CLEVELAND- In the last twenty-four hours the city of Cleveland has been buzzing over the trade that sent Zydrunas Ilgauskas to the Washington Wizards and Antawn Jamison to Cleveland, although there is an outside chance that Ilgauskas could return after 30 days if the Wizards decide to waive him. Many people feel that Jamison could be that final piece of the puzzle that could bring the Cavaliers and the city of Cleveland a championship. During the day their were a couple of press conferences and a lot of interviews that was centered around the trade, many people forgot that one Leon Powe is almost ready for action and Mo Williams was as the Cavaliers were riding a thirteen game winning streak that was going to be put to the test against the Denver Nuggets.

As the game got started the first evidence that Ilgauskas was gone was the intro video that is played in the beginning of the game were Ilgauskas and Varejao come to life out of the bridge was cut out and the final scene were they Cavaliers team is standing in front of the Q was also cut out. It was a strange sight not to see Ilgauskas there. As the game got started it was very apparent that the Cavaliers were very rusty as they only shot 37.5% from the field and were outscored 31-21. Then in the second quarter the Cavaliers were able to bounce back a little as they outscored the Nuggets 23-21 the cut the Nuggets lead at halftime to 8 points 53-44. Then in the third quarter the Cavaliers applied the pressure and really bounced back outscoring the Nuggets 35-23 giving them a 4 point lead 79-75. Then in the fourth quarter the Nuggets wouldn’t go down without a fight as they outscored the Cavaliers 31-27 making it a tied game at the end of four 106-106. Then in overtime the Nuggets were able to prevail  with a 118-116 win ending the Cavaliers win streak.

LeBron James lead the way for the Cavaliers with his third triple-double with 43 points, 15 assist, 13 rebounds, 4 blocks and 2 steals. Shaquille O’Neal had 18 points, 7 rebounds a 1 block. J.J. Hickson had 14 points, 2 assist and 2 rebounds. Anthony Parker had 13 points, rebounds and 3 assist.

The Cavaliers next game is Friday in Charlotte against the Bobcats. Tip off is at 7:00.