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The Pistons’ Tayshaun Prince isn’t going to let his sore lower back hurt his team.

In many years, the NBA playoffs provide exciting rivalries, and endless close games that coulda TMve gone either way.

Athletes often talk about being hungry, but what does that mean? Is it the kind of ache that Michael Jordan : felt after losing in the playoffs to the Pistons : year-after-year; is it what Isaiah endured when his Pistons kept falling to the Celtics : ; or is it what Magic : and Bird : went through each time they lost to one another? Stomach …

Back before the 2008-09 NBA season began, I said to fellow sports staffers Karl Pearson and Bob Ettinger, “OK, watch this.” I then walked over to the big calendar hanging on the wall and wrote “Cavaliers to win NBA championship” on the box for the day before the season began.

Many Cleveland fans are nervous LeBron James will leave the Cavaliers as a free agent in 2010.

LeBron James scored 29 points and Mo Williams had 21 as the Cleveland Cavaliers held on for a 94-82 win to open a 2-0 lead over Detroit in the National Basketball Association playoffs.

Forward/center Ben Wallace took one glance at the Red Auerbach Trophy on Monday and quipped, “That doesn’t look anything like Mike.” He was probably kidding, but one never knows.

Davidson guard Stephen Curry will skip his senior season and take his sweet shooting stroke to the NBA.

Since the Michael Jordan era ended, there may not be any more revered man in the sport of basketball than the Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James.

This article originally appears in the May 4th issue of ESPN The Magazine. No words were spoken, but the volume was louder than a roar.

As far as excitement, the NBA playoffs don’t measure up to March Madness in college basketball.

When you scan all the pundits and prognosticators, the Pistons aren’t being given much of a chance to win a game let alone a series from the powerful Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Road to the Finals is looking broader than ever for LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Cavaliers hold off Pistons 94-82 TOM WITHERS : AP SPORTS WRITER Apr 21, 2009 The Detroit Pistons couldn’t contain LeBron James again.

Cavaliers small forward LeBron James didn’t win NBA Defensive Player of the Year honors, but he finished second to Orlando’s Dwight Howard in voting results announced Tuesday.

According to director of merchandising Michael Thom, the team ranked eighth in the NBA in per-fan sales last season.

If all goes according to plan, the Cleveland Cavaliers will matchup with the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals… by Brandon Ribak 21 reads If all goes according to plan , the Cleveland Cavaliers will matchup with the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals.

It’s NBA playoff time. Being the large NBA fan I am, I have to check out the main teams in contention for the title.

Born and bred in Akron, Ohio, and currently the starting “small forward” for the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James has been destined for greatness ever since he appeared on the cover of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED in 2002.

Cavaliers forward Joe Smith is a man of many talents. Smith has shown Cleveland fans his rebounding and scoring abilities on the court the past two seasons, but he offered up some new entertainment Saturday during a 102-84 victory over the Detroit Pistons in an Eastern Conference playoff opener.