Cavaliers
Cleveland
Eastern Conference
Central
32
12
44
1373
2073
28
11
39
81
45
56
16
14
88
27
10
37
3
34
12
13
17
115
4
66
12
18
1820
1011
56
210
28
13
79
22
101
21
710
15
42
2332
6060
97
53
55
2221
1311
59
13
13
100
38
33
71
00
107
51
43
3228
6060
6
1
17
18
10
56
2
2
100
7
2
9
2
7
1
4
23
60
6
2
33
20
11
55
10
8
80
9
2
11
1
10
5
2
32
60
9
5
56
22
13
59
1
1
100
3
3
6
0
10
5
4
32
60
7
3
43
21
11
52
3
3
100
8
3
11
0
7
1
3
28
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
LeBron
James
LeBron James
True
31
7
8
88
0
1
0
7
7
100
0
3
3
9
0
0
2
2
21
16
none
Tristan
Thompson
Tristan Thompson
True
28
2
4
50
0
0
0
1
2
50
2
3
5
0
0
1
1
1
5
12
none
Kevin
Love
Kevin Love
True
27
8
17
47
3
8
38
2
2
100
3
8
11
4
2
2
1
2
21
12
double
J.R.
Smith
J.R. Smith
True
23
7
11
64
4
6
67
0
0
0
1
2
3
4
4
0
1
4
18
20
none
Kyrie
Irving
Kyrie Irving
True
22
4
11
36
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
3
3
0
3
0
8
9
none
Iman
Shumpert
Iman Shumpert
False
27
2
4
50
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
2
0
3
0
5
8
none
Richard
Jefferson
Richard Jefferson
False
22
4
4
100
2
2
100
4
5
80
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
2
14
15
none
Matthew
Dellavedova
Matthew Dellavedova
False
19
1
6
17
1
5
20
0
0
0
1
2
3
7
0
0
1
3
3
17
none
Timofey
Mozgov
Timofey Mozgov
False
15
5
7
71
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
3
10
7
none
Anderson
Varejão
Anderson Varejão
False
11
3
4
75
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
3
0
1
0
1
0
6
2
none
Mo
Williams
Mo Williams
False
6
2
5
40
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
-4
none
Jared
Cunningham
Jared Cunningham
False
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-4
none
James
Jones
James Jones
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
29
January
2016
Friday
Palace of Auburn Hills
Detroit
Pistons
Detroit
False
Suns
Phoenix
Western Conference
Pacific
14
33
47
1251
1746
20
8
40
70
33
47
25
19
76
22
12
34
2
25
6
22
17
93
4
67
32
48
1721
811
47
84
70
83
56
24
80
00
78
21
36
2624
6060
16
12
75
1319
86
7
58
48
83
56
24
80
11
55
12
94
2122
6060
6
3
50
17
8
47
8
7
88
5
2
7
0
7
2
3
26
60
7
2
29
21
11
52
4
0
0
6
4
10
0
8
1
6
24
60
1
1
100
13
8
62
5
4
80
5
2
7
1
5
1
9
21
60
6
2
33
19
6
32
8
8
100
6
4
10
1
5
2
4
22
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
P.J.
Tucker
P.J. Tucker
True
35
4
8
50
3
5
60
2
2
100
4
3
7
2
1
0
1
4
13
-24
none
Tyson
Chandler
Tyson Chandler
True
33
3
5
60
0
0
0
0
3
0
4
3
7
3
0
1
4
2
6
-23
none
Devin
Booker
Devin Booker
True
33
4
9
44
1
4
25
7
8
88
2
1
3
5
0
0
2
4
16
-25
none
Archie
Goodwin
Archie Goodwin
True
30
3
10
30
1
5
20
5
6
83
0
2
2
5
2
0
5
1
12
-5
none
Alex
Len
Alex Len
True
27
2
9
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
4
0
0
2
2
4
-24
none
T.J.
