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5. Limit Kyrie Irving’s Workload While Kyrie denied any pain prior to Game 1, his minutes were still limited due to his lingering left knee tendonitis and right foot injury. While only playing a conservative 27 minutes, the Cavs were still able to get the win. While the game was close at times, Delly and […]

After stealing Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals in Atlanta, the Cleveland Cavaliers have validated the theory that, come playoff time, regular season records are meaningless. The Houston Rockets were swept by the Golden State Warriors by an average difference of 14.1 ppg in the regular season before insinuating this thesis after falling short […]

The NBA’s got players playing older and older. If this list of players was a team put together in 2005, they would have beaten M.J.’s Bulls 72-win season record. It really is sad to see these players careers dwindling down the way they are now, compared to what they were at the beginning of their […]

J.R. Smith played 24 games with the New York Knicks this season and missed 10 games in December with a heel injury. Smith scored in double figures just 10 times of those 24 games, meaning 41.6% of his games were double figure scoring games. At 10.9 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 3.4 assists, the former sixth-man […]

On Thursday afternoon, the NBA announced their All-NBA Teams. Cavs forward LeBron James and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry earned unanimous selections with 129 first-team votes each. Joining them were Houston Rockets guard James Harden, New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis, and Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol. James was selected to his eighth consecutive […]

After playing just 27 minutes in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, frustration seems to be building for Cavs starting point guard Kyrie Irving. Irving was able to play just nine second half minutes before sitting out the rest of the game. He finished with 10 points, three rebounds, and six assists. “This is […]

The NBA has been in existence for quite awhile now. It is obvious over the years that fads and styles have changed. One particular style we love to look at is hair. There are hundreds of different hairstyles. Over the past couple decades we have seen some pretty crazy and iconic ones. Here is my […]

The NBA Draft lottery is among us once again and it is very refreshing for Cleveland Cavaliers fans to focus on an actual basketball instead of ping pong balls at this time of the year. Gone are the days when the talk of town in May is the draft lottery and the incoming class of […]

Find all of today’s top plays and highlights on the next page below! The Cavs took a trip down to Philips Arena to take on the one-seed Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference Finals. Both teams made it to the conference finals in 6, with the Hawks beating the Wizards, and the Cavs taking down […]

With J.R. Smith catching fire, DeMarre Carroll was assigned to defend him. That meant Paul Millsap had to guard LeBron James. Or at least, he tried to. RELATED: LeBron’s Top 10 Most Clutch Moments as a Cavalier!

Paul Millsap drives on Tristan Thompson, but Thompson recovers and swats his baseline floater back to his teammates, who come up with the rebound. RELATED: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Tristan Thompson

Matthew Dellavedova rejects the LeBron James screen, going away from it and towards the middle, where the defense comes out to him and he finds Tristan Thompson for what should be their patented Delly-to-Thompson alley-oop, since they basically do this every game. RELATED: Tristan Thompson Is Cleveland’s New Dennis Rodman

LeBron James seems to have made up his mind in the second quarter: post up and attack. Post up and attack. LeBron goes right at DeMarre Carroll and makes him look helpless down low. RELATED: Craziest Playoff Moments From LeBron James’ Career

J.R. Smith has come to play in Atlanta, knocking down 3-of-3 from downtown early and knocks it down! RELATED: Top 10 Greatest J.R. Smith Career Dunks

Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals begins Wednesday night, and although the Cavs have had five days off now, some key players are still dealing with injuries. RELATED: Round 3: Cleveland Cavaliers (2) Vs. Atlanta Hawks (1) Schedule Irving, who has been dealing with a sprained right foot and left knee tendinitis, is basically […]

There is no question as to the impact that Timofey Mozgov has had on the Cavs since his acquisition in January. He has been the rim protector and defensive force that the team needed, and has provided energy with his play every night. He did solid work against the Bulls frontline, helping the Cavs to […]

It has been a long road throughout the playoffs with twists and turns for both teams in this year’s Eastern Conference Finals. For the Cavs obviously a smooth first round sweeping the Boston Celtics, but that didn’t come without sacrifice, losing one of their Big Three. The second round was a better test having to […]

With the top two teams in the East meeting up in the Eastern Conference Finals starting Wednesday night, all eyes are on the small forward matchup between LeBron James and DeMarre Carroll. Both players have been healthy for most of the season, and both have tremendously stepped up their games from the regular season to […]

