LeBron James, James Jones lead players-only meeting after loss

Smith came off the bench to score 20 points and dish out 11 assists. The team fell short last year in the first round of the playoffs after raised expectations and now they are aiming to turn that around this year. He was simply all over him, as if offended that the Cavs would actually allow Cunningham to try and handle the ball against him. Meanwhile, the Hornets are second in the Southeast Division behind the Miami Heat only by half a game. Williams made a 3-pointer at the buzzer to cut the Raptors’ lead to 82-80 after three quarters.

Bismack Biyombo’s name was mentioned. No, seriously, he totally did! Their East-leading 11-4 record seems awfully ho-hum, and Irving will likely return around Christmas to a Cavs team that still controls their fortunes as the premier team in the Conference.

There were a lot of numbers to like in this game from an offensive standpoint such as…

Raptors coach, Dwane Casey, praised Lowry for his performance and tagged their win as a “litmus test” for the team as per The Star.

After missing their first five shots of the fourth quarter, the Raptors scored nine straight points over a two-minute span to open a 91-84 lead with 5:38 to go.

What a difference a game makes.

Why players only? Because James and Jones don’t feel this has anything to do with the coaching staff, although it’ll feed some more rumors about who is really running this team. “He contributed six rebounds and now stands at 25,298 career points”. “They were the better team tonight and they got the win”. They don’t need to be peaking for another five to six months. “We did a good job keeping ourselves focused”, he added.

Ever since Drake Night made its debut a few years back, it’s become an annual event for the Toronto Raptors.

Drake, who was at Staples Centre last week to watch the Raptors easily beat the lowly Lakers, said he wasn’t too concerned with the stiffer competition for Wednesday’s game.

“I think it’s just good to be home”, Lowry said, according to the Associated Press. Oh, you can’t do it without me?

“It’s always a concern when he gives you that look sometimes and it’s trouble”. The Cavaliers held a players-only meeting after the game where maybe some of that frustration was addressed directly.