In the heart-warming letter that he sent to Duncan, James wrote, “They make me think of the PROMISES I have made to myself and others”. It’s going to take him a few time to get his shot back and his game pace. I just thought this one was unique and it means something to me. After eight consecutive wins.
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The NY Knicks host the Cleveland Cavaliers in one of the most anticipated games on Friday, November 13 start time at 7:30 PM ET, at Madison Square Garden. And they have injuries.
“It is great to have guys who can help you close out games”, James said. “For us, we have to play [with] a lot more sustainable effort throughout the 48 minutes”. And we don’t do that. “We’re right there. We believe in ourselves”. They’re not the Golden State Warriors, or at least no capable of reaching that kind of basketball level at the moment, with Kyrie Irving and Iman Shumpert still out.
The Cavs were outplayed after the 1st quarter, and didn’t turn it on until the last 10 minutes of the game.
A loss after eight in a row isn’t a big deal.
Cavs expected starting lineup: Williams, J.R. Smith, James, Love and Timofey Mozgov.
James would knock down a three pointer with 1:28 in the first overtime and a layup with:32 seconds in the period to keep the Cavaliers chances to extend their win streak alive. There were pep talks, even.
As the Cavaliers prepared for their morning shootaround, a worker removed DraftKings signage from the court, believing it was a national TV game – the NBA has a deal with rival daily fantasy site FanDuel. But, James, who had played brilliantly in the fourth quarter and overtime, missed a fallaway 18-footer at the buzzer, sending the game to a second overtime.
James scored six straight to give Cleveland an 84-82 lead, but Afflalo quickly tied it on a turnaround jumper with 59 seconds left. Against Utah, it was 17 of his 31 in the fourth quarter, and 12 of his 31 against the Knicks.
Giannis Antetokounmpo also scored 16 points and pulled down 11 rebounds before he fouled out in the second overtime.
Love is averaging 17.6 points and 12 rebounds per game, while posting a PER of 20.2.
Cleveland is among the top-ranked teams based on its average field goal percentage of 46.5% (ranked fifth). James was 6-of-12 from the stripe.
“I granted them the timeout at which I looked at coach David Blatt and realized he hadn’t asked for the timeout”, Davis told a pool reporter, via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “A couple around the rim and a couple from the outside”. Melo’s performance had Magic Johnson tweeting that Anthony was playing like an MVP candidate which would suggest that Magic hasn’t seen much of Stephen Curry this season. That James is long gone, seemingly replaced by the driven, drag-this-team-to-glory James from the playoffs. James took over down the stretch.
And there it was.
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How in the world did the Cavs come up with a win on the road?
