I’m going to need a raise if I’m to be expected to watch and write recaps for this Cavaliers team all season long. It’s just a simple matter of math given this team requires a full 6-pack of Great Lakes Christmas Ale just to get through a game and that stuff is $11 per 6-pack.
Figure three games per week at $11 each and that’s $33 per week for enough liquid courage to sit and watch this team. That’s $132 each month.
I figure I can continue to drink heavily, destroy my liver, marriage and family while watching this team play basketball games or I can buy a crappy Kia for the same monthly expense.
The Cavs blew out the Philadelphia 76ers, got blown out by the 76ers and ultimately beat the 76ers comfortably all in one night at the Wells Fargo Center.
It was a weird night.
Getting out to a 17-point lead early in the first quarter of play, the Cavs looked like they were going to run off and hide. But then Cleveland decided to take about a 20 minute break from playing defense and the Sixers, led by Jrue Holiday, made a game of it. The Cavs let Jrue jrive and jrop layups at the rim all night long. That in itself was enough to jrive a Cavs fan to jrink.
And if it wasn’t Holiday who was wreaking havoc in the lane it was Andres Nocioni (pictured to the right) knocking down 3-pointers to give the Sixers a 7-point lead with 5 minutes remaining in the game.
But then it was Boobie-time.
Daniel Gibson caught fire late in the fourth quarter, at one point scoring ten straight Cavalier points on his way to 17 in the fourth period overall, to lead the Cavs from that 7-point deficit to a 123-116 win on a night when defense was apparently optional. The Cavs scored 44 points in the decisive fourth quarter to snap a three game losing streak as the Cavs improved to 2-3 on the season.
Gibson scored 22 points as did Mo Williams. Anderson Varejao led the Cavs with 23 points on a perfect 10/10 from the field to go along with his 12 rebounds.
Joey Graham, getting his first extensive look off the Cavs bench, also score a big 10 points in 11 minutes that helped the Cavs to that early lead.
The 76ers were led by Holiday’s 29 points. Lou Williams chipped in 16 points and Elton Brand actually showed up with 20 points. Nocioni dropped in 15 points on the strength of a 3/5 effort from behind the 3-point arc.
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The Cavs will turn around and do it all again tomorrow night in Washington against the Wizards. That’s another 7pm tip off on FSNOhio.