The team needed a jump-start after a disastrous March in which it went 7-10, as it is entering the last two weeks of the 2016-17 regular season a half-game behind the Boston Celtics for the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. "He's a big time player". With games Tuesday at home against the Orlando Magic and a crucial one Wednesday in Boston against the East-leading Celtics, the Cavs will take Monday off and aren't required to report to the Q until 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Still, it admittedly wasn't great defense by James, either - he got caught on a rather simple cross screen by Myles Turner, trying to go through him rather than definitively choosing to go under or over.
Elsewhere, it was: Spurs 100, Thunder 95, Grizzlies 99, Mavericks, Hornets 122, Nuggets 114, Raptors 111, Pacers 100, Knicks 98, Heat 94; Bucks 108, Pistons 105, OT; and Jazz 95, Wizards 88. "They took their frustrations out on us".
"They played at a championship level", coach Brett Brown said. "Some miscommunication right there, but they got over it". "Move forward. We're family and got each other's back always".
"For this season as a whole, Cleveland is a minus-8.2 without James on the court".
Stephenson played for the Pelicans and Timberwolves this season and hasn't practiced with the Pacers. Head coach Tyronn Lue believes that the team needs to regain that sense of urgency that the players had last season. In the second overtime, Miles was tasked with guarding Kevin Love, a matchup that Miles was not capable of, as Love scored nine points in the second overtime.
James finished with a team-high 26 points and passed Shaquille O'Neal for seventh on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
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In the end, it all worked out for the Cavs, who got 23 points on 5-for-20 shooting, five rebounds and seven assists from Kyrie Irving, who played 46 minutes; 10 points and six rebounds from Channing Frye; and nine points and six assists from Williams. It's possible Covington will need surgery after an MRI revealed torn meniscus. Okafor was injured March 22 and had missed the past four games. Cleveland was once again short-handed as F Richard Jefferson (left knee tendinitis) and G Kyle Korver (left knee soreness) sat out.
The Cavs had lost three straight, and five of their previous seven going into the contest, but Irving said the turnaround, with the playoffs a fortnight away, was under way. They got in each other's way and George drained it. James and Thompson looked at each other then, and after the 3-ball later in the period the situation erupted. We wanted to win that game and it was a big play.
"We've got to keep building from here and not look back", he said. We're just happy Shaq's enemies weren't around, otherwise this could have turned ugly.
"I'm filled with a lot of confidence", Rubio said.
Up 14 early in the fourth period, the Cavs seemed to have the game under control, but their offense became stagnant and Miles stayed hot for in, as his 3-pointer cut the Pacers' deficit to 96-94 with 5:58 to go.
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