James joined Robertson on the exclusive list Monday when he found Kevin Love for a three-pointer in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ victory over the Orlando Magic. It was his fifth assist of the game and 6,387th of his career, passing Norm Nixon for No. 25 all time.
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The troubling sign for them, though, has come on the road, where they are 3-4 and have lost three straight.
Now in his 13th National Basketball Association season, James ranks 19th in career points (25,274), 126th in rebounds (6,602) and 25th in assists (6,395).
“There’s always been a lot of shade thrown at our conference the last few years, so it’s great to see that our side is definitely picking it up and playing at a high level”, James said.
Magic’s coach Scott Skiles had all the praise for James saying that according to me James is probably the best player much due to the vision he possesses which makes it hard to defend against him. “But when you have the crowd on your side and you can really go on big runs, we’re tough to stop”.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers are apparently good listeners. A further road trip match against Memphis awaits on Sunday, before they return home to face the Los Angeles Lakers next week.
Center Gorgui Deng and guard Zach LaVine each added 12 points off the bench for Minnesota, who trailed by more than a dozen in the first half and by six in the fourth quarter but stormed back.
ABOUT THE CAVALIERS (10-3): Tristan Thompson moved into the starting lineup in place of Mozgov on Saturday and delivered nine points and 16 rebounds in 40 minutes while blocking two shots. The Cavs are winning, they look clearly like the best team in the East once healthy, and yet LeBron rightfully isn’t convinced they could beat Golden State or San Antonio right now.
“Offensively we weren’t as organized. From a collective group of all 15 teams, we’re kind of trying to hold up our end of the bargain”. If James continues to score at a rate of 25 points per game, he’ll pass English in 13 games.
Whatever happened after the game, this much is certain: there were some harsh truths doled out by James and some of his veteran teammates to the team’s younger players. Clippers: Scored 40 points and grabbed 11 rebounds during a 124-117 win over the Clippers. It was his seventh double-double of the season. Marco Belinelli led the Kings with 23 points.
“It was the communication”, Johnson said. And for the most part, they have been unsuccessful.
Wade credits Spoelstra and Whiteside as two keys in Miami’s ability to get stops. “It’s just another game”, Mo Williams said of the postgame team chat.
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“(Spoelstra) did a couple of tweaks in what we’ve been doing. “It’s way too early in the season for us to even think that we’ve done anything or we’ve reached a level where we can’t continue to improve”.
