Report: Cleveland Cavaliers sign PG Ben Uzoh; Irving out for weekend
The Cleveland Cavaliers have signed PG Ben Uzoh to a 10-day contract. The Cavaliers have been playing short-handed with injuries to Anthony Parker, Daniel Gibson (who returned Wednesday) and now Kyrie Irving due to a concussion. With games tonight and tomorrow, and Irving’s status still in the air, the Cavaliers needed a PG.
In 12 games (all starts), Uzoh has averaged 16.8...
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Character comes through in Cavaliers' win
CLEVELAND -- The night started with a concussion and very well could have ended with a couple more.
Somewhere in between, the Cavaliers turned Quicken Loans Arena into their own personal steel-cage match, wrestling away a 99-92 win over the new-look and fairly chippy Los Angeles Clippers.
It was an impressive win over what is widely considered one of the Western Conference'...
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Character comes through in Cavs win
CLEVELAND -- The night started with a concussion and very well could have ended with a couple more.
Somewhere in between, the Cavaliers turned Quicken Loans Arena into their own personal steel-cage match, wrestling away a 99-92 win over the new-look and fairly chippy Los Angeles Clippers.
It was an impressive win over what is widely considered one of the Western Conferences top...
Via Fox Sports Ohio
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Cavaliers 99, Clippers 92
Ramon Sessions scored a season-high 24 points as a last-minute replacement for injured rookie Kyrie Irving and Antawn Jamison scored 27, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 97-92 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.
Sessions didn't know he was starting until moments before the game when the Cavs diagnosed Irving with a concussion. Sessions added 13 assists...
Via AP on Fox
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Ramon Sessions super as a surprise starter in Cleveland Cavaliers' 99-92 win over Clippers
Daniel Gibson scored 17 points in his return for Cleveland after missing five games with a neck infection.
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Daniel Gibson Returns To Cavaliers In Time To Help Down The Clippers
Daniel Booby Gibson returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight after missing games due to a infection of the soft tissue in his neck in time to help his Cavaliers down the L.A. Clippers. Gibson became a solid contributor tonight in what turn out to be a very physical game. The Cavaliers needed all the help they could get tonight with Kyrie Irving being held out with a head injury...
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Cavs Fall To Heat, Now Lob City's In Town
The Cleveland Cavaliers effort was okay last night in Miami. Their bench didn't give them anything. The Miami Heat were finally able to get their revenge on Ryan Hollins, and missing Daniel Gibson, Anthony Parker, and Tristan Thompson really hurt last night. You need to be at full strength to have a chance against a team like the Miami Heat, especially when their lined up at...
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Injuries Finally Catch up to Cavaliers in Miami
Entering this season, Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott idealized within a nine-man rotation. Rife with young, inexperienced talent, having nine different players who could tally 25-30 minutes per night seemed to be the best course of action, especially with several bench players who could be worthy of the ever-popular starting nod.
The results of said experiment were largely positive...
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Gee, that Alonzo can ball
Last night the 5 Non-Lebrons started Alonzo Gee at the shooting guard position and he responded by producing 17/1/1 with 2 steals, a block and a three in 35 minutes of burn. Over his last 5 games, Alonzo has averaged 31 mpg/.500 FG/.800 FT/14.8 ppg/3.8 rpg/.8 apg/2.4 spg/1.2 3pg/.4 bpg. These numbers scream “pick me up, please!”. It is possible to scream and be polite...
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Cavaliers Will Try Again To Steal a Win in Miami
Kyrie Irving and the Cavs fell just short in Miami last month
For the 2nd time this season the Cleveland Cavaliers (9-13, 9th in the East) will travel to Miami to take on the Heat (18-6, 2nd in the east). The last time out, the Cavaliers were struggling mightily and it was starting to look like their upstart season was unraveling. In many ways, that Miami game turned out to be one...
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Shooter's Touch
Daniel Gibson has almost picture-perfect shooting form -- the kind that coaches teach. But not every member of the Wine and Gold has the ideal shooting motion. Both are successful, proving that there's more than one way to sink a shot.
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Cavs Gibson still bothered by neck infection
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson practiced and believed he was ready to play.
