LeBron: No statement by not staying at Trump-branded hotel
Houston made four 3-pointers and got a nifty one-handed dunk from Clint Capela in that run to pad the lead. Terry Rozier added 16 points, Jae Crowder had 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Amir Johnson, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart each had 13 points. He is a victor and he helped his team find a way to win tonight by getting other guys involved.
“I don’t think there was anybody hurt or harmed in this situation”. He sets the tone for us, and again he set the tone for us today.
James had 19 points by halftime – on 6-of-7 shooting from the field, 6-of-8 from the free-throw line.
By comparison, the New York “Big Three” of Carmelo Anthony, Kristaps Porzingis and Derrick Rose totaled just 52 points. The Hawks had lost 10 of 11 and had gone 14 days without a victory. He had 12 points and five rebounds.
In place of the injured J.R. Smith, DeAndre Liggins got his first-ever start for the Cavs, connecting on a pair of 3-pointers and playing solid defense during his 20 minutes of action. “I got a job to do every night and that’s to lead this group, and I’ll do that”. Griffin said that other arrangements have been made for “players who do not wish to stay at Trump SoHo to sleep in a different hotel this week for the Cavs’ game against the Knicks on Wednesday”. Tristan Thompson added six points and 14 boards, while Channing Frye led the bench with ten points. The Cavaliers have won the last three meetings in Cleveland.
In a Q&A with Jackie MacMullan of ESPN, Knicks team president Phil Jackson recalled a story from 2014 when the Miami Heat took on the Cleveland Cavaliers.
“We didn’t have the same energy they did”, said Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek. We weren’t able to stop it. Brandon Jennings made his first start for NY with Derrick Rose sitting out due to back spasms that developed during the team’s 114-103 win over the Miami Heat on Tuesday.
James said it was the first time in his career that he chose to stay somewhere other than the primary team hotel on a road trip.
National Basketball Association superstar LeBron James, who endorsed Hillary Clinton in the November election, is reportedly boycotting Donald Trump’s hotels, and will stay elsewhere whenever his team checks in to one. “It’s just my personal preference”, James told reporters before Wednesday’s game. “It’s just my personal preference”. Love scored 16 in the first quarter.