Donyell Marshall is in a huge slump in April. In the 5 games Marshall has played this month he’s only averaged 9.4 minutes, 1.0 point, 1.8 rebounds and 0.2 assists per game. He also is only shooting 13.3% from the floor and has only hit 1 of 10 shots from three-point range. Marshall’s a very important player to the success of the Cavs so he needs to get his act together with the playoffs approaching.

The Cavs have moved Sasha Pavlovic into the starting lineup but he hasn’t taken advantage of his opportunity yet. He’s started 5 of the last 6 games for the Cavs and in those 6 games, Pavlovic in only averaging 5.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steal per game. He’s also shooting only 31% in those games! The Cavs need more from him or he’ll have to return to the bench.

The Cavaliers were expecting Wesley to provide decent minutes off the bench behind Larry Hughes but he’s been awful this season and now he’s buried on the bench. He has played in only 27 games this season and has averaged 11.1 minutes, 2.3 points, 1.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. He’s also only hitting 29.7% from the floor this season which has really hurt the Cavs when he’s on the floor. Look for him to continue being buried on the bench as Sasha Pavlovic has taken over his old job.

Rookie Daniel Gibson will be the starting point guard tonight for the Cavs and it’s about time! Gibson is very energetic on the floor and he’s not scared to shoot the way Eric Snow is. Snow was only averaging 5.0 points and 4.5 assists per game and that just doesn’t get it done no matter how well he plays on defense.

Hughes has been pathetic lately and it’s hurting the Cavs offense as a whole. In his last 7 games he’s averaged 12.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.3 steals per game. The Cavs need him to score about 17 or 18 points a game for the offense to really click. But that will be hard to do if he doesn’t shoot better soon. In his last 7 games he’s only hitting 33.3% of his shots from the floor and that is plain awful.