He'll have to wait a little longer.
Gibson did not travel with the team to Miami as originally planned after he complained about discomfort in his neck after practicing for the first time in 10 days.
Gibson will miss his fifth straight game Tuesday with what the team has described...
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Cavs G Gibson still sidelined with neck infection
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson did not travel to Miami as originally planned because of continuing problems with a neck infection.
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Cavs G Gibson still bothered by neck infection
Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson did not travel to Miami as originally planned because of continuing problems with a neck infection.
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Neck infection to sideline Cavs' Gibson fifth straight game
Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson did not travel to Miami as originally planned because of continuing problems with a neck infection.
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Daniel Gibson glad to be out of the hospital and back on the court for Cleveland Cavaliers
Daniel Gibson still isn't sure what happened to his neck that caused him to miss four games. But he practiced Monday and will play on Tuesday in Miami if he has no setbacks.
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Cavs G Gibson returns to practice, will travel
Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson, hospitalized last week in Boston with a "soft tissue" infection in his neck, practiced Monday for the first time in 10 days and is traveling with the team for Tuesday's game at Miami.
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6 days ago
Cavs waive guard Mychel Thompson
With Daniel Gibson about to return from a neck injury, rookie free agent guard Mychel Thompson has been waived. Thompson, son of former NBA great Mychal Thompson and brother of Golden State rookie Klay Thompson, started the last three games.
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Cavs Waive Rookie Mychel Thompson
With all contracts being guaranteed come this Friday and guard Daniel Gibson returning from his bout with an infected neck, the Cavaliers have opted to waive guard-forward Mychel Thompson. Starting three games, Thompson averaged 3.6 points and 1.0 rebound.
This move provides Chris Grant with enhanced flexibility as they head into the trade deadline. The team could opt to add another...
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The Kyrie Irving Fantasy Effect
By Adam McGill
When LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers’, or Daniel Gibson as it would be, decided to part ways two years ago, it was far from amicable. Both sides refused to take the higher ground and a vicious twitter war ensued, where they both said things that I am sure they now regret. However, this move immediately left Cleveland at the bottom of the league, ultimately...
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Irving destined to be Rookie of the Year?
Through 20 games this season, guard Kyrie Irving has got to be the frontrunner for the Rookie of the Year award.It might be a two-man race right now between Irving and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Ricky Rubio. Rubio is leading all rookies and is ranked third in the NBA in both 8.8 assists and 2.3 steals per game.Irving appears to be a lock to win the first Rookie of the Month award...
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Super Bowl Party Hosted by NBA Players Would Have Pretty Boring Menu (Video)
If a bunch of NBA players ever invite you to a Super Bowl party, make sure you eat before you get there. Daniel Gibson, DeShawn Stevenson and others admitted to Leigh Ellis of The Basketball Jones that they don't exactly know their ways around a kitchen. Asked what snack they would bring to a Super Bowl bash, the players' answers ranged from chips and dip to something made by their...
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Cavaliers G Gibson released from hospital
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson was released from a Boston-area hospital on Tuesday.
Gibson was diagnosed with a soft tissue infection in his neck after the team played the Boston Celtics on Sunday night.
The 25-year-old Gibson will undergo additional tests on Wednesday in Cleveland.
"He’s feeling a lot better,” Cavaliers coach Byron Scott said before the team...
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Cavs guard Gibson out of hospital
Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson could be sidelined for a few more days with a neck infection that landed him in a Boston hospital.
Gibson was released Tuesday from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center with a ''soft tissue'' infection in his neck. Gibson stayed behind after the team played the Celtics on Sunday night. The 25-year-old is being treated with antibiotics...
Via AP on Fox
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12 days ago
Celtics Live Blog: Jermaine O'Neal Back in Lineup for C's in Cleveland
6:45 p.m.: Anthony Parker and Daniel Gibson are out for the Cavs as just about every team in the NBA can use the word "shorthanded" to describe itself right now. Parker has a sore lower back and Gibson has a scary-sounding "neck infection," the Cleveland Plain-Dealer reports. Gibson, who did not play Monday, has been hospitalized in Boston and is being treated...
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