Thank you Lebron and team for a great basketball game!

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2008 
Cavs Freeze Nets
Nets held to 9 pts in 4th quarter
New Jersey Nets 83
Cleveland Cavaliers 104
Box Score
UPDATED RECORDS:
Cleveland is 43-35 overall and 26-13 at home. 

New jersey is 32-46 overall and 12-26 on the road.

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Game Quotes: Cavaliers vs. Nets - April 9th, 2008
HEAD COACH MIKE BROWN (On the game as a whole): “In the second half I thought our sense of urgency picked up. It’s evident by our offensive rebounds in the second half. It’s evident by them getting zero fast break points in the second half. There were a lot of things that we did in that second half with a sense of urgency as a group, and it started defensively. When our defense picked up, everything else kind of picked up after that.” (On the team): “Daniel was big for us. Wally was big for us off the bench. Daniel came in and he gave us a big boost, as well as Andy early in the third quarter. Daniel gave us a big boost by tracking down long rebounds and loose balls, and looking to push the tempo to get us an easy basket once and awhile.” (On LeBron James’ back): “It’s one of those situations where we need to monitor his minutes and try to get him as much rest as we can throughout the course of the game. For him to play 35 minutes is great. If we can keep it around there, maybe under 38 (minutes), then that will help him out.” (On Daniel Gibson improving): “In the last game he started to look like himself a little bit. I thought he had a terrific practice yesterday. You can just see him today take another step forward in his overall play. That’s the fastest and hardest he’s pushed the ball.”
LEBRON JAMES (On staying in the game late despite back pains): “Right now we’re a team where we need to catch a groove. Me sitting out is not going to help that. I felt good enough where I knew I could be effective tonight. I tried to play well and try to get us into a groove. ” (On the bench play tonight): “Those guys really stepped up. I think Daniel (Gibson) did a great job of controlling the second unit. He got Joe (Smith) a dunk, got Wally (Szczerbiak) two jumpers, got himself a layup. The second unit really played well tonight.” (On whether back spasms has limited his performance): “When I’m out on the court, I’m going to play. I’m going to do what I have to do to help us win. I didn’t feel 100 percent but I felt that I could do everything in my arsenal that needs to be done for us to win.” (On the second half defense): “That’s what helped us. We didn’t start out the half really well… We didn’t come out in the third quarter like we knew we could defensively. But we locked down in the second [part] of the third quarter and the whole fourth (quarter). To give up nine points is pretty impressive.” (On the overall team play): “When we defend and make shots, we’re hard to beat. We played 10, 11 guys tonight and everybody played well and, for the most part, everybody had a significant role in our win tonight. It was the first glimpse that I’ve seen our whole lineup and the whole unit really click at the same time.” (On the team’s depth): “We have a lot of depth. We just need to figure out how guys want to play with each other… The second unit really looked good and the first unit came in and finished the game.” (On the win): “We needed this win. We had a three-game road stand where we played pretty well, but we lost the first two. To beat a team that has really beat up on us the whole year, it was impressive. Defensively, I know it made Coach Brown happy. It makes us happy. The offense is easy when you can defend like that.” (On the few days of rest prior to tonight’s game):