Heat roll past LeBron-less Cavaliers, 99-84

We were on track, and we fell off a bit. “We get a stop, we win the ball game”, he said.

At the defensive end, Cleveland has gone from one of the league’s better units through the first 10 games to one of its worst over the last 10.

“I couldn’t have dragged him out of there with a crane”, coach David Blatt said. “This is an experienced team”.

The play, which is fairly simple, features Williams driving to the left side while Lebron slashes hard from the weak side, in time to flush a bounce pass home with a dunk.

When NBA superstar LeBron James was asked about the possible return of injured players Kyrie Irving and Iman Shumpert to the lineup of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the basketball player answered that nothing in life is certain except for Jesus Christ. “It’s about going out and doing it”.

The Magic got 14 points from center Nikola Vucevic, their only starter to reach double figures.

BACK HOME: Whereas long road trips like the one the Magic just finished are hard for teams because of the fatigue factors and distractions, often times teams struggle in their first game because home.

The move hasn’t paid dividends in the win column, as Cleveland lost in overtime Friday in New Orleans and then, after not getting into Miami until the wee hours of Saturday morning, got trounced by the Heat that night with James resting. “We played very well, and that was the result”. “Unfortunately, not everything always goes as planned”. It’s been awhile since we had a game like that. “I stayed up, tried to take a nap in the middle of the day and drank a couple of cups of coffee and then went to bed as usual”. I’m not a guy who likes to sit. “Things were out of hand a minute into the game. We’ve had lulls or progressions where we haven’t necessarily played like we’re capable of, so we did need a game like this, but we need to string together a couple of these in a row and not have any setbacks, keep making the progress in the right direction as an entire team”. “We’re running a marathon around here and not a sprint”.

He doesn’t want to play less minutes to save his body. “We have to mix it up on him and not let him get comfortable”. James spun around him for the easy basket and slapped his muscle again as the Cavs continued to pull away. Even when Kyrie Irving comes back soon, James’ fantasy stats should still be elite. Both players will travel with the team for games in Orlando on Friday and in Boston a week from tonight.

Game time is set for 7:00 PM Eastern. Now, he’s shrugging off his early season uptick.