Cavs top Raptors, Hawks extend streak

One, personal trainers to James and Irving are helping the Cavs chart the courses for how many minutes each star plays. The former UCLA Bruin’s excellent season continued as he lead the team in points and rebounds tallying an impressive 27-16 on the night while looking like the Cavaliers best player in LeBron’s absence. Fans were rightly disgruntled and the Cavaliers obviously missed their MVP.

McMillan received quality contributions for nearly every player on the Pacers’ roster.

Sure, the Cleveland Cavaliers are different this season. The chemistry has finally been found, which is a big reason why they were able to win the NBA Championship from the dominant Golden State Warriors last season. Not only is Frye’s 51.0 percent three-point accuracy so far in 2016-17 an easy career high (his career average before this year was 38.6 percent), but he’s shooting far more frequently than he ever has as well. Nine straight points followed for IN and any thoughts of pulling out a victory evaporated. “Have to see how we’re playing at the time and how guys’ minutes are at the time, and just got to gauge it from there”. While the Raptors – now at 7-3 on the season – were juiced by more efficient performances from the likes of Jonas Valanciunas (14 pts, 9 rebs) and Terrance Ross (18 points, 7/12 FG), many of their late-game shots clanged off the rim and into the arms Cleveland rebounders.

“In Year 1 of us playing together, we didn’t really know how to do that”, Love said. “We didn’t change the way we guarded, we just had guys get after the ball and make the ball handler have to make decisions and guys just being in the right spots helping each other”. I’m a threat any time I step out onto the floor, so I feel like our coaching staff will put us in a great position to be great out there and I’ll put myself in a great position.

James did his part, finishing a rebound shy of a triple-double (28-14-9).

This is just half of the advantage of having a deadly big shooter like Frye: what’s also important is that he demands that the imposing rim protector follow him around the perimeter.

James is simply scheduled to rest on what is the second game of a back-to-back for the club. One game included the miserable Orlando Magic and the other was the Cavs minus King James.

PG – Kyrie Irving / SG – Richard Jefferson / SF – Lebron James / PF – Kevin Love / C – Tristan Thompson. Both scored at a rate higher than their season averages.

National Basketball Association games last 48 minutes, though. Monta Ellis led the team with five blocks, as many as Cleveland as a team had while Myles Turner had four of his own. Dwight Howard had 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Hawks, before leaving with 3:06 left in the third quarter with a bruised left thigh.

“He’s a talented player”, Teague of Irving.

“We just play like that now”. Neither team bothered to defend much. Things didn’t get better in the final 12 minutes.”When you’re playing Thaddeus Young, who’s really a 3-4, he gets out and runs”, Lue said. You knew he was going to come on, he relishes this matchup with Kyrie Irving, and it’s a good sign for the long run that the Raptors got him going. “Same thing (Tuesday) night, we got screwed up on some switches and mental mistakes that cost us and once a team like that gets on a roll, it’s hard to get it stopped”. “We ended up taking a timeout”. “I’ll continue to trust them”. He’s arguably the best player in our game.