Simply put, the Detroit Pistons were more physical than the Cleveland Cavaliers. Monday night in Quicken Loans Arena, the Pistons bullied the Cavs en route to a convincing 96-88 victory. The loss was just Cleveland’s fifth at home this season (23-5), and it also snapped Cleveland’s five-game winning streak. “They came in and played well, and they beat us,” Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue said. “We weren’t ready to play tonight.” Cleveland (40-15) couldn’t buy a bucket in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter. The Cavs trailed Detroit 75-68 heading into the final period, but proceeded to miss their first 10 shots when the fourth quarter began. Meanwhile, the Pistons (28-29) took an 86-68 lead after starting the fourth with an 11-0 run, which was ended with 6:50 remaining by two LeBron James free throws, Cleveland’s first points of the quarter. …show more content…
When Kyrie Irving sank a layup with 2:28 to play, Cleveland climbed back to an 88-82 deficit. However, Pistons guard Reggie Jackson sank a floater on Detroit’s next possession to put Detroit back up by eight. The nail in the coffin came moments later. As James drove for a bucket following a Cavs steal, Detroit shooting guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope ripped the ball from James’ hands. Pope raced to the other end of the floor for a spectacular layup that put Detroit back up double-digits, 92-82 with 1:26 remaining. After Pope’s stellar play, the fans in The Q began to head for the
The source that I used, “Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Biography” by Biography.com no authors are listed is a great source that gave me a lot of information that will help me with my reader response essay. I came across this website by entering my search question into Google. After looking through a dozen of articles “Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Biography” had the most detailed information of all the links. This article gave me a lot of information that will be correlating to my search question which is this: What major influences did Kareem Abdul-Jabbar have in his basketball career? The “Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Biography” article had three sections that broke
Rashim told Colin and Andrew that they needed to help him stand out this game. Colin said, “Rashim, we want you to go to the NBA as much you want to. We got you and we're gonna make you the MVP of this game.” Rashim knew that his friends would always be by his side to help him. The timeout was over and it was almost half-time. LaSalle was down by 8 and knew they needed to come back to stay in this game. Wissahickon missed a shot, and Andrew got the rebound and passed it to Rashim and he made a three pointer! With 4 seconds Colin got a steal and threw a bullet pass to Rashim, and he got the shot off with one second left, and he made it! The crowd was filled with excitement and cheering for Rashim. “I couldn't have gotten those points without your guys’ help,” he shouted excitedly. But the game wasn't over, and LaSalle was still
Recently, I watched my husband, who is neither a fan of UNC or Duke, become anxious over a major upset between UNC and Duke. UNC was leading at half-time; with a 16 point lead and it had been several minutes since Duke scored a basket. However, something that Coach K said to his team in the locker room during half time changed the dynamic of the game. Finally the game ended with Duke beating UNC by a 6 point lead.
The Cleveland Cavaliers struggle to get at least three of their players to perform at the levels of Golden State. The Cleveland Cavaliers only have one player who can put up more than twenty points in the 2015-2016 season and that is Lebron James. ‘James scored 25.3 points per game last season as stated on ESPN.com.” (HalfRest) With only one player scoring over twenty points compared to Golden States’ three players with over twenty makes it obvious to people that Cleveland Cavaliers struggle against the Warriors. “Lebron gets 7.8 rebounds per game compared to Durant’s 8.2 rebounds per game.” (HalfRest) This shows an even better statistic for the Golden State Warriors and makes them look even more unbeatable. Lebron is the only well performing player Cleveland could rely on and without him they wouldn’t have gotten as far as they did in the Finals. All Golden State players on the starting lineup can perform well behind the three-point line unlike the Cleveland Cavaliers who only depend on their guards to shoot from that distance. “Before the fourth quarter even started, Curry told Thompson that he would continue to look for him. Curry, the league 's two-time reigning most valuable player, tends to produce his finest basketball in late-game situations. But he could sense that Thompson was rolling.” (Cacciola) “The Warriors produced quality shots with screens, cuts and passes. They looked for the open man. They trusted one another to make the right decisions. In basketball, a pass is the greatest form of trust.” (Cacciola) That quote makes a good point for any situation but especially basketball. In basketball, you must give your other teammates a chance and that’s exactly what the Warriors do. In a game if one person gets on fire the whole team gets on fire. Meanwhile, with Cleveland only one player carries the weight of the team and
It was obvious that this might be just what Eureka needed as they grabbed the lead with a Conner Walden 3 pointer with 5:48 left in the first quarter and possessed that lead until the final
Bang! Steph Curry nails a three and wins the game. That’s right ladies and gentlemen the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors beat the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls record. That record stood until now and the Golden State Warriors broke the 72-10 record with an astonishing record of 73-9. This is the main reason why the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors are the second best team in NBA history. The Golden State Warriors are the second best team in NBA history because they broke the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls’ record, and they have Steph Curry.
