Recap: Cavs 97, Pistons 91 (Or, WIN #14!!)
2011-03-26
Overview: Baron Davis had 16 points and 5 assists in his first game back from back spasms, and the Cavaliers managed to get a win over the Detroit Pistons.
Hey, they actually won bullets:
Hickson looked great. Find a seam, take one or two power dribbles, and finish hard at the rim. Not a lot of jumpers, not a lot of unnecessary movement with the ball, not too many shots in traffic. Just quick, calculated basket attacks. That’s his game. Baron being back helped, but Hickson looked good when he wasn’t on the floor as well.
When Baron is on the floor, Ryan Hollins looks like a passable offensive big and Luke Harangody looks like a passable offensive four. It’s really not very difficult to get easy shots when Baron is on the floor.
Baron’s still hitting his threes, which is deeply strange. Hey, I’m not complaining. And that dagger three was very nice. There’s no denying that Baron has an “it” factor that no other Cav possesses.
Ramon looked confident early, then completely disappeared after Baron came in for the first time. At least he wasn’t forcing things like he was during his slump.
Anthony Parker shot 50% in February and has shot 33% in March. I suspect not getting traded may have taken something out of him.
No real complaints defensively — the only easy baskets the Pistons got were on Greg Monroe offensive rebounds. Good, solid game against a bad team. Let’s see if the Cavs can finish the year with a little momentum.
Sullinger says he’s not coming out, but we still don’t know that. It’s very very unlikely the Cavs would have selected him anyway. Assuming our first pick will still be a PG – Irving most likely but Kemba as a second choice (The way Kemba has played makes me really like him and I wouldn’t be disappointed if we got him instead of Irving). Sullinger would almost certainly likely be gone before we could get him with our second pick (he’s projected to be about 4th if he comes out and our second pick is likely 8-11). Even if he… Read more »
I think it’s unlikely with either the 1st or 2nd pick that Cavs would’ve gotten sullinger, assuming that someone would take him 3rd, 4th, or 5th, it means that the player we get with the clippers pick probably won’t be as good. It just would be nice to see as many good players in the draft as possible,
Sullinger needs more work…he needs to develop an outside shot like a 12-15 footer..all he does is stay in the post the whole time…a random big white dude from KY basically outplayed him and defended very well…itll be even more of that if he opts to go this year…
No its a good thing’ think the presure on the cavs to draft him, instead of the right player for the team. Even more so if ohio won .
And Sullinger is out of the nba draft, so that is kind of dissapointing