Kevin Durant Engineered the crush Against cleveland cavaliers saying…
DALLAS – The Cleveland Cavaliers are not a fancy team with big-name stars who are likely to challenge for top honours at the end of the National Basketball Association (NBA) season.
But even with their key players sidelined on Dec 27, they made up for what they lacked with “guts, heart and courage”, according to their coach J.B. Bickerstaff.
At the American Airlines Centre, Cleveland’s Caris LeVert made the go-ahead three-pointer with 2min 3sec to play as the Cavaliers rallied from a 20-point deficit to beat the Dallas Mavericks 113-110.
DALLAS – The Cleveland Cavaliers are not a fancy team with big-name stars who are likely to challenge for top honours at the end of the National Basketball Association (NBA) season.
But even with their key players sidelined on Dec 27, they made up for what they lacked with “guts, heart and courage”, according to their coach J.B. Bickerstaff.
At the American Airlines Centre, Cleveland’s Caris LeVert made the go-ahead three-pointer with 2min 3sec to play as the Cavaliers rallied from a 20-point deficit to beat the Dallas Mavericks 113-110.
Elsewhere, two-time NBA champion Kevin Durant delivered his 18th career triple-double to lead Phoenix to a much-needed win over the Houston Rockets, and the Philadelphia 76ers downed the Orlando Magic despite the absence of reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid.
In Houston, Durant scored 27 points with 10 rebounds and matched his career high with 16 assists to propel the Suns to a 129-113 victory over the Rockets.
Phoenix snapped a frustrating three-game losing streak, building a 104-84 lead through three quarters and holding on for their first road win in a month.
Eric Gordon, returning to Houston, where he played seven seasons for the Rockets, matched Durant’s 27 points while hitting seven of his 11 three-point attempts.
The Sixers won without Embiid for the first time this season, notching a 112-92 victory over the Magic in Orlando.
Tyrese Maxey scored 23 points and Tobias Harris and De’Anthony Melton added 22 apiece for Philadelphia.
The Sixers had been 0-4 in games previously without Embiid – who missed his second straight game with a sprained ankle – this season.
In Brooklyn, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 32 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and handed out eight assists for Milwaukee, who beat the short-handed Nets 144-122.
Khris Middleton added 27 points and 10 assists for the Bucks, who outscored the Nets 44-30 in the fourth quarter to cruise home. AFP