Disneyland Fairytale? Divine intervention? Luck? Talent? Let’s take a look at what took place throughout the game that would set the stage and play into the win. Detroit capitalized on halfback, Dickey Moegle’s, first quarter fumble on the opening kick-off and took a quick 7-0 lead. John Henry Johnson added three more fumbles in the slush during the first quarter. Now Joe Perry, became the go-to-guy.
Alright, fantasy basketball fans time for my next NBA team preview. Today, I’ll be analyzing three players from the Los Angeles Lakers and discussing how they can benefit your fantasy teams in 2015-16. The Lakers are one of the NBA’s most decorated franchises, but these days they’ve lost their winning ways. From Kobe Bryant being injured the last two seasons to no big name free agents wanting commit to them, the Lakers have been a major let down over the past few years. There are brighter days coming to Los Angeles though, with rookie D’Angelo Russell coming to town and Bryant finally getting healthy, the Lakers fantasy outlook is better for this upcoming season.
Despite the final outcome on the scoreboard the game provided several positives in addition to the accompanying and omnipresent negatives. In the first place basketball is a game of scoring runs, as far as positives, after being outscored 69-48 by the Kings in the first half, the Lakers returned the favor in the second half outscoring Sacramento 67-49.
The Golden Panthers would get on the scoreboard when, #12 Higgins Jr. hooked up with Dayon Pitts on a 21-yard pass. A two point conversion run failed leaving this a 7-6 game, with the Warriors leading.
The Warriors would face a 4th and three to go at the 9:59 mark of the quarter and the opted to go for it. The play was pass from Jamal Lipsey and went to James McDowell moved the ball to the Tigers 44-yard-line and moved the chains. The Warriors known for being a very undisciplined team, though they have slowly begun to shake that reputation, would fall back into those bad habits,with three flags being thrown on them on the first drive. The Warriors, who last week had major problems on the snap from center to the punter again ran into that problem with 6:55 left in the quarter. A bad snap to the punter was recovered by Chase Wade, at the Warriors
...d actually passed it and stole it mid-flight. He was all alone, everyone behind him, clear path to the basket. He finger rolled it out of his hands and into the hoop. Tie game with ten seconds left. LeBron James slowly dribbled up the court as the clock clicked down. He hesitated and then quickly drove by Kevin Durant. Past half court now with three seconds left. LeBron knew he only had time to hoist up a deep prayer from way outside. As he stopped, Kevin was charging from behind as he released the deep bomb. Kevin slapped the ball from behind and the buzzer sounded. They were heading to another overtime. This game was no longer a five on five matchup. It was one on one. LeBron James vs Kevin Durant. LeBron James and Kevin Durant will always be heavily compared and contrasted, long after their days in the league and while the game of basketball continues to evolve.
We didn 't play the way we wanted. Even though we struggled, we still did some things right. If we just focus on the things we did well like; boxing out, playing tough defense, and rebounding, we can work around those things and build up the things that needed to be worked on. I know that we can step up and play at a higher level. We just have to make some fundamental changes and work on some things in practice and I think that it will help in our next game. We can hold on to this loss for the night but when you come to practice tomorrow we aren 't going to hang on to this feeling we need to shake it off and start to prepare for our next game. We just need to use this game as an opportunity to see what we need to work on and build off of that. Once we improve what we need to, I think we can get to the level of success we want.”
...t was trying to stay alive against the San Antonio Spurs. Luckily, they pulled a NBA championship against the veterans which gave Miami Heat victory.
The Lakers swept the 2014-15 two-game season series, after splitting the two previous season series. The Lakers lead the All-Time series with the 76ers 142-131. The purple and gold lost the only meeting during the 2011-12 season, the loss snapped a four-game winning streak against the Sixers and marked their first loss at the Wells Fargo Center since March 9, 2007.