Cavaliers continue to amaze

Last night at the Q, the Cavaliers did something you've never seen them do before: They hit 11 three-pointers in one quarter. That tied the team record for a half. The Cavs led the Clippers by 26 after that 46-point first quarter — again, 33 points of which came from beyond the arc — and coasted the rest of the way to a 114-89 drubbing. The Clippers actually outscored the Clevelanders by a single point over the last three quarters, but they had no chance to make it interesting.

At some point during the first quarter, my wife asked me if any team had ever scored 200 points in a game. I said no, and while I thought it outlandish to even consider the possibility, I couldn't help but wonder at that moment whether these Cavs had something like that in them on this night. It was an unbelievable performance. They would go on to hit 16 treys in the game — five by LeBron James, four by Boobie Gibson, two each by Jamario Moon and the little-used Jawad Williams, and one each by Anthony Parker, Zydrunas Ilgauskas and the little-used Danny Green. It's always nice to see those end-of-the-bench guys coming in to contribute, even in garbage time.

For those interested, the record for most points in a game by one team was set on Dec. 13, 1983, by the Pistons against the Nuggets. They put up 186 in a triple-overtime game. The Nuggets on that night put up the second-highest total ever, 184. The record for a regulation game is 173, set by the Celtics against the Minneapolis Lakers all the way back in 1959, and tied by the Suns against those poor Nuggets in 1990. Special thanks to nba.com for its comprehensive records page. I was not able to find the NBA team record for three-pointers hit in a single quarter, but I did find that the most points ever scored in a first quarter was 50. So these Cavs really did something special last night.

It was the Cavaliers' eighth consecutive win, their longest streak of the season, and kept them a half-game ahead of the Lakers (who now play in Los Angeles, in case you didn't know) for the NBA's best record.