Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Nuggets pan their way to Cavalier Sweep 106-97

The Cleveland Cavaliers showed that teams will have good nights and bad nights and sometimes they can be extreme from game to game as the Cavaliers were flat i a 106-97 loss to the Denver Nuggets in Cleveland.
LeBron James led Cleveland with 22 points and Kevin Love added 20 points with 11 rebounds in the losing effort.
The now 5-4 Cavaliers host the defending champion San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday...

Swashbucklings

1) The Denver Nuggets have won three games this season and two are against the Cavaliers....

2) Cleveland received 20 points or more from each of these four players-LeBron James,Kevin Love,Kyrie Irving and Dion Waiters and received 15 total from the remaining five players with PT in this one.
When two of those are starters (Shawn Marion 7 and Anderson Varejao 0),you will not win many games..

3) The player of the game tonight was in the visiting blue and yellow as Ty Lawson dominated his matchup with Kyrie Irving and put aside the numbers (24-20 pts 12-8 assists),which make the duel far closer that it was.
Irving continues to show defensive struggles and that will be an interesting serial to follow this season...

4) Kevin Love was sharp early,but disappeared in the second half.
10 of Love's 20 came in quarter one and rarely shot in the second half.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer points at Love being a big man that is dependent on the passing of his teammates and that's true to a degree.
However,Love is a star and there is nothing wrong with him or David Blatt for that matter stepping up and demanding someone to get him the ball.

5) Dion Waiters shot the ball well (9-16) and during one run was the entire Cleveland offense,but still shows defensive issues as he had big issues guarding Aaron Affalo.

6) Latest Cleveland rumor? Obtaining Corey Brewer from Minnesota.
Brewer brings more defensive skills to the team,but is not the scorer that some are.
Depends on the cost....

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