HUMBLED…in my third TV year w the
@Cavs
to have been awarded a third straight Emmy for Top Play-By-Play Broadcaster / Analyst
PRIVILEGED…to have won two straight team Emmys for Best Live Sporting Event
BLESSED…to work w incredible humans who make every ounce of this possible
Prior to this series,
@NBA
teams were just 19-281 all-time when trailing 2-0 in a playoff series.....
They now are 20-281.
Notably, LeBron James has engineered THREE of those 20 comebacks:
2007 Conf Finals DET
2016 NBA Finals GS
2018 Conf Finals BOS
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LEBRON JAMES PLAYOFFS BY GAME (PTS-REB-AST)
First Round
24-10-12
46-12-5
28-12-8
32-13-7
44-10-8, game winner
22-5-7
45-8-7
Second Round
26-11-13
43-8-14
38-6-7, game winner
10 games
7 double-doubles
2 triple-doubles
6 30+ pts
4 40+ pts
2 0:00 left game winners
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LeBron James has won the
@NBA
Player of the Month Award every February from 2012-2017.
To average a triple-double for the entire month of February 2018, LeBron needs tonight vs Brooklyn...
7 rebounds (10.3 RPG in Feb)
6 assists (10.4 APG)
No points (26.6 PPG)
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TRISTAN THOMPSON last 2 games
60 minutes
29 points
10-14 FG, 71%
9-10 FT, 90%
22 rebounds
14 offensive rebounds
[Also notable:
Big effective screens on O
Picking up guards on screen & roll D]
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LeBron James has just been named
@NBA
Eastern Conference Player of the Month for the 2nd straight month and an NBA-record 36th time.
DECEMBER:
27.5 PPG
8.2 RPG
10.3 APG
1.9 SPG
52.4 FG%
In other words, he has been Player of the Month for THREE full calendar years...
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Last night, in his 99th game of the season, LeBron played 46:06, grabbed 11 rebs, dished out 9 ast & scored 46 points.
It was LeBron’s...
26th career 40+ pt playoff game
107th 30+ game
209th 20+ game
Only 8 others in
@NBA
history have ever PLAYED 209 playoff games.
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TODAY’S UNSUNG HEROES
Tristan Thompson played only 24 comb min in Games 1-6...gets the start, goes for 15pts (5-6, 5-6 FT) & 10rebs in 34:54.
George Hill missed Games 4-6...checked in for the 1st time at 7:12 of 3Q & played the rest of the game for 11pts (9-11 FT), 6reb, 3ast.
The 17-18 Cavaliers have just guaranteed that they will become the first team in the
@NBA
shot clock era to go a full season without losing a game when leading at the end of the third quarter, going 39-0.
17-18 Cavs Win% 1.000
95-96 Bulls .985
15-16 Warriors .984
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LEBRON JAMES
@NBA
PLAYER OF THE MONTH AWARDS BY MONTH
(Note: No awards in Oct-Dec 2011)
OCT/NOV - 7 of 14 possible
DEC - 5 of 14
JAN - 7 of 14
FEB - 8 of 14, inc last 6 straight
MAR - 6 of 14
APR - 3 of 14
Recipient of 36 of a possible 84 Player of the Month Awards
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JARRETT ALLEN
Numbers in two games w the
@Cavs
:
50 minutes
31 points (13-19 FG)
17 rebounds (5 offensive)
4 blocks
2 wins (against his former team)
@_bigjayy_
has already been a big addition.
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Tonight, LeBron James & Kevin Love were back together on the floor for the 1st time since Jan 30...
Love’s
#s
in 25 min:
18 points
7 reb
4 ast (3 to LeBron)
4 threes (ALL 4 assisted by LeBron)
LeBron goes for 40-12reb-10ast as
@Cavs
top Bucks 124-117.
#WelcomeBack
#CavsRadio
We begin this season w incredibly heavy hearts as one of our own has left us way too soon.
A promise: Every ounce of hard work poured into each
@Cavs
broadcast this season will be dedicated to one solitary goal for a friend tuning in from upstairs:
“We’ll make you proud, Fred.”
LEBRON JAMES SHOT CHART
25pts tonight (11-13 FG, 2-3 3P)....his 85 FG% is the 3rd best mark of his career.
And by the way, LeBron tied a career high with 17 assists, EIGHT of which went for threes (including all four in the 1Q).
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@Cavs
Coming into this postseason,
@NBA
teams holding a 2-1 lead in a best of 7 series went on to win the series 79.8% of the time.