Warren
T.J. Warren
False
26
5
8
62
0
0
0
1
2
50
0
3
3
2
1
0
0
3
11
-14
none
Markieff
Morris
Markieff Morris
False
25
5
11
45
1
2
50
2
2
100
0
5
5
3
1
1
4
0
13
4
none
Sonny
Weems
Sonny Weems
False
20
4
6
67
2
3
67
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
4
1
10
-5
none
Cory
Jefferson
Cory Jefferson
False
4
2
2
100
0
0
0
2
2
100
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
4
none
Lorenzo
Brown
Lorenzo Brown
False
2
1
2
50
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
none
Jon
Leuer
Jon Leuer
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Ronnie
Price
Ronnie Price
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Mirza
Teletović
Mirza Teletović
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
29
January
2016
Friday
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Knicks
New York
False
The Cleveland Cavaliers ( 32 - 12 ) extended their lead on the Eastern Conference with a 115 - 93 home win over the plummeting Phoenix Suns ( 14 - 33 ) . In their third game since firing coach David Blatt , the Cavs ran circles around the struggling Suns on both ends of the floor . Cleveland shot a whopping 56 percent from the field while sinking 11 three - pointers and simultaneously forcing 22 Phoenix turnovers . The team recorded an impressive 34 total assists , including nine from star LeBron James . In addition to his role as distributor , LeBron scored a highly efficient 21 points on 7 for 8 shooting from the field and 7 of 7 at the line . Power forward Kevin Love , who has been the subject of many trade rumors of late , also posted 21 points along with 11 rebounds , four assists , two steals , and two blocks . Phoenix has been struggling mightily lately , winning just two of its last 19 games . With star point guard Eric Bledsoe out for the season due to a torn meniscus , the Suns have given the reigns to their young core of players . Rookie Devin Booker has shone in a starting role , and Wednesday was no exception . Booker posted 16 points , three rebounds , and five assists , and turned the ball over just twice in 34 minutes . The Suns will have a day off before traveling to Madison Square Garden to take on the Knicks on Friday night . The Cavs , meanwhile , visit Central-Division foe Detroit on Friday .
The Cleveland Cavaliers (32 - 12) extended their lead on the Eastern Conference with a 115 - 93 home win over the plummeting Phoenix Suns (14 - 33). In their third game since firing coach David Blatt, the Cavs ran circles around the struggling Suns on both ends of the floor. Cleveland shot a whopping 56 percent from the field while sinking 11 three - pointers and simultaneously forcing 22 Phoenix turnovers. The team recorded an impressive 34 total assists, including nine from star LeBron James. In addition to his role as distributor, LeBron scored a highly efficient 21 points on 7 for 8 shooting from the field and 7 of 7 at the line. Power forward Kevin Love, who has been the subject of many trade rumors of late, also posted 21 points along with 11 rebounds, four assists, two steals, and two blocks. Phoenix has been struggling mightily lately, winning just two of its last 19 games. With star point guard Eric Bledsoe out for the season due to a torn meniscus, the Suns have given the reigns to their young core of players. Rookie Devin Booker has shone in a starting role, and Wednesday was no exception. Booker posted 16 points, three rebounds, and five assists, and turned the ball over just twice in 34 minutes. The Suns will have a day off before traveling to Madison Square Garden to take on the Knicks on Friday night. The Cavs, meanwhile, visit Central-Division foe Detroit on Friday.
