James scored 37 points for Cleveland, which lost for the first time since dropping the season opener to Chicago, 97-95, on October 27.
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Blatt appreciates having a talent like James on the team without a doubt, but it is the superstar’s leadership qualities that have kept the Cavaliers on track this year.
James said after the game that he apologized to the Cavaliers for the incident. “We’re just too nice”.
“We’re playing soft”, Thompson said via ESPN after the loss of the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Detroit Pistons. You must wait until the official blows the whistle during a dead ball, and the official must beckon the player to signify their permission granted to enter the court from the scorer’s table.
Last year’s beaten finalists had suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time this season, including a double-overtime loss to the Bucks on Sunday, to drop to 8-3, but LeBron James ensured that it would not be three in a row as he led his side to victory. The Bucks cut into the lead throughout the third quarter, but the Cavaliers regrouped. [Taylor] threw me out, and that’s his prerogative. “If there was contact, it was 100percent unintentional”.
Kyle Korver eclipsed the 9,000 career-point total and now has 9013.
Love and James both had 11 rebounds. The Cavs went on a 16-0 run into the second quarter, capped off by back-to-back threes from Richard Jefferson and J.R. Smith. Michael Carter-Williams picked up his fifth foul late in the third quarter and played 27 minutes, scoring nine points…. A technical foul also shall be assessed against his team.
Blatt found a few humor in the situation. “And (he) thought we were playing hockey”.
“I know this: He got banged [up] pretty good in the last game”, Blatt said.
“It’s great to know that a guy like that always wants to put the jersey on and get out there and help you”. I think we need to understand that. Kent Bazemore will be out with a right ankle sprain, and Jeff Teague is questionable with a left ankle sprain. Taylor, of course, quickly tossed the Hawks head coach.
Kyrie Irving (knee surgery) and Iman Shumpert (wrist surgery) have yet to play a game this season, and won’t be available this weekend.
Budenholzer had no excuses for his team’s performance. They now have more circumstantial evidence that he is not a team player.
“We’re missing a lot of guys right now, a lot of very, very significant guys”, Blatt said. “That’s the task in front of us”.
The Hawks were banged up going into the game and it got worse coming out. He scored 13 points…. Tiago Splitter left in the first half with a sore right hip.
While James didn’t name names, it’s safe to say he wasn’t referring to Thompson, who proved his worth even more so against Milwaukee after Timofey Mozgov went out because of a strained shoulder in the first half and had to sit out the rest of the game.
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Hassan Whiteside finished with 13 points, nine rebounds and eight blocked shots for the Heat, who were down 17 at one point and still trailed 87-76 after a dunk by Nerlens Noel with 7:10 remaining.
