Cleveland Cavaliers 116, Washington Wizards 86
Maybe the Wizards shouldn’t have fired up the Cavs with trash talking and cheap shots on LeBron James. A cheap shot on LeBron James by center Brendan Haywood fired up the Cavs. Haywood was ejected from the game on what looked more like a football tackle than a basketball play. James once again torched the Wizards with 30 points, 9 rebounds, 12 assists and 2 blocked shots….so much for him being “overrated”. The Wizards only shot 37.5% from the floor and they were outrebounded 49-34 which doomed them last night. Caron Butler led the way for the Wizards with 12 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals on a woeful 4 of 13 shooting from the floor. DeShawn Stevenson finished up with 12 points and 2 assists but he fired up the Cavs with a gesture after a nice basket with his team losing by 16 points at the time. Damon Jones mocked Stevenson after he hit a three pointer to put the Cavs up 30 points. Darius Songaila put in a solid performance as he finished with 12 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in 16 minutes off the bench. Antwan Jamison and Gilbert Arenas shot a combined 6 of 23 from the floor and they finished with 16 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists between them. The Wizards better play better when they return home or they can start planning vacations for next week. The Cavaliers are now up 2-0 in this series.