The Cavs need to go out and get a vet point guard right NOW. Mark Jackson would be perfect here in my opinion. TO's are haunting the Cavs every possession. LeBron James needs to touch the basketball at least once every time down the court as Miles, Davis, Ollie, and Bremer have had no clue how to get the Cavs going in the half court set. The Cavs are not playing bad, but just not good enough to get a win, 3 times not we have lost the game in the final minutes. Melo finished with 14 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, and a block, on 6-17 shooting. Bron finished with 7 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocked shots, on 3-11 shooting.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The kid from the local high school stole the show -- and all LeBron James could do was watch. Tiny Earl Boykins, who grew up in Cleveland, scored all 18 of his points in the second half as the Denver Nuggets ruined James' hyped home debut Wednesday night, 93-89 over the winless Cavaliers. Oh, and the James vs. Carmelo Anthony rivalry? Let's just say it needs some work. Maybe it's a good thing they'll play just once more this season. "I'm glad it's over. I don't got to hear about the matchup with me and LeBron until next month," said Anthony, who will next meet James on Dec. 3 in Denver. Anthony outscored James 14-7 in the eagerly awaited matchup between the NBA's two star rookies. But neither was able to get into the flow and disappointed a sellout crowd of 20,562, which kept waiting for one of them to take over. Instead, it was the 5-foot-5 Boykins who made all the big shots and plays. The former Cavs guard, who signed a $13.7 million, five-year deal with Denver as a free agent during the offseason, scored 10 points in the third quarter to help the Nuggets take control. After the score was tied at 55-all, Denver got a pair of 3-pointers from Jon Barry and two from Boykins while outscoring Cleveland 22-9 to close the period. Boykins added eight more points in the fourth as the Nuggets, who tied Cleveland for the NBA worst record (17-65) a year ago, held off a late Cavaliers' comeback. Another former Cleveland guard, Andre Miller, made two free throws in the final 23 seconds to seal Denver's third win of the season. James and the Cavaliers are still looking for win No. 1, and the top overall draft pick is now 0-3 in his career against his close friend Anthony. James had the better stat sheet: 11 rebounds and seven assists to Anthony's six and two. But James couldn't get his game going and went scoreless in the second half, and finished just 3-for-11 from the field. Anthony, coming off a 1-for-13 night in a loss at Indiana, was 6-for-17. More than 300 credentials were issued to see the first pro matchup between James and Anthony, the two most publicized rookies to enter the league at the same time since Larry Bird and Magic Johnson in 1979. "This is overwhelming," said Cavaliers coach Paul Silas, who feels the early comparisons of a James vs. Anthony rivalry to Magic vs. Bird are premature. "But that's the way it is."</div> Full Story Box Score
