Cleveland vs. Detroit Pre Season Games Thread

[Lebron23]

Anyone have a link in this game so that i can watch this game instead of going to NBA.com and refresh the boxscore????

[Jimmy2k8]

Anyway..don't have a link. but Cavs are getting their asses whooped.

[Attila]

61 44

[VCMVP1551]

75-70 Cavs.

Lebron 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in 25 minutes

[FPower]

Cavs up now. Piston bench looking terrible.

[FPower]

Maxiell looks particuarly bad. Does he think he's not a scrub anymore and doesn't have to try in the pre-season?

[VCMVP1551]

Too bad Amir is injured.

[FPower]

Too bad Amir is injured.

Yeah, that does suck. He was the main thing I wanted to check out in the pre-season.

[Attila]

Will he play at all in pre season?

[VCMVP1551]

Will he play at all in pre season?

I hope so. He dominated the D-League and he looked great in his few NBA games. He also has grown 2 inches. He is probably ready for the NBA.

[Attila]

Maxielle beasted that dude.

[L.Kizzle]

Damon Wayans has 13 rebounds.:wtf:

[Lebron23]

James watches as Cavaliers rally to beat Pistons 96-90 in overtime

CLEVELAND(AP) LeBron James witnessed quite a comeback.


James scored 17 points - all in the first half - but he watched from the bench while icing his knees when Cleveland's reserves rallied the Cavaliers to a 96-90 overtime win against the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night.

Dwayne Jones, who has a chance to make Cleveland's roster with free agent Anderson Varejao still unsigned, made two free throws in the final second of regulation and added 13 rebounds for the Cavs, who outscored the Pistons 11-5 in OT.

The Cavaliers trailed 64-50 when James was replaced with 3:34 remaining in the third quarter.

Cleveland's chances of coming back seemed bleak without its superstar, but the Cavs' bench of mostly no-names stormed back and grabbed a 72-70 lead on Devin Brown's 3-pointer with 9:37 left.

The Pistons seemed in control when rookie Rodney Stuckey made a steal and scored on a layup with 2:01 to play, and Detroit still led 85-83 with 11.4 seconds to go on rookie Arron Afflalo's layup.

Cleveland tried to set up a game-winning 3-pointer on its last possession, but Jones drove the lane and was fouled by Jason Maxiell with .04 seconds remaining.

As Jones, who missed four straight free throws in the second half, walked to the foul line, James covered his face with his warmup top and several other Cavaliers braced themselves for the attempts.

But Jones surprised everyone by making both shots and the teams went to overtime tied at 85-all.

After Ronald Dupree's free throw following a flagrant-1 foul by Cleveland's Darius Rice gave the Pistons an 86-85 lead, Brown hit a jumper and Shannon Brown made a 3-pointer in an 11-0 run that put it away for Cleveland.

Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton and Affalo scored 12 points each for the Pistons.

James scored his 17 in 24 minutes for the Cavs, who rallied from an 0-2 deficit in last season's playoffs to advance to the NBA finals for the first time.

That seven-game series will be best remembered for James' incredible performance in Game 5 when he scored a career playoff-high 48 points - including Cleveland's final 25, and 29 of its last 30 - in a double-overtime win.

In the climactic Game 6, then-rookie Daniel Gibson scored 31 points and single-handedly outscored the Pistons 19-16 in the fourth quarter. In the closing minutes, Detroit's Rasheed Wallace was slapped with two technicals and ejected.

Guess who was starting trouble again?

Wallace and Drew Gooden got into an exchange while Cleveland's forward was at the free-throw line in the third quarter. When play resumed, Wallace backed Gooden down in the lane and attempted to score over him when James came from the weak side and blocked the shot.

Wallace was replaced, but as he was pulled off the floor by teammates with plenty of practice at calming him down, he jawed at James, who laughed.

Excellent win for the Cleveland Cavaliers :cheers:

[Cannonball]

How good was brons block on sheed?

[DeuceWallaces]

Cavs came back playing a mixture of their starters and prominent bench players while the Pistons had a bunch of rookie and thank god i'm on the training camp invites trash out there.

[death valley40]

Cavs came back playing a mixture of their starters and prominent bench players while the Pistons had a bunch of rookie and thank god i'm on the training camp invites trash out there.



You're lieing, it was scrubs vs scrubs the entire 4th quarter

[DeuceWallaces]

Well Marshall and Jones were in there. I don't really know the rest of the rotation now that Sideshow and Pavlovic are gone. Either way their starters got dominated.

[Cannonball]

Well Marshall and Jones were in there. I don't really know the rest of the rotation now that Sideshow and Pavlovic are gone. Either way their starters got dominated.
sheed got blocked hard, what?

[boozehound]

sheed got blocked hard, what?
and the score with the starters in was......

[Cannonball]

and the score with the starters in was......
You got sent home by a 1 year 2nd round draft pick rookie?

[boozehound]

You got sent home by a 1 year 2nd round draft pick rookie?
uhm, i didnt get sent anywhere. a 1 year rookie? are you sure about that? Its a freaking preseason game and you fools are still talking about it 2 days later? :rolleyes:

[Cannonball]

uhm, i didnt get sent anywhere. a 1 year rookie? are you sure about that? Its a freaking preseason game and you fools are still talking about it 2 days later? :rolleyes:
You=Pistons

Rookie=Gibson

31 points 6 3's need I say more?

[boozehound]

You=Pistons

Rookie=Gibson

31 points 6 3's need I say more?
i thought he was a 3 year rookie

[DeuceWallaces]

Ha, this game was 2 days ago. What is going on. I hate the Cavs almost as much as I used to hate the Pacers. Rodney Stuckey! He's gonna tear up the East this year.

[Stu Jackson]

Anyone have a link in this game so that i can watch this game instead of going to NBA.com and refresh the boxscore????
youve been watching stats since day 1 :lol