The Washington Wizards (15-17) are coming from a 97-75 loss to the Miami Heat on Sunday. They went scoreless for more than four minutes, allowing Cleveland to turn a seven-point game into a blowout.
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The last time the Cavaliers rolled into this building, they notched the second-biggest road blowout in franchise history, dropping the Wizards by 38 points.
Irving scored or directly assisted on 16 of the Cavaliers’ 32 fourth-quarter points, mixing up long-range shots and forays to the rim. He played 33 minutes and appeared to have no problems with mobility.
Guards Kyle Lowry (23 points) and DeMar DeRozan (19) were a two-man show for Toronto, which got a combined 20 points from its other three starters.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 21 points and reserve Brandon Jennings supplied 17 points and six assists in his fourth game of the season as Detroit blew out Orlando. “There’s going to be some nights or the past two nights where I didn’t have my legs or my jump shot and I started questioning it. Or I dive on the floor when we’re up by 20”. During that stretch the Wizards would knock down seven three-pointers, three from starting guard Garrett Temple.
“It’s just about getting better every single game”.
The Cleveland Cavaliers will be looking for some revenge when they travel to face to the Washington Wizards on Thursday morning (AEDT).
If you are a fan of offense and three-point shooting, this was the game you should’ve tuned into Wednesday night. Playing without Kris Humphries, DeJuan Blair and Drew Gooden, Washington lost its second straight game. Tristan Thompson added 14 points with 11 rebounds, and Kevin Love scored 14 as Cleveland improved to 15-1 at home.
James, who also pulled down 10 rebounds, helped Eastern Conference leaders Cleveland build an 18-point lead with a barrage of four three-pointers early in the third quarter. The four-time MVP – who notched his 1,600th career steal on Monday night – comes into Wednesday’s game feeling fresh after having the luxury of watching his squad’s previous two fourth quarters from the bench. John Wall had 20 points and 12 assists.
Irving dominated from there, scoring the game’s next 10 points.
LeBron James discussed Irving’s place among the rest of the National Basketball Association after the performance, per Dave McMenamin of ESPN: “He’s, if not the best, one or two best point guards in our league along with Steph”.
The Washington Wizards look for a statement win after winning five of their last eight games.
PHOENIX – Mirza Teletovic scored 19 points including five of Phoenix’s season-high 19 3-pointers and the Suns needed them all to snap a nine-game losing streak with a win over Charlotte.
“We did a bad job of knowing personnel in certain spots of who we wanted to shoot the ball”, Wizards forward Jared Dudley said. Despite that, Irving had the second-most votes among Eastern Conference guards (138,191) behind Dwyane Wade (300,595) when Wall made his comments.
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But James didn’t stop there on Wednesday night.
