Cleveland Cavaliers’ Iman Shumpert, right, shouts as he gets fouled by Phoenix Suns’ Sonny Weems, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, in Phoenix.
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After their loss to the Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day, the Cleveland Cavaliers are now up against the Portland Trail Blazers.
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The Warriors didn’t do anything differently than they have all season. But they couldn’t put away a Suns team that plays at a fast pace and creates a lot of shots. “Throw it in the trash”. James has been having a great year, though, averaging 25.8 points, 7.6 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game. “We had extra bounce, and (the Cavaliers) could have had a little hangover from the Golden State game”. Shooting woes – The struggles started against the much-improved New York Knicks on Wednesday night.
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In back is finalist Miss USA Olivia Jordan. “I’m so sorry to say it”, she added. “I really couldn’t believe it, I was so upset”. She hesitated before walking up to center stage, where Gutierrez stood with her crown, bouquet and ” Miss Universe ” sash.
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At times, he seems to have no interest in dunking the ball, and would rather lay the ball in which makes it easier for opposing centers to block the shot.
Hard to imagine many raising their hands. It was easy to ignore last season since his backup Tristan Thompson came in and played at a different level, but when a team is losing in the fashion that the Cavaliers are, it becomes very noticeable. “That’s the important thing”, Cleveland’s head coach added. We’ll see in the next few weeks. It was as close as they came the rest of the way. One would think taking on a slumping Portland Trail Blazers, who were missing star Damian Lillard, would be the ideal way for Cleveland to get back on track.
But in adding up the bad stuff, not only was it a far-from-dominant effort against a downtrodden opponent, but Cleveland simply is not in sync the way most teams with championship aspirations would want to be almost 30 games into the season. Defensively, the Trail Blazers yield 103.1 points against the opposing teams. As the crowd got louder and louder, Crabbe set a new career-high of 21 points by hitting one last three-pointer to complete the first-half barrage. “We’re going to Phoenix, another team that’s desperate, and we know they’re going to be excited to see us”. He gave some good minutes when Brandon Knight needed a breather. He had a similar issue with Irving at the beginning of last season.
Those former Nuggets return to the Mile High City on Tuesday night looking to help the Cavaliers salvage a four-game split of this grueling road trip without the services of Kyrie Irving.
This tendency to play hero ball has been a continuing affliction of the Cavaliers. Perhaps they had some bad eggnog or were up too late exchanging gifts.
They sometimes play and act like they have won something when they have won nothing.
About the only thing that went wrong for the Blazers was an injury to back up big man Ed Davis, who sprained his left ankle early in the fourth quarter when he stepped on Cavaliers center Anderson Varejao’s foot.
The Blazers increased the difference to 40-16 before the Cavaliers answered with an 8-0 spurt that cut it to 40-24.
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The Suns were without forward Markieff Morris, who was serving the second of a two-game suspension for throwing a towel at Hornacek during a game against Denver last week.