Over the last 4 yrs, the
@Cavs
have now erased 4 different 2-1 deficits:
2015 2nd Rd CHI
2016 Finals GS
2018 1st Rd IND
2018 Conf Finals BOS
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Per Head Coach Tyronn Lue,
@cediosman
will make his 2nd career
@NBA
start tomorrow in Boston.
He will be joined by LeBron James, JR Smith, Tristan Thompson...
...and George Hill who will make his
@Cavs
debut and get the start at PG.
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During the
@Cavs
13-game winning streak...
LeBron James is shooting 47% (35-74) from 3 (57% from the field)...
...and a tremendous 73% at the rim, a startling 15 percentage points higher than the league average, per .
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@Cavs
Raptors’ Danny Green on
@Cavs
’ Cedi Osman following Wednesday’s game:
“Osman, you don’t know how well he plays until you see him....and this guy is pretty d**m good.....”
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Don’t look now, but since he started playing rotation minutes (last 8 games), Ante Zizic is shooting 30-38 from the field, 79%.
Zizic has also grabbed 33 rebs during that stretch, which amounts to 10.8 rebs / 36 min played (a common stat to measure productivity).
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Well Fred, I know you’ll be smiling down tonight from the 18th fairway upstairs...but Saturday at home, along with always being with us spiritually, thanks to
@BethHMcLeod
, you’ll join us on the set again.
Guess there’s only one thing left to say:
“Let’s go do this...together.”
LeBron is 7th in
@NBA
in FG%..here’s a look at how many shots the top 7 take at rim per :
1 DeAndre Jordan 98% of shots at rim
2 Clint Capela 96%
3 Steven Adams 90%
4 Enes Kanter 85%
5 Dewayne Dedmon 47% (153 FGA)
6 John Collins 82%
7 LeBron 52% (467 FGA)
Over the last two games - both road victories - the
@Cavs
most effective 3-man combination has consisted of
Kyle Korver
Dwyane Wade
Channing Frye
The Cavs were +30 in the 40 minutes that trio was on the floor.
#CavsBench
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I cannot WAIT to see the size of the chip on Jarrett Allen’s shoulder over the second half of the season……
Suddenly,
#LetEmKnow
has a little extra meaning…
Can’t wait.
NBA LEADERS IN CONTESTED SHOTS PER GAME
1. EVAN MOBLEY 18.4 (!!!!!!)
2. Jakob Poeltl 15.0
3. Robert Williams 13.8
4. Giannis Antetokounmpo 13.2
5. Deandre Ayton 13.0
#LetEmKnow
#CavsTV
PRODUCTION FROM CAVS’ NEW GUARDS
Clarkson 18pts (6-12, 1-3)
Hill 17pts (6-11, 3-5), 5ast, 4reb
Hood 16pts (6-13, 3-6), 3ast
51 points combined on 50 FG% and 50 3P%, as
@Cavs
win 5th straight with a 121-114 victory over BRK.
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The last time the
@Cavs
trailed 2-1 in a playoff series prior to the Finals was back in 2015 in the second round against the Bulls.
In that critical Game 4 in Chicago, at the buzzer, this happened......
CAVS DEFENSE BY QUARTER
1Q - 27.8 points against
2Q - 27.5
3Q - 26.6
4Q - 24.9.....16 tonight as
@Cavs
outscore Wizards 23-16 in the 4th to pull away for the 106-99 win.
The Cavs have now won 5 straight, and 18 of their last 19 games.
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Cavs LeBron James:
Our fans bring us so much excitement [at the Q]....and I’ve always felt that role players play much better at home....
Game 3, tomorrow night, at
@TheQArena
.
#NBAFinals
#WhateverItTakes
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LEBRON JAMES UPDATED FEBRUARY NUMBERS
25.8 PPG
10.6 APG
10.0 RPG
41 3P%
55 FG%
(Seeking 7th consecutive
@NBA
Player of the Month award for the month of February.)
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Kevin Love has just registered his 30th Double-Double of the season and the 400th of his career in this his 10th season & 631st game.
Accordingly, Love has recorded a Double-Double in 63.4% of the games that he has played in his
@NBA
career.
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@Cavs
Picture outside the visiting locker room at
@TheGarden
welcoming back former Knicks and current
@Cavs
(from top right, clockwise):
Iman Shumpert (2011-2015)
JR Smith (11-15)
Derrick Rose (16-17)
Jose Calderon (14-16)
Channing Frye (05-07)
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Good news in the point guard department just now….
@Cavs
announce the acquisition of RAJON RONDO from the Lakers in a 3-way trade.
JB Bickerstaff relays that DARIUS GARLAND practiced today and will be a game-time decision for tomorrow night’s game vs Memphis.
