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LeBron James drives by Jimmy Butler, gets hit my Nikola Mirotic, hangs and hits for the and-1 opportunity. RELATED: Craziest Playoff Moments From LeBron James’ Career

J.R. Smith takes the Timofey Mozgov screen, fakes Joakim Noah out and dunks it all by himself! RELATED: Top 10 Greatest J.R. Smith Career Dunks

LeBron James catches the pass from Matthew Dellavedova, drives to the basket, and reverses it home. the play looked like something out of the book of Kyrie Irving RELATED: LeBron’s Best Playoff Moments Vs. Joakim Noah/ Chicago Bulls

Kyrie Irving dribbles the length of the court, around Derrick Rose, and finishes the impossible reverse layup. RELATED: Best Kyrie Irving Crossovers Of The 2014-15 Season

LeBron James picks off the Derrick Rose pass and dunks it all by himself on the other end. RELATED: VIDEO: LeBron James Dunks On Joakim Noah, Two Get Into Heated Conversation

Somehow, someway, the Cleveland Cavaliers have survived playing well below their potential to retain home-court advantage and their chances to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. Despite everything, playoff history shows that if Cleveland wins Game 5, they have an 82 percent chance to win the series. That said, it is no easy feat to […]

After four grueling games wherein the previous two contests needed last second heroics from Derrick Rose and LeBron James respectively, the Eastern Conference Semifinals matchup between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Chicago Bulls is now down to a best-of-three series. Outside of Game 2, which was fairly lopsided in favor of the Cavaliers, each game displayed […]

Sunday’s Game 4 between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Chicago Bulls was quite the grind-it-out type game. Both teams scored a combined 170 points as Cleveland edged Chicago 86-84 in regulation. It wasn’t an easy victory, as the Cavs endured a foot sprain and left knee tendinitis from Kyrie Irving and a sprained ankle from Lebron […]

With both J.R. Smith and Kevin Love out for the first two games of the playoff series against the Chicago Bulls, Coach Blatt needed some alternative lineups to counter the Bulls tough starting group. For Game 1, Blatt went with a smaller starting rotation, moving LeBron at the power forward position and starting Iman Shumpert […]

Kyrie Irving has been visibly hobbled this postseason after the Cavs began their second-round matchup with the Chicago Bulls. After scoring 51 points on 15-32 shooting and nine assists in Games 1 and 2, Irving has scored just 23 points on 5-23 shooting with just two assists in Games 3 and 4. Cleveland was able […]

With 18.8 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, the Cavs had to call not one, not two, but all three of their remaining timeouts just to inbound the basketball from inside of half-court. James Jones inbounded the ball to LeBron James with the Cavs leading 84-82. James proceeded to commit his second offensive foul in […]

After Bulls Point Guard Derrick Rose won Game Three with a miraculous buzzer-beater off the glass, the Cavs went back to the hotel with broken hearts, aching muscles and a game down in the series. Recovery was the top priority. After a yoga session and media scrutiny, the Cavs walked back into the United Center […]

With 1.5 seconds remaining on the clock, LeBron James catches the inbound pass in the corner and hits the fade-away jumper at the buzzer in front of the Bulls bench to give the Cavs the road victory! RELATED: LeBron James’ Best Career Crunch Time Buckets

LeBron James takes the Bulls on the fast break, but steps on Derrick Rose’s ankle off on the takeoff, and goes down hard. Thankfully, James would be able to stay in the game. RELATED: Top 5 Injuries And How They’ll Affect The Eastern Conference Playoffs

Joakim Noah and Timofey Mozgov fight for a rebound. Both get food positioning, but as Mozgov comes down with the rebound, Noah turns on the jets and flops out of bounds to draw the bogus offensive foul. Noah can expect a $5,000 fine tomorrow afternoon by the NBA. RELATED: 10 Fiery Moments In The LeBron […]

Kyrie pump fakes the three, drives by the defender and hits the slipping Tristan Thompson for the two handed throwdown on Joakim Noah…again. RELATED: 10 Fiery Moments In The LeBron James-Joakim Noah Feud

LeBron James and Timofey Mozgov have had some sweet pick and rolls this season, but this one has to be one of the best. James takes the screen, dishes to Mozgov, who finishes over Gibson. RELATED: LeBron’s Top 10 Assists of the Season

On the first Bulls possession of the game, Timofey Mozgov comes from the weak side and pins Derrick Rose’s layup off the backboard, then is the recipient of a sweet dish for a poster dunk on Joakim Noah. RELATED: VIDEO: LeBron James Dunks On Joakim Noah, Two Get Into Heated Conversation RELATED: Top 10 Alley […]

The East Semifinals have begun, and through three games, the Cleveland Cavaliers have their backs against the wall down 2-1 in the series. Everyone is expected to elevate their game and go all-in the rest of the way. Iman Shumpert will see his fair share of minutes guarding Derrick Rose while providing additional offense. Delly […]

LeBron James shot 8-25 with seven turnovers. Kyrie Irving shot 3-13 and played with a sprained ankle and foot. The Cavaliers shot 39% from the field. And yet, they were right there in the game despite all that didn’t go right. J.R. Smith hit a clutch three-pointer with 10 seconds remaining to knot the game […]

