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Hey Guys,

What a game Thursday night in Los Angeles. The Cavaliers stuck it to the Lakers in the last minutes to pull out a nice 114-108 victory. There were some very encouraging signs provided by the Cavaliers last night which really caught the eyes of me and many other Cavaliers fans.

1. How about Eric Snow? Everyone has been on his case because of his offensive inabilities, but since his move to the bench, he has provided quality play that any coach would want comming off the bench. Offensively, he is creating more, by that I mean attacking the bucket when he is left open and finding open guys. I can't count how many times last night when the Lakers triple teamed LeBron, and Snow either got fouled going strong to the hole or set up the the likes of Verajao for open layups. Defensively, he shut down Kobe in the fourth quarter, making him give up the ball to their really overrated supporting cast.

2. LeBron finally learned that nobody in this league can gaurd him when he attacks the hole constantly. Some rumor around the league is that LeBron has settled for jumpers because of his free throw troubles. But last night, he made a good effort to go to the bucket, which either lead to him being fouled (which he went 18-22!), made the shot, or his missed shot was cleaned up by Verajao. Also, he changed his free throw style. He has stopped kissing his wrists and finally has decided to look at the target before shooting (I have been saying that for months!).

Random Notes: The Cavs shot 41-55 from the line, showing they were more aggressive...Cavs pushed the ball more off of turnovers...Just because the Lakers supporting cast plays in LA, the media treats them like they are god sends (Same thing happens in New York, remember Steve Francis?) which highly overrates their abilities....Larry Hughes wanted to kill the refs about 10 times during the game....Mike Brown and the Cavs have seemed to found a balance in a faster offensive but still shut down defense by using the defense to create the fast offense.