“Very short-handed. Thought our guys played hard and I thought we ran out of gas”, Blatt said. “I feel like I can make something happen for not only myself but for our team”. I don’t know if somebody would’ve came at me or I would’ve came at myself, something. Still, they got the win, and that’s all that counts at the end of the year. It didn’t work. Then James made his fateful shot. I’ve probably never made one of those for a game-winner. “Actually sometimes it’s a little easier when you get someone bigger because you have to get it over the top of them and you just float it right over the top of them”. Or perhaps it wouldn’t have mattered what was said because LeBron is LeBron.
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James took the inbounds pass, dribbled the clock down and drove the lane before floating up the victor.
Two free throws by Jack extended the lead to 45-36, and his three-pointer gave the Nets a six-point halftime lead.
LeBron James had 25 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 95-90 victory against the Charlotte Hornets on Friday.
Patrick Patterson made a pair of 3-balls in Q4 to help the Raptors extend their lead to as much as 10 points, and Bismack had his fun, before J.R. Smith drained a pair of long balls to make the game close again. His third three gave the Cavaliers their first lead of the game, 61-60 with 4:59 remaining. Lopez punished the Cavs’ interior defense and the Nets got whatever they wanted early, leading by as many as 12 in the first half while the Cavs struggled to find their legs.
Except for Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James.
Yeah, they’re nice, really anything Mitchell & Ness will be, but those are some expensive items.
San Antonio matched a season high with nine three-pointers in winning its 18th consecutive home game against Atlanta and 10th straight overall against the Hawks.
Love reported to camp significantly leaner and lighter this season.
Nets coach Lionel Hollins has seen those types of spurts too often, all too frequently in the fourth quarter.
“It’s always a concern when he gives you that look sometimes and it’s trouble”, he said. “I had to ask who he was on tape because I didn’t recognize him”. “And we will. But I don’t think we improved tonight”.
Johnson’s first-quarter jumper extended the NBA’s longest active streak of games with at least one made field goal to 900. Nets PG Shane Larkin is 13-of-20 from 3-point distance since November 11.3.
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The Nets pushed the Cavaliers for every minute of Saturday night’s game. Cleveland is off to its best home start opening 23-0 in 2008-09.
