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The Cleveland Cavaliers held on for a win over the Chicago Bulls. All grades are based on our usual expectations for each player. James Harden 36 points, 9 assists, 7 rebounds, 5 turnovers This was a Harden masterpiece through three quarters. He converted multiple four-point plays and canned seven three-pointers. His heliocentric control of the […]
From Fear The Sword | about 16 hours ago | 0 reads
The Cleveland Cavaliers closed out a win over the Chicago Bulls. Let’s go over today’s winners and losers. WINNER – James Harden and Evan Mobley If you didn’t know any better, you’d think this Cavalier team was built entirely around Harden and Mobley. The two flashed an inherent chemistry tonight, shredding Chicago’s defense and making […]
From Fear The Sword | about 17 hours ago | 0 reads
The shorthanded Cleveland Cavaliers will take on the more shorthanded Chicago Bulls. We’ll see if the Cavs can even up the season series with a win tonight. Share your thoughts as the game unfolds. If you aren’t a member of the community, sign up so you can talk to your fellow Cavalier fans and make […]
From Fear The Sword | about 20 hours ago | 0 reads
The Cleveland Cavaliers won’t be at full strength for their game against the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday. Jarrett Allen will be missing his seventh-straight contest after injuring his knee in the team’s win over the Detroit Pistons on March 3. The Cavs will also be without the services of Donovan Mitchell. Mitchell was added to […]
From Fear The Sword | about 22 hours ago | 0 reads
After losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday, the Bucks get back to make-believe basketball against the Utah Jazz tonight in Salt Lake City. Neither team is officially out of Playoff contention, but let’s not fool ourselves—tonight’s game exists merely to make up the numbers as both sides trudge towards the season’s end and, hopefully, […]
From Brew Hoop | 1 day ago | 0 reads
Cleveland Cavaliers guard James Harden is the best pick-and-roll player of this generation. He’s developed seemingly instant chemistry with his various pick-and-roll partners throughout his career. The key to Harden’s success is two-fold. First, he’s incredibly skilled. Harden can make every pass on the court, creates space with his lateral quickness, has excellent touch, and […]
From Fear The Sword | 2 days ago | 3 reads
The Cleveland Cavaliers did just enough to outscore a bad Milwaukee Bucks team 123-116 that was without two of their best players, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Myles Turner. It’s difficult to be too positive about the overall effort after a game like this, even though it’s an improvement from Sunday’s disappointing loss to the Dallas Mavericks. […]
From Fear The Sword | 3 days ago | 2 reads
Without Giannis and Myles Turner, the Milwaukee Bucks put up a surprisingly good fight against the Cleveland Cavaliers, but their hot shooting wasn’t enough in Tuesday’s home loss, going down 123-116. Without Giannis and Myles Turner, Kevin Porter Jr. led all Bucks scorers with a 25-point, 10-assist performance. Evan Mobley and James Harden paced Cleveland […]
From Brew Hoop | 3 days ago | 2 reads
The Mavericks were 2-3 this past week and dropped to 13th place in the West. They lost by double-digits thrice, to Atlanta (124-112), Cleveland (138-105), and New Orleans (129-111), and beat Memphis (120-112) and Cleveland (130-120). Cooper Flagg led the team in scoring with 20 points per game. Grade: B The Mavericks got clobbered in […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 days ago | 3 reads
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Cavs fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. It’s hard to believe the 2025-26 NBA regular season is already approaching an end. As of […]
From Fear The Sword | 3 days ago | 2 reads
Max Strus finally returned to the court for the Cleveland Cavaliers this past Sunday after missing the entire season to this point with a Jones fracture. While it didn’t come in a win, his return looked about as positive an outcome as the team, the player, and the fans could have hoped for. Average Player […]
From Fear The Sword | 3 days ago | 4 reads
After a back-to-back where the Milwaukee Bucks lost to the fiery-hot Hawks on the road and beat the Pacers at home, they’ll take on the Cleveland Cavaliers at Fiserv Forum on Tuesday. The last time these two Central Division teams met, KPJ iced the game with a clean fadeaway over Jarrett Allen in one of […]
From Brew Hoop | 3 days ago | 0 reads
The Cleveland Cavaliers will look to bounce back from an awful loss to the Dallas Mavericks as they take on the Milwaukee Bucks on the road. The Cavaliers have fallen on hard times. They’ve lost three out of their last five games. That stretch has coincided with Jarrett Allen being out. His absence has been […]
