Atlanta Hawks coach suspended for bumping ref

The Cavs were getting easy buckets without little resistance.

Smith’s ire was prompted by Miami’s Rodney McGruder’s scoring a putback dunk over Cleveland’s Channing Frye with 1:14 remaining in the fourth quarter to put the Heat up by 31 points and celebrating by appearing to push Frye in the lower back. That caused the rehabilitating J.R. Smith to confront McGruder immediately after the game before quickly being led to the Cavaliers’ locker room. There was plenty to get the Cavs’ attention for Monday, which will also mark the debut of Cavs’ 7-footer Andrew Bogut.

Atlanta Hawks head coach Mike Budenholzer has been suspended one game by the National Basketball Association for making contact with an official during Friday’s contest against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Look for the Wine and Gold to come out in all-business mode in Game No. 62.

The eyes had it again Monday during the Miami Heat’s shootaround. Bogut reached a buyout agreement with the Philadelphia 76ers after the Dallas Mavericks traded him, Justin Anderson and a conditional first-round pick to the City of Brotherly Love for Nerlens Noel. Irving made each of his 10 free throws and had nine assists and four steals. The Heat have had to fight tooth and nail for wins lately and thus it was great to see players like Willie Reed and Okaro White get some more game minutes.

In the last night, Miami registered their second losing game in last five but, Cavaliers won against Atlanta Hawks.

In the latest Cleveland Cavaliers news, it seems like J.R. Smith is ready to be back on the hardwood. So James might sit that night, too.

LeBron James was a spectator for the Miami Heat’s 120-92 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday. We took some bad shots. If they played in the West, they’d be the 3-seed, trailing the Warriors and San Antonio Spurs, and mere win percentage points ahead of the Houston Rockets in fourth.

“The other night Denver made 24 threes”, D’Antoni told Sports Illustrated recently.

Goran Dragic led the Heat with 23 points as the hosts nailed 18 three-pointers, the second-most in franchise history.

Hassan Whiteside had 20 points and 13 rebounds, Tyler Johnson scored 17 and Wayne Ellington added 12.

“It’s competitors being competitive”, Miami guard Josh Richardson said.

Defending NBA champion Cleveland added more support for superstar LeBron James on Saturday, signing forward Derrick Williams to a contract for the remainder of the season.