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The Cleveland Cavaliers for the first time in the playoffs faced adversity heading into Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Things did not appear to be headed in the right direction through the first half of the contest with the Boston Celtics pushing ahead with a comfortable double-digit lead. With LeBron James struggling to find […]

In Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Kyrie Irving scored a playoff career-high 42 points to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers back from a double-digit deficit to grab a commanding 3-1 series lead over the Boston Celtics. During his standout performance, Irving suffered what appeared to be an ankle injury late in the third quarter […]

After coasting through their first 10 games, the Cavaliers found themselves randomly frustrated after a Game 3 collapsed that featured LeBron James scoring his career low in the playoffs. The frustration continued in the 1st half of Game 4, when James also sat early with four fouls. The Cavs did, however, rally to take Game […]

After the Cavs rallied to regain control of Game 4 and the Eastern Conference Finals, a lot of attention was drawn to the role players supporting LeBron James during his momentary lapse. Kyrie Irving certainly provided a spark with his career high scoring effort, but Kevin Love gave the Cavs consistency. With punishing shooting and […]

Tonight’s Game 4 matchup of the Eastern Conference Finals began with the Cavaliers winning the opening tip. From there, Kevin Love picked up his lunch pail and went to work; first knocking down a three, then a pair of free throws to give the champs a 5-0 lead. The Celtics, not ready to just lie down […]

Cleveland Cavaliers (2nd Seed) vs Boston Celtics (1st Seed) Eastern Conference Finals – Game Four :::: Click Here For Full CavsNation Pregame Stat Guide :::: UPCOMING MILESTONES: LeBron James is four three-pointers away from making the 3rd most in NBA postseason history – passing Manu Ginobili. With 11 rebounds, Tristan Thompson pulls down the 2nd most in Cavaliers’ postseason history, passing Zydrunas Ilgauskas. After […]

Earlier this evening, Cleveland Cavaliers sharpshooter J.R. Smith shared some great news with his followers on Instagram. Over the past few months, Smith and his wife, Jewel, have been dealing with the premature birth of their daughter, Dakota, who was born nearly five months prematurely in February. Dakota has been staying at a Cleveland-area children’s […]

The greatest NBA player in the world today and over the last decade or so actually had a bad game. Since his unusual disappearing act in the 2011 NBA Finals, LeBron James has not accustomed to having bad games, especially in the postseason when his team needs him the most. Much to the delight of […]

Coming off a disappointing loss in Game 3, the Cleveland Cavaliers have their sole focus on bouncing back in Tuesday night’s tilt. Much of that mentality has quickly been adopted by LeBron James, who is coming of one of his worst playoff performances of his career. Following Tuesday morning’s shootaround, James made it clear that […]

On Sunday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers dropped their first game of the 2016-17 NBA Playoffs by way of a come-from-behind effort from the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Cavaliers forward LeBron James had one of the worst performances of his postseason career in Game 3, registering just 11 points (4-of-13 […]

Tonight, the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers will host the No. 1 seeded Boston Celtics inside Quicken Loans Arena for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Currently, the Cavs are leading the series, 2-1. After this morning’s shootaround at the Cleveland Clinic Courts, Marla Ridenour of the Akron Beacon Journal reported that Cavs point guard […]

Avery Bradley‘s game-winning three-pointer in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals series between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics may have taken a lot of people’s attention on Sunday night, but there seems to be another thing that’s been much talked about. Deron Williams, who sported an unusual hairdo, also took the spotlight. He […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference coughed up a 21-point lead against the Boston Celtics that would have secured them a commanding 3-0 series lead. However, the Celtics were able to squeeze out a win on a buzzer-beating three-pointer from Avery Bradley in the waning seconds of the fourth quarter. With […]

In Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Boston Celtics overcame a 21-point deficit in the second half against the Cleveland Cavaliers scrapping out a 111-108 win. Following the game, much of the attention was on the porous performance LeBron James had strung together scoring just 11 points on 4-of-13 shooting including 0-for-4 from […]

The Boston Celtics, who were without the services of Isaiah Thomas due to a hip injury, came into Quicken Loans Arena last night and handed the defending champion Cavaliers their first loss of the 2016-17 NBA Playoffs, 111-108. At one point in last night’s game, the Cavs were leading by as many as 21 points. […]

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James is often referred to as the greatest basketball player in the game today. However, in last night’s 111-108 Game 3 loss to the Boston Celtics, the King turned in just 11 points (4-of-13 from the field, 0-for-4 from beyond the arc), six assists, six rebounds, one block, and one steal […]

Kyrie Irving led all Cavaliers scorers in last night’s 111-108 home loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, en route to 29 points (10-of-15 from the field, 4-of-6 from beyond the arc), seven assists, two rebounds, and one steal in his 40 minutes of action. Cleveland led by as […]

After leading by as many as 21 points in last night’s Game 3 matchup of the Eastern Conference Finals, the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers dropped their first game of the 2016-17 NBA Playoffs by way of a buzzer-beating three-pointer from Celtics guard Avery Bradley. There were several storylines in last night’s game, maybe none more […]

LeBron James showed signs of humanity after a god-like postseason, pouring in an underwhelming outing in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals as the Cleveland Cavaliers lost for the first time in the postseason since Game 4 of the NBA Finals last season — breaking a 13-game unbeaten streak in the playoffs with a 111-108 […]

