Ran out of gas

The Cavaliers were playing the second night of back-to-backs last night against the Bulls, and it showed. The Bulls hit the throttle in the third quarter and never looked back in a 107-96 Cavs loss.

The Cavs were really hurt by not having Zydrunas Ilgauskas. The Bulls outscored us 46-24 in the paint. And our guys were maddeningly bad on the glass; we were blocking a lot of shots, but not getting the rebounds. Ben Wallace and Anderson Varejao each had 10 rebounds, but they both had opportunities for more. Varejao, in particular, looked like he had no legs under him, and that's very unusual for him. Of course, he's starting in Z's place right now, and recently came back from an injury himself, so I suppose that's not all that surprising.

LeBron looked like he was on his way to another big game, with 26 points in the first half. He did wind up with 39, but he missed a lot of shots in the second half. And he only had three rebounds and ONE assist.

But hey, it's one game. Cavs are back in action Saturday against the Pacers; let's hope they can rebound, in more ways than one.