Cavs bounce back, Warriors march on

“To a team that was in the NBA Finals a year ago and has LeBron James on it, it doesn’t send anything”, Walton said.

The Nets are in search of some good news of their own, having dropped eight of their last nine – firing their head coach Lionel Hollins along the way. But something or someone’s got to go. The Nets are 5-1 against the Cavs since moving to the Barclays Center, but the Wine and Gold are 10-1 against the Atlantic Division this year, including 4-1 on the road.

Love had only three points and six rebounds Monday, renewing questions about his role with the Cavs in his second season in Cleveland.

At one stage, the Cavaliers trailed by a whopping 43 points – the largest deficit James has faced at any stage in his 1,127-game professional career.

The Cleveland Cavaliers lost by 34 points in embarrassing fashion at home to the Golden State Warriors. Despite that fact, like the rest of his teammates, LeBron will be looking for a little redemption on Wednesday.

Sitting with a record of 28 wins and 11 losses, they are approaching the halfway point of the 82-game season.

Their game against the Warriors was very anticipated to Cleveland to begin with. Did they get exposed last night?

“I’m not going to put too much into it. Obviously against the top teams you want to play well and we haven’t done that”, James told reporters. He says the Warriors “definitely played like the champions”.

Cleveland’s top three scorers – James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love – were held to a combined 11 of 32 and 27 points.

Golden State’s Draymond Green flirted with what would have been his ninth triple-double before finishing with 16 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds in three quarters, while Klay Thompson had 15 points. Cleveland is fourth in the league in three-point attempts and had just four at halftime. “If they’re not mentally ready to play, I take responsibility for that”.

LeBron James led the Cavaliers with 16 points, five rebounds and five assists, and J.R. Smith was ejected in the third quarter after he received a flagrant foul two for barreling over Harrison Barnes. After averaging better than 19 points per game through October and November, Love struggled his way through December and early January.

Yet, given the two players’ history, it’s also hard not to read that statement and think it sounds like something more.

Bradley Beal returned from injury and scored 18 points off the bench to help the Wizards to an easy 106-87 win over the Miami Heat, who has lost their last three games. I’m not sure which teams if any have expressed interest in Mozgov but I’m sure there has to be some interest around the league for a 7 footer with mid-range game and some defensive abilities.