It was only last season that the disastrous Knicks of old spoiled LeBron James’ homecoming.
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LeBron James scored 23 points and did a few quick tailoring on Cleveland’s tight, sleeved uniforms, Mo Williams scored 22 and the Cavaliers won their fourth straight, 96-86 over the NY Knicks.
At one point in the third quarter, the Cavs were shooting 12 percent on 3-pointers and 50 percent from the free-throw line, yet the Knicks’ lead was only six. Tristan Thompson and Kevin Love were huge chunks of this rebounds total, which gives a lot of light to the Cavs post game.
Carmelo Anthony and his friends had a better time with the NY Knicks.
He’s a brand. And it seems that the NBA’s biggest star hates the sleeved jerseys that the league keeps trying to move towards. “So like I said, I had to take it out on something”. “I couldn’t do nothing to my face.” – but since he found his groove soon after tearing at his top (and led the Cavs to a come-from-behind win), perhaps there’s something to his whole “sleeves suck” argument. “I couldn’t make a bucket, so I had to take it out on something”. James ultimately converted on a three-point play, extending the Cavs’ lead to 87-79 with 9:37 left. That means fans could once again be treated to Matthew Dellavedova’s black knee-socks look. They looked great when we put them on. He got tricked. So you just got to be smarter.
The youngest player to reach 25,000 points in National Basketball Association history has embarrassed defenses for 13 seasons.
The jersey might have had something to do with it. With the Miami Heat two years ago, James complained about the fit of their alternates.
The Cavaliers are required to wear the jersey three to six times this season. When he’s forced to wear them, he does not have a great shooting night. “I’ve been playing in tank tops all my life”.
“To be able to accomplish something like that and my game is not predicated on just scoring, it’s pretty cool”, James told ESPN.
“I was just frustrated with myself”, he said. But the thing that people fail to realize is I took off my arm sleeve because I was frustrated with my game.
The Cavaliers were struggling against the Knicks, and James couldn’t find his shot in the second quarter.
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“That’s how we’re going to win”, he said. Perhaps it was the uniforms the Cavaliers unveiled. They witnessed this Cavaliers team shy away from their inside-out style of play we’ve seen all year and instead become a jump shooting team. “If he was a scorer, I’m pretty sure he would have hit that mark a little bit earlier”. Arron Afflalo has been out with a hamstring injury and the team is hoping that he can come back this week, but it won’t be for the Cavaliers game.
