Coming into the contest, Anthony was shooting 31.7 percent in the fourth quarter compared to 51.2 for James.
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In Indianapolis, Paul George scored 29 points and Monta Ellis added 24 points in his best game this season for the Pacers. I wanted to get a shot. But the Knicks couldn’t take advantage as they only had a six-point lead heading into the fourth. “That’s the one thing I want to do”. He specifically stated that the Cavaliers played differently on offense in this game than they have all season, referring to how much the ball stuck and players (not just LeBron) routinely over-dribbled, didn’t recognize the mismatches, and failed to pass the ball the way this team is capable of.
The Sixers wrote their names in the record books once again on Friday night. Nemanja Bjelica and Shabazz Muhammad each had 10 points. At 5-4, the Nuggets are placing themselves in the playoff picture in this early season. But Blatt also mentioned that maybe they played this way because they had to, because the old way certainly wasn’t working. He has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, an illness that kills most people who have it in their twenties or early thirties, but he’s not resigning himself to that fate.
The Oklahoma City Thunder pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 102-85 victory over Philadelphia, with point guard Russell Westbrook producing his second triple-double of the season with 21 points, a career-high 17 rebounds and 11 assists.
This was the most Zach Randolph buzzer beater in the history of Zach Randolph buzzer beaters. When Afflalo missed and Cleveland rebounded with 19.7 seconds remaining, the game was essentially over. The Cavaliers finished this game with just 12 assists.
New York’s defense forces its opponents to commit an average turnover percentage of 12.5%.
Not all is right in Memphis by any means, but at least for one night, it was good enough.
Kobe Bryant returned to the Los Angeles Lakers lineup, while Metta World Peace saw a decent amount of action, but they were unable to prevent their side losing to the Dallas Mavericks.
Nuggets 107, Rockets 98 – Danilo Gallinari had 27 points and host Denver handled Houston to spoil the return of Ty Lawson. Even if he is ready to play, given the extreme workload LeBron has handled at his age, there’s a chance this is a lingering problem. James countered with six points and an assist in the first four minutes of the opening quarter.
Despite trailing by as many as 15 points, the Sacramento Kings came storming back to grab a 111-109 win over the Brooklyn Nets.
The Cavaliers cut the deficit down to two with seven straight points over the next 90 seconds of play, and later, drew even with the Knicks at 66-66 when Thompson converted a pair of free-throw attempts with four minutes to play in the third quarter.
Carmelo Anthony with the nice block on one end and deep 3-pointer at the other!
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Dan Favale covers the National Basketball Association for Bleacher Report.
