The current first place of the Eastern Conference, the Cleveland Cavaliers, got their ninth consecutive victory and at the same time tied the record of most wins in the franchise history with their 57th victory this past Sunday. The Cavaliers defeated the New Jersey Nets in great way with a score of 96-88 and the MVP candidate of the Cavs, Lebron James, had an incredible performance, almost achieving a triple-double in the game at the Izod Center in New Jersey. With this win the Cavs are four and half games ahead of the Boston Celtics with a top record of 57-13.

The Cleveland Cavaliers were in control of the game since the beginning, outscoring the New Jersey Nets in the first 4 minutes of the first quarter with a run of 13-2; however, the lead didn’t get further than 6 points since the Cavs ended winning that quarter 27-21. In the second quarter, James only scored 6 points but contributed with open looks for his teammates and at the end of that quarter the Cavs extended the lead at half time with a score of 48-38. In the third quarter, LeBron came back with more confidence, doing great assists and scoring 7 points; giving that way a bigger lead and outscoring New York 71-55. For the last quarter, the Nets tried to come back in the score, but the great shots of LeBron James and his teammates were really effective and their defense was outstanding, so the Nets failed to get closer than eight points the rest of the way, ending the game 96-88.

The best scorers for the Cleveland Cavaliers were LeBron James with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists, Zydrunas Ilgauskas with 18 points and 4 blocks and Anderson Varejao with 16 points and 11 rebounds. For the New Jersey Nets the best scorers were Vince Carter with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, Kenyo Dooling with 19 points and 5 rebounds and Brook Lopez with 16 points and 6 rebounds.

After the game, James expressed that everyone, including him, is proud of their team’s accomplishments this year and they hope for more in the coming playoffs, including their biggest objective, which is the NBA title. Besides, even though they were not focusing on records, this 57th victory means a lot to the franchise.

“It’s not the main goal, but anytime you get an opportunity to write your name or the team into the record books, you should be proud of it. The franchise, the team, the coaches, everybody that’s associated with the Cavaliers, man, people that work the concession stands, everybody; we should all be proud about this accomplishment,” stated superstar Lebron.

With only 12 games coming up in the regular season, the Cavs are sure that they will pass the 57th victory and are aiming to end in the first place of the standings of the Eastern Conference with the best record. The next game of Cleveland will be on Wednesday March 25th in the back to back against the New Jersey Nets at the Quicken Loans Arena.