Seattle (1-2) at Cleveland (2-2), 7:00 pm EST
CLEVELAND (Ticker) -- One of the more dangerous teams from
long range last season, the Seattle SuperSonics will try to
regain their shooting touch Wednesday when they visit the
Cleveland Cavaliers.
The SuperSonics ranked second in the league in 3-pointers in
2004-05 but are shooting 26.9 percent from beyond the arc this
season and bottomed out Tuesday in Memphis.
Sharpshooter Ray Allen was limited to 15 points and made just
1-of-6 3-pointers in a 94-69 loss to the Grizzlies. The bad
news for Seattle was that Allen was its leading scorer and one
of just two Sonics to score in double figures.
In its last two games, Seattle is 9-of-49 from 3-point range and
started a season high-tying six-game road trip Tuesday with its
lowest scoring output since March 7, 2004.
A career 40 percent-shooter from long range, Allen is 9-of-29
(31 percent) this season. He and Rashard Lewis are the only
Sonics averaging in double figures.
The Cavaliers, who have lost nine of the last 10 meetings with
Seattle here, finished a 1-2 road trip with a 105-93 win at
Toronto on Monday.
LeBron James led six players in double figures with 27 points
and Cleveland held a 47-30 advantage on the boards.
Allen, Lewis and Vladimir Radmanovich each averaged better than
20 points in the two meetings between the teams last season.
James paced the Cavaliers with a 33.5 average.





