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Miami Heat at Cleveland Cavaliers
Game Date: Sunday, December 28th, 2008
Game Time: 7:00 P.M. ET
Location: Quicken Loans Arena
TV: FOX Sports Ohio
Radio: WTAM 1100

Probable Lineups
Miami (16-12)
PG- Mario Chalmers
SG- Dwayne Wade
SF- Shawn Marion
PF- Udonis Haslem
C- Joel Anthony

Heat Team Leaders
Scoring - Dwyane Wade 28.9
Rebounds - Shawn Marion 9.1
Assists - Dwyane Wade 6.8
FG% - Udonis Haslem 51.0
FT% - Michael Beasley 77.6
3PT% - Chris Quinn 43.6
Blocks - Joel Anthony 1.8
Steals - Dwyane Wade 2.2

The Heat have won four straight games, matching a season-high after a season-long three-game losing streak. ... In their last three home games, the Heat have held their opponents to a combined 61 points under their scoring average. ... G Daequan Cook is averaging 15.2 points in the last five games and has made at least four 3-pointers in each contest. ... G Dwyane Wade is averaging 34.5 points in the last four games and fell two points shy of his fourth consecutive 30-point game on FRiday, which would have tied his own franchise record.

Cleveland (25-4)
PG- Mo Williams
SG- Delonte West
SF- LeBron James
PF- Ben Wallace
C- Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Cavaliers Team Leaders
Scoring - LeBron James 27.3
Rebounds - Zydrunas Ilgauskas 7.2
Assists - LeBron James 6.3
FG% - Zydrunas Ilgauskas 52.1
FT% - Mo Williams 95.7
3PT% - Delonte West 39.2
Blocks - Ben Wallace 1.7
Steals - LeBron James 2.1

The Cavaliers have gone 15 straight games without yielding more than 97 points. ... The Cavs remain the NBA's only unbeaten team at home. ... The Cavaliers sank a season-high 12 3-pointers (12-of-31, 39 percent). ... In his last three games, G Mo Williams has averaged 22.3 points and 4.7 assists. ... F-C Anderson Varejao had his third double-double of the season with 13 points and 13 rebounds. ... G Delonte West tied a career high with five 3-point goals. ... The Cavaliers are the first team to win their first 15 home games since the Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic in 1995-96. ... F LeBron James scored 18 points, his lowest total since December 5 against Indiana (11 points).

Last Meeting: April 13, 2008 - Cleveland 84, Miami 76 - In a rough shooting night for both teams, the Cavs dominated the glass at a plus 20 differential. Zydrunas Ilgauskas put up 14 points and 14 rebounds. LeBron James had 13 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists. Delonte West was the leading scorer with 18 points.

I'm going to this game... (Any time you have a chance to see Mark Blount in person, you simply can't pass it up)

I'll be interested to see how Z plays in this game against yet another undersized opponent. He had a great game in Denver in his first game back from the ankle injury with 23 points and 6 rebounds. The three games since a combined 20 points and 14 rebounds. I'm optimistic as usual though, I expect him to have a solid game near his 14-7 averages.

I was wondering why Z didn't shoot so much in the Wizards game. I am expecting that to change for the next 2 games against Miami.

Lets beat those Heeterz!!

I was bored and sitting around anticipating this matchup. I was thinking of how many great shows Wade-LeBron put on against one another. A couple really stuck out and to be sure I didn't cheat myself from remembering one of them. I looked them all up just to compare these two great players.

2003-04
@Miami 88, Cleveland 83
LeBron - 18pts, 3reb, 7ast, 2stl, 1blk, 4to
DWade - 14pts, 7reb, 5ast, 0stl, 1blk, 3to

@Cleveland 94, Miami 93
LeBron - 27pts, 5reb, 4ast, 2stl, 1blk, 1to
DWade - 15pts, 3reb, 5ast, 1stl, 1blk, 1to

@Miami 106, Cleveland 91
LeBron- 24pts, 7reb, 8ast, 1stl, 0blk, 8to
DWade- 20pts, 2reb, 7ast, 5stl, 0blk, 2to

@Cleveland 91, Miami 80
LeBron- 10pts, 3reb, 11ast, 0stl, 0blk, 2to
DWade- 17pts, 4reb, 3ast, 0stl, 0blk, 2to

2003-04
Cleveland 2, Miami 2
LeBron- 19.8pts, 4.5reb, 7.5ast, 1.3stl, 0.5blk, 3.8to
DWade- 16.5pts, 4.0reb, 5.0ast, 1.5stl, 0.5blk, 2.0to
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2004-05
@Miami 92, Cleveland 86
LeBron - 21pts, 6reb, 8ast, 1stl, 0blk, 1to
DWade - 28pts, 6reb, 5ast, 3stl, 3blk, 2to

@Miami 100, Cleveland 88
LeBron - 31pts, 2reb, 10ast, 3stl, 0blk, 2to
DWade - 20pts, 5reb, 3ast, 1stl, 1blk, 4to

Miami 102, @Cleveland 82
LeBron - 23pts, 4reb, 5ast, 2stl, 0blk, 1to
DWade - 18pts, 10reb, 4ast, 2stl, 1blk, 6to

