Here is a closer look at each Wizards starter. Liggins proceeded to play in more games than all of his previous National Basketball Association stops combined.
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James reportedly has a strained calf muscle that caused him to miss Monday’s overtime loss to the Miami Heat. As a matter of fact, it can also qualify as a brutally devastating or a bad loss.
On Sunday, Cleveland was up 26 going into the fourth in Atlanta. I was watching the game and switched over to watch the Oklahoma City vs. Denver game.
Deron Williams had a season-high 35 points, nine assists and seven rebounds for the Cavaliers, who fell to 0-7 this season when LeBron James doesn’t play. In his first season back, they went through well-documented growing pains, having a losing record at the midway point of the season.
IN will play at Philadelphia and close the season at home against the Hawks. LeBron James led the way, but with help from guys like Daniel Gibson and Shaquille O’Neal. At the time of the game, Boston and Cleveland had identical records. Many of them blamed the refs for some questionable calls at the end of regulation and in overtime. The Cavaliers have only themselves to blame. As a team, the Raptors shot 52 percent from the field and 10 of 31 from the three-point line but they were never really in control of the game until the fourth quarter where they clamped down defensively and outscored the Knicks by 34-22 to run away with the victory.
The Cavs suffered a third straight loss.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have fallen apart in consecutive games down the stretch and hope to have enough in the tank to secure the top seed in the Eastern Conference for the postseason. This means the Cavaliers’ magic number to clinch the #1 seed is 2.
This wasn’t a game the Cavaliers could afford to lose. The Heat are tied with Chicago for the final playoff spot in the East, but losing the tiebreaker, so now are on the outside of the playoff picture.
Chicago and Miami remained one game behind No.7 IN after the Pacers beat the 76ers IN Philadelphia.
The Miami Heat are fighting to stay in the playoffs as they meet the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday.
The Hawks’ bench has been middle-of-the-pack this season, but single-handedly defeating the reigning Eastern Conference champions could give the unit loads of confidence moving into the playoffs. On the defense, Miami is giving up 101.9 points per game. I understand it, but am still surprised.
But the club’s inconsistency and an outside belief they are vulnerable and can get knocked out before the Finals, Lue remains confident his team will step up when it matters most.
James was drafted first overall by the Cavaliers in the 2003 NBA Draft. Isaiah Thomas led the way for Boston with 27 points. The win gave Atlanta two wins during the teams’ home-and-home on Friday and Sunday, the latter coming inside Philips Arena.
Is this a Vegas trap?
If Wall (left thigh) and Porter (back spasms) can go, the regular starting five will begin tonight’s game vs. the Detroit Pistons, who are playing their final home game at the Palace of Auburn Hills before relocating to downtown next season.
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After the first 81 games of the regular season, as improbable as it seemed at midseason, the final day will be a day of meaning for the Heat. So Vegas may be anticipating some exhausted legs. If you remove the Boston Celtics from the equation, the Heat are 6-4 against four of the top five teams in the league.
