James has averaged 39.2 minutes per game in his career, but last season he only played on average 36.1 MPG, which is what he is averaging this season as well.
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It is well known that LeBron James is the leader of the Cleveland Cavaliers and is their overall best player. Tobias Harris scored 19 points for Orlando, and Evan Fournier and Victor Oladipo had 17 apiece.
He shrugged off the streak afterward. “I don’t have an answer for it. There’s no extra motivation or anything”.
“I just found a good rhythm”, said Love, who went 1-for-4 from the field in the second half.
The Cavs, of course, have had that in mind as well even before the season, making it clear that they intend to manage the minutes of their players, James included.
“It’s not about what I said, it’s about what they did”, Blatt said. They say, “Oh, Joe Montana is great.’ You know, ‘ Tom Brady is great”.
James later said he “blew a gasket” without explaining what had triggered the incident. “We’ve been together a little bit, not a long time, but we answered it”.
Centre Tristan Thompson grabbed 14 rebounds and the Cavaliers’ 18 three-pointers represented a season-high.
Smith provided the offense when the Cavs needed it most down the stretch.
The team had seven turnovers and made just one of 14 3-point attempts in the second half, and were outrebounded by 12, which ultimately helped led to their downfall.
Cleveland was made to work for the victory however, with Orlando fighting back from 12 points down to lead by eight points in the second quarter at 42-34. I thought our guys played hard. That was the key to the win.
November 17 v Toronto: Connected on five three-pointers en route to 37 points and added nine assists in a 115-110 win over the Raptors. “We were trying to take it to them instead of reading the defense and seeing what was available”.
With nearly four minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Love gathered a defensive rebound and hurled one of his trademark outlet passes to James as James sprinted forward. “That’s a credit to our players”. With the loss, Charlotte snapped its seven-game home winning streak while the Cavaliers ended their own three-game, road losing streak.
Monday’s game started poorly for the Magic (6-8).
Guard Kemba Walker scored 18 but was six of 16 from the field. Green had 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
Now it remains to be seen if things are better as they face the Hornets. We will watch the film. The Cavs got a pleasant surprise as Timofey Mozgov returned back to the lineup ahead of schedule and Dellavedova returned after sitting out Wednesday’s game with a sore ankle.
Durant showed no signs of rust after missing the past six games as he scored a game-high 27 points.
Cavs coach David Blatt was left reflecting on another landmark night for James. This was the seventh double-double of the season for James and third in his last four games. Detroit center Andre Drummond, who was leading the league with 17.8 rebounds per game, finished with seven.
James came in needing 21 points to surpass Reggie Miller (25,279) for 18th place on the career scoring list.
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It marked a welcome return to normality for James, who was forced to apologize to teammates on Saturday after bizarrely storming off the court during the Cavaliers victory over the Atlanta Hawks. The Hornets will host Milwaukee Sunday afternoon.