2004-05
Miami 3, Cleveland 0
LeBron - 25,0pts, 4.0reb, 7.7ast, 2.0stl, 0.0blk, 1.3to
DWade - 22.0pts, 7.0reb, 4.0ast, 2.0stl, 1.7blk, 4.0to
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2005-06
@Cleveland 115, Miami 107
LeBron - 41pts, 5reb, 10ast, 1stl, 0blk, 4to
DWade - 33pts, 4reb, 7ast, 2stl, 1blk, 2to

@Miami 101, Cleveland 73
LeBron - 29pts, 5reb, 7ast, 1stl, 0blk, 1to
DWade - 24pts, 4reb, 6ast, 4stl, 1blk, 3to

@Miami 98, Cleveland 92
LeBron - 47pts, 7reb, 4ast, 0stl, 1blk, 5to
DWade - 35pts, 9reb, 7ast, 2stl, 1blk, 2to

@Cleveland 106, Miami 99
LeBron- 47pts, 12reb, 9ast, 2stl, 0blk, 4to
DWade- 44pts, 8reb, 9ast, 2stl, 1blk, 1to

2005-06
Cleveland 2, Miami 2
LeBron- 41.0pts, 7.3reb, 7.5ast, 1.0stl, 0.3blk, 3.5to
DWade- 34.0pts, 6.8reb, 7.3ast, 2.5stl, 1.0blk, 2.0to
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2006-07
@Miami 92, Cleveland 89
LeBron- 17pts, 6reb, 9ast, 1stl, 0blk, 2to
DWade- 41pts, 4reb, 5ast, 3stl, 2blk, 12to

@Cleveland 103, Miami 79
LeBron- 29pts, 7reb, 6ast, 0stl, 0blk, 2to
DWade- 27pts, 1reb, 7ast, 2stl, 2blk, 7to

@Miami 86, Cleveland 81
LeBron- 29pts, 3reb, 7ast, 0stl, 1blk, 2to
DWade - DNP

Miami 94, @Cleveland 90
LeBron- 35pts, 9reb, 5ast, 0stl, 0reb, 4to
DWade - DNP

2006-07
Miami 1, Cleveland 1
LeBron- 23.0pts, 6.5reb, 7.5ast, 0.5stl, 0.0blk, 2.0to
DWade- 34.0pts, 2.5reb, 6.0ast, 2.5stl, 2.0blk, 9.5to
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2007-08
@Cleveland 96, Miami 82
LeBron- 25pts, 6reb, 12ast, 1stl, 1blk, 2to
DWade- 22pts, 6reb, 8ast, 0stl, 0blk, 5to

Cleveland 97, @Miami 90
LeBron- 28pts, 3reb, 5ast, 4stl, 1blk, 5to
DWade- 42pts, 6reb, 7ast, 3stl, 1blk, 4to

@Cleveland 84, Miami 76
LeBron- 13pts, 7reb, 11ast, 1stl, 2blk, 5to
DWade- DNP

2007-08
Cleveland 2, Miami 0
LeBron - 26.5pts, 4.5reb, 8.5ast, 2.5stl, 1.0blk, 3.5to
DWade - 32.0pts, 6.0reb, 7.5ast, 1.5stl, 0.5blk, 4.5to

Miami 8, Cleveland 7 (Wade missed 3 games and Miami is 2-1 that I did not count)
15 games against each other
LeBron- 27.8pts, 5.4reb, 7.1ast, 1.4stl, 0.3blk, 2.7to
DWade- 26.7pts, 5.3reb, 5.9ast, 1.9stl, 1.1blk, 3.7to

delonte will contain wade

Im sure Wade will still get his 25-30. If he goes off for 40+ then the Heat have a great chance to win. Im confident that if scores less than 35 the Cavs are almost a lock to win. Other than that, I really hope to see a renewed effort by the Cavs tonight. They have really played uninspired ball the last couple of games and it would be nice to see them come out from the opening tip and just keep pulling away.

I like how the Cavs started this game, force-feeding the ball inside to Z right now. It's rewarded them getting to the free throw line 8 times already.

Wowza, anyone see that rediculous layup by LeBron? Too bad he couldn't finish the and 1, but still a sick move.

It doesn't look like anyone is able to hit an outside shot tonight.

I see that Beasley is allowed to go over the back.

Tie game after one. Losing the rebound battle so far, the Heat had 6 offensive boards. Cavs not forcing any turnovers either. Cavs need to pick it up.

Marcus Banks is the best PG in the league, Magloire is the best C and Cavs can't rebound the damn ball. What is this nightmare?

Yea pretty much prekazi, thats the story. The Heat have 10 more shot attempts than the Cavs already because they are owning the boards at a plus 7 so far. Clean up on the glass and the Cavs will take control of this game.

i see the cavs have decided to play like ass again tonight

This game is wierd. The Cavs can do whatever they want, but they just aren't making anything.

Time to go back to Z in the post. They tried it the possession before and Z missed the gimmy bucket. Still its there all night, go with what works and go from there. Gibson needs to sit down, off to the 0 for 5 start.

Wade gets the bs bailout as usual