He mentioned teams like the Bulls, Spurs and Warriors who have players that have won championships and who are “sharp mentally at all times”.
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The Cavaliers, who trailed 112-69, early in the fourth quarter, are 0-2 against the Warriors and 0-1 against the Spurs, who visit Cleveland on January 30.
Was it a shot at King James? Either Kevin Love gets traded or David Blatt (the coach) gets fired. Golden State completely dismantled the Cavaliers in their own building with a final score of 132-98 in a game where the Warriors once held a 43-point lead!
Golden State retained a 10-1/2 game lead in the Pacific Division ahead of the Los Angeles Clippers, who hit a franchise-record 22 three-pointers in an overtime win against Houston. But the second quarter is where things got ugly, as the Cavaliers went up by 13 by the end of the half. I felt a lot of guys played with more energy and brought it, but there’s really only one way you could go from that last game I had. To the Cavs they felt disrespected.
Nets interim coach Tony Brown said he expected the Cavs to come out “breathing fire”, but this victory had more to do with their talent than tenacity.
Kevin Love collected 17 points and 18 rebounds in three quarters as the Cleveland Cavaliers bounced back from their worst loss of the season with a 91-78 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night. Although it is just one loss for Cleveland, there are a couple of reasons why their particular loss to the Warriors was concerning. “It allowed me to get out and in transition and get some easy buckets”, he said. The Cavs got off on the wrong foot and the bleeding never stopped.
The Cavaliers can work out their frustrations in Brooklyn, facing off against the Nets in the second of their four regular season meetings. Cleveland improved to 11-1 against Atlantic Division teams this season.
And don’t count on the visitors taking the Nets lightly.
Knicks worth $3 billion • The New York Knicks are worth $3 billion, highest in the National Basketball Association, according to Forbes. That placed the Nets seventh in the league. “But that’s not my decision”. “That’s going to take a lot of guys looking themselves in the mirror and it all starts with our leader (James) over there and dwindles on down”, Love said while pointing towards LeBron, per cleveland.com.
“The only thing I thought was amusing was just how my words were taken out of context”, Love said.
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Usually, comments like that would get the opposing team fired up, but obviously it worked in Steph’s favor as the team leader of the Cavaliers LeBron James finished with 16 points while shooting 7-of-16 from the floor.
