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New look Cavs handle Sixers

Posted on June 9, 2011 at 11:09 PM.

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The new look Cavs with the addition of Trevor Ariza, Chauncey Billups and Greg Oden squared off against the Philadelphia 76'ers is their 1st game with their new team.

It didn't take long at all for the new players to gel with the current players as the Cavs jumped out to a 32-24 lead after the 1st quarter. In the 2nd quarter the combination of Billups and Ariza on the floor together really put the clamps on the Sixers perimeter players and held them to just 10 point in the quarter.

With a 55-34 lead going into halftime the new look Cavs were feeling pretty good about how they were playing... Great defense, and great offense was the key in the 1st half...

The 2nd half was more of the same, very good defense combined with very good offense led the team to a 99-85 win over the Sixers...

Here is the box score for the game...

Feb 23, 2013 - CLE at PHI
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Cleveland Cavailers ()	32	23	17	27	99
Philadelphia 76'ers ()	24	10	20	31	85

Cleveland Cavailers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Kyrie Irving	36	10-16	2-4	0-1	5	8	1	0	3	22
Reggie Bullock	28	3-12	0-3	1-2	5	0	0	2	1	7
Harrison Barnes	36	6-13	0-1	3-3	11	5	3	0	2	15
JJ Hickson	16	4-7	0-0	2-2	6	0	0	3	0	10
Greg Oden	31	3-5	0-0	10-13	12	1	0	3	2	16
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Trevor Ariza	25	3-8	1-4	0-0	3	2	0	0	1	7
Chauncey Billups	24	3-7	0-2	6-6	2	3	1	0	2	12
Brandon Rush	20	1-4	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	3	0	2
Brandon Wright	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jon Diebler	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hasheem Thabeet	11	0-1	0-0	0-0	6	0	0	1	0	0
Jeff Teague	7	3-5	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	0	1	8
TEAM TOTALS		36-78	3-16	24-29	52	19	5	12	12	99

Philadelphia 76'ers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jrue Holliday	36	2-7	1-2	5-5	6	10	2	0	1	10
Evan Turner	35	5-18	2-4	5-6	11	2	2	0	1	17
Andre Iguodala	38	3-14	0-1	8-9	4	2	2	1	4	14
Elton Brand	33	2-5	0-0	0-2	6	1	0	1	0	4
Marreese Speights	22	3-10	0-0	3-4	5	1	0	1	1	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jared Sullinger	21	6-13	0-0	3-4	10	0	1	1	1	15
Spencer Hawes	10	1-2	0-0	3-4	4	0	0	0	1	5
Richard Hamilton	9	2-4	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Shane Battier	21	0-2	0-1	4-4	1	0	0	1	1	4
Tony Douglas	13	1-3	1-2	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	3
Jeff Robinsson	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Hamilton	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		25-78	4-11	31-40	48	18	8	5	10	85

NEW FACES

Greg Oden had a huge 1st game in a Cavs uniform scoring 16pts, grabbing 12reb and blocking 3 shots... With Oden in the middle, the Cavs defense finally has a legit scoring threat on the offensive end, and a top notch post defender and shot blocker on the defensive end.

Another new face, Trevor Ariza had a solid game vs the Sixers. Ariza had 7pts, 3reb and 2ast and really did a number on Andre Iguodala holding him to just 14pts on 3-14 shooting. With Ariza, the Cavs gain great flexibility on the defensive end of the floor. He has the ability to cover pretty much any SG or SF in the league and thats something that should help this team going forward.

The 3rd new face for the Cavs, PG Chauncey Billups, had a solid game as well. 12pts, 2reb, 3ast and 1stl in 24min of action. Billups was brought in to do two things, give this team some much needed veteran leadership, and tutor young PG Kyrie Irving. With Billups around, this team has a reliable veteran presence off the bench who can play great defense, and make the big shot when needed.

After a solid win vs the Sixers, the Cavs will be right back at it tomorrow night as the come home to take on Andrew Bynum and the Orlando Magic.