A few basketball notes...

Here are the top 10 in the NBA Pythagorean standings as of 11:18 PM EST on November 22nd (ie: including tonight's deconstruction of the Boston Celtics):

              W    L    pct
Cavaliers    8.9  2.1  .808
Spurs        8.2  2.8  .749
Pistons      6.7  2.3  .742
Mavericks    7.4  2.6  .736
Clippers     7.0  3.0  .697
Nuggets      7.9  4.1  .656
Timberwolves 5.8  3.2  .641
Wizards      6.3  3.7  .632
Warriors     7.1  4.9  .596
Heat         5.9  4.1  .586

In other news, I'm back in town, meaning I had my first chance to attend a game at The Arena Formerly Known as Gund. I have opinions (mostly negative) about all the changes at the arena for this season, including:

• Ronnie Duncan
• "The Diff"
• DJ Mick Boogie
• the new scoreboards
• the red seats

...but I'm going to hold off on commenting until Saturday (when Alex and I attend the game against Minnesota) so that my dear brother has an equal opportunity at first kvetch.

Go Cavs!