James returned the floor and sank the free throw. The Cavs are 6-8 in a month everyone in the organization anxious about when the schedule was released.
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In that thriller, Tristan Thompson posted one of his best games of the campaign – going off for a season-best 22 points on 10-for-13 shooting, adding 12 boards (six off the offensive glass).
The circumstances certainly were not ideal Saturday night. As TAI’s Kyle Weidie pointed out, some of the Wizards best lineups have included Jennings and the aforementioned cast of bench characters. So we just got to protect ourselves and protect our brothers if something happens like that. They got one on Friday night. “We’ve got to be smarter with the basic stuff, smarter, all the time”, Clifford said. He opened the game 8/8 from the field for a career-high in a quarter 18 points.
It turned out okay for the home team: Washington’s bench kept things competitive, Wall found some energy to burn, and that turned out to be enough to manufacture a win over a team utterly lacking players of genuine outcome. The Cavs’ lack of zest was obvious. Now they have the full attention of LeBron James & Co.as the playoffs approach. They only forced 12 turnovers but converted them into 21 points.
In the February 6th matchup at the Verizon Center, Gortat finished with 16 points, eight boards and three blocks.
This has been the opponent’s plan. In the games that he played, he was very bad. Some hits are definitely coming, some plays, some fights as you can see. The 40 points the Cavs allowed in the first quarter were the most they’ve allowed in any opening period this season. The Warriors ran them out of Oracle in January.
Washington doesn’t have the luxury turning it on and off when they want like the Cavaliers.
James struggled with light sensitivity during the day after he got poked in the eye by Charlotte’s Jeremy Lamb. He walked out of the locker room with dark-tinted shades on. He said he was experiencing blurry vision. “Trying to do as much treatment as I can and prepare myself for (Saturday)”.
While there’s been plenty of chatter recently about the National Basketball Association cracking down on resting, James said that didn’t factor into his decision. They give me opportunity to play, to start, so, I really appreciate all of them. Wall was getting whatever he wanted in the early going, scoring in a myriad of ways. “That’s all it came down to”. Shumpert had come off the bench the previous two games with the re-emergence of J.R. Smith as their starting shooting guard.
Owners of the league’s worst record, the Nets had not won back-to-back games all season before this week. “It’s like preseason for him”.
The biggest slippage in their game had been on the defensive side. It’s tough on him … Jason Smith and Jennings have built a rapore on the pick-and-pop game, and Smith is cashing in on jumpers from the mid-range all the way to the 3-point line (because Jennings is adept at penetrating deeper into the paint). It’s been a carryover from the start of the season. The Cavs had gotten it down to a two-possession game but it was quickly back at 107-98 with 9:05 left.
In two wins against Washington this season, the King is averaging 29.5 points on 58 percent shooting, including 75 percent from long-range to go with 8.5 boards, 11.0 assists, 2.0 steals and 2.0 blocks.
This isn’t to say that the postseason is not a different ballgame.
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“I’m not the type of guy who wants to sit down and rest”.
