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Chicago Bulls Beat Cleveland Cavaliers, 97-95 On National Basketball Association Opening Night

The Cavs dominated this game from start to finish.

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The National Basketball Association regular season started last night with three games, including a doubleheader on TNT. Steph Curry showed no signs of rust, finishing with 40 points in leading Golden State. It’s a tall task, trying to keep the Cavs contending while one of their Big Three is out of the picture.

Fortunately that hasn’t been the narrative through the first two games.

The Cavaliers’ bench outscored Memphis’ reserves, 50-29, and as a whole, they owned a 48-36 advantage in points in the paint.

“The most important part is to stay disciplined and to communicate well defensively to get stops”, Gasol said.

Forward Marcus Morris scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and forward Ersan Ilyasova added 16 points.

Mo Williams filled in perfectly for the injured Kyrie Irving as the veteran guard had 19 points in 37 minutes on the floor.

Blatt on Monday wouldn’t commit to using Tristan Thompson in the same role he held last season as the first big off the bench midway through the first quarter.

Love played well again on Wednesday night. At that point, Kevin Love led scorers with 11 points; LeBron has 5 points. Just nearly a week ago, First Lady Michelle Obama told thousands of young adults inside the University of Akron’s Rhodes Arena that she and her husband were both a fan not just because of LeBron James as an athlete but because of him as a human being. James struggled through a 4-of-13 shooting night, missed all three of his 3-point attempts and made half of his eight free throws. Hopefully that continues to be a focus of the offense.

Gasol wasn’t a primary option offensively on this night, which he was OK with afterward. Dellavedova finished with 12 points along with Jared Cunningham.

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Westbrook found Durant for a 3-pointer with just more than four minutes remaining to put the Thunder up 99-97. “You have a chance of winning every game because we are so good and deep”. He seemed to have a solid grasp on running the offense, and helped spark the rally which brought Cleveland back into the game in the second half. The Cavs will try to limit LeBron’s minutes this year and having a supporting cast that can provide consistent scoring will allow them to do that. They faced the Chicago Bulls at the United Center and fell short as they lost 97-95. However that wasn’t the case in Memphis. During the preseason matchup against the Cavaliers, the Grizzlies maintained a 52.2 FG%. Cleveland shot 49 percent from the field, Memphis shot 35 percent. The Cavs speed and ball movement led to open 3’s that the Cavs were able to knock down. There will be co-branded sweepstakes twice per season, which may land you a chance to get a personal Bulls-Eye View experience – whether this includes starring in an episode, just witnessing the shooting of one, or something entirely different, is yet unknown.

CORRECTS DAY OF WEEK TO TUESDAY NOT SATURDAY- President Barack Obama reacts to a call during an NBA basketball game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Chicago Bulls in Chicago on Tuesday Oct. 27 2015. CORRECTS DAY OF WEEK TO