Cavaliers Get Their Win Of The Season, Beat Heat 102-90

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Take That LeBum! Cavs Surprise, Topple Miami 102-90

In a game earlier this year in which the Cavs fans vented at LeBron James, the Cavaliers players responded three months later with a monumental upset of the Heat. Miami and their big three never led in the game, but came within a score.

That was when the Cavaliers came up with perhaps their biggest plays of the year. Guard Baron Davis alley-ooped to Ryan Hollins to prove some authority, and Anthony Parker, who had 20 points for the Cavs, took it right back the other way with a goal-tending three point play. J.J. Hickson added a gorgeously swift dunk with 21, but Parker and his three point shooting made some big plays for the Cavs.

Miami’s Mike Bibby broke out going 7-for-11 from three point range, totaling 23 points, but it wasn’t enough heat for Miami. Although his presence was anything but, LeBron quietly recorded a triple double with 27 points, 12 assists, and 10 rebounds; but all efforts went down in vain.

The Cavs never trailed in the game, controlling rebounds 44-30, and thus, the pace of the game. The Heat could never run the floor the way they can because the Cavaliers shut them down.

Enjoy it Cavalier fans! This is their best win of the year versus an unsuspecting villain.

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It’s Personal: Cavaliers Playing With Extra Ump, Lead LeBron And Heat 53-42

Whoever said that emotions weren’t running high in this game, as LeBron James and the Miami Heat returned to the Q was wrong; dead wrong. Apparently, it is the Cavs that are on an extra adrenaline rush, looking for payback as LeBron James skipped his introduction by the public address announcer. He got rejected by Christian Eyenga in transition, a feat that Cavs fans grew accustomed to when James was in Cleveland. He also lost his “hard hat” as described by color commentator Austin Carr.

Cavalier center Ryan Hollins was one player in particular playing with some additional vigor. Words were exchanged between himself and Miami guard Dwayne Wade, then Hollins then jumped in Wade’s face in rebuttal. Hollins and the Cavs soon made Wade eat those words; whatever Wade said.

The wine and gold led by as many as 16 after shooting an competent 57.6% from the field. The bench outscored that of the Heat 20-6, and the team shot 5-of-7 from the three land, out clashed Miami on the boards 20-12.

Where has this been all year?

Everyone for Cleveland is contributing; eight players have scored four plus points, with Baron Davis, Ryan Hollins, and J.J. Hickson all with eight or more. Davis’s three point shot buried with zero’s on the game clock iced the momentum headed into the locker room.

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Miami Heat Return To The Q; Fan Reaction, Outcome, Hopefully To Be Different This Time Around

In the Cavaliers first match up against LeBron James and the Big Three of the Miami Heat, the encounter on the floor was strictly a three star studded one, at least on the opposition's side. But the real battle was between James and the Cavalier Fans; as expected. The ambiance of the Quicken Loans Arena was more like that of a war zone rather than an NBA game, with plastic beer cups and hateful chants of decadent mockery towards a city's one time "chosen one." Yet somehow, James and the Heat endured. But this time around, hopefully, the battle of the best player in the NBA versus the fans he once called friends will not be so lethally destructive.  

Much was on the line in that game back on December 2^nd, not in the form of a playoff spot, but with a cities respect for its one time superstar figure. Nobody had to say it, but perhaps the King himself said it best on his Nike commercial to "clear the decks and start over."  It was a turning point, not just for LeBron and his fans respect, or lack thereof for him, but in both team's seasons. Looking back, it is difficult to fathom the fact that the Cavaliers were a mediocre 7-10 at the time, and the Heat were the ones struggling to cope with the transformations to come.

They are now on opposite ends. Miami has excelled ever since their demolishing of the Cavs at 41-14. James tallied up 38 points in the competition, 24 of which came in the third quarter. He persisted that it was nothing personal, but the jumbo-tron at the Q would supports other theories.

It has been nearly nine months since "The Decision" and three months since the most hated team in the NBA stepped onto the Quicken Loans hardwood. The Cavaliers are looking for a different outcome both in team performance, and from their fans. Their focus now is solely on one thing: beating the Miami Heat. That's what it should have been in their last meeting, rather than exchanging hugs with one time friend, and current foe.

This time, the Cavs will go it without Anderson Varejao and Antawn Jamison. Forward Samardo Samuels is also slated to miss tonight's game with a sprained right wrist. Unfortunately, the Cavs caught the Heat at full strength, now tied with the Boston Celtics for the second seed in the Eastern Conference.

LeBron may have taunted the Cavs bench in the December 2^nd collision, but, according to him "I have the utmost respect for this franchise, the utmost respect for these fans." Optimistically speaking, Cavs fans will realize this, and support their current team, rather than jeer a huge part of their old one.