Cavaliers news, features and notes
- Jason Lloyd: Lottery victory brings Cavs plenty of options through trades and draft
- Cleveland Cavaliers win draft lottery, will pick No. 1 again
- Cavs win draft lottery, will pick No. 1 in NBA Draft
- NBA Draft lottery: Cavs’ third-best odds have history of turning into top selection
- 2103 NBA Scouting Combine: GlenOak graduate C.J. McCollum hopes to be a lottery pick
- 2013 NBA Scouting Combine: Cleveland Cavaliers focus on drafting good players, not overall strength of draft
- 2013 NBA Scouting Combine: Otto Porter seems like perfect fit for Cleveland Cavaliers but no meeting on agenda
- 2013 NBA Scouting Combine notebook: Nerlens Noel won’t play until late December but still interests Cavaliers
- Projected top pick Nerlens Noel won't be ready for start of season, targeting Christmas
- Former Ohio State star Deshaun Thomas refuses to give NBA team his phone number at combine
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First quarter thoughts
Cavs 20, Wizards 16; End 1Q
* The absence of Mo Williams was glaring early. The Cavaliers struggled finding a ball handler among Daniel Gibson, Anthony Parker and Jamario Moon.
* Gibson, however, had a great quarter. Showing tremendous quickness in getting to the basket. The evolution and revival of Boobie continues.
* Samardo Samuels has something in there somewhere. He seems to have good feet and a good feel for how to play on the post. I'm rooting for the kid, would like to see him make it. He's probably in over his head a bit right now, but if they can be patient and give him a year or two, he might develop into something.
* Both teams got off to a brutal 7 of 28 combined start from the floor. They both finished 6 of 20. Clearly, this is still the preseason.
* John Wall was nasty quick, but struggled to finish around the basket. Gibson held his own and even outplayed him while the two faced off. But Wall has a great burst, that much is evident.