The Cav’s season, regardless of how well the team performed on its way to the 2nd seed in the east, had a few laughable moments during the regular season. Although these are probably forgetable moments for the players, us fans can get a good laugh out of them. 10. LeBron Reaction To Kyrie’s Circus Shot […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks are two teams that love to do damage from beyond the arc. During the regular season, Cleveland ranked fourth in threes made and second in threes attempted while Atlanta was fourth in made threes and seventh in long distance attempts per game. At the forefront of their three-point barrage […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers eliminated the Chicago Bulls from playoff contention last Thursday night to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. The Cavs and Bulls have been in an great rivalry for a good seven years now, starting with Joakim Noah’s smack talking ‘The Land’ and continuing with the in-game confrontation in the playoffs during LeBron’s […]

The Eastern Conference Finals promises to be a gigantic clash between the two best regular season teams in the East as the hobbling but still fighting Cleveland Cavaliers go up against the healthy and soaring Atlanta Hawks. We start our player comparisons with the head of the snake as Kyrie Irving and Jeff Teague figure […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers had a lot of question marks ahead when they tipped off their 2014-15 regular season. Sure, LeBron James made his epic return and the Cavs got Kevin Love, but would it be enough? We’ve found the biggest preseason criticisms and questions the Cavs were getting about their play at the start of […]

Kyrie Irving, who had been dealing with a sprained right foot and left knee tendinitis, didn’t practice on Saturday. The Cavs decided to give him a couple extra days of rest ahead of their Eastern Conference Finals matchup against the Atlanta Hawks starting Wednesday night. RELATED: Kyrie Irving (Ankle, Knee) Questionable For Game 1 Of […]

In Game Six of the Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Chicago Bulls, Matthew Dellavedova announced his arrival to the NBA playoff stage. With Kyrie Irving aggravating his knee in the first half, the Aussie Boomer picked up from where Irving left off as he finished with 19 points and three big three […]

No one can tell the future but everyone can try and take a guess. We make things interesting, and fun, by giving out our own 5-year forecast on every player in the Cleveland Cavaliers roster. Will LeBron James deliver on his promise to bring a ring to The Land? Will Kyrie Irving be the best […]

Kyrie Irving has been gutting out his first NBA playoffs unlike many others. At this stage of the year, every team is banged up and playing with nagging injuries, but cannot afford to sit out as their teams will make legitimate runs at the NBA Championship. Since Game 2 of the series against the Celtics, […]

“Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.” The saying is already a cliche but still an undefeated one and that has been the story of Tristan Thompson’s young career so far. In the 2011 NBA draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers, devastated by the departure of LeBron James, found themselves in a rare situation […]

Free agency is still a long ways to go but the market is already teeming with solid players that could potentially don Wine and Gold thread next season. The Cavaliers are already loaded with stars so another All Star add is no longer necessary so we identified 11 realistic possibilities involving quality role players that […]

Since entering the NBA, David Blatt has received immense amounts of criticism. Right out of the gate, the Cavs crawled out to a 5-7 record through 12 games, the most bizarre loss coming to a depleted Knicks lineup on opening night, spoiling LeBron James’ homecoming. However, it is important to note that while LeBron was […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Chicago Bulls in Game 6 and officially eliminated them from playoff contention. The Cavs now advanced to their first Conference Finals since 2009. But it was no easy task. Cleveland had a rough start to this series, losing the first game at home and, in the process, home-court advantage. The […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers were welcomed to the NBA in the 1970 season. Since that season, the Cavs have worn a combined 32 different jerseys. We’re lucky enough to have one of the best color combo’s in the league, allowing our design staff to bring out a bunch of different jerseys every few years. While some […]

It’s official! Your Cleveland Cavaliers have made their first Conference Finals since 2009, and on Friday night, the Atlanta Hawks defeated the Washington Wizards by a couple of milliseconds, literally. The Hawks and Cavs will tip off the Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday night in Atlanta. The Cavs will surely use these days off to […]

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Every team needs a rebounder. The Lakers had Shaq, the Rockets had Hakeem and the Spurs had Robinson. Rebounding is an area in which every coach focuses on. Defensively, it prevents second chance points, and offensively it allows you to restart your play and gives you 24 more seconds. Since his selection in the 2011 […]

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The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Chicago Bulls in Thursday night’s Game 6 on the road. It was an impressive victory that saw Kyrie Irving play just 12 minutes due to injury and LeBron James shoot just 7-23 from the field. Now that the Cavs have advanced to their first Conference Finals since 2009, we take […]

LeBron James and the Cavs fought in Game 6 against the Bulls, and despite losing Irving early in the second quarter and having James in foul trouble, were able to pull off the incredible victory on the road. “It’s over. This is…This is special, Our team being such a young team and being able to […]

Joakim Noah continues to do absolutely nothing against LeBron James. All talk is an understatement.