Cav's Weekly report
Game 3 (2-0) vs. Pacers (1-1)
Pacers and Cav's would look like two heavy weight fighters in a ring. Both defenses came out to play in this game. Only twice would a team score more than 25 points in a quarter and both of them would come by the Cav's in the second and fourth quarter. It would come down to the final quarter in this game. The Cav's did have an eight point lead at half which was still an eight point lead after three. Still the final quarter the Pacers would run out of steam as the Cav's would outscore them by nine in the quarter to make it a rout. T.J. Warren had 27 points, 5 steals, 4 rebounds, and 2 assists to lead the Pacers. If Oladipo could make a shot (8/26) he still ended up with 19 but that would be the downfall for them. On the other side the way-too-early-big-three for the Cav's (Fox, Davis, and Toppin) all had double-doubles with Fox one rebound shy of a triple-double. Kevin Porter Jr. would be the only other player to score in double digits for the team.
Game 4 (3-0) @ Bucks (1-2)
Magic would see that Cav's can probably run anyone out the court so they wanted to see how they could do in the half court game. First quarter the Cav's looked lost and couldn't hit much as they would fall down 13 after the first quarter. Also didn't help that the Magic would go 7/10 from deep to start the game. Magic would spread the scoring around that really confused the Cav's as they would have 8 people score in double figures. Cav's would take a 7 point lead into half though.
After that it would be the strength of the big three as again Fox, Davis, and Toppin would score 64 of the 119 points. Davis had a quiet game of 20 points, 20 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 3 assists. Toppin already with some monster dunks in the game is in talks of being in the dunk contest this year.
Game 5 (4-0) vs. Bulls (1-4)
The Bulls would try a new tactic against the Cav's. Pack the paint, go under on screens, and keep everyone in front of them to settle for jumpers and outside shots. It would work for the first half. Cav's would only have a 2 point lead due to the Bulls unable to score anywhere, and at half the Bulls finally started to make some shots as they took a 3 point lead. The Cav's were only 3/13 from deep in the first half while the Bulls would hit eight threes in the first half.
Then the second half came and the shots finally starting to come for the Cav's has they would put at least 35 points on the scoreboard for each quarter. While the Bulls held in there with their great guard play by Coby White and Zack LaVine. While they were a combined 8/22 from deep they ended up with 25 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 steals for White while LaVine had 24 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, and a block. While on the other side Collin Sexton finally was able to crack double digit points for the game (15), it would be on the legs of the two superstars in the Brow and Fox as they both added double-doubles for the game. Chants were for the Brow as he ended up with 33 points, 14 rebounds, 5 blocks, 2 assists, and a steal. On the other end would be Fox who had 31 points (3/6 from deep), 12 assists, 2 rebounds, and a steal. Toppin would edge his way as the third star as we continued like the other two with a double-double.
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Heat would lose, and it would be a blowout loss as the Timberwolves would beat them 94-77 which would drop them to third in the Eastern Conference with a 4-1 record behind the undefeated 76ers and Cav's.
Cav's making the Central Division already there's. Sure we are only five to six games in. But with the four other teams in the conference they don't even combined have as many wins as the Cav's do as Pacers and Bucks are sitting at 1-4 while the Pistons and Bulls are 1-5. While the Cav's are winning by 15.8 a night, the average lost for the rest of the conference is 10 points a night.
On the flip side the hardest division looks like the Pacific as Clippers, Suns, and Kings are all sitting in first with a 4-2 record. Golden state is just 3-1 while the Lakers are off to a very slow start at 1-4, but the question is they might not be good as they are losing by 13 points a game.
Highest scoring team in the league after two weeks is...the Spurs at 127.5? While they edge out the Celtics by .3 a game, the last three wins they scored 138, 131, and 135. It is a total team support as well as they haven't had an leading scorer in any of there games. Sure it is early, and all there games have been at home, but are the Spurs really that much improved by adding three new starters (Porter, Gasol, and rookie Okongwu) in their starting five? Probably won't last but then again the Cav's are ninth with a 122 points a night.
Upcoming games for this week
Dec. 15 @ Pacers
Dec. 17 vs. Mavericks
Dec. 19 vs. Celtics
Good news is that the two hardest games of the week are at home verses the Mavericks and Celtics, and with the worst team is against the Pacers on the road. Bad news is that we shoot .07%/.07% worst at home than we do on the road. Worst, is that the Celtics and Mavericks have experience and speed and height too keep up with Fox and Davis so these will be real test to see how good they really are. Cav fans have already started MVP chants for Davis when he goes to the line and we are just 5 games into the season.
Prediction from analysis is 2-1 for the week with an easy win on the road to start but then to split the home game. Still if that is the case going into the last week in a half of the month with a 7-1 record is great for the Cav's and their youthful squad.