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The Cleveland Cavaliers are in the middle of a pair of off-days before they head to Denver to take on the Nuggets tomorrow night. Today, however, the Cavs practiced at UCLA, and after practice, LeBron James was asked for a response to LaVar Ball’s comments about James’ kids having too much pressure on themselves and […]

Sunday night was eventful one inside Staples Center, as the defending world champion Cleveland Cavaliers took on the young and hungry Los Angeles Lakers. With the Cavs resting their stars the night before against the L.A. Clippers, the prospect of the Cavs-Lakers game became an even more mouthwatering prospect as the stars were ready to […]

LeBron James may not have suited up for the recent contest against the L.A. Clippers two nights ago, but he was still looking out for his teammates. Well, most of them anyway. The fans at the Staples Center were left disappointed as the best player on the planet did not take to the floor against […]

On Saturday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers kicked off their current four-game road trip in Los Angeles with a matchup against the Clippers inside The Staples Center. Just before tipoff, Cavs Head Coach Tyronn Lue announced that he would rest his three star players: LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love. Coach Lue’s decision to rest […]

While the NBA’s defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers were in Los Angeles on Sunday night for a matchup against the Lakers, their D-League affiliate team, the Canton Charge, wrapped up the last of their regular season home games with a 104-101 victory over the Windy City Bulls (Chicago Bulls affiliate) in front of a sellout crowd […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers were at the heart of all NBA headlines two nights ago, as they rested their Big 3 of LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love ahead of their clash with western conference heavyweights L.A. Clippers which was nationally televised. Of course, anything to do with the Cavs causes an uproar within the […]

Thinking about the long-term health of his team’s stars, Cavs coach Tyronn Lue opted to rest LeBron James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving in Cleveland’s 108-78 loss to the L.A. Clippers on Saturday. Deciding to rest key players is nothing new, but there was one problem in this instance. Cleveland was playing L.A. on national […]

Richard Jefferson played a combined 57 minutes in Los Angeles over the weekend, with 29 minutes coming against the Lakers and 28 minutes against the Clippers. While he saw a similar workload on consecutive nights, Jefferson was a part of two very different games: a 30-point blowout which was followed by a five-point win. A […]

LOS ANGELES – When Tyronn Lue and the Cleveland Cavaliers announced that they’d be resting LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love last night against the L.A. Clippers, many just assumed it would be another one in the loss column that could potentially hurt the Cavs’ attempt at the number one seed in the Eastern […]

Well, Cavaliers fans, your team has done it — again. With last night’s 125-120 come-from-behind victory over the Los Angeles Lakers, the Cavs officially became the first team in the Eastern Conference to solidify a place in this year’s NBA Playoffs. Cavs clinch playoff spot. Final: Cavs 125, Lakers 120. Irving 46p; James 34p,7a,6r; Love […]

Last night, the Cleveland Cavaliers were in Los Angeles for a matchup against the Lakers inside The Staples Center. After trailing most of the game, the Cavs managed to rally for a 125-120 victory. At times, the game of basketball can be physical. Injuries can occur at any given moment. Cavs center Tristan Thompson, who […]

LaVar Ball is back at again with his controversial and even downright absurd comments. After saying that his son, Lonzo, is better than Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry, the older Ball has recently claimed that he thinks the UCLA guard is the best basketball player in the world, and also better than perennial All-Star Russell Westbrook […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have been dealing with injuries all season, so it shouldn’t surprise anyone when coach Tyronn Lue and his coaching staff opt to rest some of their starters who play heavy minutes. Unfortunately for the Cavs, they lost Tristan Thompson, at least for the remainder of the game, after he was elbowed by […]

Game Feed: Cavaliers: 55 – Lakers: 59 The Cavaliers are shooting 46.7% from the field and 41.2% from three. The Lakers are shooting 46.0% from the field and 43.8% from three. High Scorers: CLE: K. Irving – 21 points LAL: D. Russell – 22 points Rebounds: CLE: 26 (K. Love – 11 rebounds) LAL: 23 […]

Tyronn Lue and the Cleveland Cavaliers opted to rest LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love last night against the L.A. Clippers in what was a Saturday night Primetime matchup shown on ABC. Given that the game was the first of a back-to-back set in Los Angeles, Lue was likely going to sit his stars […]

If Tristan Thompson plays tonight against the Los Angeles Lakers, he will extend his current NBA-best streak of consecutive games to 439. Quite an impressive streak, but is it really for the best of the team and Thompson himself? Thompson has been the Iron Man of the team ever since he was selected 4th overall […]

LOS ANGELES – LeBron James is undeniably the best player on the planet and has been for the last decade. With an NBA Finals appearance at just 22 years of age and now seven straight Finals appearances For his 1049-game career, James has averaged 27.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, 7.0 rebounds, and 1.7 steals while taking […]

It didn’t take long for the NBA to react to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ decision to rest their Big 3 Saturday night for their nationally televised game vs. the Clippers on ABC. Just seven minutes after the decision was made public, Cavs GM David Griffin says he received a call from the league office. When did […]

Game Preview: :::: Click Here For Full CavsNation Pregame Stat Guide :::: STARTING LINEUP CHANGE:  Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, and Kevin Love will all rest tonight. The projected starters will be Deron Williams, J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert, Channing Frye, and Tristan Thompson. UPCOMING MILESTONES:  If the Milwaukee Bucks lose to the Golden State Warriors tonight, a win for the Cavaliers […]

Channing Frye and Richard Jefferson are known to be the jokers of Cleveland’s championship-winning Cavaliers squad. Most fans of the team have seen or heard some of their hilarious antics during post-game interviews and social media posts. Jefferson and Frye share a collegiate allegiance, you see — a Pac-12 bond, if you will. Both players […]

