INDEPENDENCE, Ohio – With his team mired in a two-game losing streak, LeBron James lifted some of the clouds hovering over the Cleveland Cavaliers after shootaround on Thursday.
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“One thing you can’t control is injuries but one thing you can control is how you play with the guys who are out there”, James said.
I have no idea what James was thinking there; the only thing that makes remote sense is that he thought Atlanta wouldn’t be able to inbound the ball as quickly as they did.
Dellavedova kept the ball moving in Williams’ absence, then starting center Timofey Mozgov missed the second half Thursday with a strained right shoulder, forcing the little-used Varejao into key minutes.
Despite being the heavy favorites in the Eastern Conference, it is apparent that James wants the team to take this season seriously. I think I was very close to him and that seems like it maybe could be the reason why he threw me out after just a single technical.
It’s an Eastern Conference match-up as the Orlando Magic visit the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Quicken Loans Arena in the National Basketball Association.
Kevin Love finished with 22 points and 15 boards and J.R. Smith had 18 points for the Cavs, who were playing without four of their top eight players by the end of the night. However, it’s fair to wonder what in the world the superstar was thinking during a weird third-quarter sequence. “We have a lot of big guys, so it’s a matter of just finding the team for him and him being ready and he certainly was (against Milwaukee)”. James scored six points and Love had a three-point play in that stretch.
MIAMI (AP) – Chris Bosh had 23 points and 11 rebounds and Miami beat Sacramento, taking advantage of Kings star DeMarcus Cousins’ one-game suspension. “It was almost a one-to-one ratio of assists to turnovers and that’s not good for our team”.
Small forward Thabo Sefolosha made his first start of the season after coming off the bench for 11 games. “Yesterday was definitely not a day off. It was day off from the court, but not from us preparing and still getting better”. Michael Carter-Williams picked up his fifth foul late in the third quarter and played 27 minutes, scoring nine points….
But the 7-foot-3 rookie found ways to score, mostly with his jump shot, helping the Knicks have just enough in the matchup of teams who were both playing for the second straight night.
James was angry at the Cavaliers not playing well.
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The Hawks had 22 assists on 32 field goals, four below their season average (second in the NBA).
