The season is two-thirds done, the Nets are playing their best ball of the season and they now run into the Cavaliers and Magic. After beating Boston on the weekend, the team is full of optimism. At the very least, they'd like to do better vs. Cleveland than their cross-river rivals, who were down by as many as 49 Monday. It will be Cavs' third game without Shaq (hand). In the first two, they've averaged 125 points.

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• Mike's Fantasy Pick: Anderson Varejao - Mike Fratello - MikeFratello.com
• Nets will be facing Cavaliers without Shaq - Colin Stephenson - Star-Ledger
• 'Fearless' J.J. Hickson accepts new role as Cavaliers' fill-in pivot - Brian Windhorst - Cleveland Plain-Dealer
• Shaq-less Cavs still a King-size challenge for Nets - David Satriano - New York Post
• Nets look at LeBron in Win-Now Situation - Julian Garcia - New York Daily
• Nets' CDR won’t recruit his pal LeBron - Al Iannazzone - The Record
• Cavaliers notes: Hickson takes on big challenge (with video) - Bob Finnan - Willoughby News-Herald
• Hickson becomes Cavs' new man in the middle - Chris Beaven - Canton Repository
• Full-Court Press: Cavaliers share love with Zydrunas Ilgauskas - John Bena - Fear the Sword
• Cavaliers reach out to Zydrunas Ilgauskas, and reportedly he wants to return to team - Brian Windhorst - Cleveland Plain-Dealer
• Chris Douglas-Roberts trying to get back into groove of starting - Colin Stephenson - Star-Ledger
• No Shaq, No Problem - Peter May - Hoopshype