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The Eastern Conference playoff race is, regardless of the comparisons with the west, going to be highly competitive with several seeds likely to remain up for grabs until the last of the 82-game regular season. With the postseason right around the corner, all eyes are on the playoffs seeds and potential first round matchups. While […]

Click “Next” at the bottom of this page for all of today’s top plays and highlights! The Cavs bounced back after a loss to the Hawks last night by beating the Suns at the Q tonight, improving their home record to 24-9. The big key to tonight’s win was getting ahead early, and maintaining the […]

Kyrie Irving recovers the loose ball from Brandon Knight and whips over a baseline pass to Kevin Love in the corner. Love goes behind the back to LeBron, and the King drives to the hoop and finished the play off.

LeBron James drives to the corner, then gets around Marcus Morris driving down the baseline for the nice finger roll over Morris.

J.R. Smith catches the ball in the corner, then takes one dribble and steps back, sending the defending Brandon Knight flying under the basket. Kevin Love’s defender comes to help and Smith dishes to Love for the wide open three-ball.

In Friday night’s game against the Hawks, Kevin Love was relegated to the perimeter once again as 10 of the 11 shots he hoisted up were three-pointers. Love is averaging 5.2 three-pointers attempted per game, which is the second highest of his career. Last season, he averaged 6.6 threes attempted, but it was a career […]

After years of futility, the Cleveland Cavaliers have finally taken a 180 degree turn and are showing no signs of regressing. The Cavs are now fighting for playoff position atop the Eastern Conference and with what’s ahead in terms of the team’s schedule, each contest looks to give us a better idea on how the […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers added another piece in Kendrick Perkins to what was already called a championship roster by Lebron James. The center has career averages of 5.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.2 blocks. In his 11 years in the NBA with the Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder, Perkins has developed quite the tough-guy name for […]

Click “Next” at the bottom of this page for all of today’s top plays and highlights! The Cleveland Cavaliers were vastly outplayed tonight in Atlanta in a game that the Hawks controlled from wire-to-wire. Despite Cleveland retaking the lead midway through the third quarter, the game always seemed in the hands of the Hawks. Cleveland […]

It’s hard to argue against the Atlanta Hawks being the best team in the NBA this season. They’ve been one of the best stories in the NBA after being an eight-seed last season to a clear-cut number one seed whose already clinched a playoff seed. The Cavs are right behind them however, and although it […]

It’s the beginning March, the last full month of the regular season, and that means its time to look ahead to possible candidates for the upcoming awards’ season. In this segment, we look at the top 10 candidates for Defensive Player of the Year. We start with number 10: 10. Jimmy Butler Jimmy Butler has […]

LeBron James is a freight train when he’s going to the basket. Because he’s one of the hardest players to stop, opponents tend to foul him harder than they would another player. Sometimes, those fouls become more than a common basketball play and more of a dirty maneuver to stop James in his tracks. On […]

The Cavaliers roster has never looked better, despite the hole that everyone claims they have at the point guard position. With the frontcourt and backcourt pretty much set for the Cavs, we look at the best veteran point guard options in the free agent market to run point as a backup to Kyrie Irving for […]

Click “Next” at the bottom of this page for all of today’s top plays and highlights! The Cavs cruised past a Kyle Lowry-less Raptors 120-112 this evening in the Air Canada Center. Despite giving up 38 points in the 4th quarter, the Cavs were able to hold on and ride out their lead. This was […]

According to his agent, Ray Allen has decided to sit out the 2014-15 season and will not join a team. He did, however, not mention that this was his decision to retire. Here’s his statement given earlier today: “Over the past several months, I have taken a lot of time to deliberate what is best […]

How long has it been since the Cleveland Cavaliers were in the playoffs? A few years, yes, but it definitely feels a lot longer with all the circumstances the team has had to go through. Ramon Sessions, Jamario Moon, and the old Antawn Jamison have gradually turned into Kyrie “Uncle Drew” Irving, LeBron “King” James, […]

Click “Next” at the bottom of this page for all of today’s top plays and highlights! Despite the loss Sunday afternoon, the Cavaliers held their heads high and were determined to get back to their winning ways. It showed Tuesday night as the Cleveland Cavaliers welcomed guard Kyrie Irving back from a shoulder injury and […]

With LeBron James making a homecoming last summer, and with Kevin Garnett’s recent return to Minnesota, it begs the question: what if some NBA Super Stars returned to their home teams? We take a look at the top 12 teams that would result from this hypothetical scenario. When determining where a player is from, we […]

With less than a third of the NBA regular season remaining, the intensity is rising as teams are making their push for playoff positioning. The best of the best individual players are all shining the brightest in crunch time, with each of them standing out and helping their teams win in different ways. Here are […]

After numerous trades, the Cavaliers have many options they could go to offensively and both defensively. The Cavs currently start Kyrie Irving, J.R. Smith, LeBron James, Kevin Love, and Timofey Mozgov. Here, we’ll take a look at some of the top lineups the Cavs can and should use going down the stretch (other than the […]