Both the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Chicago Bulls played a clutch game 3 on Friday night. In the end, Derrick Rose hit one of the biggest, and luckiest, shot of his life. A great game that Chicago took from the Cavs, Game 3 was full of entertainment, technical fouls, and a flurry of iffy calls/non-calls […]

The most hated NBA player in Cleveland is easily the Chicago Bulls’ Joakim Noah. Prior to Game 4 of the Cavs first-round matchup, Cavs fans were already looking ahead to the next round where the Cavs would face the Bulls and have a chance to beat a Derrick Rose-led team. Game 4 may have changed […]

We’ve all heard about the past heated exchanges between LeBron James and Joakim Noah in the past. Whether James was in Cleveland or in Miami, there is seemingly a confrontation between the two during one of the four regular season meetings. If you haven’t heard, here’s the link you’ll need to see to catch up: […]

Click “Next” at the bottom of this page for all of today’s top plays and highlights! The Cavaliers visited the Bulls as they looked to get on the good side of a 2-1 series score. Iman Shumpert, despite being a game-time decision, got the start ahead of the comebacking JR Smith. The game took off […]

Timofey Mozgov catches the ball at the top of the key, Irving sets an off-ball screen for LeBron James, who cuts. Mozgov finds James alone, and James throws it down! RELATED: VIDEO: LeBron James Dunks On Joakim Noah, Two Get Into Heated Conversation

After Delly gets pushed around, he finds Thompson for alley oop slam on Mirotic. RELATED: Top 10 Alley Oop Dunks of 2014-15 Season

LeBron James controls the fast-break offense, and finds Mozgov cutting to the basket across the court. James dishes sideways to Mozgov, who finishes with the two hand dunk! RELATED: LeBron’s Top 10 Assists of the Season

LeBron James spins baseline off of Jimmy Butler and throws it down on Joakim Noah. After the play, James says something to Noah, and the referee calls a taunting technical foul on James. Noah and James continue to exchange words after the play: RELATED: 10 Fiery Moments In The LeBron James-Joakim Noah Feud

LeBron James fakes driving middle, drives towards the baseline instead, goes up, and finishes the lay up while getting fouled by Nikola Mirotic RELATED: Craziest Playoff Moments From LeBron James’ Career

LeBron dribbles downcourt and with his incredible court vision, throws up a half-court alley oop to Timofey Mozgov for the slam! RELATED: LeBron’s Top 10 Assists of the Season

He’s back. After serving his two-game suspension, J.R. Smith will be a welcome addition to the Cleveland Cavaliers when they step on the Chicago Bulls’ turf in Game Three of their Eastern Conference Semifinal matchup. Smith is undoubtedly the Cavaliers’ best three point marksman and he will be bringing his sharpshooting and defensive prowess back […]

Over the years we have heard many people hate on Cleveland, the Cavs and their players. It is common for people to hate when a team is hot or winning. Us Cavs fans usually don’t make much of it, but it is interesting to reminisce and look back at who the real Cavs haters are. […]

LeBron James has had some incredible offensive plays this year from tough shots to highlight reel dunks, but one of the most impressive parts of his game continues to be his ability to find his teammates and dish out some beautiful assists. We look at LeBron’s top 10 assists of the season, starting with number […]

Kevin Love suffered his season ending shoulder injury at the hands of Celtics forwward Kelly Olynyk. Last Sunday during Game 4 of the Cavs-Celtics first round playoff series, Olynyk and Love were battling for a loose ball. Olynyk attempted to keep Love away, and by doing so, pulled Love’s shoulder out of its socket and […]

When the Cavs made their midseason trades for Timofey Mozgov, J.R. Smith, and Iman Shumpert, Mozgov and Smith were the headliners. They filled the most immediate need for the Cavs in the areas of rim protection and long-range shooting. Smith was a former 6th Man of the Year and Mozgov had been a trade target […]

The NBA has an amazing group of one-and-done players. A one-and-done player is a player who only played one year of college and forgoing the other three to declare for the NBA Draft. These players took a huge risk in missing out on gaining experience and maturity in the rest of their college years. Some […]

LeBron James’s headband was more than just a headband. It was always a part of James, and without it, something seemed missing. RELATED: LeBron James Reveals Why He Wore Headband For Game 2 ESPN’s known for it’s ’30 For 30′ Documentaries on the real life side of players, coaches, and other big names involved in […]

LeBron James hadn’t worn his headband since the Cavs played against the Dallas Mavericks way back on March 10. Before that, James went 11 years in the NBA rocking his team-colored headband in every single game. There were rare exceptions with a game against the Detroit Pistons in his rookie year and in Game 6 […]

Click “Next” at the bottom of this page for all of today’s top plays and highlights! The Cleveland Cavaliers gave their longtime backup power forward Tristan Thompson his first career playoff start tonight. Both he and Shumpert sparked the Cavs tonight with their combined specialties: rebounding, defense, and three-point shooting. The Cavs got off to […]