We got a stop, Delly got the rebound, outletted to me and I had a full steam, and we had an inadvertent whistle, so I’m guessing that they heard someone call timeout.
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George scored 29 points and grabbed nine rebounds, Ellis had his best game yet for IN and the Pacers held off the Minnesota Timberwolves 107-103. I just thought this one was unique and it means something to me. After eight consecutive wins.
James scored 37 points for Cleveland, which lost for the first time since dropping a 97-95 decision at Chicago in the season opener on October 27.
Isn’t this all a little, harsh?
They have the fourth best offense in the National Basketball Association and eighth best defense through 10 games, and if you’re looking for the mark of a contender being in the top 10 in both is a great measuring stick. “We have to play the same way for 48 minutes”. And we don’t do that.
We’ve heard often enough about how Kobe Bryant loves to play at Madison Square Garden.
“It shouldn’t be that hard to sustain how we started”, said Fournier, who topped the 20-point mark for the third time in his last five games.
The Cavaliers’ win over NY in their last clash evened up the two teams’ head-to-head record over their last 10 games. There were pep talks, even.
Overall, the Cavs shot 22 more threes than the Bucks (14/38 vs. 6/16), who didn’t have a starter make a three until Middleton’s shot in the second OT.
The Cavaliers rallied from an eleven point deficit in the fourth quarter to force overtime.
With the score 103-102 Bucks, Greivis Vasquez would knock down a clutch three pointer with 1:53 remaining in double overtime to increase the lead to four at 106-102 and all but seal the victory for Milwaukee. Against Utah, it was 17 of his 31 in the fourth quarter, and 12 of his 31 against the Knicks.
At the Chesapeake Energy Arena, Russell Westbrook produced his second triple-double of the season with 21 points, a career-high 17 rebounds and 11 assists to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 102-85 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. The team will try to improve to 9-1 against the Bucks next and the Cavs are hoping that point guard Kyrie Irving can return to action soon. They shot 17-of-27 from the foul line (63 percent).
Locked in a 66-all tie with four minutes left in the third after Tristan Thompson’s free throw, the Knicks scored the final six points of the period.
“I thought he had a few shots to make, honestly”, Cavs coach David Blatt said. “A couple around the rim and a couple from the outside”.
“They have a lot of guys who understand how to just play one possession at a time”. That James is long gone, seemingly replaced by the driven, drag-this-team-to-glory James from the playoffs. King James decided he was going to take over and the Knicks couldn’t deny him.
And there it was.
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How in the world did the Cavs come up with a win on the road? Cleveland trailed by six points with 5:24 to go, before the duo took over.