Tonight, the Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers will kick off their four-game road trip in Los Angeles with a matchup against the Clippers at 8:30 p.m. EST inside The Staples Center. On occasion, Cavs Head Coach Tyronn Lue elects to rest some of his star players. Tonght, Lue has made the call to rest The Big […]

Tonight, the Eastern Conference-leading Cavaliers kick of a four-game road trip in Los Angeles with a matchup against the Clippers at 8:30 p.m. EST inside The Staples Center. Just when they seemed to be getting healthy, the Cavs, who have dealt with injuries for the entire season, were hit with another setback. In the second […]

San Antonio is the Pinnacle of NBA franchise excellence. Can the Cavs mirror them? The Spurs have a rich and storied history in the 21st century. Since Gregg Popovich took over as head coach in 1996 and had an injury ridden year on their way to drafting Tim Duncan, the Spurs have had a record […]

As most fans of the team know, Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson is currently in a relationship with reality TV star Khloe Kardashian. By all accounts, it seems the two are happy together. Last Saturday night, as the Cavs squared off against the Houston Rockets on ESPN, E! Network aired Thompson’s debut appearance on “Keeping up […]

LeBron James is widely considered the best basketball player on planet earth and has been for quite some time now. He’s taken his team to the NBA Finals for six consecutive seasons and has his Cleveland Cavaliers atop the Eastern Conference standings once again. With all that being said, James has not been named the […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers continue to set three-point shooting records. After embracing the revolution of increased three-point shooting the NBA was headed, the Cavs have taken the ongoing movement in stride and have gone about making history from beyond the arc. This season, the Cavs have taken their three-point shooting to a whole new level, as […]

Kyrie Irving made global headlines during the NBA’s All-Star Weekend when he made comments about his beliefs that the world is flat, rather than round. The world went crazy, questioning Irving’s intelligence as a whole in the midst of the greatest weekend showcase in the basketball community. Irving recently joined Channing Frye and Richard Jefferson […]

While taking on the Utah Jazz, both starting guards for the Cleveland Cavaliers in Kyrie Irving and Iman Shumpert exited the game with separate injuries and were ruled out, per Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com Kyrie Irving (left knee tightness) and Iman Shumpert (left shoulder sprain) are done for the night — Joe Vardon (@joevardon) March […]

Game Feed: Assisted by LeBron James in both cases, Iman Shumpert tied Cleveland’s single season record for three-pointers (880) while J.R Smith broke it (881). This marks the third consecutive year the Cavs have broken their record, this time coming sixteen games before the end of the regular season. With a nine-point lead after the […]

When the NBA’s defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers are back at full strength, there will need to be some minor adjustments to the starting rotation. The Cavs have dealt with quite a few injuries this season. Kevin Love suffered a knee injury in February, J.R. Smith fractured his thumb in January, and Andrew Bogut went down […]

UPDATE 5:15 PM EST Tyronn Lue announces that Kevin Love will return tonight in a starting role for the Cavs. He will have missed four weeks and two days following the arthroscopic knee surgery last month. Ty Lue says Kevin will start tonight — Fred McLeod (@CavsFredMcLeod) March 16, 2017 – Tonight, the Eastern Conference-leading […]

On Tuesday night, the Cavaliers were back in Cleveland after a three-game road trip for a matchup against the Detroit Pistons inside Quicken Loans Arena, resulting in a 128-96 runaway victory for the home team. The Cavs, who scored 44 points in the first quarter of Tuesday night’s game, came out of the gate hot. […]

The newest Cav, Larry Sanders, made a surprise debut on Tuesday at Quicken Loans Arena. With the Cavs blowing out the Pistons at home and the result already taken care of, coach Tyronn Lue put Sanders in the game for the final 1:58 of the contest. Sanders, who wore the number nine jersey for the […]

LaVar Ball has made headlines recently with his outrageous remarks about his son and NBA personalities. First, Ball said his son Lonzo, who is a college star out of UCLA and NBA prospect will be better than Steph Curry, then, he stated his son will definitely play for the Lakers. A couple of days later, […]

The casual basketball fan might look at the Cleveland Cavaliers recent win/loss record and think that the team is struggling. Head coach Tyronn Lue and the Cleveland die-hards know that the recent stretch means nothing to the long term goals. The Cavaliers are 3-5 for the month of March but are doing so without Kevin […]

The NBA’s defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers have been without the services of Kevin Love since February due to a knee injury and subsequent surgery. Initial reports stated that he would be out six weeks. Now, it seems the 6-foot-10 double-double machine is nearing a return. Earlier this month, Love had his stitches removed and was […]

On Tuesday night, the Cavaliers were back in Cleveland for a matchup against the Detroit Pistons inside Quicken Loans Arena, resulting in a 128-96 runaway victory for the home team. Cleveland’s newest acquisition, 6-foot-11 center Larry Sanders, wasn’t expected to play in last night’s game. The talented big man has been away from the NBA […]

When talking about the NBA’s premier three-point shooting teams, the Golden State Warriors are usually the first group mentioned, usually followed by the Cleveland Cavaliers. But are either of those teams really the best in the league from deep? Let’s take a closer look: Purely looking at percentages, the San Antonio Spurs are actually the […]

When the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers brought Iman Shumpert and J.R. Smith to Northeast Ohio from the New York Knicks during the 2014-15 NBA season, few fans of the team knew what their true impact would be. Initially, the two former Knicks were put off by the deal. Now, one drought-ending championship later, both Shumpert […]