Don Delaney and other news

The Cavaliers are coming off one of their best wins of the season. A 104-99 win against the defending champion, Los Angeles Lakers.

The win sent the Cavaliers into the All-Star break feeling like the world was lifted off their shoulders and handed them great momentum.

They went 2-1 on the final week before the break which had the locker room feeling great.

However, some of that great feeling went away with the news of former Cleveland Cavalier coach and general manager, Don Delaney died at the age of 75.

Delaney died at Manor Care in Mayfield Heights with his family surrounding him. Delaney had encountered many health problems in the past years, which included a serious stroke.

Don Delaney was asked to fill the role of the head coaching position for the Cavaliers under former owner, Ted Stepien.

Cleveland went 66-180 under Stepien, but was known for his extreme game-entertainment and player/front offices decisions.

Don Delaney went 7-19 in his time being a replacement coach for Cleveland. He was soon replaced by former assistant coach, Bob Kloppenburg. Delaney returned to the front offices and was blamed for the bad deals.

Don Delaney was born in Euclid on January 3rd, 1936.

Other News: Byron Scott is not all that impressed with the NBA All-Star weekend. "Maybe the average fan, yeah. But when you're around it every day, that really doesn't get me excited."Scott will however, watch his player, Boobie Gibson compete in the three-point shootout. But the rest of the weekend you can forget it. "The dunk contest? Nah. I think the biggest part of All-Star Weekend used to be the dunk contest. I think it's lost its luster. The 3-point contest is still, to me, pretty cool. The three-on-three stuff? You've got one real old guy and a girl -- no offense -- and a current player. I'm not interested in that.

The Cavaliers held the Lakers to .425 percent shooting from the field in their 104-99 upset. Tje Cavaliers were the second-worst defensive team that allowed .481 percent shooting to opponents.

Reminder: Watch Daniel "Boobie" Gibson compete in the three-point shootout on Saturday against some of the best three-point shooters in the NBA. The fun starts at 8:00pm on TNT.