Warriors crush LeBron, Cavs by 34 in Cleveland

His inclusion in Cleveland’s offense – and his relationship with James – were major topics last season, and Love, who signed a five-year, $113 million contract last summer, isn’t sure of his exact role now.

In other results, the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Washington Wizards 108-98, the Memphis Grizzlies edges the New Orleans Pelicans 101-99, the Chicago Bulls got up 111-101 over the Detroit Pistons, and the Los Angeles Clippers survived a late fightback against the Houston Rockets to record a 140-132 OT win.

In the same arena where Golden State won their NBA Championship, they still dominated.

Luckily for the Cavaliers, they play in the Eastern Conference. Last night was an embarrassment to the organization and James himself. Do the Bulls finally have Golden State’s number or will Steph’s squad simply blow the Windy City team away?

But James also pointed out that Cleveland hasn’t had its full roster available. Now what’s the excuse?

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) and Draymond Green (23) go for a loose ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, in Chicago.

“They did what they wanted”, James lamented afterward. In the second half, he sank a fadeaway jumper and 3-pointer. Smith was assessed a “flagrant-2” foul and ejected for running through Harrison Barnes’ screen early in the third quarter, and James was whistled for a technical for pushing Festus Ezeli. And Kevin Love added three points in 21 minutes.

The Cavaliers don’t have to see the Warriors again in the regular season. “That’s going to take a lot of guys looking themselves in the mirror and it all starts with our leader (James) over there and dwindles on down”, Love said while pointing towards LeBron, per cleveland.com. Instead, he said, “We can’t harp on whatever points they lost by”. The Spurs and Warriors are now 3-0 against the Cavaliers this season.

“Obviously, you want to play well against the top teams and we haven’t done that. It’s not about who we were playing”, said Joe Johnson, who was matched against James and scored only three points. “It’s a good message that we sent to ourselves this is what we’re capable of”, Curry said.

“It was definitely a step back tonight all around”, Lopez said. Kevin Love made a cliché about reflecting on the loss, but it had a unusual inclusion of LeBron (via Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Chris Fedor). The Warriors Bulls game TV details and how to watch the Bulls vs Warriors live streaming can be found ahead. But Blatt can do only so much, and at least against the Warriors, the Cavs seemed disconnected.

The silky-skilled 27-year-old point guard had reportedly angered certain Cavaliers players in the build-up by joking that he hoped the locker room “still smells a little bit like champagne”.