The New Scoring Leader. . .

It's on to Milwaukee, unfortunately the snow storm hit them worse, closing Mitchell International Airport so we flew into the beer city this morning. It's the 2nd time this season the guys have had to fly in day of the game.

The last time was into Orlando last month, which was made palatable by a huge win.

As LeBron told the sellout crowd last night, the win over Toronto means nothing if the Cavs don't go get the win in Milwaukee.

LeBron's take over of the most coveted record in franchise history does allow all to pause for a moment to soak in what the Chosen One has been able to do. In less than 5 full seasons? Are you kidding me?

Mike Brown took time to thank 'Bron for allowing him to coach him and that's all a head coach can do, is ask his superstar to buy in. LeBron has done that and more.

And the King thanked Mike for making him a better defender and allowing him to grow as a player, while giving him the respect any player wants.

See you tonight on FSN.

Pavlovic Close to Returning

As we dig out, it's even more remarkable the crowd that turned out at The Q despite the horrible conditions. It would have been easy to stay home, which I'm sure the guys took note...

Sasha had his first full contact workout since his mid foot sprain against the Wizards six and a half weeks ago...

He was pleased with how he felt, especially with his explosion and his ability to get to the hole...

Sasha was playing his best basketball when he went down, but this team has different pieces now. Mike Brown's task will be finding meaningful minutes for him, knowing Sasha lost his starting job because of injury...

We should see him back within the next week...The Cavs play five games in eight days starting tomorrow night against Portland, so ample opportunities are right around the corner...

Running the Point

Delonte West sat at the end of the scorer's table this morning after shootaround and exhaled..."I think I finally have the plays down". It's been a cram course for the Cavs' point guard since joining the team a week and a half ago. Mike Brown simplified the offense for the four new guys...Delonte says there are around 15 or so plays that he has had to learn, for both the one and two guard positions. It's what players go through when they change teams; it's as much terminology as it is the plays themselves...

Delonte has had Eric Snow in his ear a lot since the two play the same position and go back to the days when Eric played for the 76ers and Delonte played at St.Joes of Philadelphia. Eric says Delonte is still feeling his way when to be aggressive, making not only plays for others, but for himself and Eric's been helping him with the Cavs defensive concepts...

Clearly though we have seen a young guard who is very good at pushing it down the floor - sure helps when you have a LeBron James filling the wing. Since going 2 for 10 against Memphis in his first Cavaliers' appearance, Delonte has gone 20 for 40 from the floor...

See you tonight on FSN...

Taking the Court...For An Important Reason

One of the highlights of the week has been the “Take the Court” benefiting the Children's Tumor Foundation, presented by the Better Halves (coaches, players and personnel staff wives and girlfriends) headed up by Carolyn Brown which was a big hit. Mike’s wife has that special touch...from the shrimp the size of baseballs which sat in ice sculptured basketballs, to centerpieces of Nike shoes filled with Gerber daisies and tulips. Jennifer Ilgauskas helped spearhead the evening from the podium and showed she is just as cool under pressure as Z is.

Former Cavaliers, Jim Brewer, Larry Nance and Jim Chones were among the special guests of honor, but the show was capped by auctioneers, Dan Gilbert and Danny Ferry. They started out taking bids on a LeBron James signed jersey, followed by a trip on the team plane to watch the Cavs tangle with the Pistons at the Palace. Also a popular item was an upcoming skills competition at the Cleveland Clinic Courts...the winning bid meant competing against the Cavs assistant coaches.

But the big hit of the night, was when the two auctioneers ad-libbed their additions to the auction items. It started with two tickets in the owner's suite, sitting next to Danny, who would be wearing an Anderson Varejao wig. As the bids continued to climb, they kept sweetening the pot "Two feet on the floor” said the GM, meaning two prime tickets courtside, premier parking right next to LBJ, and oh yeah, the boss added, "How about a Mike Brown piggy back ride around the court." Good idea, until Mike's better half saved him. Carolyn thus had her husbands back...after all, it's only March and the head coach has too much standing to go this season...can’t throw out his back before the playoffs.

One fan asked Dan G "Are you still matching all bids?" Dan said "Yep." $10,000 was the winner...a great time had by all...over $75,000 were raised. Great job!!!

If you’d like to donate to the Children’s Tumor Foundation…go to CTF.org.

It's a Chamber of Commerce Day in Salt Lake City

It's a chamber of commerce day in Salt Lake City...not a cloud in the sky, clear view of the mountains, but for the guys, this is a day of staying off their feet, with this being a back to back...we arrived about 3:00 a.m. this morning...hit the pillow and out!

We mentioned last night on the broadcast about LeBron receiving a "liquid stitch" over his left eye. Athletic trainer, Max Benton says it's almost like super glue...closing the wound, without a true suture. The fact that LeBron had a straight east to west cut above the eye made it a clean repair. LBJ did keep ice on it for a while on the flight here.

I loved the way he came back and led his team, sometimes taking on Baron Davis at the defensive end of the floor...plus, his open floor blocks from behind are ones he is starting to make routine. It takes rare athleticism and timing to do it. Tayshaun Prince is spectacular at it...and now LeBron had done it three times this season already...the plays are breathtaking and momentum changing.

Mike Brown was beaming last night talking about his team's 30 assists on 41 buckets. It's what he has been preaching since day one of camp...spacing, ball movement.

The hockey assist--the pass that leads to the pass that sets up a score...it's either a drive and kick dish or a pass off a double team...something to watch for when you tune in tonight.

See you at 10:00 p.m. for Cavaliers Live from Utah.