The Cleveland Cavaliers’ head coach, Tyronn Lue, released a statement earlier this week that the team’s main concern is resting players before the NBA Playoffs, not earning the number one seed in the Eastern Conference.
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There were tons of individual numbers on a night when neither team played a ton of defense until the final quarter, which Cleveland won 22-17.
The Cavs trailed by 13 in the second quarter before James scored half of his points in the third on an assortment of drives and dunks, rarely taking a shot outside the paint and even making a 3-pointer as the shot clock was winding down.
Though James did say that he’s begun the process of going dark, he didn’t say whether or not that decision was spurred by Cleveland’s latest loss to the Miami Heat. “Everyone is in a great rhythm”.
LeBron James was called to Cleveland Cavaliers general manager David Griffin’s office for comments he made about wanting to form a star alliance with good friends Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade. And the team account was not the only one, according to the website: James also unfollowed the Twitter account of Austin Carr, the Cavs’ in-game analyst for Fox and a team legend, whom James admires. James gave a blank stare to the question, said “next question”, then cut off the media session entirely. “We’ve been together nearly 15 years now”.
“For one, you become more detail oriented, obviously, when the postseason start”, James said. On a scale of slim to none, the chances of it ever happening are far closer to none.
“I don’t know how realistic it could be”, James said to reporters on Wednesday. “It would definitely be cool if it happened”. In fact, Cleveland Cavaliers’ Big 3, which is composed of Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving and LeBron James, are now spearheading the transfer reports.
“I just told him we can’t have that, being down like we were and him being the leader”, he told Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon. “We’re sharing the basketball”.
PACERS 92, PELICANS 84: Myles Turner scored 24 points and had a career-high 16 rebounds on his 20th birthday, and C.J. Miles added 19 points as IN won at Indianapolis.
PORTLAND, Ore. – Damian Lillard compiled 27 points, six assists and six rebounds as Portland defeated Dallas. “That’s just who he is”. “Just me being a competitor, I didn’t like it. We had a long talk about it. It was good”. Cleveland was just 4-of-21 in the quarter and James was held scoreless.
The Bucks scored 36 points in the second period, 12 of them in nine minutes by left-handed big man John Henson, the 11th and final Milwaukee player to see action.
James has been doing a bit of everything in the Cavs’ three games since his sit-down with Lue, averaging 29.7 points, 8.0 assists, 7.7 rebounds and 1.0 steals with 59.6 percent shooting. Totals 45-83 14-22 113.
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James also was spotted hamming it up with Wade during halftime of Saturday’s game against the Miami Heat despite his team trailing Miami by 21 points at the time. Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Milwaukee 38 (Antetokounmpo 6), Cleveland 50 (Love, Thompson 10).
