Meanwhile, the Cavaliers will stay at home to host the Orlando Magic on Friday.
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That was apparently somebody’s plan after the Warriors 118-108 victory over the Cavaliers at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on Monday night. The skid has dropped the Cavs to third in the conference standings, and the Indiana Pacers are only 2.5 games behind Cleveland in the Central Division.
That’s why the Cavs coach isn’t anxious.
It’s notable that the Cavs players chose the outlets who cover the team regularly. “But we can’t expect him to be great right now”. I’ve got to get my legs back. This is a player who gets up for mid-season games against the Kings – it was all a bit surreal. It was kind of fool’s gold. As good as our defense is, we’re not going to stop LeBron with four shooters around him, but they’re not going to stop us, and we’re just better. So it’s killing me that.to be, I’m used to stepping on the court and being special.
Unintentionally, the Cavaliers then did an excellent job of elucidating why Lue’s words were more troubling than reassuring.
The swap of Kyrie Irving for Thomas may have felt somewhat even, but against the Warriors the differences between the two – and the deficiencies of the latter – come to the surface.
But while the Cavs aren’t playing like themselves, Warriors coach Steve Kerr was confident they’d look different in June. “We’re there – we’re trying to get there – but we just need to be a little bit earlier”. “I’m pretty sure our fans are excited”.
“We’ve got to keep working at it and we are working at it, and we’ve got to keep following our assignments and doing it with toughness”. He is back now and I believe Golden State will ease to a victory in what should be a high-scoring and entertaining affair.
It was the seventh career game for Embiid with at least 30 points.
The past six games has been especially troubling.
Thomas missed the Christmas Day because he was rehabbing from the hip injury. For the Cavaliers, point guard Derrick Rose is out indefinitely as he recovers from a sprained ankle and a bone spur. Curry is expected to play against the Cavaliers in the rematch. Cleveland lost by 14 points to Boston, 28 points to Minnesota, 34 points to Toronto, and now 10 to Golden State. Sometimes this is the best thing for a team that’s struggling is a rivalry game, get the blood going. If not, it would be embarrassing. They had a chance to remind the NBA-loving free world that they are one of the best teams in the league.
The Cavaliers have reached the NBA Finals in three straight seasons, but the 2017-18 campaign has been a struggle. He could find himself back in the Finals for an eighth straight time, and his Cavaliers could be meeting the Warriors for a fourth straight year.
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“He’s someone who can attack, just scoring the basketball”, Lue said. “Everybody knows that. And we can all speculate all the way through the season all we want to”. “Now, we still have a ways to go”. The Rockets – without Harden in the lineup – had pushed the Warriors for much of the game.
