Having knocked them out of the playoffs the past two seasons, the Cavs know the Washington Wizards very well.  They came to town last night, half a game ahead of the Cavs in the Eastern Conference standings, and in possession of the #4 seed.  They left humiliated, and as the #5 seed.  The wine and gold clicked on all cylinders, ball batting the Wiz by a 121-85 count, moving to 9-1 in the month of January.  Sam Amico was there, and reports on the rout for us in this morning column.

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The Cavs are on a roll in 2008.  They've won 10 of their last 13, and last night, went into San Antonio and defeated the defending NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs by a 90-88 count.  And last night, they looked more like the well-balanced team that upended Detroit in the Eastern Conference finals than the one that looked overmatched against the Spurs in the Finals.  Sam Amico checks in with a recap of last nights big win. 

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It seems like the ink is still wet on the contract extension LeBron James signed with the Cavaliers, one that keeps him in Cleveland until at least the summer of 2010.  But that hasn't stopped the national media from counting the ways that LeBron could wriggle his way out of Cleveland, even before his contract with the team expires.  In his latest, Erik Cassano looks at the latest of these stories, and also examines Danny Ferry's work as Cavaliers GM.

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51, 9, and 8.  Not a bad stat line, eh?  LeBron was absolutely magnificent last night, scoring a season high 51 points on 18-28 from the floor, leading the Cavaliers to a 132-124 overtime win over Mike Conley Jr. and the Memphis Grizzlies.  The win was the 9th in the last 12 games for the Cavaliers, who moved to 20-18 on the season.  And Sam Amico tells us about last nights win in his latest.

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