Still winless in 2011, the Cleveland Cavaliers dropped their 19th straight, 117 to 103, against the Denver Nuggets.The Cavaliers have dropped 29 of their last 30 games and are in serious jeopardy of breaking the NBA record for longest losing streak, which is 23 from the expansion team of Vancouver (1995-1996) and the Nuggets (1996-1997).
JJ Hickson continued his strong play, scoring 24 points and 14 rebounds. JJ is averaging just over 13 rebounds in his last six games for the Cavaliers. Antawn Jamison again provided his strong leadership he has given all year long, scoring 20 points and grabbing 12 rebounds as well, and Ramon Sessions continues to shine scoring 14 rebounds and dishing out 13 assists.
The Cavaliers gave up 70 first half points against the league's best offensive team, who average 108 a game. Denver was led by Carmelo Anthony, scoring 33 points. Denver also got a great effort from Aaron Afflalo, scoring 23 points.
The game seemed out of reach in the second half when Denver pushed its lead to 20 points. However, Cleveland showed pride and battled back. Joey Graham gave a late push, knocking down jumper after jumper finishing with 14 points and 6 rebounds and Boobie contributed with 15 of his own.
Cleveland cut the lead to just six points midway through the 4th. However, Denver had an answer for everything the Cavaliers threw at them. Chauncey "Big Shot" Billups made a couple big shots as Denver pushed its lead back up to ten late in the 4th.
Cleveland heads to Florida for battles against Orlando and then the much hated Miami Heat. With the streak at 19, things can only go up from here.
Wouldn't it be nice to see the losing streak snap against the Heat?
Key Notes: Ironically Byron Scott was on that Vancouver team that lost 23 in a row. Byron knows what the team is going through right now and he is the man for the job, because he has been there.
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