From: afcanav@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (VIC CANACCI)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: CAVS CAVS CAVS
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:44:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: lims02.6APR199212444895
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

The Cavs may have wrapped up the #3 seed in the East, and the #2 record, 
but the rest of the season holds some interesting games for them to play.

They've already played some significant games:

4/2 : Beat LA Clippers: The Clipps had just beaten Detroit at the Palace, 
had won 5 or 6 in a row, and were really playing well. Also, with the Ferry
/Harper trade, its always a MUST to beat the Clippers for bragging rights. 
The Clippers came out strong, but the Cavs went up by 25 in the 2nd quarter
, and cruised to victory. A big win, as it was also their 50th of the 
season.

4/3 : Beat the Heat in Miami: The Cavs earlier in the year beat Miami by 68 
points to set an NBA record. They've also lost to the Heat in Miami earlier
 They went in, and until the middle of the fourth quarter, they held a 
comfortable lead. They held on by avoiding four three point attempts by the 
Heat in the last 20 seconds to win by 3. The big thing was that it was 
their 21st road win of the year, guarenteeing a .500 road record. Both a .
500 (or +) record, and 21 wins are Cavs records.

4/6 : Beat the Knicks at home: Another game that the Cavs had won, but had 
to hold on (actually regain) to the lead at the end. This completes a 4-0 
sweep of the Knicks on the year. The significance of this is that the 
Knicks will most likely be the Cavs second round opponents in the playoffs. 
The way it stacks up, the Knicks would today play the Nets, and the Cavs 
would play the Pacers. Although this is subject to change, the point I'm 
trying to make is that its most likely that the Knicks and Cavs will play 
in the next round, and having beaten them 4-0 in several different types of 
games, it looks good for a Cavs-Bulls East finals (the only thing that 
myself as a Cavs fan will be satisfied with this year) Also, makes the 
current record 52-22, possibly the first time they've ever been +30 over 
0.500 

The future also looks interesting:

4/7 : Cavs play the Celtics in Cleveland. The Cavs are fresh off of beating 
the Knicks, and the Celts are fresh off of beating Da Bulls, so this 
matchup between second place teams is interesting. 


4/14: Da Bulls. The Cavs showed that they could finally beat the Bulls, in 
Chicago when they won there earlier this year. Then, the Cavs followed that 
with a blowout loss in Chicago at the end of a 4 games in five nights road 
trip. Now the tables are turned, as the Bulls are coming off of a 4 in 5, 
and the Cavs would really like to win this one. I'll be there, I was able 
to somehow get a ticket last month, but this games been sold out since the 
season started.

Also, the Cavs have games left with :

The Nets (4/10) (H)
The Pacers (4/17) (A)
The Hawks (4/19) (H)
The Hornets (4/9) (H) / (4/15) (A)

which could all end up being first round opponents, so you don't like to 
lose to them right at the end of the year, and the games on 4/17 and 4/19 
could very well determine their first round opponents.

As a Cavs fan, I think that I would most like to play the Hawks. That is 
the team that has given the Cavs the least trouble all year long, and I 
think that the Hawks can't match up, or create mis-matches, as well as the 
Pacers, or even the Nets, can.

Sorry to be so lengthy, but I see much more about the Bulls, Warriors, and 
Blazers than the Cavs, and just thought you should know a little more about 
the NBA's best kept secret.


If anyone wants to talk Cavs, drop me a line.  Also, expect 2nd round draft 
choice Jimmy Oliver to go on the IR, when the Cavs activate Ehlo next week 
to get in some regular season ending practice.

Vic Canacci, Sverdrup Tech., NASA Lewis Cleveland