28-10-2009

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Cavs Lose in the Season Opener. LeBron Breaks out the Black VII. »

Before Tuesday night’s home opener, LeBron James predicted that it might take a little while for the new-look Cavaliers to find their groove. Turns out, LeBron was both the evening’s best player ? pouring in 38 points ? and also its wisest prognosticator. After an uneven preseason, the Cavaliers have not found their groove. The good news is: they have 81 more games to do so. Cleveland jumped out to a two-touchdown lead midway through the first quarter, but less than four minutes into the second period, Boston had clawed back to tie the affair at 32. The Celtics would eventually run their lead to 15 before a late Wine and Gold rally fell short ? and held on to hand the Cavaliers their second straight opening night loss, 95-89. BTW… the seventh point LeBron James scored on Tuesday give him 13,000 for his career. As always, that makes him the youngest player to do so at just 24 years, 301 days of age. As for the kicks… LeBron finally broke out the Air Max LeBron VII in the Black and Gold colorway.

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