James passed Norm Nixon for 25th place on the National Basketball Association all time assists list. “I think you take him away from scoring, take him away from making those easy dish passes to guys for three-pointers and those types of things”. However, once LeBron came back in the game, the Cavs went on a run of their own, mostly by way of Kevin Love who at one point scored 15 straight points for Cleveland, finishing with 20 of his first half 27 in the quarter.
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“I flowed right in smoothly”, Thompson said.
They dropped Philadelphia to 0-15.
He set a season-high for points by half-time and Cleveland cruised to their 11th consecutive triumph in this series.
The 76ers next travel to Boston on Wednesday before heading to Houston on Friday. “They believe in his ability to take them as far as he can”, he said.
The Sixers led by 13 in the first half and by five with 2:30 to play but once again couldn’t hold on.
Other nominees for the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week were Cleveland’s Kevin Love, Indiana’s Paul George and C.J. Miles, Memphis’ Marc Gasol, New Orleans’ Ryan Anderson, New York’s Kristaps Porzingis, Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook, Philadelphia’s Jahlil Okafor and Phoenix’s Brandon Knight.
The Heat snapped the Knicks’ four-game win streak, holding them to 32% shooting from the floor. “I don’t know. It would be great to be on that team that wins 70 games”, he said.
“Offensively we weren’t as organized”. Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh blitzed them over the final seven minutes in Miami.
With Mo Williams missing his third straight game due to lower right leg soreness and ankle inflammation and Kyrie Irving having been sidelined all season while recovering from surgery to fix a fractured kneecap, Matthew Dellavedova started at point guard against the Magic despite soreness in his left leg.
Led by James, Cleveland finished with a season-high 34 assists on 43 field goals, but it wasn’t until the Cavs committed to playing defense that they stretched a four-point halftime lead to as many as 23 points.
Coach Stan Van Gundy said after that game that Drummond was fine. “It was more of a group effort”. Everybody was probably the best player on their team in college.
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Greg Monroe had 20 points and 13 rebounds in his first game against his former team, leading the Bucks to the victory. It was his seventh double-double of the season.
November 21 v Atlanta: Posted 19 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists during a 109-97 win over the Hawks.
Back on the court following a hamstring injury, Durant scored 27 points and tallied six rebounds.
“It’s not easy defending in this league”, Spoelstra said.
James is a talented player, but he needs talent around him. For anyone though, it would be considered a good game, even a great game.
“(Spoelstra) did a couple of tweaks in what we’ve been doing.
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Early in the second quarter, Nicholson followed a miss by Oladipo with an emphatic putback dunk.
