Cavaliers use pair of 15-0 runs to top Heat 111-99
Donovan Mitchell had 27 points and 13 rebounds, Darius Garland shook off early foul trouble to score 18 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat 111-99.
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Donovan Mitchell had 27 points and 13 rebounds, Darius Garland shook off early foul trouble to score 18 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat 111-99.
Bam Adebayo scored 22 points, Jimmy Butler finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds and the Miami Heat held off the Detroit Pistons 103-102 in the season-opener for both clubs.
With the Miami Heat playing for their playoff lives in the final two games of the regular season, they got some uplifting news Monday.
The Miami Heat and their fans were expecting to see one of the best players to ever dawn a Heat jersey on Saturday, but things didn't quite work out that way.
Lebron James and the Cavaliers take another swipe at ending their nine-game losing streak in Miami when they visit the Heat on Saturday.
LeBron James scored 29 points, Kevin Love added 24 with 14 rebounds and the Cleveland Cavaliers won their home opener, a 102-92 victory over the Miami Heat on Friday night.
The Cavaliers play their third game in four nights when they host the Miami Heat on Friday.
LeBron James is one of the most consistent players in the NBA, both on and off the court.
Miami star Dwyane Wade went down with a knee injury in the first half, and the Heat's playoff chances took another major blow with a 114-88 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night.
One of the most intriguing matchups throughout this season has been between the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Miami Heat handed LeBron James another loss on his former home floor with a 106-92 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night.
When LeBron James bolted Miami to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers, he expressed a desire to help Kyrie Irving become one of the best point guards in the NBA.
The collective reaction from the NBA to Derrick Rose's latest injury news was simple: "Not again."
The Cleveland Cavaliers are a much different team than the one the Miami Heat defeated on Christmas Day.
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade wrapped each other in a pregame embrace, chatted and laughed at halftime, then hugged again after the final buzzer.
His shirt soaked with champagne after winning his fourth title in 2007, Tim Duncan had one more move before celebrating further with his Spurs teammates. He pivoted in a hallway inside Quicken Loans Arena, pulled 22-year-old LeBron James close and delivered a message.
The offensive concept of pace-and-space was nearly an unbeatable combination for the Miami Heat, the plan of surrounding LeBron James with multiple shooters good enough to net two straight NBA titles.
LeBron James scored seven points while playing only 20 minutes against his former team, and the Cleveland Cavaliers went on to beat the Miami Heat 122-119 in overtime Saturday in an exhibition game in Brazil.
Shawn Marion wanted another shot at an NBA title. He'll get it playing with LeBron James.
You've seen the sardonic messages splashed all over social media. Everyone is calling LeBron James the best GM in the NBA, based largely on his ability to wrench Kevin Love from Minnesota, which instantly imbues the Cavaliers with three All-Stars.
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Paul George's broken right leg has left two teams reeling.
Since this has become LeBron's summer of love we can turn this into a campy double-entendre, with the lights squarely on Kevin Love, who is supposedly LeBron's 7-foot bridge to bringing the Larry O'Brien Trophy to Cleveland.
