What made the scene a lot more interesting was the fact that the Cavs were comfortably up at that point, 72-46.
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Love had a season-high 25 points and 11 rebounds and James added 19 points, 11 boards and eight assists in Saturday’s 109-97 win over Atlanta. It’s about playing the game the right way and your approach.
“It’s a mentality”, Tristan Thompson said of the huddle that included the five starters with Blatt wedged in between them. “I understand his frustration, but obviously, you shouldn’t do that”.
“I blew a gasket”, he said. Budenholzer stepped out to the 3-point line on the court and and appeared to bump referee Ben Taylor, prompting the ejection. We are not entitled to a win. “If there was contact, it was 100 percent unintentional”.
Cousins, averaging 30.8 points in his last five games, was suspended for hitting Atlanta’s Al Horford in the head with a forearm Wednesday night in the Kings’ loss to the Hawks.
“We just couldn’t find a way to stabilize ourselves”, coach Scott Skiles said. “We got a huge boost from Andy”. “That’s not what we should be”. “…We’ve got to stay together because it’s early in the season”.
Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James (23) passes around Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo (34), from Greece, and Khris Middleton (22) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, in Cleveland.
They started the night without starting point guard Kyrie Irving (knee surgery) and backup Mo Williams, who was a surprise scratch with a sore right leg.
None of that mattered. But the Cavs would respond by shooting 61 percent in the second quarter (59 at the half), with Kevin Love leading the way with 12 points during that frame, including two triples.
The Russian slotman underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to determine the real score on his shoulder injury, which he sustained when the Cavs faced the Milwaukee Bucks. This serves as more bad news for LeBron James and company, with a handful of the team’s stars already on the injured list.
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“As a player, especially when you feel like you’re not done, that you can still play, it’s tough”, he said. Blatt’s control over the team has been a topic of discussion ever since he got the job but this is yet another example of how even Blatt is more comfortable in his role this season with the team. Small forward Thabo Sefolosha made his first start of the season after coming off the bench for 11 games. Jeff Teague (ankle) and Kent Bazemore (ankle) are both day-to-day. They now have more circumstantial evidence that he is not a team player.
