No Love for Magic: The Orlando Magic made the Cleveland Cavaliers’ best player disappear, writes cleveland.com's Chris Fedor. Kevin Love, who has been averaging a double-double since the All-Star break and spearheading a Cleveland resurgence, had his worst game in weeks. And it ended early -- much like the Cavs’ chances in a 120-91 loss. Read more. Sexton hitting rookie marks: Collin Sexton scored 23 points in the loss against Orlando Thursday night -- his fourth consecutive game with at least 20 points, matching LeBron James, who accomplished that feat two different times during his first season, writes Fedor. A few nights earlier, Sexton broke Kyrie Irving's franchise record for 3-pointers by a rookie. Read more. What could have been: Cavaliers coach Larry Drew had a conversation with assistant Mike Longabardi, writes Fedor. It wasn’t about strategy -- how to deal with Orlando Magic All-Star Nikola Vucevic on a night the Cavaliers will be without Tristan Thompson and Larry Nance Jr. It wasn’t even about keys to beating the Magic for the second time in less than two weeks. It was something completely different, reflecting on what could have been this season if not for a lengthy list of injuries that sent Cleveland spinning before ever getting a real shot to gain traction. Read more. Chriss speaks on fight: Marquese Chriss and Serge Ibaka don’t have history. They’ve rarely even crossed paths in the NBA. So how does the Cleveland Cavaliers power forward explain the incident Monday night that led to a fight and subsequent suspensions? “I think he must’ve been having a bad day or something,” Chriss told cleveland.com early Thursday morning. “Because what I said didn’t warrant that kind of reaction.” Read more. Cleveland's best trade ever? Take part in a bracketed vote by cleveland.com, in honor of the Browns' recent trade for Odell Beckham Jr. Among the first-round matchups is the Cavaliers' acquisition of Kevin Love and how they got Brad Daugherty. Vote here for Love's trade or vote here for Daugherty's deal. National stories Jazz owner on the defensive: Utah Jazz owner Gail Miller addressed the crowd before Thursday's game to underscore the team's willingness to enforce the NBA's Code of Conduct following Monday's incident involving Russell Westbrook and a fan who crossed the line. "I am extremely disappointed that one of our quote 'fans' conducted himself in such a way as to offend not only a guest in our arena, but also me personally, my family, our organization, the community, our players and you, as the best fans in the NBA," Miller said. Read more. Mavs up next: The Cavs will be in Dallas on Saturday. The Mavericks are coming off a heartbreaking 100-99 loss Thursday to the Denver Nuggets. Read more. See more Cavaliers Keep up with the cleveland.com YouTube page devoted to the Cavaliers. Click here to subscribe. Today's birthdays: Terry Cummings (1961), Xavier Henry (1991), Jabari Parker (1995) - cleveland.com |
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