Irving’s appearance limits the playing time of guard Mo Williams, who is averaging 11.4 points overall – only 6.7 in December.BUZZER BEATERS1. “It’s no secret, they’re better than us”.
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Manning was diagnosed with a foot injury shortly after that and Osweiler was named the team’s starting quarterback. What happened: Osweiler, making his seventh career start, didn’t see blitzer Williams, who belted him from behind.
LeBron James did much of the damage for the Cavs, finishing with 29 points on the night.
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After underachieving in his first season in Philadelphia , DeMarco Murray could benefit from a fresh start. The team has a disappointing 6-9 record after Kelly delivered back-to-back 10-6 seasons in 2013 and 2014.
The Magic have lost 13 consecutive games to the Cavs, but that streak predated James’ return to Cleveland following the 2013-14 season. In the last 10 games, the Cavs have held their opponent to fewer than 90 points and are giving up an average of 88 points on 40.4 percent shooting during that stretch.
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Considering how good 2015 was to James – from inking a lifetime deal with Nike estimated to be worth well more than $600 million to making a fifth consecutive trip to the NBA Finals to seeing his third child, a daughter, grow from a baby into a healthy toddler – there’s no reason for him to seek drastic changes.
Forward Aaron Gordon scored 11 points, Guard Mario Hezonja scored 10 and guard Shabazz Napier scored 10 for the Magic, all off the bench.
Vucevic committed his second infraction when he fouled Kevin Love in 3-point territory, and Love made two of his three free throws to put Cleveland up 10-2. The Cleveland Cavaliers are shooting 35.1 percent from beyond the arc and 71.9 percent from the free throw line. “Get my balance and my base, and it’s resulted in me shooting the ball well from the perimeter the last couple games”. “I feel a lot different than 18 though”.
The Magic will now look to bounce back from this devastating loss on Monday, when they travel to Detroit. It’s not a question of skills or anything.
Irving, still working his way back from offseason knee surgery, shot just 4 of 12 and missed all four of his 3-point attempts. He’s that unsafe when he’s knocking down that 3-ball.
“When he’s knocking down that jump shot”, Irving continued, “I don’t know the words to describe what kind of player he is”. It was one of those moments that I’m glad I went through and I got out the way. Diving into the chairs was his. “I think there was a gasp of air, not only from my teammates and the staff, but also everyone in the building”. If James sees a weakness in Carroll – who’s still limited to around 25 minutes per game as he recovers from a knee contusion and plantar fasciitis – he’ll no doubt try to exploit it every second that Carroll is on the floor. Only two defensive breakdowns were apparent, one of them came in garbage time with less than a minute to go in the 4th quarter with the Cavs up 27. “Now it’s full head of steam”.
NOTES: F LeBron James passed Tiny Archibald (6,476) for 21st place on the league’s career assists list. James’ 3-pointer late in the third quarter pushed the lead to 79-49.
“They were sprinting. We were jogging, ” Skiles said.
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“Guys got to understand, and I’ve told them this, only so many guys can play”, Blatt said before the game. He’s come out of it the past two games, shooting 24-of-42 (57.1 percent) after sinking just 38 percent of his shots (27-of-71) in the four games before that. Brampton native Tristan Thompson has started the past three games for the Cavs and is averaging just under 10 rebounds a night in those games.
