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Find all of today’s top plays and highlights on the next page below! The Cavs took a trip down to Philips Arena to take on the one-seed Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference Finals. Both teams made it to the conference finals in 6, with the Hawks beating the Wizards, and the Cavs taking down […]

Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals begins Wednesday night, and although the Cavs have had five days off now, some key players are still dealing with injuries. RELATED: Round 3: Cleveland Cavaliers (2) Vs. Atlanta Hawks (1) Schedule Irving, who has been dealing with a sprained right foot and left knee tendinitis, is basically […]

There is no question as to the impact that Timofey Mozgov has had on the Cavs since his acquisition in January. He has been the rim protector and defensive force that the team needed, and has provided energy with his play every night. He did solid work against the Bulls frontline, helping the Cavs to […]

It has been a long road throughout the playoffs with twists and turns for both teams in this year’s Eastern Conference Finals. For the Cavs obviously a smooth first round sweeping the Boston Celtics, but that didn’t come without sacrifice, losing one of their Big Three. The second round was a better test having to […]

With the top two teams in the East meeting up in the Eastern Conference Finals starting Wednesday night, all eyes are on the small forward matchup between LeBron James and DeMarre Carroll. Both players have been healthy for most of the season, and both have tremendously stepped up their games from the regular season to […]

The Cav’s season, regardless of how well the team performed on its way to the 2nd seed in the east, had a few laughable moments during the regular season. Although these are probably forgetable moments for the players, us fans can get a good laugh out of them. 10. LeBron Reaction To Kyrie’s Circus Shot […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks are two teams that love to do damage from beyond the arc. During the regular season, Cleveland ranked fourth in threes made and second in threes attempted while Atlanta was fourth in made threes and seventh in long distance attempts per game. At the forefront of their three-point barrage […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers eliminated the Chicago Bulls from playoff contention last Thursday night to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. The Cavs and Bulls have been in an great rivalry for a good seven years now, starting with Joakim Noah’s smack talking ‘The Land’ and continuing with the in-game confrontation in the playoffs during LeBron’s […]

The Eastern Conference Finals promises to be a gigantic clash between the two best regular season teams in the East as the hobbling but still fighting Cleveland Cavaliers go up against the healthy and soaring Atlanta Hawks. We start our player comparisons with the head of the snake as Kyrie Irving and Jeff Teague figure […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers had a lot of question marks ahead when they tipped off their 2014-15 regular season. Sure, LeBron James made his epic return and the Cavs got Kevin Love, but would it be enough? We’ve found the biggest preseason criticisms and questions the Cavs were getting about their play at the start of […]

Kyrie Irving, who had been dealing with a sprained right foot and left knee tendinitis, didn’t practice on Saturday. The Cavs decided to give him a couple extra days of rest ahead of their Eastern Conference Finals matchup against the Atlanta Hawks starting Wednesday night. RELATED: Kyrie Irving (Ankle, Knee) Questionable For Game 1 Of […]

In Game Six of the Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Chicago Bulls, Matthew Dellavedova announced his arrival to the NBA playoff stage. With Kyrie Irving aggravating his knee in the first half, the Aussie Boomer picked up from where Irving left off as he finished with 19 points and three big three […]

No one can tell the future but everyone can try and take a guess. We make things interesting, and fun, by giving out our own 5-year forecast on every player in the Cleveland Cavaliers roster. Will LeBron James deliver on his promise to bring a ring to The Land? Will Kyrie Irving be the best […]

Kyrie Irving has been gutting out his first NBA playoffs unlike many others. At this stage of the year, every team is banged up and playing with nagging injuries, but cannot afford to sit out as their teams will make legitimate runs at the NBA Championship. Since Game 2 of the series against the Celtics, […]

“Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.” The saying is already a cliche but still an undefeated one and that has been the story of Tristan Thompson’s young career so far. In the 2011 NBA draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers, devastated by the departure of LeBron James, found themselves in a rare situation […]

Free agency is still a long ways to go but the market is already teeming with solid players that could potentially don Wine and Gold thread next season. The Cavaliers are already loaded with stars so another All Star add is no longer necessary so we identified 11 realistic possibilities involving quality role players that […]

Since entering the NBA, David Blatt has received immense amounts of criticism. Right out of the gate, the Cavs crawled out to a 5-7 record through 12 games, the most bizarre loss coming to a depleted Knicks lineup on opening night, spoiling LeBron James’ homecoming. However, it is important to note that while LeBron was […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Chicago Bulls in Game 6 and officially eliminated them from playoff contention. The Cavs now advanced to their first Conference Finals since 2009. But it was no easy task. Cleveland had a rough start to this series, losing the first game at home and, in the process, home-court advantage. The […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers were welcomed to the NBA in the 1970 season. Since that season, the Cavs have worn a combined 32 different jerseys. We’re lucky enough to have one of the best color combo’s in the league, allowing our design staff to bring out a bunch of different jerseys every few years. While some […]

It’s official! Your Cleveland Cavaliers have made their first Conference Finals since 2009, and on Friday night, the Atlanta Hawks defeated the Washington Wizards by a couple of milliseconds, literally. The Hawks and Cavs will tip off the Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday night in Atlanta. The Cavs will surely use these days off to […]

