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There is a level of respect you get when you stand up after being shoved by another player who’s got 60 pounds on you. But read his lips, and you realize he might’ve just ignited LeBron James, who silences trash talk with domination.

Kyrie Irving, who has been gutting out the past couple of weeks in these playoffs, will not be able to play tonight in Game 2 of the East Finals against the Atlanta Hawks. Here is the full statement released by the Cleveland Cavaliers. RELATED: Kyrie Irving Dealing With Left Knee Tendinitis Aside From Sore Right […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

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 […]

After pulling out all the needed stops in Game 5 to take a 3-2 series lead, Cleveland looked poised to finish the job in Game 6 tonight. The Cavaliers defeated the Bulls 94-73 on a night where many thought Chicago would play well considering the series was on the line. The Bulls did not live […]

With the Cavaliers up 3-2 in the Eastern semi-conference finals against the Chicago Bulls, Cleveland was able to close Chicago out in Game 6 of Eastern Conference Semifinals. The Cavs have made so many personnel changes going into and during this season that anything short of a Finals appearance would be a failure. With that […]

Anyone who has followed the Eastern Conference semi-finals between the Cavs and Bulls can agree that injuries have had a huge impact on the games. Both sides have suffered game changing injuries. No one on the Cavs was forced to miss games except Kevin Love. On the other side, Pau Gasol has missed the past […]

Kyrie Irving started off the Cavaliers second round series against the Bulls with a bang. He scored 30 points to go along with two rebounds and six assists as the Cavs fell in Game 1. After scoring 21 points in the Game 2 victory, Irving’s production severely dropped off in Games 3 and 4, as […]

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 […]

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 […]