The Cleveland Cavaliers prepared tremendously in anticipation of Wednesday’s game against the Toronto Raptors, in what may be a potential Eastern Conference Finals match-up this upcoming postseason.
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The Brooklyn Nets hung with the Cleveland Cavaliers for 47:59, but fell 90-88 on a heartbreaking last second hook by LeBron James.
James has now played in 21 straight wins over either the Hornets or their predecessors, the Charlotte Bobcats.
Those five players scored at least two in the quarter and served as five-on-a-string defensively, frustrating the opponent’s smaller line-up.
“I promise you I was just sitting there like, ‘please go in, please go in, ‘ ” Smith said. 500 on the road, improving to 4-4 this season.
Cory Joseph made a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Toronto Raptors an 84-82 victory over the Washington Wizards on Saturday night.
“I think what we get caught up in, in our league too much is trying to compare greats to greats instead of just accepting and acknowledging and saying, ‘Wow, these are just great players, ‘” James told Cleveland.com.
“We had a game plan, it was working, but in the third quarter we lost Kevin Love a little bit”, Hollins said.
If you are LeBron James, you might not recall what it’s like to lose a game to a Charlotte-based National Basketball Association team.
Kevin Love: His early rebounding set a tone for the Cavaliers.
The small forward hit a 3-pointer and converted a three-point play before Thompson (10 points, 11 rebounds) scored off an assist from Matthew Dellavedova to put the Cavs up one.
Draymond Green had a triple-double of 13 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds, while Festus Ezeli finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds off the bench. “Obviously I’ve made step-back jumpers”, James said.
The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Philadelphia 100-95 to keep the 76ers winless this season after Andrew Wiggins scored 17 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter. “It’s a win, but we’ve had better ones”. “I was ready, but we kept those guys in and they did a great job”. The Cavs were up by two with under eight minutes left and faded down the stretch, falling behind by nine points and eventually losing by four.
The Hornets led most of the way and took a 76-72 advantage into the fourth quarter.
Cavaliers: Timofey Mozgov returned to the starting lineup after missing the past three games with a strained right shoulder. At this point, you just assume he’s going to pass another just as quickly as he checked off these boxes so far, but we’ll have to wait a while longer before he closes in on No. 17 Alex English’s 25,613 career points.
Said Hornets guard Jeremy Lin (seven points and four rebounds): “They definitely had a lot of second chance points, more than we want to give them”.
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Hornets: Charlotte was 8 of 25 from 3-point range and committed 16 turnovers.
