James leads Cavs last Timberwolves for Lue’s first win

Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt is restrained by assistant coach Tyronn Lue as Blatt argues a call during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, in Oakland, Calif. Golden State won 89-83.

There were whispers throughout the sports world that a player, no matter how good, actually got a coach, a successful one at that, fired. We walk the ball up a lot, every now and then we get a break and run our turnovers.

“I don’t think we’re in good enough shape”.

“If greatness is qualified by character, coach Blatt is a champion”, Marozov said. Lue, though, promised to treat him like any other player. “Coach wanted to play faster, so we need to start doing stuff on off days, doing stuff at practice, during shootarounds, getting up and down the floor, getting our heart rate going, because he wants to play faster, play with more pace than we’ve done in the past”.

Lue, 38, takes over the job already with strong ties to James from a friendship that spans 14 seasons.

“Defence wasn’t our problem, at all”, he added.

“You can do what you want on the road because we don’t care about the fans on the road, but at least at home, give our fans what they came to see”, Lue said, according to the Associated Press.

Guard Jimmy Butler had 20 points and nine rebounds, forward Taj Gibson had 15 points and eight rebounds and forward Nikola Mirotic scored 17 off the bench for the Bulls. Love scored 11 points against his former team. Wiggins has been solid, though, averaging 20.8 points per game despite his sub-25 percent three-point shooting rate.

LeBron James just missed his first triple-double this season, finishing with 26 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists. “I’m talking out of IQ of the game, but this is what coach wants to do, so this is what we’re going to do”.

“It’s been something Coach has been harping on us about”, James said.

Look, Cleveland seems to have plenty of scapegoats between the owner Dan Gilbert, Griffin, and Kevin Love with more to come, but I think LeBron is the real culprit here.

Houston, which did not have center Dwight Howard for the third straight game due to a left ankle sprain, hit a season-best 19 3-pointers. A trade might even be in order to shake things up in the right direction, but don’t expect the Bulls to fire Hoiberg at any point this season. Griffin noted the history of great coaches whom Lue played under, including Phil Jackson, Rivers, Stan Van Gundy and Jeff Van Gundy. He returned to the Wolves to play in seven games but has been has been inactive for the past 10.

Dwayne Wade scored 28 points as the Miami Heat triumphed 89-84 over the Chicago Bulls, Chris Bosh adding 18.