The Cleveland Cavaliers have split their last 10 road games.
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The 5-year-old got her 2016 off to a great start by hanging out with LeBron James after the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 121-115 win over the Washington Wizards in the nation’s capital. LeBron James doubled up; finishing with 34 points and 10 rebounds in 40 minutes of action while J.R. Smith was smoking all night, hitting 5-of-10 from downtown to account for his 25 points.
John Wall recorded a double-double for the Wizards, which consisted of 20 points and 12 assists.
Washington has registered losses in three of their last four and they will be forced to be more creative on offense tonight against the healthy Cavs. “That man was naked”, James said. When Wall poked the ball away from Irving and sprung Dudley for an uncontested dunk midway through the first, Cleveland coach David Blatt called timeout with his team trailing 13-8.
Ray Felton scored 22 points in a game in which Dallas rested four starters, and the Mavericks still defeated host New Orleans.
Wizards: Nene returned from a 19-game absence with a strained left calf and Gary Neal was back in the lineup after missing five games with a strained right quadriceps muscle….
Patrick Patterson enjoyed his second straight positive game, making 6 of 8 shots, including 3 from beyond the arc. The Cavaliers led by as many as 18 during a dominant stretch.
“When we have a fourth quarter where our best player doesn’t have to come in the game, that’s a big-time progressive step for us”, Irving said.
Washington had a chance to tie it with the third-quarter clock running out, Kevin Love stole the ball from Wall and Smith hit a buzzer-beating 3 to give the Cavs some breathing room.
“Too much Kyrie”, Temple said.
Irving is a truly gifted shot-maker, particularly around the basket.
The Pistons were trailing 75-66 going into the final 20 minutes, but they racked up 33 points to steal the win, with Reggie Jackson scoring nine of his 24 points in that period.
In Miami, Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points on nine of 12 shots to lead a hot-shooting Knicks team, which was 56 percent from the field.
On Tuesday, the Washington Wizards hoped to repeat the success they had a month and a half ago against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Ohio.
“He’s getting there”, Blatt said. “That was the hump I needed to get over, and now I think I’m starting to get over it going from game to game going against great matchups, great players every single night, great teams”.
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Phoenix made a season-high 19 3-pointers to stop a nine-game losing streak with a 111-102 win over Charlotte, while Detroit topped Boston 99-94 and Denver beat Minnesota 78-74.
