The Cavaliers are on an 11 game win streak, and the Knicks are the latest victim. Saturday night at the Q, the Cavs dismantled the Knicks (in the first half), and although they struggled to maintain the lead in the latter half, they beat the team LeBron will not be signing with after this season.

There aren't really words in the English dictionary to describe the show LeBron put on in the 1st quarter of this game. The best way I can explain it is to compare it to The King's game 5 performance versus the Pistons en route to an NBA finals appearance. For awhile there, he didn't miss a shot. 24 points in a row. 3 pointers from all over the floor, this was LeBron at his finest. Anyone who doesn't think LeBron is one of the league's best pure shooters was silenced after this display of basketball supremacy. The Man scored a Cavaliers record 35 points in the first half. If LeBron possessed the selfish-gene Kobe inherited, he could have scored 100.

Long story short, LeBron cooled off significantly in the 2nd half, and the Knicks somehow came back to make it a game. As a Cavaliers fan, it is a little frustrating to know we could potentially win a game by 50 or more points, and end up winning by 7. John Krolik (of Cavs: the blog) correctly pointed out that the Knicks zone defense confused the Cavaliers in the 2nd half, allowing them to get back into the game. Regardless, we won the game and have a commanding lead in the Eastern Conference.

After watching Boston vs. Orlando on Sunday, (the two teams that have no chance of contending with the King this year) I am convinced the Cavs will make the finals with relative ease. Dwight Howard gets too many fouls and has to sit out too often. The Celtics are SO OLD it hurts to watch. You would think that with star power such as Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce, they would be pretty good still. Not the case, and it's obvious that Rajon Rondo is clearly their best player. Garnett looks like a shell of himself, Allen is inconsistent, and Pierce isn't the player he used to be. Orlando is slightly better than Boston, but Vince Carter is in a shooting funk, and they don't have the depth to contend with the Cavs.

More or less, Jeff Van Gundy spoke correctly when he said, "It doesn't matter who wins this game. Neither of these teams are going to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers." The Cavaliers at 41-11 are the team to beat, and this team is rolling. LeBron and Shaq will be dancing with the Gold Trophy this June. (see above) LeBron is a freak of nature. LeBron James is underrated