The Cavaliers continued their winning ways, extending their latest winning streak to 5 games with two more wins over the weekend. The first came on Friday night at the end of their final West coast trip when they beat the Kings in Sacramento 126-123 (highlights) in OT. I'm not gonna lie and say it was pretty. It wasn't, and the Kings are a bad team. But they gave the Cavs all the could handle and it took another valiant comeback and some great defense down the stretch to win that one. Some guy named LeBron ended up with 51 points on the night on 16-of-30 from the field and 15-of-17 from the line. The win also improved the Cavs' mark to 22-4 vs. the Western conference and 7-1 on their two West coast road trips. Wow.
Just one small step on the Cavs' journey...Then they continued their winning ways at the Q last night, having to play the dreaded trap game after a long road trip vs. the up-tempo (albeit bad) Knicks. The Cavs ground out a much-needed 98-93 win (highights) to improve to a league-best 29-1 at home and stay even with the Lakers at 53-13 overall (40 games over .500!). Coupled with the Celtics embarrassing loss in Milwaukee yesterday, the Cavs' latest win has them in great shape for the top seed in the East with them now holding a 3.5 game lead over Boston and a 4 game lead on Orlando.
And speaking of Orlando, the NBA schedule makers do us no favors this week with the Magic, Trail Blazers, and Hawks all visiting the Q between now and Saturday. With 16 games left the team is in great shape, but they can't let up with still many tough opponents remaining. And I wouldn't be a true fan without acknowledging their one small step on their way to bigger and better things... Friday night's win gave the Cavs their first Central Division crown in 33 years. It is truly a great accomplishment to lock it up so early in the season. How anyone in this town can be talking about the NFL draft and/or free agent signings right now is truly beyond me...