The NBA’s defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers squared off against the Boston Celtics inside Quicken Loans Arena last night for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, resulting in a 111-108 come-from-behind victory for the road-bound Celtics. There were several takeaways from last night’s game. At halftime, the Cavs were leading by 16 points (66-50). However, […]

Last night, the Eastern Conference Finals shifted to Cleveland, where the defending champion Cavaliers served as hosts for the No. 1 seeded Boston Celtics in Game 3. After jumping out to a 21-point lead in the first half, the Cavs fell flat in the second. When the smoke cleared inside Quicken Loans Arena, the Celtics […]

A few days after it was revealed that LeBron James would finish outside the top three in voting for the NBA MVP award for the first time in nine seasons, he was presented on Sunday with another prestigious award for the first time in his career. Prior to Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, […]

Tonight’s Game 3 matchup between the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers and No. 1 seeded Boston Celtics started with decent pace. Al Horford opened the scoring with a post-up shot, giving the Celtics their first lead of the series. However, Boston’s momentum was short-lived, as Cleveland answered with swarming defense and an 8-2 run. Kevin Love, […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers held a big lead against the Boston Celtics in all three games of the series so far, but Game 3 represents the first one that saw the Celtics come back and make a close game. Late in the third quarter, Celtics’ forward Jonas Jerebko gets down in the post to defend Cavs […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers gave up home-court advantage in the final days of the regular season in favor of getting well-rested for the NBA Playoffs. Without home-court in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Cavs came into Boston to take on the Celtics and demolished them in Game 1 by 13 and in Game 2 by 44. […]

Cleveland Cavaliers (2nd Seed) vs Boston Celtics (1st Seed) Eastern Conference Finals – Game Three :::: Click Here For Full CavsNation Pregame Stat Guide :::: UPCOMING MILESTONES: With one more win, the Cavaliers will have won 14 straight games going back to last years’ Finals – breaking their tie with the 1988-89 L.A. Lakers for the longest playoff winning streak in NBA history. […]

En route to the last two NBA Finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers had to go through Al Horford and his then-Atlanta Hawks in the 2014 and 2015 NBA Playoffs. While the Cavs were able to sweep the Hawks both times, Horford took his talents north to the Boston Celtics in hopes of being able to defeat […]

One of the best players in the NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James, is also an extremely popular player in the United States and internationally. Due to James’ popularity, his Nike signature sneaker is one of the company’s best sellers and the same can be said of his Cavs jersey, which is always one of […]

The NBA on Friday afternoon announced the three finalists for this year’s NBA MVP award. However, it notably did not feature Cleveland Cavaliers star forward LeBron James for the first time in nine seasons. Following the 130-86 blowout win in Game 2 against the Boston Celtics on Friday night, James fired away with a truthful response […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers absolutely dominated the Boston Celtics in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday. The Cavs jumped out to an early lead and kept building on it. By halftime, Cleveland was up rather comfortably but despite the large lead, Cleveland’s starting unit played until the final minutes of the third quarter. There was […]

Bradley Beal recently made the round of news with his unnecessary trash talk directed at the Cleveland Cavaliers, confidently saying that the defending champions wanted to avoid the already eliminated Washington Wizards. It would have made for a pretty good hype material. However, fact is Beal and the Wizards lost their own second round series […]

The NBA’s defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers continued their march through the Eastern Conference Playoffs last night with a 130-86 Game 2 drubbing of the Boston Celtics inside TD Garden. As most fans of the team know, the Cavs have swept their way through 13 consecutive postseason games, tying a record with the 1988-89 Los Angeles […]

In a recent one-on-one interview with CSN Mid-Atlantic, Bradley Beal claimed that the Cavaliers wanted to avoid his Washington Wizards in the postseason, saying: “They didn’t want to see us.” “I always said that,” Beal said in his interview with CSN. “I felt like that’s a reason they didn’t play us in the second round. […]

Last night, the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers handed the Boston Celtics their worst home playoff defeat in a 130-86 Game 2 smashing. In fact, it was the largest margin of victory by any team in the Eastern Conference Finals and Boston’s worst postseason home loss in their storied franchise history. To be blunt, the Cavs […]

The NBA on Thursday afternoon released their three All-NBA team’s for this past regular season that featured many of the league’s biggest stars earning the prestigious honor. However, there were several notable players left off the list such as Kyrie Irving, who has just one All-NBA Third Team selection in his career. In light of […]

In the NBA, confidence is one of the key parts of building toward success at both a personal and team level. Prior to Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics rookie forward Jaylen Brown stated that he believes LeBron James is just a “regular guy” on the court and […]

Tonight’s Game 2 matchup of the Eastern Conference Finals started out a bit sloppy, especially for Boston. In fact, the Celtics were just 1-of-8 from the field through the first three minutes of the first quarter. After getting their act together, the Cavaliers managed to build an early lead. The Celtics mounted a quick 8-2 […]

It was a savage night for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals, and twitter was equally as savage. Enjoy the internet after LeBron James and his Cavaliers take their 2-0 lead back to the Land. I think if the @celtics dig down real deep, they might be able to push this series to 4 […]

LeBron James used to perform his signature chasedown block on opponents and put fear into players on the fast break with LeBron James trailing him. Although he hasn’t needed to bring out the chasedown block much, he showed fans a little flashback on this Friday evening, chasing down Avery Bradley and rejecting his shot from […]