It will be a very interesting off season for the Cavaliers after they made their first trip to the NBA Finals. It’s possible that the Cavs will have a lot of change to their roster and that’s not always a good thing. The Cavs face two tough decisions as Sasha Pavlovic and Anderson Varejao will both become restriced free agents next week. The Cavs have the right to match any offer either of those guys receive. The Cavs really have to weigh if they are worth it or not to them. Both of those guys could get big offers from teams when they hit the open market. Damon Jones and Ira Newble have both requested trades but they aren’t worth much so it will be interesting to see if the Cavs can move them or not. The Cavs really need to improve themselves at guard at that will be hard to do without having a draft pick this season. But there have been whispers that the Cavs might either try to buy their way into the draft or trade their way in….so stay tuned.

The Cavs played hard last night but it wasn’t enough to beat the best team in the world…..The San Antonio Spurs. The Cavs only shot 38.1% from the floor and that hurt them bad in the end. Also, for some dumb reason Mike Brown decided to bench his best two big men and it hurt the Cavs in the end when they couldn’t get any key rebounds late in the game. LeBron James was tossing up bricks all night long as he was 10 for 30 from the floor and 2 for 6 from the free throw line. He finished up with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists. Drew Gooden (11 points, 11 rebounds) and Zydrunas Ilgauskas (8 points, 13 rebounds) both played well but were only on the floor for 53 combined minutes. Daniel Gibson added 10 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists. The Cavaliers lost the NBA Finals 4 games to NONE against the Spurs.

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The Cavaliers just couldn’t shoot the ball last night and that did them in. They only shot 36.7% from the floor as a team. The Cavs only got 7 points from the bench and that didn’t help things last night. LeBron James led the way for the Cavs with 25 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals. Drew Gooden had a good game with 13 points and 12 rebounds before he fouled out late in the 4th quarter. Sasha Pavlovic had a bad shooting night (5 for 15) but he still finished up with 13 points and 3 assists. Zydrunas Ilgauskas had a great game with 12 points and 18 rebounds but the Cavs didn’t use him enough on offense as it was apparent that the Spurs couldn’t stop him. Daniel Gibson got the start because of Larry Hughes being injured and he didn’t play too well. In 36 minutes, Gibson had 2 points and 3 rebounds on 1 of 10 shooting from the floor. The Cavs are now down 3-0 and they will try to stave of elimination on Thursday Night in Cleveland.

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The Cavaliers were sleepwalking for three quarters as the Spurs built up a 89-62 lead after three quarters. Then the Cavs came alive in the 4th quarter as they outscored the Spurs 30-14 but it was too little, too late. LeBron James led the way for the Cavs with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Daniel Gibson injected some life into the Cavs with 15 points off of the bench. Drew Gooden (13 points, 6 rebounds) and Sasha Pavlovic (10 points, 4 rebounds) both played hard but their results were limited. Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 9 points and 4 rebounds, but he only played about half of the game. Anderson Varejao played tough off of the bench for the Cavs. He finished up with 8 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists. Larry Hughes had another awful game as he played 20 minutes and didn’t score. He added 2 rebounds and 2 assists. The Cavs are now down 2-0 in this series as it shifts to Cleveland.

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The Cavs failed to show up last night as they fell behind 64-49 after three quarters. The Cavs also were outrebounded 43-32 which hurt them last night. Daniel Gibson led the way for the Cavs with 16 points, 4 assists and 4 steals on 7 of 9 shooting from the floor. LeBron James had a bad game as he was only 4 for 16 shooting from the floor and wound up with only 14 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Drew Gooden didn’t have that good of a game either and finished with 14 points and 4 rebounds. Sasha Pavlovic had a decent game with 13 points and 5 rebounds. Anderson Varejao showed some heart as he wound up with 10 points and 4 rebounds. Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Larry Hughes didn’t add much to the Cavs last night as they combined to shoot 2 for 13 from the floor and finished with only 4 points and 9 rebounds combined in 46 minutes on the floor. The Spurs are now up 1-0 in this series.

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