Paul George makes a tough shot.
Magic big man Nikola Vucevic is a rebounding center with a nice touch around the basket as well as a decent face-up game. Once there, George exploded.
Warriors 107, Rockets 98 Stephen Curry scored 24 points, Klay Thompson had 20 and the Golden State Warriors got key plays down the stretch from just about everybody, using a big fourth quarter to hold off the Houston Rockets. Although the Cavaliers would eventually win the game 135-130, the exchange could leave a bitter taste in the mouth of public opinion. On Indiana's next possession, Stephenson found C.J. Miles in the corner to tie things at 34. But when he sits, the Cavs' net rating is -16.7. The Pacers had 12 offensive rebounds, but Cleveland had 15. The Cavaliers made 18-of-43.
"We needed this game, we needed to get this win", said Kyrie Irving, who was among the more vocal Cavs during a rough March in which the team went 7-10 overall and lost five of seven before beating the Sixers. In the end, the lack of awareness did not mix well with the questionable coaching rotations.
"Coach ran a couple of plays for me and (Brian Roberts) just hit me and I was able to knock some shots down", Lamb said. And Rudy Gobert completely controlled the game defensively with four blocks and 19 rebounds, nearly as many as the Wizards had as a team (28).
The Pacers got another chance at it and the responsibility to hit the victor once again rested on George's shoulders.
On the play involving George's three-pointer, it appeared that Thompson was supposed to - or at least, James thought Thompson was supposed to - either switch onto George, or hedge on the pick to prevent George from getting the easy three-point look. His wrist clearly wasn't holding him back, but it was Ellis flipping the ball towards the rim instead of Young.
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LeBron James and Cleveland just might be at their lowest point since the King came home three years ago.
However, Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com reported that the Cavaliers locker room was tense after the game. "He made some big-time plays tonight, he's a big-time player". "Move forward. We're family and got each other's back always".
McMillan did however give Stephenson minutes with the starters in both his stints off the bench.
The most frustrating thing to take from this loss is the wasted effort from George, who was phenomenal, especially late.
Rajon Rondo added 15 assists and Robin Lopez had 10 points and 11 rebounds as the ninth-place Bulls moved within a game of Miami and IN in the Eastern Conference standings. Hayward has emerged as an elite small forward with 21.8 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.
Thompson was angry with James after Paul George hit a 3 with to bring IN within 128-127 with 49.7 on the clock and he let the 4-time NBA MVP know it. James responded with a few choice words of his own leading to his postgame mea culpa. A fan favorite, Free rarely passed up a shot while averaging 23 points in 275 games for Cleveland. But he couldn't prevent the Pacers from their eighth straight road loss.
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