But after Monday’s games the Bucks were only 11/2 games out of the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference and a possible first-round foe for the Cavs if they can hang on to the top seed. Having been in the National Basketball Association for 11 seasons and experiencing his share of success, Williams could be another key resource to starting point guard Kyrie Irving’s ongoing improvement.
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Williams, who was waived Thursday by the Dallas Mavericks, is the backup point guard the Cavs have coveted.
Ross played his second game with Orlando after coming over from Toronto in a trade for Serge Ibaka and gave Orlando the shooting touch they have lacked all season. When asked after the game how he felt about the miscommunication on defense with teammate Cristiano Felicio, (who thwarted his attempt at his 10 rebound in the closing seconds) Wade said “It was set up for me flawless…my teammate just didn’t want me to be great”. “It was a team that showed interest in the off-season in signing me”.
Deron Williams has never been quite the same since he left Utah in the midst of the 2010-11 season, but he’s still been able to produce in a number of ways to help his teams win (although his teams didn’t win all too often, but I digress).
“When you’re playing against a divisional team, it’s going to be a tough game”, Irving said after the game. But I’d think of all the teams he’s reportedly considering (Cleveland, San Antonio, Houston and Boston), the Cavs offer him the best shot at another title. But as he continued, he dropped this fun nugget, “Just look at my winning percentage when I’m on the floor and when I’m not on the floor”.
Another rollercoaster period awaited both teams in the third as the Bucks started out on a 13-4 run, only to watch the Cavs answer with 13 unanswered points in less than three minutes.
Williams played with Bogut and smiled when asked if he had any pull in getting the big man signed by the Cavs.
“We’ve been in contact”, Williams said, smiling.
Still not quite himself, James came back after missing one game with strep throat and scored 24 points, Kyrie Irving added 25 and Cleveland capped a solid February with a 102-95 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night. I said, ‘It’s a fucking foul!’
“Griff did promise me a starting job, but other than that.” he joked of general manager David Griffin. “I kind of went with my first thought”. A lot of times you overthink things. The 32-year-old has career averages of 16.6 points and 8.2 assists over 12 National Basketball Association seasons, during which he was named an all-star three times and won two gold medals with Team USA.
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Dallas Mavericks guard Deron Williams (8) reacts as he is ejected by referee Justin Van Duyne (64) during the second quarter against the Boston Celtics at American Airlines Center.