The Cleveland Cavaliers (32 - 12) extended their lead on the Eastern Conference with a 115 - 93 home win over the plummeting Phoenix Suns (14 - 33). In their third game since firing coach David Blatt, the Cavs ran circles around the struggling Suns on both ends of the floor. Cleveland shot a whopping 56 percent from the field while sinking 11 three - pointers and simultaneously forcing 22 Phoenix turnovers. The team recorded an impressive 34 total assists, including nine from star LeBron James. In addition to his role as distributor, LeBron scored a highly efficient 21 points on 7 for 8 shooting from the field and 7 of 7 at the line. Power forward Kevin Love, who has been the subject of many trade rumors of late, also posted 21 points along with 11 rebounds, four assists, two steals, and two blocks. Phoenix has been struggling mightily lately, winning just two of its last 19 games. With star point guard Eric Bledsoe out for the season due to a torn meniscus, the Suns have given the reigns to their young core of players. Rookie Devin Booker has shone in a starting role, and Wednesday was no exception. Booker posted 16 points, three rebounds, and five assists, and turned the ball over just twice in 34 minutes. The Suns will have a day off before traveling to Madison Square Garden to take on the Knicks on Friday night. The Cavs, meanwhile, visit Central-Division foe Detroit on Friday.
<GAME> <DATE> 27 January 2016 <DAY> Wednesday <STADIUM> Quicken Loans Arena <CITY> Cleveland <HOME> <TEAM> Cavaliers <CITY> Cleveland <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 115 <WINS-LOSSES> 32 12 <QTRS> 23 32 32 28 <TEAM-AST> 34 <3PT> 11 <TEAM-FG> 45 <TEAM-FT> 14 <TEAM-REB> 37 <TEAM-TO> 13 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 29 January 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Friday <NEXT-STADIUM> Palace of Auburn Hills <NEXT-CITY> Detroit <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Detroit <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Pistons <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <VIS> <TEAM> Suns <CITY> Phoenix <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 93 <WINS-LOSSES> 14 33 <QTRS> 26 24 21 22 <TEAM-AST> 25 <3PT> 8 <TEAM-FG> 33 <TEAM-FT> 19 <TEAM-REB> 34 <TEAM-TO> 22 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 29 January 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Friday <NEXT-STADIUM> Madison Square Garden <NEXT-CITY> New York City <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> New York <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Knicks <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <PLAYER> Kevin Love <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 21 <FG> 8 17 47 <FG3> 3 8 38 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 11 <AST> 4 <STL> 2 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 3 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> LeBron James <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 21 <FG> 7 8 88 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 7 7 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 9 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> J. R. Smith <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 23 <PTS> 18 <FG> 7 11 64 <FG3> 4 6 67 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 4 <STL> 4 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Richard Jefferson <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 14 <FG> 4 4 100 <FG3> 2 2 100 <FT> 4 5 80 <REB> 0 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Timofey Mozgov <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 10 <FG> 5 7 71 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kyrie Irving <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 8 <FG> 4 11 36 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 3 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Anderson Varejão <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 11 <PTS> 6 <FG> 3 4 75 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Iman Shumpert <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 3 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tristan Thompson <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 28 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 5 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Mo Williams <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-9 <MIN> 6 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 5 40 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Matthew Dellavedova <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-10 <MIN> 19 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 6 17 <FG3> 1 5 20 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 7 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> James Jones <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jared Cunningham <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-12 <MIN> 4 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Devin Booker <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 16 <FG> 4 9 44 <FG3> 1 4 25 <FT> 7 8 88 <REB> 3 <AST> 5 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 2 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Markieff Morris <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 13 <FG> 5 11 45 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 5 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 0 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> P. J. Tucker <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 13 <FG> 4 8 50 <FG3> 3 5 60 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 7 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 4 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Archie Goodwin <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 30 <PTS> 12 <FG> 3 10 30 <FG3> 1 5 20 <FT> 5 6 83 <REB> 2 <AST> 5 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 5 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> T. J. Warren <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 11 <FG> 5 8 62 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Sonny Weems <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 20 <PTS> 10 <FG> 4 6 67 <FG3> 2 3 67 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Cory Jefferson <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 4 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 2 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tyson Chandler <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 6 <FG> 3 5 60 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 3 0 <REB> 7 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 4 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Alex Len <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 9 22 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 4 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Lorenzo Brown <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-9 <MIN> 2 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Mirza Teletović <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ronnie Price <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jon Leuer <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none