The Cavs are 18-3 in their last 21 games, but there is still plenty of basketball to be played before the playoffs. Their recent hot streak has revealed some strengths that fans had yet to see this season. If the X-Factors that have led us to where we are now continue, Cavs fans should look […]

Click “Next” at the bottom of this page for all of today’s top plays and highlights! In a battle featuring the league’s top scorers and two MVP candidates, James Harden and the Houston Rockets defeat LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers with a 105-`03 OT win. LeBron netted 37 points, on 35 shots, while Tristan […]

Tristan Thompson and LeBron James double-team James Harden at the top of the three-point arc. A frustrated Harden falls down and kicks James off of him, connecting to his lower mid-section. Tristan Thompson and Corey Brewer were called for technical fouls for escalating the situation while Harden was called for a flagrant-1 foul. RELATED: 10 […]

After drawing a blocking foul on Patrick Beverly, LeBron James tries to get up before getting his arms locked with Beverly, starting a scuffle. James and Beverly each got a technical and Beverly was called for the original blocking foul RELATED: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About LeBron James

Donatas Motiejunas gets the lob from Harden, gathers, and puts the shot up only to get volleyball swatted by Tristan Thompson!

LeBron takes away the pass from Corey Brewer and dunks it all by himself with a tomahawk!

LeBron James is again having one of those MVP-caliber seasons once again but with voter fatigue being a big factor in the final outcome, other equally deserving big name stars have taken advantage. Rockets’ guard James Harden is one of the leading contenders for the MVP award. James is averaging 26.0 points, 5.8 rebounds, 7.3 […]

After missing the Friday evening contest against the Indiana Pacers resting his sore back, small forward LeBron James is expected to return to the starting lineup Sunday against Houston. Kyrie out, LeBron expected to play vs Rockets. And my thoughts on "rest." Pregame dribbles. http://t.co/dn3b4UeJrj — Sam Amico (@SamAmicoFSO) March 1, 2015 Returning from a […]

Perhaps one of the most nervous and talked about names prior to and at the trade deadline, Brendan Haywood had one heck of an afternoon on Trade Deadline Thursday. Haywood, whose $10.5 million contract for next year is non-guaranteed, is seen as a major bargaining and trading chip for the Cavs. Chris Haynes of the […]

David McMenamin, NBA writer for ESPN, reported Saturday afternoon that Kyrie Irving, who suffered a strained shoulder Thursday night against Golden State, will no be playing Sunday afternoon at Houston: The Cavs announce Kyrie Irving (L shoulder strain) will miss Sunday's game against the Houston Rockets. — Dave McMenamin (@mcten) February 28, 2015 Irving is […]

While most Cavs fans know that David Blatt came from overseas, very few know much more than that. He is a rookie head coach in the NBA, but his experience through 25 years of playing and coaching the game of basketball overseas makes the Cavs seem all that much smarter for choosing him as Head […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers continued their hot streak into the month of February where the team is pulled off eight wins in 11 games. In ten February games thus far, the Wine & Gold offense has been one of the most prolific in the league averaging 105.3 points per game, but more importantly, their defense also […]

Click “Next” at the bottom of this page for all of today’s top plays and highlights! It seemed like the Cavs were on route to another blowout victory over the Pacers tonight during the first quarter. Without LeBron James and Kyrie Irving playing due to injury, it would have been an even more impressive feat. […]

Cleveland will be playing without its two all stars tonight as Kyrie Irving is out with a shoulder strain from last night’s game and LeBron James will sit out with back soreness. Here are five keys for the Cavs to beat Indiana tonight, starting with number five: 5. Shoot at least 45% from field The […]

10. Oklahoma City Thunder 32-26 After a rough start to the season, the Thunder are back in the playoff picture despite Kevin Durant missing more time due to soreness in his surgically repaired foot. Russell Westbrook has averaged 29.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 9.3 assists in the last month and has guided the Thunder to […]

Add one more player to the list of players not suiting up tonight against the Indiana Pacers. LeBron James will sit out tonight’s game with back soreness, according to Ethan Skolnick of Bleacher Report. It will be his 11th missed game of the season, by far the highest amount he’s missed in an NBA regular […]

It looks like Ray Allen is no longer an option for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Brian Windhorst has reported Friday morning that Ray Allen is not going to sign with the Cavaliers: Windhorst: "Ray Allen is not gonna sign with the Cavs. I don't think he's gonna play. If he decides he wants to, it won't […]

1999-2003 LeBron James (High School) LeBron James attended St. Vincent-St. Mary High School with his AAU teammates Sian Cotton, Dru Joyce III, and Willie McGee. While in high school, James played basketball and football and excelled in both. James averaged 21 points and 6 boards per game his freshmen year, leading the Fighting Irish to […]

Kyrie Irving was playing like a consistent All-Star this season with averages of 21.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 1.5 steals on 47% shooting. All of those but the assists are up from last year’s averages. Unfortunately, the oft-injured point guard seems to have hit another roadblock after suffering an apparent shoulder injury Thursday […]