The Cavaliers didn’t really have much playing time to offer the rookies but they both appear to have a future with the Cavs. Point guard Daniel Gibson played in 60 games this season and he averaged 16.5 minutes, 4.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. Gibson also hit 41.9% from three-point range and when he’s in the game, the Cavs run an up-tempo offense because of his speed with the basketball. He could be a future starter. Shannon Brown (SG) was the first round pick of the Cavs and he struggled when on the floor. He played in 23 games this season and he averaged 3.2 points, 0.9 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game. He also only shot 37.8% from the floor. Brown will need to improve his game if he wants to see the floor in the future.

The Cleveland Cavaliers finished 2nd in the Central Division with a 50-32 record, 3 games behind the Detroit Pistons. The Cavs really defended their home court well as they were 30-11 at home, but only 20-21 on the road. The Cavs did well in the Eastern Conference with a 31-21 record and they were a very solid 10-6 against their Division. They wound up averaging 96.8 points per game and only allowed 92.9. The Cavs played very well at the end of the season as they roll into the playoffs winning their last 4 games and 7 of their last 10.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are 1/2 a game behind the Chicago Bulls for the #2 seed in the Eastern Conference. Because the Bulls hold the tiebreaker with the Cavs, the Cavs will need to win their last two games (tonight against Philly on the road, and tomorrow against the Bucks at home) and have the Bulls lose their last game tomorrow night against the Nets in New Jersey. The Sixers are without their best basketball player tonight due to injury (Andre Iguodala), so they have no excuses to lose this game tonight. The Bucks should be easy pickins’ tomorrow night as they’ve had big injury problems this season. The Bulls could lose to the Nets tomorrow, because the Nets will likely also be playing for playoff position.

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.