Wizards lose to Cavaliers: Final wrap and a word about our half-court offense
Why the Wizards' loss to the Cavaliers yesterday has everything to do with their poor half-court offense.
| Final - 11.3.2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Wizards | 31 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 90 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 17 | 33 | 28 | 24 | 102 |
Stories
Four Factors versus Cleveland
Here is the four factors individual player box score for last night's game, including the Cleveland side of things. Four Factors Box Score 11-3 at CLE No column this afternoon, but I'm working...
Potent Quotables - Cavs 102 -- Wizards 90
Mike Brown, LeBron James and Shaq talk about Cleveland's 102-90 win over the Washington Wizards
Briefing: For a Quarter and a Half, Life Was Beautiful
Links and reactions from the Cavaliers' 102-90 win over Washington.
Cleveland Cavaliers 102, Washington Wizards 90
I'm frustrated, so this will be jumbled: Too many fouls. Some fair, some unfair. Too little frontcourt depth. Too much Shaq rolling over our defense. Too little diversity on offense. Too many...
The Dagger Report, Episode 2: Cleveland Cavaliers edition
With the Wizards set to play the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday, Mike and Kyle talk to two Cavs bloggers about the state of the "rivalry" and about what's ailing the Cavs as they start the season.
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 31 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 90 |
| Cleveland | 17 | 33 | 28 | 24 | 102 |
| Washington | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caron Butler | 37 | 7-18 | 1-4 | 7-8 | 6-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 22 |
| Fabricio Oberto | 24 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Brendan Haywood | 26 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 9-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6-0 | 8 |
| Mike Miller | 34 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 7-8 | 8-1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5-0 | 12 |
| Gilbert Arenas | 38 | 7-18 | 1-2 | 7-11 | 7-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 22 |
| Andray Blatche | 25 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 8-4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4-0 | 7 |
| DeShawn Stevenson | 17 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 3-4 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 3 |
| JaVale McGee | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Randy Foye | 19 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Dominic McGuire | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Nick Young | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Mike James | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Antawn Jamison | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Paul Davis | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Javaris Crittenton | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 27-69 | 4-14 | 32-41 | 48-12 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 27-1 | 90 | |
| .391 | .286 | .780 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 1 (5 pts) | |||||||
| Cleveland | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 35 | 7-16 | 2-7 | 11-13 | 8-3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 27 |
| Anderson Varejao | 31 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 10-4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 10 |
| Shaquille O`Neal | 28 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 7-10 | 8-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4-0 | 21 |
| Anthony Parker | 28 | 2-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 5 |
| Mo Williams | 30 | 6-14 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5-0 | 15 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 21 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 3 |
| Delonte West | 20 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 4 |
| Daniel Gibson | 26 | 5-8 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 14 |
| J.J. Hickson | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jamario Moon | 8 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Jawad Williams | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Darnell Jackson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Leon Powe | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Coby Karl | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Danny Green | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 36-86 | 11-26 | 19-27 | 42-13 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 25-0 | 102 | |
| .419 | .423 | .704 | Team Reb: 12 | Total TO: 0 (17 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Tom Washington, Jason Phillips, Scott Wall
Duration:2:20
Officials: - Tom Washington, Jason Phillips, Scott Wall
Duration:2:20
