GAME THREAD: NBA: CLEVELAND (9-10) at WASHINGTON (8-9)

NBA: CLEVELAND (9-10) at WASHINGTON (8-9)

<h3>Cavaliers searching for win without James</h3>

<div class="pre">Cleveland (9-10) at Washington (8-9) 7:00 pm EST</div>

WASHINGTON (Ticker) - The Cleveland Cavaliers look for theirfirst win without their injured superstar when they visit theWashington Wizards on Wednesday.


The Cavaliers have lost three straight games without LeBronJames in the lineup. James is recovering from a sprained leftindex finger which he suffered in the first half of lastWednesday's loss against the Detroit Pistons when he was fouledby Nazr Mohammed.


James is the NBA's leading scoring, averaging 30.7 points pergame while contributing 8.1 assists and 7.6 rebounds.

Cleveland has looked out of sync without its All-Star forward,suffering all three losses by at least nine points while scoringonly 76.3 points.


The Wizards have had much more success than the Cavalierswithout their injured superstar, Gilbert Arenas, who will missthe next three months after having knee surgery.


Washington is 5-4 without Arenas in the lineup and snapped atwo-game losing streak during its last game on Saturday.

Caron Butler scored 29 points and Antawn Jamison added 28 and 14rebounds en route to a 101-97 victory over the Toronto Raptors.

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at WASHINGTON

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


CLEVELAND WASHINGTON

F Devin Brown F Caron Butler
F Drew Gooden F Antawn Jamison
C Zydrunas Ilgauskas C Brendan Haywood
G Daniel Gibson G Antonio Daniels
G Aleksandar Pavlovic G DeShawn Stevenson

OFFICIALS: Jack Nies
Tommy Nunez
Joe Derosa</div>

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND VS WASHINGTON - INACTIVES

CLEVELAND WASHINGTON

PLAYER NAME REASON PLAYER NAME REASON
D MARSHALL HAND INJURY E THOMAS HEART SURGERY
L JAMES FINGER INJURY
C SIMMONS ANKLE INJURY</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 8
WASHINGTON 4 8:55 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 13
WASHINGTON 10 6:00 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 13
WASHINGTON 18 2:22 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 21
WASHINGTON 22 END, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA END 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 21 21
WASHINGTON 22 22 END 1ST QTR

HIGH SCORERS AFTER 1ST QUARTER

CLE - DREW GOODEN 7, IRA NEWBLE 6, ZYDRUNAS
ILGAUSKAS 2
WAS - BRENDAN HAYWOOD 10, CARON BUTLER 6,
ANTONIO DANIELS 4</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 23
WASHINGTON 31 9:05 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 25
WASHINGTON 37 5:55 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 31
WASHINGTON 47 2:13 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 34
WASHINGTON 53 HALFTIME</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 21 13 34
WASHINGTON 22 31 53 HALFTIME

HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME

CLE - DREW GOODEN 8, IRA NEWBLE 6, DANIEL
GIBSON 5
WAS - CARON BUTLER 12, BRENDAN HAYWOOD 10,
ANDRAY BLATCHE 8</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 36
WASHINGTON 62 8:49 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 45
WASHINGTON 66 5:40 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 52
WASHINGTON 74 2:41 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 62
WASHINGTON 79 END, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA END 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 21 13 28 62
WASHINGTON 22 31 26 79 END 3RD QTR

HIGH SCORERS AFTER 3RD QUARTER

CLE - SHANNON BROWN 13, DANIEL GIBSON 11, TWO
PLAYERS WITH 8
WAS - CARON BUTLER 21, ANTAWN JAMISON 17,
BRENDAN HAYWOOD 12</div>

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 74
WASHINGTON 84 8:40 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 78
WASHINGTON 88 5:42 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>