Every team needs a rebounder. The Lakers had Shaq, the Rockets had Hakeem and the Spurs had Robinson. Rebounding is an area in which every coach focuses on. Defensively, it prevents second chance points, and offensively it allows you to restart your play and gives you 24 more seconds. Since his selection in the 2011 […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Chicago Bulls in Thursday night’s Game 6 on the road. It was an impressive victory that saw Kyrie Irving play just 12 minutes due to injury and LeBron James shoot just 7-23 from the field. Now that the Cavs have advanced to their first Conference Finals since 2009, we take […]

LeBron James and the Cavs fought in Game 6 against the Bulls, and despite losing Irving early in the second quarter and having James in foul trouble, were able to pull off the incredible victory on the road. “It’s over. This is…This is special, Our team being such a young team and being able to […]

With the Cavaliers up 3-2 in the Eastern semi-conference finals against the Chicago Bulls, Cleveland was able to close Chicago out in Game 6 of Eastern Conference Semifinals. The Cavs have made so many personnel changes going into and during this season that anything short of a Finals appearance would be a failure. With that […]

The NBA has had some great players over the past couple of years, and they were some of the highest paid players in the league. Unfortunately, there are also those, who performed great for just a year or two before inking a large contract and playing at a low level due to age, injuries, or […]

Anyone who has followed the Eastern Conference semi-finals between the Cavs and Bulls can agree that injuries have had a huge impact on the games. Both sides have suffered game changing injuries. No one on the Cavs was forced to miss games except Kevin Love. On the other side, Pau Gasol has missed the past […]

Kyrie Irving started off the Cavaliers second round series against the Bulls with a bang. He scored 30 points to go along with two rebounds and six assists as the Cavs fell in Game 1. After scoring 21 points in the Game 2 victory, Irving’s production severely dropped off in Games 3 and 4, as […]

The NBA Playoffs is the time for great players to have great moments. Only half way through the 2015 playoffs we have seen extraordinary plays and performances. It is during this time of year that legends are made and history is written. No champion has been crowed yet, but here are the top 10 MVP’s […]

Christmas is more than seven months away from us. The 2015-16 season has yet to even be talked about with the 2015 Playoffs still going strong in May. But that doesn’t mean we can’t look ahead. Uni Watch’s Paul Lukas has reportedly obtained the Christmas Day designs from an inside source! The look is supposed […]

After four grueling games wherein the previous two contests needed last second heroics from Derrick Rose and LeBron James respectively, the Eastern Conference Semifinals matchup between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Chicago Bulls is now down to a best-of-three series. Outside of Game 2, which was fairly lopsided in favor of the Cavaliers, each game displayed […]

Sunday’s Game 4 between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Chicago Bulls was quite the grind-it-out type game. Both teams scored a combined 170 points as Cleveland edged Chicago 86-84 in regulation. It wasn’t an easy victory, as the Cavs endured a foot sprain and left knee tendinitis from Kyrie Irving and a sprained ankle from Lebron […]

With both J.R. Smith and Kevin Love out for the first two games of the playoff series against the Chicago Bulls, Coach Blatt needed some alternative lineups to counter the Bulls tough starting group. For Game 1, Blatt went with a smaller starting rotation, moving LeBron at the power forward position and starting Iman Shumpert […]

Kyrie Irving has been visibly hobbled this postseason after the Cavs began their second-round matchup with the Chicago Bulls. After scoring 51 points on 15-32 shooting and nine assists in Games 1 and 2, Irving has scored just 23 points on 5-23 shooting with just two assists in Games 3 and 4. Cleveland was able […]

With 18.8 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, the Cavs had to call not one, not two, but all three of their remaining timeouts just to inbound the basketball from inside of half-court. James Jones inbounded the ball to LeBron James with the Cavs leading 84-82. James proceeded to commit his second offensive foul in […]

The East Semifinals have begun, and through three games, the Cleveland Cavaliers have their backs against the wall down 2-1 in the series. Everyone is expected to elevate their game and go all-in the rest of the way. Iman Shumpert will see his fair share of minutes guarding Derrick Rose while providing additional offense. Delly […]

LeBron James shot 8-25 with seven turnovers. Kyrie Irving shot 3-13 and played with a sprained ankle and foot. The Cavaliers shot 39% from the field. And yet, they were right there in the game despite all that didn’t go right. J.R. Smith hit a clutch three-pointer with 10 seconds remaining to knot the game […]

Both the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Chicago Bulls played a clutch game 3 on Friday night. In the end, Derrick Rose hit one of the biggest, and luckiest, shot of his life. A great game that Chicago took from the Cavs, Game 3 was full of entertainment, technical fouls, and a flurry of iffy calls/non-calls […]

The most hated NBA player in Cleveland is easily the Chicago Bulls’ Joakim Noah. Prior to Game 4 of the Cavs first-round matchup, Cavs fans were already looking ahead to the next round where the Cavs would face the Bulls and have a chance to beat a Derrick Rose-led team. Game 4 may have changed […]

We’ve all heard about the past heated exchanges between LeBron James and Joakim Noah in the past. Whether James was in Cleveland or in Miami, there is seemingly a confrontation between the two during one of the four regular season meetings. If you haven’t heard, here’s the link you’ll need to see to catch up: […]