Trashtalk Curse you say? Never heard of it. The Cavaliers were receiving struggling Blazers without Damian Lillard, Jerami Grant has been missing since halftime, and so Cleveland rolled out their basketball.
The home stats of this nice clash between the Cavs and the Portland Jeramiblazers is right here
Another big game for the Cavs, which therefore resume colors before Thanksgiving. Spida and his friends wanted to taste the turkey serenely, because following having suffered a bad series of five defeats (any link with a certain video can only be fortuitous), Cleveland needed a few important victories to revive. No sooner said than done, and following a double overtime victory once morest the Hornets followed by the beating of the Heat and the win once morest the Atlanta Pioupious, it was the Blazers who just took the sauce in Ohio.
Arrived in Cleveland without Damian Lillard, calf injury, the Blazers were nevertheless able to count on a huge Jerami Grant in the first half (21 points at the break) accompanied by a solid Jusuf Nurkic, but the Cavs managed the situation perfectly. Spida was once once more huge with 34 pawns at 11/18 shooting including 6/10 from the parking lot, already his tenth performance at over 30 units this season, Jarrett Allen responded well to the interiors of Oregon with a record season with 24 points, accompanied by 13 rebounds for only 2 missed shots (we will not say anything regarding the 6 turnovers, suddenly) without forgetting Darius Garland to organize all that and offer caviars in spades (12 assists) while Anfernee Simons ended with vodka.
Donovan Mitchell tonight:
34 PTS
11-18 FG
6-10 3P4th in 30-point games this season. pic.twitter.com/e6vMcmKC4F
— StatMuse (@statmuse) November 24, 2022
Big defense also for the guys of JB Bickerstaff, only 96 points conceded by his Cavs, and a good regularity to keep Portland under the 30 point mark in each quarter, and not sure that Chauncey Billups can say the same thing regarding his Blazers: 55% shooting for Cleveland, more than 44% from the parking lot, and a rebounding advantage as a bonus, nothing to be proud of… Finally, the only downside on the Cavs side will have been the contribution of the bench, or rather the absence contribution from the substitutes: 10 points and only 10 shots attempted, fortunately the first unit was there to ensure in the absence of Kevin Love and Caris LeVert and with Cedi Osman less prominent than in the last matches.
Fourth loss in a row for Portland which tumbles in the West following a fantastic start to the season. Leading the West just a week ago, the Blazers sit 9th in their Conference today, and with Oregon’s official watchmaker stuck in the infirmary for a while longer, the black streak just might continue…
Definitely not the same dynamic on both sides, because with this fourth success, the Cavs leave the TrashTalk Curse far behind them to resume their ascent to the heights of the east. But beware, the competition is fierce and the slide quickly arrives…
