Game 55: Wizards @ Cavaliers (8pm on ESPN)

[LoveThemCavs]

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The Wizards have been playing terrible basketball lately. They were fighting with us and Toronto for the 4/5 seeds, but now just trying to stay afloat. Lucky for them (and us) the East is so weak this year. With the Cavs only having 6 healthy players after this trade. The Cavs were forced to sign a pair of D-League players. The Cavs signed F Kaniel Dickens and G Billy Thomas to 10 day contracts today. This could be an ugly game and it's on national television.

Probable lineups
Washington
G- Antonio Danels
G- Deshawn Stevenson
F- Andray Blatche
F- Antwan Jamison
C- Brandon Haywood

Cleveland
G- Eric Snow
G- Damon Jones
F- Devin Brown
F- LeBron James
C- Zydrunas Illgauskus

Caron Butler may or may not play for them. He's listed as day to day. Hopefully he's out. Don't really wish injury, but we're so thin right now. We need all the help we can get.

Cavs Bench tonight is Dwayne Jones, Billy Thomas and Kaniel Dickins.

Over/Under on LeBron taking 35 shots tonight?

[Uncooked]

This should be entertaining, and I will take the over.

[dlts20]

Wiz fan here. We were actually just a game behind Orlando for the 3rd seed until the injuries hit. Even with the losses it seems like we were proud with the way we were playing. Weve been without our 2 best players and AD which means that we had no PG but we still were going on the road in the West and losing to the top teams by 1 or 2 points. Then came the last game against the Knicks where we had like a 9pt like with a few minutes left and lost the game. We looked like crap the whole game which was pretty much the 1st time in a long time that weve looked that way.

AD is now back but both him & Deshawn are playing on one leg. I actually wish that they would sit but I guess they kind of need to play. Caron will be out again tonight but hopefully we may have caught you guys with all your men out and have a shot. If we play like we did against the Knicks then you guys will still kill us but if we played like we did in all the other games then we will have a shot

[calibanPK]

If we play like we did against the Knicks then you guys will still kill us but if we played like we did in all the other games then we will have a shot

Yeah us too, if we play like we do in our wins we should fair pretty well. But if we play like we do in our losses than the outlook doesn't look so bleak.

[gold0259]

Do you know for sure with a link that the new comers will not be playing

[Gordon Bombay]

your new cavaliers (i had to look these guys up just to see who the hell they were) who will probably be seeing significant playing time tonight

billy thomas

Born: Dec 23, 1975
Height: 6-5 / 1,96
Weight: 220 lbs. / 99,8 kg.
College: Kansas
Years Pro: 2

kaniel dickins

Born: Jul 21, 1978
Height: 6-8 / 2,03
Weight: 215 lbs. / 97,5 kg.
College : Idaho
Years Pro: 2

and apparently theres a team in the d-league with the nickname of 14ers - whatever the hell that means

[bcortell]

anyone watching the game might have just heard this..

a reporter asked lebron what he thought of the trade.
he responded by saying this isn't what i wanted, you know what i wanted but i am grateful.

wonder if that means lebron's even less happy

[Gordon Bombay]

lebrons a moron if he thought that jason kidd's contract would not have gutted the team and mike bibby is essentially older version of daniel gibson

[bcortell]

is there a reason why ben wallace, wally, and delonte west aren't playing tonight? have they not taken their physical yet or something? because all three are at the game.

[Gordon Bombay]

billy thomas for three!!!!!!!!!

[LoveThemCavs]

lol.. If the Cavs win this game, the Wiz fans are going to go crazy. The way the game started I thought they'd run us off our own court before halftime.

[Gordon Bombay]

billy thomas again!!!!who needs wally, we got wild bill

[LoveThemCavs]

billy thomas for three!!!!!!!!!

x2 Atleast he's ready to play tonight. Already more than I expected from him.

[Gordon Bombay]

get out of kaniels house songaila

[LoveThemCavs]

Kaniel Dickins says get that weak stuff outta here son!! These D-Leaguers sure are exciting..

[Gordon Bombay]

wild bill is not shy about shooting

[LoveThemCavs]

LeBron and Z need to get more aggressive. We're hanging around, but I'm not sure we'll stay in the game the way its being played. Not like I expect to win this one, but I'd love to see us take it.

[TheOUTLAW]

This idiotic split screen is annoying the heck out of me.

[LoveThemCavs]

This idiotic split screen is annoying the heck out of me.

No kidding. I love the trade as much as anyone, but I don't need to watch them eat snacks and read magazines.

OOOOOH man Antonio Daniels just landed hard. He's in some real pain. I hope he's okay.

[LoveThemCavs]

Daniels paid the price for that dunk. I don't think he got it in on time, but they'll likely give them the basket. Good first half for the shorthanded Cavs. We have a chance still to win this one.