LeBron James Has Had Enough Of The Losing
But when they are up, they have enough talent that they are not reliant on him for every point.
James’ teams have won 23 straight games against Charlotte. “They went to Kevin and Kev just delivered time after time (by) doing what he knows how to do with a very good mix of inside-outside play”. The Cavaliers improved to 12-4.
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“I think we get caught up in our league too much in trying to compare greats to greats instead of just accepting and acknowledging and saying, “Wow, these are just great players”, he said.
Charlotte’s Kemba Walker, who has been around for most of the losses to James, called it frustrating not to be able to beat him.
The last time James lost to a Charlotte team was February 19, 2010, during his first stint with the Cavaliers. He sees the open man, finds everybody that is why it makes him different from all the other players in National Basketball Association because the vision of James is phenomenal.
Richard Jefferson added 13 points and Tristan Thompson pulled down 12 rebounds for the Cavaliers.
“We felt we had a certain lineup that was working”, Blatt said.
The Hornets trailed 91-69 with 2:24 left in the third quarter and were down 91-74 going into the fourth. “It was just working well for us”.
Walker had 18 points for the Hornets and Batum added 17 points and eight rebounds.
Oregon Live reported that the Cavs then rallied to take a 97-86 with a 3-pointer and a driving lay-up by Dellavedova.
Nic Batum missed two 3-pointers in the last 20 seconds for the Hornets. “We were sort of running alongside the game in the first half”. They were also playing just their fifth home game of the season – second lowest in the league – and were hoping the good vibes of home court would lift them past James and his Cavs. Cleveland finished the game shooting over 50% behind the 3 point line and had four players finish the game in double figures. On Friday night against Charlotte, Love notched his 10th double-double of the season by halftime, finishing with 18 points and a game-high 16 boards despite not seeing the floor in the fourth quarter.
Center Ian Mahinmi had 15 points and nine rebounds, guard Monta Ellis scored 14 points and Lavoy Allen had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Indiana.
Victor Oladipo had 17 points, nine assists and six rebounds. Over 14 games in November, they average 42.6 rebounds per game. The Sixers have dropped 27 in a row dating to last season for the longest losing streak in major USA professional sports history, passing the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1976 to ‘ 77.
Orlando got a season-high 18 points off the bench from Andrew Nicholson, but Magic coach Scott Skiles, who saw James play as a sophomore at Akron St. Vincent-St.
Despite the improvements, it proves their Achilles heel against championship-caliber teams like Cleveland when forward LeBron James scores 25 points and has 13 rebounds.