Burned by the Heat and Crowning the Kings

The Cleveland Cavaliers bounced back from an embarrassing  111-87 loss on Friday to the Miami Heat,that frankly was not THAT close with a 93-92 win over the Sacramento Kings last night at the Q
Kyrie Irving nailed two free throws with 0.4 seconds remaining in the game to turn a one point deficit into a one point victory.
Irving led Cleveland in scoring in both games with 23 points in the win and 17 in the loss.
The Cavaliers will play back to back home games on Tuesday and Wednesday as they host the Detroit Pistons and New Orleans Hornets.

Swashbucklings

1) A few words on the loss to begin.
Byron Scott blasted his club for a weak effort and claimed his team was "Scared of one man".
As talented as LeBron James is,scared is not the word that I would use.
I prefer Starstruck as many of these guys have either watched him for years or played with him on teams built around him.
This will wear off with each encounter against Miami...

2) This is the first and maybe only time that I will comment on these LeBron James comments that he will return to Cleveland.
Would I take James back and forgive?Maybe,depending what that situation would be.
Could I forget?" No,things can never go back to where they were and James knows that he made a mistake.
A mistake that he can never get back,no matter what he does.

3) The win over the Kings was an entertaining one between two young and not very good teams that were filled with fun,exciting and often times sloppy play.
Racehorse basketball can be fun,but not always pleasing to the eye as was shown by the 37 and 36 % shooting by each team for the evening.

4) Ramon Sessions continues to raise his trade profile with solid games against both teams.
Sessions scored 29 points and had 10 assists in the games and continues to show that he can run an offense off the bench for 20-25 minutes a night for a contender...

5) Super night for Tristan Thompson against the Kings with 15 points and 12 rebounds with seven of those on the offensive end.
Thompson still has a long way to go offensively with limited moves with the ball,but the potential was there to be putting up similar numbers to these every night...

6) Cleveland is now 12-17 and with upcoming games against weak sisters Detroit and New Orleans,it is not out of the question to win both of those games.
The problem is when you are playing in a lot of pick em games,you can lose some of those as well.
The Hornets have won their last three games and I am looking forward to seeing them on Wednesday.

7) The Kings may have had issues earlier in the year with DeMarcus Cousins and he is still a bit raw offensively,but I love the way he hits the glass!
If the Kings want to move him,I'll trade any Cavalier other than Kyrie Irving for him this minute!

8) Speaking of Irving,one had to love drilling those pressure free throws with the win on the line,especially when you consider Antwan Jamison clunking two in a similar spot .
Irving had to hit both for win,while Jamison needed to just hit one of two.
19 or not-Irving is the leader of this team....

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