Cavs @ Pacers 1/29/10

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ytownfootball
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Jan 29, 2010 11:30am
Cavs travel to Indiana and the Pacers

Cavs coming off a win Wed. against Minnesota

Pacers coming off a loss to the Lakers on the same day
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mallymal614
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Jan 29, 2010 11:32am
Cavs take this one. As far as I remember, Cleveland really never loses a game to a team they aren't suppose to.
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hangonsloopy
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Jan 29, 2010 1:20pm
They have lost quite a few they shouldn't have this year. Unlike last year they are winning the games against the quality teams. I'll take Cleveland tonight though.
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Benny The Jet
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Jan 29, 2010 1:36pm
mallymal614 wrote: Cavs take this one. As far as I remember, Cleveland really never loses a game to a team they aren't suppose to.
Yea they've lost a few they definitely shouldn't have...raptors, bulls, wiz, bobcats, the grizz. They're not blowin these lousy teams out like last year, they're scraping by them, but winning the games against the top level teams, like as said earlier, is all that really matters.
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Laley23
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Jan 29, 2010 1:43pm
Cavs should role. Pacers are really starting to give their young players a chance. Hibbert has been playing very well this year, but I think Shaq will get him in foul trouble in the first quarter.

Outside Granger, the Pacers dont have a game changer. The fact that AJ Price is getting big minutes shows where this team is at right now...
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jpake1
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Jan 29, 2010 2:31pm
LBJ for 47 tonight. The Pacers are the saddest organization IMO. The record doesn't show it, but I hate how they run their show. They're notorious for not playing players they don't want anymore. Each year I feel like another front office could get a lot more out of their teams than the actual front office guys could.
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wes_mantooth
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Jan 29, 2010 5:06pm
Cavs win 132-68.
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wildcats20
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Jan 29, 2010 5:32pm
Lakers pretty much dominated the 2nd half of the game on Wednesday. I expect much of the same from Bron and the Cavs tonight. Close, hard fought first half and then the 2nd half will be ALL Cavs.

Cavs 107-86
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ytownfootball
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Jan 29, 2010 5:34pm
I'm hoping LeBron goes for about 18-5-4 and a lot of rest in the 4th.
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devil1197
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Jan 29, 2010 6:22pm
Exactly, I'd rather have LeBron resting up 20 in the 4th with him having 12 points.
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ytownfootball
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Jan 29, 2010 7:17pm
Lots of action going to go thru Shaq it looks like.
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devil1197
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Jan 29, 2010 7:17pm
ytown, expect a lot more come playoff time!
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ytownfootball
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Jan 29, 2010 7:37pm
Cav's lighting things up, up 36-18 after one

LBJ with 9 assists
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Lovejoy1984
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Jan 29, 2010 7:43pm
Lebron may not play much more than a half today.
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ytownfootball
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Jan 29, 2010 7:45pm
Shaq is schoolin' hard...
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Lovejoy1984
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Jan 29, 2010 7:46pm
Cavs up 47-24 with 9 mins left to go.

Shaq is playing like a beast!
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ytownfootball
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Jan 29, 2010 9:26pm
Cav's win it going away after a torrid first quarter, 94-73

LeBron

23 pts.
9 rebs
13 asst
5 blks
couple steals

Shaq was dominant, he schooled Hibbert badly and had him in foul trouble early
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dave
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Jan 29, 2010 9:31pm
Crazy rebounding numbers for the cavs. 19 assists and 20 turnovers is not good though. Cavs should win out til the break but my guess is they drop 1.
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karen lotz
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Jan 29, 2010 9:41pm
61 total rebounds for the cavs right? Some pretty bad shooting from the Pacers. ESPN's boxscore has LBJ at 23/10/13/4/2.

Also, that was about the best Shaq has looked all season, granted he was going against guys like Troy Murphy and Dunleavy
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ytownfootball
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Jan 29, 2010 9:49pm
23 is right I was wrong on that, unless they changed his rebound total though, he was one short of the triple double.
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SQ_Crazies
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Jan 29, 2010 10:00pm
Bottom line of ESPN said triple double for a minute and then when it came back around it said 9 boards.
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karen lotz
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Jan 29, 2010 10:00pm
yeah but who knows on the other totals...halfway through the 4th quarter the Indiana scorekeeper had credited LeBron with only 1 block, even though he had 3 very clear blocks. I could see them being off by a rebound or two. Either way he had a good all around game, minus shot selection and the resulting shooting %
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ytownfootball
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Jan 29, 2010 10:12pm
The hi-lite blocks showed 5, he did have another that was called goal tending, but that would have made 6. The boards at 9 will stand.

Good night though, turnovers really sucked by I attribute that to being up so much for so long.
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SQ_Crazies
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Jan 29, 2010 10:17pm
The one block that was called goal tending was definitely clean too.
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ytownfootball
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Jan 29, 2010 10:21pm
I thought so, it was close, well, just as close as the one they let stand anyway.