Game 46 | Cavs at Heat | Jan 25th 2010| 7:30pm EST

[Rise Against]

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........................................................................................................................................................• Monday, January 25th, 2010
........................................................................................................................................................• 7:30 PM - ET
........................................................................................................................................................• American Airlines Arena
........................................................................................................................................................• Miami, FL
........................................................................................................................................................• NBA TV, WTAM1000



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...............................................................................................................................................................................................Key Matchup

LeBron James vs. Dwyane Wade... You get the story.


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P.S. There will be some plain game threads for the next couple of games.

[LascelleL]

I Love your threads

[Lord Leoshes]

Just came in here to ask you guys a question & say good luck tonight. but 1st i want to say to the OP that, that is a great game thread, & you should do ours.

My question is will West play? & since am here do you know who else might miss the game for you guys?

Thanks.

[Rise Against]

Just came in here to ask you guys a question & say good luck tonight. but 1st i want to say to the OP that, that is a great game thread, & you should do ours.

My question is will West play? & since am here do you know who else might miss the game for you guys?

Thanks.

Thanks for the nice comment. Appreciate it.

West is out, while Moon is questionable. And obviously, Mo will miss this one.

[Rise Against]

Moon says he's recovered, will play tonight vs. Heat

MIAMI (AP) -- Cleveland forward Jamario Moon says he has recovered from a left abdominal strain and expects to play Monday night when the Cavaliers visit the Miami Heat.

Moon hasn't played since Jan. 3, and had missed 14 straight shots dating back to Dec. 27 before getting hurt. Cavs coach Mike Brown said Moon has been medically cleared, but that he wasn't absolutely certain that Moon would play Monday against one of his former teams.

Moon is averaging 5.0 points for the Cavaliers this season.

http://www.nba.com/2010/news/01/25/cavs ... ef:nbahpt2

[Benedict_Boozer]

Tough start offensively.

[prekazi]

Terrible start.

[Benedict_Boozer]

Gibson needs to be smarter with his decision making out there..

[TheOUTLAW]

Eh, pretty typical. Lots of turnovers and bad shots.

[Benedict_Boozer]

J'Oneal punking us right now.

[Benedict_Boozer]

MIA is playing some good D early in this one. J'Oneal is shutting down the paint.

[TheOUTLAW]

5 turnovers already

[TheOUTLAW]

MIA is playing some good D early in this one. J'Oneal is shutting down the paint.

It's really not good defense, they are just packing the lane and LeBron isn't really involved. We're easy to defense in this situation. They also reach on everything and gamble alot. Guys are open, we just aren't getting the passes to them.

[Benedict_Boozer]

This game is looking like a loss. MIA energy level is way higher and our guard play just sucks right now.

Unless Lebron goes into God mode again we aren't winning this one.

[Icestorm959]

We are getting worked.

[TheOUTLAW]

It'd be nice if they called just a third of the fouls that Miami actually does

[TheOUTLAW]

Heckuva shot by Wade

[Benedict_Boozer]

MIA really shutting down the paint. Gonna need to knock down some jumpers to open it up.

[L&H_05]

We just don't have another playmaker out there... Gonna be real tough, because I don't think we can keep up the scoring... And Jermaine decided he was going to channel back to 2002 tonight...

Rafer still haunts me...

[TheOUTLAW]

You guys are giving Miami way too much credit. It's not them, it's the fact that we are playing like crap. Hickson missed several bunnies at the rim and we had too many turnovers. Considering LeBron isn't even playing we're lucky to be in this game at all.