GAME THREAD: NBA: CLEVELAND (10-12) at NEW JERSEY (9-13)

NBA: CLEVELAND (10-12) at NEW JERSEY (9-13)

<h3>James, Cavs look to build on success vs. Nets</h3>

<div class="pre">Cleveland (10-12) at New Jersey (9-13) 8:00 pm EST</div>

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) - Superstar LeBron Jameslooks to return to the starting lineup as the ClevelandCavaliers visit the New Jersey Nets.


James came back after spending the last five games in streetclothes with a sprained left index fingers to help the Cavs endtheir six-game slide with Tuesday's 118-105 victory overIndiana.


"That was one and done for me," James said about coming off thebench for the first time in his career. "I will not be comingoff the bench anymore."


Wearing a protective padded glove on his hand, James scored 17points in 22 minutes. The 23-year-old All-Star leads the leaguein scoring at 29.9 points.


Cleveland big man Anderson Varejao made his season debut in thewin after ending his contract holdout a week ago by inking athree-year, $17 million deal.


The Nets dropped their fourth straight game with Tuesday's 91-82setback at the hands of the Los Angeles Clippers despiteanother triple-double by Jason Kidd.


"This is a veteran ballclub and we've just got to stay together.Fits have already been thrown," Kidd said. "We're trying tofind a way, trying to find anything to get us going in the rightdirection."


New Jersey might enjoy facing Cleveland, which has lost the pastthree meetings - including an impressive 100-79 defeat earlierthis month.

 

Re: NBA: CLEVELAND (10-12) at NEW JERSEY (9-13)

http://www.sportstwo.com/Thread/View/NBA/CLEVELAND/2046172

My preview. Good luck tonight guys. So long as you don't win </p>

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at NEW JERSEY

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND AT NEW JERSEY - PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS


CLEVELAND NEW JERSEY

F Drew Gooden F Richard Jefferson
F LeBron James F Malik Allen
C Zydrunas Ilgauskas C Jason Collins
G Aleksandar Pavlovic G Jason Kidd
G Daniel Gibson G Vince Carter

OFFICIALS: Joe Derosa
Ely Roe
Benny Adams</div>

 

Re: NBA: CLEVELAND (10-12) at NEW JERSEY (9-13)

Varejao, Pavlovic back to form.</p>

S.Brown and D.Jones are their new power,</p>

LeBron is there, and we are playing at our broken house, we are going to lose very soon.</p>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 25
NEW JERSEY 21 END, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 29
NEW JERSEY 33 8:39 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 37
NEW JERSEY 35 5:55 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 44
NEW JERSEY 44 3:00 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 57
NEW JERSEY 50 HALFTIME</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 25 32 57
NEW JERSEY 21 29 50 HALFTIME

HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME

CLE - DANIEL GIBSON 12, LEBRON JAMES 10, DREW
GOODEN 8
NJN - VINCE CARTER 15, RICHARD JEFFERSON 15,
MARCUS WILLIAMS 7</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 61
NEW JERSEY 57 9:00 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 69
NEW JERSEY 65 6:00 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 75
NEW JERSEY 71 3:00 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 78
NEW JERSEY 80 END, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA END 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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CLEVELAND 25 32 21 78
NEW JERSEY 21 29 30 80 END 3RD QTR

HIGH SCORERS AFTER 3RD QUARTER

CLE - ZYDRUNAS ILGAUSKAS 19, LEBRON JAMES 17,
DANIEL GIBSON 12
NJN - VINCE CARTER 22, RICHARD JEFFERSON 22,
BOSTJAN NACHBAR 11</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 82
NEW JERSEY 86 9:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 84
NEW JERSEY 93 6:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 94
NEW JERSEY 97 2:55 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 95
NEW JERSEY 103 0:38 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 97
NEW JERSEY 105 FINAL</div>