From Fear The Sword | 3 days ago | 3 reads
CLEVELAND — There weren’t a lot of good things to take away from the Cleveland Cavaliers embarassing 130-120 loss to the tanking Dallas Mavericks. Max Strus’s 24-point season debut was one of them. Strus looked like he hadn’t missed a beat as he drained six of his seven threes. More than that, he provided help […]
From Fear The Sword | 4 days ago | 1 read
CLEVELAND — Max Strus was the last Cleveland Cavaliers player in uniform after the game was long over. Maybe that was just a coincidence, but it didn’t feel like it. This was a man who was glad to be back playing basketball after not doing so in an NBA game since May 11. Once Strus […]
From Fear The Sword | 5 days ago | 0 reads
The Cleveland Cavaliers lost this game on the defensive end. All grades are based on our usual expectations for each player. James Harden 13 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds, 6 turnovers I think Harden played his best game as a Cavalier last week in Orlando. Today might have been his worst. He shot 4-12 from […]
From Fear The Sword | 5 days ago | 4 reads
The Dallas Mavericks (23-45) defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers (41-27), 130-120, in their Sunday afternoon meeting. The rematch followed Dallas’ 33-point loss to the same team on Friday night. Cooper Flagg, Naji Marshall, and PJ Washington led the way for the Mavericks. Donovan Mitchell and Max Strus were the only two Cavaliers who showed up to […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 5 days ago | 2 reads
The Dallas Mavericks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 130-120 Sunday afternoon in Cleveland. It was a stunning result for the lottery-bound Mavericks, especially after the Cavaliers thumped the Mavericks by 33 points Friday night in Dallas. Cooper Flagg put together another excellent game with 27 points and 10 assists, while Donovan Mitchell led the Cavs with […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 5 days ago | 2 reads
CLEVELAND — On paper, this was supposed to be an easy matchup to work Max Strus back into the lineup. Things didn’t work out that way as the Cleveland Cavaliers came out with no effort on the defensive end, which allowed the tanking Dallas Mavericks to run away with a 130-120 victory. The Mavs aren’t […]
From Fear The Sword | 5 days ago | 1 read
The last MMBets post went 4-for-4. I celebrated while writing this in the dark of the ‘ol home office with a bowl of Häagen-Dazs Caramel Cone ice cream, which was outstanding. In other news, my left SI joint spent the day reminding me that barometric pressure is a real and personal enemy. Life is good […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 5 days ago | 2 reads
The playoffs are just a month away for the Cleveland Cavaliers. That’s exciting, but also daunting for a team that is still trying to figure out how they want to play. The additions of James Harden, Dennis Schroder, and Keon Ellis have bolstered the team. Each has brought something necessary to the group that should […]
From Fear The Sword | 6 days ago | 1 read
The Dallas Mavericks got shelled on Friday night, losing their first home game since March 1st, 138-105. But if you want to know more about what happened from a sequential point of view, click this recap here. Otherwise, scroll on down and see the numbers by which the Dallas Mavericks died. 61.5%: Cleveland’s field goal […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 6 days ago | 3 reads
After a national game letdown, the Cleveland Cavaliers flexed their muscles from start to finish and beat down the Dallas Mavericks 138 to 105. Evan Mobley led the way with 29 points on a very efficient 12-15 shooting, while Donovan Mitchell and James Harden added 24 and 17 points, respectively. The Cavs led by 17 […]
From Fear The Sword | 7 days ago | 2 reads
The Dallas Mavericks (22-45) got brushed aside on Friday by the Cleveland Cavaliers (41-26) at American Airlines Center in a 138-105 loss. Evan Mobley scored a game-high 29 points against a Mavericks front line consisting primarily of Marvin Bagley III and Dwight Powell. Cooper Flagg bounced back from a tough stretch of games after returning […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 7 days ago | 2 reads
The Dallas Mavericks (22-44) are at home, finally, after a very long road trip, and play the Cleveland Cavaliers (40-26). The Mavericks got their first win in forever, beating the Memphis Grizzlies last night. The Cavaliers are playing uneven basketball lately, most recently losing to the Orlando Magic. Here are the main things you need […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 7 days ago | 1 read