Cavaliers 117, Magic 103

CLEVELAND-LeBron James reached another statistical milestone as the Cleveland Cavaliers overpowered the Orlando Magic 117-103 on Monday.

As has been the case throughout much of the early season, the second doomed the Magic. Orlando have dropped 11 straight to Cleveland.

The Magic’s defense appeared to be a rotation short all night, failing to not only slow down the Cavaliers hot shooters. but the best player on the planet in James.

Somehow, they have found a way to improve following a season when they won 67 games and rolled through the playoffs without ever being taken to a seventh game.

Love finished with a season-high 34 points, 27 coming in the first half, when the Cavaliers had a slim 59-55 advantage.

Oladipo and Napier put in a lot of effort on the defensive end, but it simply was not replicated in the second half as the Cavs returned to their superb ball sharing and perimeter shooting. The Hornets’ Jeremy Lin had seven of his 14 points in overtime. The city of Cleveland was crushed, heartbroken, dead inside as they watched their prodigal son leave his home and play for another team miles away. Mary’s High School, LeBron has been projected to be one of the sport’s great players of all time.

Tristan Thompson added nine points and 14 rebounds, while Dellavedova had nine assists and no turnovers.

Looking at the big picture, though, Cleveland’s notably gone 8-0 at home so far this season.

Milwaukee had seven players score in double figures, including each of its starters. Hopefully Mo Williams returns for Cleveland too, thus propelling the Cavaliers point margin over Toronto with his offensive help.

“When I was ready to get back on the court physically, I was there putting my work in making sure my body was ready, my fundamentals were right”, Durant said. “My shot just felt great”. I think we’ve gotten greedy, but a good greedy.

The Cavs are winning, but they’re not exactly blowing teams out like you would expect from the most talented team in the East. Meanwhile, the Raptors have been on the road forever and were able to hold their own against solid comp. I like the Raptors here.

The Bucks had lost three straight and five of six. Some people have trouble with this, but I’d say that yes, it is OK to compare great players from different eras while acknowledging that the game has changed and current players are influenced by those who came before them. He is looking more like the Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves with each game.

James was in his third season with the Miami Heat at the time. And just like LeBron in 2011, it only took a year for the Spurs to realize there mistake made in the previous finals and lay waste to a Miami Heat team that was over matched, losing in 5 games in what basketball fans call a 5 game sweep. “We were sort of running alongside the game in the first half”.

Foreshadowing the rest of the night, they gave up three corner 3-pointers in the game’s first 2 minutes, 2 seconds.