Cavaliers snap four-game losing streak

There is a growing belief in league personnel circles that Utah could move swingman Rodney Hood before the February 8 trade deadline. with multiple teams expressing interest. To be sure, Williams is having his best season of his career and deserves to be an All-Star, although he will likely fall just shy.

The Thunder are averaging 104.3 points per game with four players – Westbrook, Paul George, Carmelo Anthony and Steven Adams – averaging double-digit points.

And that’s just been in the last day. What would he have to average in terms of games-per-regular season and points? James and the Heat allowed 44 points to the Clippers in 2010-11.

The game should be a showdown of strength against strength as the high-octane offense of Cleveland takes on the top-notch defense of Oklahoma City. With Smith on the court this season the Cavaliers have an offensive rating of 110.3 and a defensive rating of 111.9, good for a net rating of negative 1.6.

Instead, the Thunder dropped 148 points – their highest ever total in a match – as they silenced the Cleveland fans with a 148-124 win.

James was asked after the game if he thinks Lue’s job is in jeopardy with the team in a nosedive that they can’t seem to get out of.

For the most part at 16-million per season Thompson is an overpaid forward-center. Oklahoma City won the rebounding battle.

At 33 years and 21 days of age, he is poised to supplant former Lakers legend Kobe Bryant as the youngest player to reach 30,000 points. These two teams will meet up for the first time since February 9th 2017, a 118-109 Oklahoma City victory (Westbrook: 26th triple-double of season). The magnitude of the loses coupled with the fact that they are nearly 100 percent healthy is cause to be the slightest bit concerned for Cleveland.

With his team mired in a four-game losing streak that has extended the ‘ rut to a 3-9 record since December 19, acknowledged his 15th season in the National Basketball Association has been harder than the ones that preceded it. “If they come up with the schemes and we execute those schemes to a T and we’re still losing at a certain point and time, they can make their adjustments”. The Thunder have a 5-5 record during their last 10-game stretch and are 9-13 in away games this season.

The Cavaliers went 23-23 after January 8 in the 2016-17 season but still cruised through the Eastern Conference playoffs with a record of 12-1 before losing to the Warriors in five games in the championship series.

The Thunder must play with poise and determination if they want to win the ball game.