Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Preview: Cleveland vs. Indiana - Does the streak end at 21?

Coming off a winless month of January, the Cavaliers will look to start a new month off right as they play the Indiana Pacers tonight at 7 o'clock.

Cleveland will look to stop a 21-game losing streak tonight at the "Q" in downtown Cleveland, otherwise, the Cavaliers will be one-step closer to breaking the all-time consecutive loses in a row.

Last season the Cavaliers were the first team to reach the 40 win-mark and this season they are the exact opposite.

Cleveland has lost 31 of 32 and 21 straight, the longest skid since the 1997-98 Denver Nuggets matched the 1995-96 Vancouver Grizzlies for the single-season record of 23 straight losses.

On the bright side of things, the Cavaliers young stars are emerging. Manny Harris is coming back home with back-to-back 20 point performances against two of the top teams in the eastern conference (Orlando and Miami).

Manny has showed that he can score the basketball however he pleases. He has shown the outside touch, the mid-range game and of course he has shown he can dunk the ball. May I remind you he did dunk on that former player of ours.

Antawn Jamison is coming off a 21 point 10 rebound performance against Miami and has been consistent for the majority of the year. Also, look for Christian Eyenga to have another strong game as well.

As for the Pacers, they will look to will look to stay undefeated under newly hired Frank Vogel. They beat Toronto 104-93 on Monday night.

Roy Hibbert the 7-footer is coming off a 24 point 11 rebound performance under Coach Vogel. Also Danny Granger will look to continue his success in Cleveland this year, as he scored 33 points earlier this year in Cleveland.

The Cavaliers will still be without Mo Williams and will likely be without him for another week or so.

Tip-off is at 7, enjoy Cavs fans.

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