Day: February 28, 2019

Post Game: Cavaliers beat Knicks, 125-118

Full BoxScore:
http://www.nba.com/games/20190228/CLENYK#/boxscore

Score by Period:

Team 1 2 3 4 TOTAL
Cavaliers 27 30 28 40 125
Knicks 31 28 38 21 118

Four Factors

TEAM eFG TOR ORB FTR
CLE 0.601 0.103 0.236 0.363
NYK 0.543 0.071 0.305 0.158

Simple Box Score

Name min pts fga 3pm ftm or Reb ast stl to blk pf +/-
Love, Kevin 28:21 26 12 3 11 1 8 3 0 1 1 2 17
Osman, Cedi 31:32 21 10 3 4 1 7 5 1 2 2 1 5
Zizic, Ante 26:28 8 6 0 2 3 5 2 0 2 0 2 13
Knight, Brandon 19:03 9 5 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
Sexton, Collin 31:32 22 15 2 6 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 5
Clarkson, Jordan 28:57 22 13 3 5 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 4
Chriss, Marquese 12:58 0 5 0 0 1 7 1 1 0 0 1 -14
Nance Jr., Larry 19:28 6 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 6 -6
Nwaba, David 18:29 7 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 4 -1
Dellavedova, Matthew 16:29 4 5 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 6
Stauskas, Nik 6:43 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Frye, Channing 0:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cavaliers 240:00 125 80 14 29 8 40 24 5 11 3 20 7
Name min pts fga 3pm ftm or Reb ast stl to blk pf +/-
Knox, Kevin 22:06 8 12 0 2 5 6 2 0 1 0 4 -11
Thomas, Lance 18:35 10 10 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 -4
Vonleh, Noah 22:11 16 7 0 2 4 10 2 0 2 0 2 -5
Dotson, Damyean 29:24 9 10 0 1 0 3 6 2 0 0 3 15
Smith Jr., Dennis 28:55 16 13 3 1 0 2 8 0 1 1 3 -5
Trier, Allonzo 32:00 22 15 2 4 2 4 1 0 1 0 3 -7
Mudiay, Emmanuel 22:22 10 10 1 1 0 1 6 0 2 0 1 -6
Robinson, Mitchell 28:24 12 5 0 2 2 7 0 1 0 2 6 -1
Ellenson, Henry 26:50 13 10 3 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 5 -4
Jenkins, John 9:13 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -7
Kornet, Luke 0:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Knicks 240:00 118 95 11 15 14 40 26 4 8 3 28 -7

Game Thread: Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks

Game Thread: Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks

Start Time: 02/28/2019 19:30:00

Knicks, Cavs show improvement ahead of meeting

The New York Knicks take their second winning streak of the season into Thursday night’s game against the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers in a matchup of the Eastern Conference’s two worst teams.
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Pre Game Links:

  • [cbssports.com] Knicks, Cavs show improvement ahead of meeting
  • [bleacherreport.com] Knicks News: David Fizdale Not Thinking About NBA Draft Lottery Odds, Tanking
  • [heavy.com] Kyrie Irving Free Agency: Knicks Among 3 Top Options for Celtics Star
  • [sports.yahoo.com] 2019 NBA Mock Draft 4.0: Ja Morant to Knicks, Jarrett Culver Jumps Into Top Five
  • [nypost.com] ‘We don’t play to lose’: Knicks not focusing on lottery odds
  • [amsterdamnews.com] Led by youngsters, the Knicks experience the joy of winning
  • [hoopshabit.com] 3 Reasons the Cleveland Cavaliers are playing better
  • [sbnation.com] Don’t worry, Spike Lee: Knicks’ tank is unstoppable
  • [washingtonpost.com] Samuel L. Jackson interrupts Oscars to tell Spike Lee the Knicks finally won a game
  • [cbssports.com] Cavaliers’ Tristan Thompson: Still out Thursday
  • [bleacherreport.com] Kevin Knox, Knicks Beat Aaron Gordon, Magic 108-103 in Eastern Conference Battle

    • 2018-19 Game Thread: New York Knicks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

    This is an oddly long homestand, no?

    Anyhow, this is a major game for tanking purposes, as the Knicks have to be the big favorites tonight, which would tie them with Cleveland.

    If they win this one, that starts to make falling out of the bottom three a real possibility. That would be pretty devastating.

    I’ll still root for MitchRob to have a good game, though! I can’t help it!

    NY Post: ‘We don’t play to lose’: Knicks not focusing on lottery odds

    From Zach Braziller:

    David Fizdale understands. He gets Knicks fans’ desire to secure the best possible odds to land the best possible prospect.

    Who wouldn’t want Zion Williamson, RJ Barrett or Ja Morant?

    But it’s not going to change anything about how he coaches his team.

    “I’m not wired to lose on purpose,” Fizdale said Wednesday. “That just is not, I can’t even get my body to function that way or my mind to function that way. I’m lucky because [Knicks president] Steve [Mills] and [general manager] Scott [Perry] and Mr. [owner James] Dolan have all said to me, ‘You play every game to win and you don’t worry about where we land in the draft and all of that stuff.’

    “They told me develop these guys, play to win every single night and that’s what I preach to them and that’s what they expect out of me.”

    Okay then.