LeBron James (Strep Throat) Will Play Monday vs

No team did better than that. The old record was 117.2 in October of 1979. Irving would lead the Cavs with 34 points for the game. More on the Celtics in a minute.

And, you know – knock on wood – James will be playing in the postseason, and probably playing at a higher level.

Bogut is averaging 10 points, 8.9 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game for his career. Korver has been out of his mind of late – averaging 18.7 points on 64 percent shooting from long-range over his last three games; 15.7 ppg and.625 from deep through the first 10 games of February. “We had a great month”. “He just makes everyone better, myself included”. “It’s going to help us out a lot”. They simplified their defensive schemes and obviously cranked it up offensively.

“Tristan’s been great for us on defense, since he’s been getting in the right spots”, Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue said.

“Deron is someone who can play with the ball”. In the first half, Kyrie Irving and Kyle Korver scored or assisted on 39 of the Cavs 56 points.

While he was a part of a championship team and also arguably the best team in National Basketball Association history last season (which set a record by going 73-9), he was thrown to the curb in order to sign Durant in free agency, thus breaking up the successful crew.

There hasn’t been an official update in regards to if progress has been made with James’ illness, but his absence from shootaround is surely not encouraging. Malcolm Brogdon led the Bucks (26-32) with 17 points and Greg Monroe added 13.

“Last home game, Kevin [Love] and Kyrie [Irving] didn’t play”, Lue said.

“The Cavs were the first team that jumped out at me”, Williams said. Williams also added seven rebounds to continue his effective play since joining the team. Deron Williams has yet to play a game. Cleveland is “hopeful” to sign C Andrew Bogut if he clears waivers at 5 p.m. Wednesday. When J.R. Smith went down with a broken thumb, this forced Iman Shumpert into a starting role, which removed him from that bench rotation. He’s coming back in a couple weeks.

With Kevin Love injured, the Cavs are significantly weaker at the forward/center position.

On Saturday afternoon, the Cavs finally found their man.

But their roster will be better than it was when they won the 2016 Finals, and certainly better than it was when James ripped it for being “top heavy” on January 23. Even if they were to get swept in the series and if they played each other in the playoffs, I would expect Cleveland to turn up the intensity, but it won’t be easy.

Beasley, who has given Milwaukee an offensive spark this season, immediately signaled for help and had to be helped off the court by teammates Thon Maker and Greg Monroe.