NBA / Dec 2, 2010 / 8:15 pm

LeBron vs. Cleveland Live Blog

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FOURTH QUARTER
- Do I have to keep watching this if LeBron is done for the night? He has 38 points, 5 boards, 8 assists, and is 15-of-25 from the field. Wade (who’s still playing) has 22 points, 8 boards and 7 dimes, and Bosh has 13 points. Big Z is scoreless in 18 minutes.

- Should Spoelstra put Big Z in and let him get a bucket?

- Comment from Dime reader bookkwormmaster: “Heard one of the TNT crew say that Boobie Gibson is the ONLY player on the Cavs that still keeps in contact with LeBron. I guess all that chemistry and pregame yucking it up when he played with his former team was all a farce.”

- Leon Powe is in the game. I miss him being part of a relevant team. James Jones sticks another three and it’s 102-75. And you know how I know it’s garbage time? Erick Dampier is checking in.

- On the floor for Miami right now: Arroyo, House, Jones, Howard, Dampier. As a starting five, how many games would they win in an 82-game season? I’m saying four.

- Sign in the crowd: “We should have drafted Darko.”

- Seeing as James Jones is a lock for the All-Star Weekend three-point shootout, who else makes the field? I want to see Shannon Brown do the dunk contest and three-point contest. Throw in Anthony Morrow, Mike Bibby, Matt Bonner and Jason Richardson.

- Oh yeah, the game. It’s 118-88 after a Mario Chalmers three with under 30 seconds to go. Jawad Williams adds the pointless reverse layup to make it 118-90. Game over. LeBron gave Jawad a quick hug and was led to the tunnel. Nothing was thrown at him.

- Post-game, LeBron says, “I know this court. I’ve hit a lot of shots on this court.” Asked if he wants to apologize for anything about his departure, he says no. Good for him.

- I think the Heat are going to take off after this game and go on a big run. We were talking about this during the second half: It was like they were (or at least LeBron was) looking ahead to this game, and it was a distraction. Now that it’s out of the way, they can relax and play up to their potential. It’s still going to be tough against certain teams because they don’t have Mike Miller and Udonis Haslem, but they’re going to still push 60-something wins. Granted, the Cavs stink, but the Heat looked really good tonight. On Saturday they play the Joe Johnson-less Hawks, then hit the road for Milwaukee, Utah, Golden State and Sacramento. I can see them running the table.

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  • Claw

    Nice move throwing up the chalk, right in their face. Shaq said there was no way he would be that disrespectful.

    Class Meter:

    Ctown Fans: booing Lebron and clapping for Z +1
    Lebron: throwing up chalk -1

  • Stunnaboy2K11

    I’m loving the cheers for Big Z.

    Oh DIME the diff between the 2? One didn’t host an hour long TV show to shit on a city. I don’t think ya’ll get it. To me its not THAT he left its HOW. That he could be such a huge douche to hold an hour long press conference to announce he’s leaving. Remember when he announced the press conference? We all said, NO WAY he does this. Buuuuuuut.

    He did.

    And I hate how he thinks he’s above making mistakes.

  • OneZero

    wow, Chris Bosh is just soft….so soft tonight

  • bookkwormmaster

    Saw the chalk toss and couldn’t believe that he actually did it! Then the camera panned to him wiping his feet by the scorer’s table and he was smirking hard like “Yeah y’all didn’t think I’d do it did y’all?” Made me LOL.

    TNT showed before the game that Charles Barkley got in the camera’s face and did the chalk toss and then DARED LeBron to do it. :)

  • Stunnaboy2K11

    The Byron Scott story is FUNNY, imagine if he found out about that ish haha

  • bookkwormmaster

    I’m looking at this Cavs team and I’m just curious as to HOW IN THE FUCK did they accomplish two 60+ win seasons? This team is TERRIBLE!! No wonder LeBron left. There is NO WAY in the hell he was gonna bring a championship to Cleveland with that cast surrounding him.

    Seeing the Cavs fans actions and just watching and hearing them has me straight disgusted at this point. GET OVER IT ALREADY! I’m actually rooting for LeBron in this game and hopes he set a record for most points scored by an opposing player in Quicken Loans Arena.

    Heard one of the TNT crew say that Boobie Gibson is the ONLY player on the Cavs that still keeps in contact with LeBron. I guess all that chemistry and pregame yucking it up when he played with his former team was all a farce.

  • sadeye2507

    The Cavs should just plead ‘No Contest’ DAYUM!!!!

  • jdizzle

    When will people learn. DO NOT HECKLE LEBRON CUZ HE WILL GIVE YO ASS 50!! Can’t wait to see the signs in Miami when they play again:

    “HEY CLEVELAND! THERE’S A REASON HE LEFT YOU!”

  • jwhit45

    Did the Cavs even want Z back? They traded him away last year and he came back to help the cause then.

    There is a huge difference and it is not racial AT ALL!

  • the cynic

    thank god i went out and did something else after the first quarter. Kobe would have dropped 70

  • me

    i can’t believe people hating on the fact he did a tv program to announce his decision.

    That was genius in my opinion, and a sign of loyalty- to his boys. Let them set it up and make a little extra cash.

    They’re adults, and this is business. If someone’s gonna pay, why not sell his choice?

    Why should Cleveland fans be so jilted and pissy? He was a free agent, you didn’t have any more right to him than anyone else did. I think y’all just pissed cuz yall suck again like you usually do.

    At least now I can get some cheap ass Cavs tickets and not have to go to Indy to watch an NBA game for a decent price.

  • Cha-Ching

    If I hate someone that much I won’t even have bought a ticket. Coming to the game booing and acting a fool just made him wanna jump 40-50 even more.

  • Slickdawg

    They should have traded him before he left. Now they have nothing. He only gave hints he was leaving like two years before his contract ended.

    They didn’t even try to bring in any talent to help him. They should be happy that he put a relatively positive spin on the cavs name.

    And I don’t even like LBJ. Good game tonight.

  • Dagger

    Well, regained a lot of respect for Lebron tonight, that’s all I can say . . . .

  • K

    the under reported fact going into this game was that the Cavs suck, especially on defense we all knew they wouldnt be as good on offense but this just shows how great Lebron was for this team.

    Cleveland fans still mad and bitter. go die

  • Balla

    Great players step up in big moments. Dan Gilbert is so scared Cavs fans will realize he his a dumb ass, that he tries make LeBron look like a bad player. If the Heat can afford 3 max players, how come Cleveland couldn’t?

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