DeMar DeRozan, James Harden Named NBA Players Of The Week

That’s really not the point of this piece, anyway, because, agree or disagree, Blatt is long gone, the extremely likable and well-respected Tyronn Lue is large and in charge and the Cavs are off and running as they prepare to host the Toronto Raptors tonight at 7 at Quicken Loans Arena. The Cleveland Cavaliers are averaging 109.4 points on 43.6 percent shooting and allowing 102 points on 43.8 percent shooting. “For whatever reason we couldn’t get that under control”, Raptors coach Dwane Casey said.

At one point in the summer he got a little carried away and he tipped the scales at 228. Reserve power forward Channing Frye erupted for a team-high 20 points in that affair, while James and Kyrie Irving had 19 apiece.

Cleveland has set an National Basketball Association record by making at least 10 3-pointers in nine straight games to start the season.

With the Raptors up 114-113 with 1:39 to go, Lowry was called for a foul on Kevin Love. “It’s probably such a bad memory that I wanted to forget about it, but it’s part of the schedule”, Casey said. “Whatever, keep my money”. “People would think I wasn’t doing anything but I had already been up since 5:30 a.m”.

The following describes perfectly how comfortable DeRozan is with the game on the line and the ball in his hands these days.

A unusual seesaw of calls threatened to swing the game after that, too. By no means was DeRozan a “project” draft selection by former general manager Bryan Colangelo, but the USC standout was known more for his athleticism than his inconsistent jump shot, free throw shooting, creativity off the dribble and offensive assertiveness. If the first two games of this season are any indication, they’re awfully close to pulling it off. Next up is a home date against the well-rested runner-ups, the Golden State Warriors.

“We encourage all members of our organization to respectfully honor our flag during the playing of the national anthem”, the team said in the release.

With this group out there, Toronto was able to push back – a 91-84 score at the start of the fourth turned into a six-point Raptors lead by the five-minute mark.

Norman Powell started in Carroll’s place, just his second start of the season, and had 12 points in 29 minutes, defending James, Irving and Tristan Thompson at points.

“It’s that part of the year, I’d rather go ahead and get these [games against] two of the best teams in the league in now and go from there”.

“Like I said, I watch so much [game] film, I study so much – every angle, every defensive coverage, every opponent – even on nights before games – understanding if there’s going to be a big guy or a smaller guy on me”. He’s a hard guy to stop unless you try to double him or come from the weak side, and then he jumps up in the air and finds guys from there.

There is no denying the fact that they are in good form at present, and their players’ confidence must be high as well.