ROTATION
Starters -- Point guard Mo Williams, Shooting guard Anthony Parker, Small forward LeBron James, Power forward J.J. Hickson, Center Zydrunas Ilgauskas. Bench -- Forward Anderson Varejao, Guard Daniel Gibson, Forward Jamario Moon.

PLAYER NOTES

--G Anthony Parker looks nothing like Tony Parker standing side by side. Tony's given name is actually William Anthony Parker. But there are similarities. They are both African-American guards with beautiful Hispanic wives. "I don't, but other people confuse us," the Cavaliers guard said. "That's why I go by Anthony. There's only one good Tony Parker."

Tony, the San Antonio Spurs guard, is married to actress Eva Longoria of "Desperate Housewives" fame. "My wife (Tamy) looks better, though," Anthony said. "She's from Puerto Rico, so she's Hispanic as well." Despite vaulting up to second in the NBA in 3-point accuracy at 60 percent, Anthony can't win. His sister, WNBA star Candace, might be more famous than him. "(My) sister, Tony Parker ... I'm used to playing in the background," he said.

--C Shaquille O'Neal missed his second consecutive game with a strained shoulder. The Cavs won't run a lot of post-up plays if O'Neal is sidelined. "I don't know if we play completely different," G Anthony Parker said. "I don't know if we run different plays. Shaq is someone you can throw it to down in the post and let him go to work. Obviously, we don't have that without Shaq. "We run post-up plays and run some of the same action with different guys."

--F J.J. Hickson set his career high for the third consecutive game with 21 points and nine rebounds. He made all nine of his field-goal attempts. But when asked what he saw from Hickson in the game, Cavs coach Mike Brown said, "I saw when he didn't box out (Warriors forward Vladimir) Radmanovic."

MEDICAL WATCH

--C Shaquille O'Neal (strained shoulder) has missed the last two games. It's not known when he'll return.

--F Leon Powe (ACL left knee, microfracture surgery left knee) will miss the first half of the season recovering from the surgeries. He's expected to return in January or February.

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