at the Gund. Only San Antonio, Seattle and Sacramento, who are undefeated at home, have better records in their home arenas.
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CLEVELAND -- Cavaliers coach Mike Brown received a two-year contract extension Monday that will keep him with the club through the 2010-11 season.
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The kid came up big. LeBron James did, too. And the Cleveland Cavaliers are as close as they've ever been to an NBA title.