Spurs hold off Cavs for 32nd straight home win

The San Antonio Spurs look to extend their lengthy home winning streak tonight when they host the Cleveland Cavaliers at 8PM ET.

Leonard not only shined on the defensive side of the ball, he added 20 points and 10 rebounds in the win and this put-back slam that got the fans on their feet.

“We just played better defense”, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said.

“Kawhi made LeBron work for everything he had, so all together it was a heck of a win because we gave away the first quarter”. No trade rumors about him, but we might hear more and more of them around mid February.

Leonard’s 3-pointer 4 minutes into the third quarter gave San Antonio its first lead at 57-55, capping an 11-0 run to open the period and a 19-5 spurt bridging the halves.

According to oddsmakers from oddsmakers at RealBets, San Antonio is favored at home in this game, as the Spurs are getting odds of -6.5 points against the Cavaliers. The two teams have yet to play this season but have four meetings lined up, beginning with January 25 at Golden State.

The Cavaliers were beaten by San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night but Kyrie Irving scored 23 points to help get them back on track. Howard is putting up 14.2 points and 11.9 rebounds per game – surprisingly the second-highest scorer on the team.

Damian Lillard played like the All-Star that he is, scoring 33 points and adding 10 assists as the Trailblazers beat the Nets 116-104.

Cleveland, who fell to 27-10, saw their eight-game winning streak snapped despite having all five starters score in double figures.

He also noted that those 54 seconds came in the first 54 seconds of a fourth quarter against the Clippers.

The Cavs were led by LeBron James (22 points) and Tristan Thompson (18 points, 14 rebounds).

Westbrook scored 12 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his fourth triple-double of the season. With that being said, the Spurs have now won 17 of their last 18 games and should once again be a force in the playoffs. He missed all five of his three-point attempts and committed eight of the Rockets’ 19 turnovers. The two teams whom are both on a long winning streak, face off in San Antonio, Texas. Excluding Patrick Beverley, who shot five of eight, every member of the Rockets’ starting line-up missed more shots than they took.

Irving was limited to 16 points on six-for-16 shooting this time, but the game was just as intense. Cleveland shot just 44.4 percent (8 for 18) in the first yet pulled even on a 3 from reserve forward Richard Jefferson before guard Matthew Dellavedova beat the buzzer with a floating jump shot off a Harden turnover, giving the Cavaliers their first lead of the game at 23-21 entering the second.Cleveland did not relinquish that advantage.

San Antonio took an 85-75 lead in the final quarter behind a 13-2 run fueled by role players David West, Danny Green and Patty Mills. Calderon’s shot was just the third time all season an opposing player attempted a go-ahead field goal in the fourth quarter in San Antonio’s building.