#LetEmKnow
Well, as much as we don’t like not calling the game tonight…..
I’ll take a silver lining of getting to sit back and enjoy one of the most thrilling
@Cavs
comebacks in years…..
And on the way out, headed for the airport to Atlanta, getting to stop and soak in this……
Wow!
LAST NIGHT’S UNSUNG HEROES
Jose Calderon was a +15 in 14:09 as the
@Cavs
rallied from behind in the 2nd half....hit his 900th career 3P.
Tristan Thompson grabbed 14 rebs (6 off), had a big 4Q block & was a +9 in 20:52...has 50 rebs (20 off) in 84 min over last 5g.
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COLLIN SEXTON’S SCORING TOTALS - LAST 11 GAMES
[Last season]
32 (11-17)
41 (17-30)
25 (11-19)
26 (8-19)
26 (12-16)
[This season]
27 (9-16)
32 (15-23)
22 (8-15)
20 (6-17)
28 (12-19)
27 (10-18), go ahead 3P w 27sec left
During that stretch
27.8 PPG
56.9% (119-209) from the field
LeBron James scores 13 of the
@Cavs
last 15 points of the half, as the Cavs lead the Nuggets 70-58 after two quarters.
LEBRON’S FIRST HALF NUMBERS
22 points (8-12, 2-3 3P)
6 asts
4 rebs
Averages over previous 5 games:
30.0 PPG (53 FG%, 46 3P%)
10.2 RPG
10.0 APG
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LeBron James has won the
@NBA
Player of the Month Award every February from 2012-2017.
To average a triple-double for the entire month of February 2018, LeBron needs tonight vs Brooklyn...
7 rebounds (10.3 RPG in Feb)
6 assists (10.4 APG)
No points (26.6 PPG)
#CavsRadio
In game 4, LeBron led the
@Cavs
in scoring (32), rebs (13), & ast (7)...leading his team in all 3 for the 61st time in his playoff career.
All-time
@NBA
List (leading team in pts, rebs & asts in a playoff game):
1. LeBron James, 61 times
T2. Tim Duncan, 21
T2. Larry Bird, 21
EASTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS heading into tonight’s matchup with the Bulls.
- All top 6 teams in the East are in action tonight.
- 5-game winning streak on the line for the
@Cavs
.
- Top spot in the East on the line for the Bulls.
Tip time at 8:00 Eastern.
#JoinUs
#LetEmKnow
Tonight, the
@Cavs
Derrick Rose has been cleared to play his first game since Nov 7. Head Coach Tyronn Lue confirmed that Rose will be on a minutes restriction and will come off the bench tonight.
Tip at 7:00. Join us on
#CavsRadio
.
Larry Nance, wearing his father’s
#22
for the first time as a Cavalier, has racked up 4 points, 3 boards, 4 ASSISTS, a block, and 2 steals in 7:30 of play.
#CavsRadio
Sometimes, even for those of us who talk for a living.....
.....words simply cannot suffice.
39 years of profound impact of entertaining and inspiring Cavalier fans will never....ever....be forgotten.
Until we meet again.....
Good night, Joe.
Prior to last night (per our friends at
@bball_ref
), since the
@NBA
introduced Conferences in 1971, no team in NBA history had ever SWEPT a
#1
seed in the second round or earlier....
One has now.
#CavsRadio
.
The two newest
@Cavs
....
JARRETT ALLEN
6-11 243 C, 4th
@NBA
season.
This season, averaging a double-double (11.2 PPG, 10.4 RPG) in 26.7 MPG.
TAUREAN PRINCE
6-7 218 F, 5th NBA season.
Hit 120+ threes each of last 3 seasons, averaging 148 threes made during that stretch.
#CavsTV
Tonight, LeBron James went for 35 points, 17 assists & 7 rebounds, while not committing a single turnover in the
@Cavs
132-129 win over TOR.
LEBRON’S AVERAGES SINCE FEB 7
30.5 PPG (40.6 3P%, 55.0 FG%)
10.5 APG
10.4 RPG
That’s a span of 19 games.
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While we celebrate the hiring of Serena Winters to our
@Cavs
and
#CavsTV
family, I also want to take a moment to celebrate someone else.
This guy walked into a tricky situation a few weeks ago & handled it like a pro….
It’s been a pleasure,
@DreKnott
…keep doing your thing.
In less than an hour, the
@Cavs
will open up the post-season with a starting lineup of......
George Hill
Rodney Hood
LeBron James
Jeff Green
Kevin Love
(Regular season record, 0-0)
This will mark the Cavs’ 31st different starting lineup this season.
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