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via fox8cleveland: During last night game The Cavs honored the late Kobe Bryant, who was among the nine people killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday. The Cavs projected a photo of Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianni, who also died in the crash, onto the court. Then, there was a 24.8-second moment of silence. […]
via BlackAmericaWeb: WNBA player Skylar Diggins-Smith took to Twitter recently to express her frustrations with the league after facing criticism for taking the 2019 season off to deal with postpartum depression. The four-time WNBA All-Star who currently plays point guard for the Dallas Wings, welcomed a son with her husband Daniel in April. Since her son’s birth, […]
via Wkyc: The Cleveland Cavaliers are heading back to Boston. And they’re doing so with the Eastern Conference Finals all tied up. After returning to Cleveland facing an 0-2 deficit, the Cavs held serve on their home court, evening the best-of-seven series at two games apiece with a 111-102 victory over the Boston Celtics at […]
via Wkyc: Now, that is how a team stages a comeback in a key Eastern Conference game late in the regular season. The Cleveland Cavaliers found themselves trailing the Washington Wizards by 17 points with 7:35 to play in the fourth quarter, but a 32-11 scoring run delivered them to a 119-115 victory in front […]
via Wkyc: The Cleveland Cavaliers have been good at maintaining leads throughout the fourth quarter during the regular season, as they are the only remaining undefeated team in the NBA when holding an advantage after three periods. But against the Dallas Mavericks Sunday at Quicken Loans Arena, the Cavaliers (47-30) needed a stout defensive effort […]
via Wkyc: LeBron James scored 40 points as part of his third triple-double in four games and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 124-117 on Monday night as coach Tyronn Lue began his leave of absence to address health issues. Lue said Monday in a statement he been dealing with chest pains and loss of […]
via Wkyc: One win is all Oakland could muster in the Horizon League tournament. Despite expectations of a tournament championship, the No. 4-seeded Grizzlies were upset by No. 8 Cleveland State, 44-43, in Monday night’s semifinal at Little Caesars Arena. Oakland (19-14), which beat IUPUI in the quarterfinals for its first tournament win since 2014, […]
via Wkyc: LeBron James quieted a Celtics crowd that came to celebrate Paul Pierce on Sunday, scoring 24 points with 10 assists and eight rebounds to give new-look Cleveland a 121-99 victory over Boston in an individual performance reminiscent of the rivalry’s heyday. And this time, Pierce was sitting courtside in street clothes, unable to […]
via Wkyc: LeBron James had 25 points, 14 assists and narrowly missed his second straight triple-double, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat Detroit 121-104 on Sunday night, sending the Pistons to their eighth straight loss. Cleveland has won consecutive games for the first time since a five-game winning streak Dec. 9-17 James was 8 of 15 […]
via Wkyc: After possessing a seven-point lead at halftime, the Cleveland Cavaliers couldn’t hold on against their arch-rivals on Monday night, falling to the Golden State Warriors by a score of 118-108. With the loss, the Cavs have now lost four straight games and fall to 0-2 against the Warriors during the ongoing 2017-18 NBA […]
via News5: Isaiah Thomas showed flashes of what made him an All-Star in his long-awaited Cleveland debut as the Cavaliers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 127-110 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night. Thomas scored 17 points and played 19 minutes in his first game in seven months, an impressive […]
via Wkyc: Cavaliers point guard Isaiah Thomas will make his debut for Cleveland on Tuesday night against Portland after being sidelined with a hip injury. The All-Star has been out since last year’s Eastern Conference finals, when he played with Boston. After months of grueling rehab, Thomas will finally take the floor with Cleveland, which […]