“I got to my spot where I wanted to”, James said. I work on those shots.
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They are steadily improving and have made some major steps going forward with their acquisitions of Nicolas Batum and Jeremy Lamb but neither of these players is or will be a superstar in the National Basketball Association.
“I thought fatigue played a big part in it. I thought we got exhausted, for obvious reasons”.
Like James and Blatt’s relationship, or Smith’s commitment to something other than taking contested jump shots to James putting in so much time in practicing a specialized shot like that running hook that he would actually feel confident enough to use it in crunch time, Cleveland’s season goals are all about growth. “It’s on the bigs”, Tristan Thompson said. “We recognized our mismatches that we had, and the guys on the floor were smart”, Cavaliers coach David Blatt told reporters. “Give it to No. 23”. LeBron James is averaging 25.7 points and 6.8 assists while Kevin Love is averaging 19.5 points and 11.8 rebounds. What one needs to point out is that these comments came after a team meeting, called just prior to reporters entering the locker room.
Chris Bosh added 20 points and Dwyane Wade had 17 for the Heat, who held the Knicks to 78 points in both victories over the last six nights.
Johnson hit all three foul shots, but James made sure the Nets’ strong effort fell short.
The Cavs trailed by seven points in the fourth quarter but took the lead for good with a 14-4 run midway through the quarter.
Brooklyn built the lead to double figures in the second quarter and led 50-44 at halftime.
The Nets led by five midway in the third quarter but somehow left Love open on several possessions.
But the Cavaliers rallied to take an 87-86 lead with a little more than 6 minutes to play behind a 3-pointer and a driving layup by Matthew Dellavedova.
PACERS 104, BULLS 92: Paul George scored 33 points, C.J. Miles had 16 and IN won at Indianapolis.
He scored 10 of his points in the final five minutes, making three shots – including the game victor – and three free throws.
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LeBron James is always trying to motivate his teammates to perform at his level, but his latest way of doing so may leave some fans less than pleased. “They don’t really care about that”. “They addressed it. It’s not about what you say, it’s what you do. It’s the weekend, so I’m ready to get home and do that, too”. There certainly has been a bit of hand-wringing among observers of the team wondering when the on-court product would actually look as good as the Cavs’ 13-4 record is. “You can’t stop him, you can only slow him down and that’s what I tried to do tonight”.
