Day: December 12, 2018

Post Game: Cavaliers beat Knicks, 113-106

Potential Links

  • [bleacherreport.com] Collin Sexton, Cavaliers Hang on to Beat Kevin Knox, Knicks 113-106
  • [247sports.com] Cavaliers defeat Knicks 113-106; NBA Twitter reacts
  • [nydailynews.com] LeBron James scores 47, including team-record 35 in first half, as Cavaliers hold off Knicks 113-106
  • [latimes.com] NBA roundup: Knicks hand Cavaliers fourth loss in last five games
  • [nypost.com] Knicks lose again to Cavaliers

    • Full BoxScore:
    http://www.nba.com/games/20181212/NYKCLE#/boxscore

    Score by Period:

    Team 1 2 3 4 TOTAL
    Knicks 23 31 32 20 106
    Cavaliers 39 26 21 27 113

    Four Factors

    TEAM eFG TOR ORB FTR
    NYK 0.495 0.107 0.188 0.139
    CLE 0.528 0.107 0.261 0.187

    Simple Box Score

    Name min pts fga 3pm ftm or Reb ast stl to blk pf +/-
    Vonleh, Noah 24:20 7 5 1 0 1 5 2 0 2 2 2 3
    Knox, Kevin 32:43 19 15 3 2 0 7 1 0 1 2 3 -15
    Kanter, Enes 32:30 20 12 1 3 3 10 3 0 1 0 2 10
    Hardaway Jr., Tim 43:10 20 18 4 4 1 5 1 1 1 1 3 1
    Mudiay, Emmanuel 30:40 16 18 0 2 2 8 7 2 2 0 2 6
    Ntilikina, Frank 23:31 16 13 2 2 0 3 4 1 4 1 1 -14
    Robinson, Mitchell 15:30 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 -17
    Kornet, Luke 7:38 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 -10
    Dotson, Damyean 19:08 4 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 4 -9
    Hezonja, Mario 10:50 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10
    Baker, Ron 0:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Knicks 240:00 106 94 11 13 9 43 21 7 12 7 18 -7
    Name min pts fga 3pm ftm or Reb ast stl to blk pf +/-
    Osman, Cedi 32:25 6 7 0 4 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 4
    Burks, Alec 26:08 1 6 0 1 2 7 2 1 1 1 0 1
    Frye, Channing 14:41 0 3 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 1 -10
    Hood, Rodney 22:31 23 14 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 -8
    Sexton, Collin 28:40 19 16 1 0 1 3 2 0 5 0 4 -15
    Clarkson, Jordan 34:02 28 21 2 2 2 5 2 0 2 0 1 10
    Nance Jr., Larry 33:19 3 5 1 0 4 11 7 3 1 3 4 17
    Nwaba, David 10:27 9 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 14
    Dellavedova, Matthew 21:35 15 7 3 4 0 4 3 1 2 0 3 17
    Jones, Jalen 5:36 4 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 6
    Blossomgame, Jaron 10:36 5 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 -1
    Zizic, Ante 0:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Cavaliers 240:00 113 91 10 17 12 51 19 7 12 4 18 7

    Game Thread: New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers

    Game Thread: New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers

    Start Time: 12/12/2018 19:00:00

    Kincks-Cavaliers game involves intriguing rookie matchup

    The Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks are among the NBA’s worst teams and are engaged in rebuilding projects due to varying circumstances.
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    Pre Game Links:

  • [northjersey.com] New York Knicks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers: 5 things to know
  • [fearthesword.com] Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New York Knicks game preview, start time, TV info
  • [msn.com] Kincks-Cavaliers game involves intriguing rookie matchup
  • [nypost.com] What to know before betting on Knicks and Nets games tonight
  • [sportingnews.com] NBA trade rumors: Knicks not ‘actively looking’ to deal guard Frank Ntilikina
  • [cleveland.com] David Nwaba questionable for Wednesday’s game vs. Knicks
  • [numberfire.com] Kevin Knox could start on Wednesday for the Knicks
  • [ohio.com] Cavaliers notebook: Larry Nance Jr. draws lesson from 2015 playoffs as Cavs cope with Tristan Thompson’s injury
  • [cbssports.com] Kincks-Cavaliers game invloves intriguing rookie matchup
  • [northjersey.com] David Fizdale considering change to New York Knicks’ starting five

    • Knicks Morning News (2018.12.12)

  • [Hoops Rumors] Knicks Notes: Lee, Trier, Knox, Ntilikina
    (Tuesday, December 11, 2018 2:46:39 PM)

    Courtney Lee will be getting more playing time, but not at the NBA level, according to Marc Berman of The New York Post. The Knicks are sending Lee, who has missed most of the season with a neck injury, to their G League affiliate in Westchester so he can rack up minutes in tomorrow night’s […]

  • [TheRinger] Knicks Notes: Lee, Trier, Knox, Ntilikina
    (Tuesday, December 11, 2018 2:46:39 PM)

    Courtney Lee will be getting more playing time, but not at the NBA level, according to Marc Berman of The New York Post. The Knicks are sending Lee, who has missed most of the season with a neck injury, to their G League affiliate in Westchester so he can rack up minutes in tomorrow night’s […]

  • [NYDN] LeBron James delivers gut punch to Knicks fans: ‘It was either here or the Garden’
    (Tuesday, December 11, 2018 2:10:00 PM)

    LeBron James was always looking for a reason to play in New York.

