LeBron James, Kevin Love help Cleveland Cavaliers end two-game losing streak

“He does his job as great as any coach can do in this league”, James said of Blatt. But with the entire Cavs backcourt wearing wool on the bench, the team needed Dellavedova to keep what is hopefully this season’s more robust offense in motion, which he did – and he was rewarded with 13 assists.

The Cavaliers have been dealing with injuries all season. “We have to play a more sustainable effort throughout 48 minutes”, he said. “We need to share the ball, we need to move it, play together and be aggressive defensively”. Iman Shumpert told Cleveland.com this week that he is hoping to beat the recovery timeline on his right wrist injury and be back on the court by late December. The Bucks cut into the lead throughout the third quarter, but the Cavaliers regrouped. Replay shows that he may have bumped an official, but it probably did not warrant an ejection.

Cousins, averaging 30.8 points in his last five games, was suspended for hitting Atlanta’s Al Horford in the head with a forearm Wednesday night in the Kings’ loss to the Hawks.

Throw in 11 rebounds and four assists and it was another stellar night for Curry.

CLEVELAND, OH – The Cavaliers are aware of an accusation levied against guard J.R. Smith last week in NY, reported Friday afternoon by the Daily News. The Cavaliers were assessed a technical when Richard Jefferson couldn’t get to the scorers’ table in time before the ball was inbounded.

“I blew a gasket”, James said. “I apologized to my teammates for it”.

“We should always have a sense of urgency”, he said. Irving went on to share, “But you just learn a lot of patience, and your competitive drive never goes away”. You know, I had an opportunity to read his book.

Kent Bazemore will miss tonight’s game and Jeff Teague is questionable, meaning Atlanta won’t quiet be at full strength.

The four-time MVP and two-time champion is doing his best to prevent a repeat of the post-2007 National Basketball Association Finals hangover during his first time with the Cavs. The streaky veteran has 49 points on 15-of-22 shooting in the last two games and owns a 49 percent mark from the floor, which would represent the best mark of his 12-year career if he can keep it up.

Budenholzer had no excuses for his team’s performance. The superstar forward was impressed with the way they played on Thursday.

“Coach Blatt got on us pretty well”, James said. “That’s the task in front of us”.

The Hawks were banged up going into the game and it got worse coming out. Tiago Splitter was limited to nine minutes, all in the first half, with right hip soreness.