The Cavs lost to the Heat Monday night after giving LeBron James and Kyrie Irving a day off (Tristan Thompson also sat with an injury). The Cavaliers would give them a run for their money, forcing overtime and such, but this was simply another game that should have been won, even without three of the starting five. But the Cavs still had plenty of time to work, and four good shooters on the floor between Deron Williams, Kyle Korver, J.R. Smith and Channing Frye.
With the Celtics beating the Brooklyn Nets, 114-105, the defeat dropped the Cavs one game behind Boston for first place in the conference.
The Toronto Raptors have won 11 of their past 13 games and they will be aiming to cap off their regular season with a fourth straight win after cruising past the Knicks in a 110-97 win on Sunday.
Cleveland enters play at 51-29 on the year and in first place in the Eastern Conference. A Toronto win could give them some added confidence heading into the postseason, but I still like the Cavs at home. Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot paced the Sixers with 24 points and Richaun Holmes had 17 points.
No matter who plays, the playoff implications on Monday night's game couldn't be thicker.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr, his team already assured of home court advantage throughout the playoffs, was careful with the playing time of his stars.
The Cavs dominated Atlanta for three quarters and led 93-67 to start the fourth quarter. "We started out of the gate bad on defense, so I was just trying to huddle the guys up, telling them to stay focused, lock in on this end and everything will work out". In these appearances, he only averaged 1.3 points and 1.9 rebounds.
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After a quiet first half, Durant scored eight points in the third quarter, including an explosive move past Jazz guard Dante Exum for a dunk.
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"He told me that I'm not allowed to call timeout because he didn't know who had possession of the ball", James said. "Credit to my teammates". We're going to keep working as a group and keep getting better and see what we can do. Dragic, who had an uncomfortable fit with Wade as backcourt mates, has taken a leadership role and has spent most of the season integrating new players into the system and dealing with D-League call-ups with limited experience. On paper, Toronto can beat all of these teams in a 7-game series owing to their superior depth of talent.
The highlight of the night for Detroit fans was a halftime ceremony that honoured the top players from the three championship teams, with Isiah Thomas and Dennis Rodman posing for pictures with Ben Wallace and Chauncey Billups. You can't just relax and play your game.
Per NBA.com, the Heat have only one five-man lineup that has logged over 200 minutes together this season, and just three with over 100 minutes.
"Our game was enough", he said. "After that, we played really well". "We won on the road past year".
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