    James Dolan never gave him one.

    Given the events of the last decade or so, that would be a reasonable interpretation of James’ latest tease to Knicks fans. Although at this point it’s much more of a gut-punch.

    Following his final…

  • [NYDN] Allonzo Trier’s injury buys Knicks more time to figure out roster move; Courtney Lee heads to the G-League
    (Tuesday, December 11, 2018 12:35:00 PM)

    The conversion of Allonzo Trier’s contract will be delayed as the Knicks guard will miss at least the next three games with a hamstring strain.

    Trier is currently on a two-way NBA and G-League deal, but is fast approaching the limit of 45 days with the NBA team before that contract needs to be…

  • [NYTimes] Stephen Curry Doubts Moon Landings. NASA Offers to Show Him the Rocks.
    (Tuesday, December 11, 2018 12:36:04 PM)

    The space agency invited the Golden State star to visit the Johnson Space Center, “perhaps the next time the Warriors are in town to play the Rockets.”

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks’ David Fizdale on LeBron’s Garden comments: ‘I just know this place attracted me’
    (Wednesday, December 12, 2018 1:48:11 AM)

    With LeBron James MSG comments causing a stir, Knicks head coach David Fizdale is hoping to use The Garden’s aura to lure free agents of the future.

  • [SNY Knicks] LeBron James gives Knicks fans more misery: ‘It was either here or at the Garden’
    (Tuesday, December 11, 2018 11:18:19 AM)

    LeBron James is just teasing Knicks fans now.

  • [SNY Knicks] Here’s how Allonzo Trier’s injury affects his contract situation with Knicks
    (Tuesday, December 11, 2018 2:55:32 PM)

    The emergence of undrafted Knicks rookie Allonzo Trier hit a speed bump this week when he strained his left hamstring.

  • [NYPost] Fizdale gets creative to break Mitchell Robinson’s bad habits
    (Tuesday, December 11, 2018 6:19:25 PM)

    CLEVELAND — If David Fizdale is doing push-ups on the Garden sidelines during a game, you’ll know rookie shotblocking center Mitchell Robinson has improved his defensive posture. Fizdale has a fun bet going with Robinson, the Knicks’ second-round project who has been plagued by foul trouble. Robinson’s problems, according to the coaching staff, stem from…

  • [NYPost] Frank Ntilikina back in groove after stint on Knicks bench
    (Tuesday, December 11, 2018 5:18:14 PM)

    CLEVELAND — His three-game penance is over, and Frank Ntilikina said his mind is now “free’’ after he looked like a young Tony Parker on Sunday at the Garden — on French Heritage Night. Indeed, Ntilikina looked like a superstar in the second half of the Knicks’ 119-107 loss to the Hornets, scoring all of…

  • [NYPost] David Fizdale seizes on LeBron momentum: Players want Knicks
    (Tuesday, December 11, 2018 11:34:18 AM)

    CLEVELAND — As LeBron James reaffirmed Monday night at Staples Center, Madison Square Garden has always held a special grip on his heart. Not the Knicks, mind you, but the arena on 33rd Street, sandwiched between 7th and 8th avenues. In a conversation with Dwyane Wade after they played against each other for the final…

  • [NYPost] Behind LeBron James’ fantasy talk there is a real Knicks problem
    (Tuesday, December 11, 2018 6:49:01 AM)

    If you are a New York sports obsessive, there’s a good chance you may have missed this scene late Monday night because you were doing as your fellow obsessives were doing: wearing out Twitter every 15 or 20 seconds, refreshing, refreshing, refreshing, as the first frenzy of activity at baseball’s winter meetings began to churn….

  • [NYPost] Knicks’ new plan to raise Courtney Lee’s trade value
    (Tuesday, December 11, 2018 6:17:31 AM)

    Courtney Lee is headed to the minors. The 33-year-old shooting guard, who returned three games ago from a mysterious, season-long neck injury, has been assigned to the G League’s Westchester Knicks to play against the Lakeland Magic on Wednesday so he can get big minutes. Lee admitted over the weekend he’s in preseason form, and…