![]() ![]() The Cavs were able to force 22 turnovers and outassist the Heat 26-22, which was really the difference in the game.ģ. Jarrett Allen awoke from his Boston Celtics slumber to tally a nice 15 points, 12 rebounds double-double. The Cavs were able to survive the refball merchant Jimmy Butler’s virtuoso performance with one of their own from Darius Garland. The Cavs were able to steal a solid, if unspectacular, win down in South Beach taking out the Miami Heat 104-100 by winning an ugly, defensive battle that reflected the days of yore in the Eastern Conference. would do well to try and get Dean Wade going who’s now ranked third on the team in defensive rebound rate. decided to turn to Lamar to get the job done, and J.B. Rebounding is all about hustle and effort, and there wasn’t enough of it for too many guys in this game. The most disappointing part of the game was the Cavs’ role players not offering any rebounding prowess despite their size and athleticism. On the offensive end, Spida (40 points), Evan (25 points), and Darius Garland (17 points, 12 assists) put on special performances that got the Cavs over the hump against one of the best defenses in the NBA in Boston. ![]() But top dawgs Evan Mobley (17 rebounds), Donovan Mitchell (11 rebounds), and Lamar Stevens (eight rebounds in only 17 minutes) showed the type of collective will to win that the Cavs will need to sustain going forward into the playoffs. The Cavs’ defensive rebounding numbers have plummeted to the bottom of the barrel ever since Kevin Love was benched and subsequently bought out (ranked 26th in the NBA since February 1st). Grant Williams to Donovan Mitchell before missing BOTH free throws in a 109-109 game with 0.8 remaining □□ /pFDFCDtiN9 The Cavs authored one of the funniest moments of the season by collectively icing Grant Williams on the free throw line to send the game into overtime: ![]() Bickerstaff decided to sic junkyard dawg Lamar Stevens on the Celtics for a furious fourth quarter run that allowed the Cavs to steal the game in overtime 118-114. The Cavs were on the struggle bus for the first three quarters of the game against the hospital Boston Celtics, when Coach J.B. Celtics 114, Cavs 118 OT (or, Return of the Dawg) Note: Basketball lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics and post-season accolades.Here’s a retrospective for your reading pleasure…ġ. ![]() This list is up to the end of the 2021/22 season. The new Charlotte Hornets absorbed the history of the old Charlotte Hornets, which splits the career of many “Hornets” whose best years are divided between New Orleans and Charlotte for our Top 50s. This is where it becomes very interesting for our purposes. For the 2013-14 season, they were renamed the Pelicans, and the city of Charlotte looked to get back their old name, which after one year they had. Meanwhile, back in New Orleans, the team sought to come up with a team that reflected their own region. While that might seem like it would doom professional basketball in Charlotte, the state had already shown it could support hockey (the Carolina Hurricanes) and football (the Carolina Panthers) the NBA wanted to give it another try and in 2004, the Charlotte Bobcats were born, though again feeling the pains of expansion. Charlotte suffered through the aches and pains of being an expansion team, but finally, they made the playoffs and has a few good players which gave them national attention, though when they slipped back, the attendance wasn’t there and they fell to the bottom in that category and management moved the team to New Orleans following the end of the 2001/02 season. The pundits were proven wrong as though they played like an expansion team, the attendance was huge and they led the NBA in that category during their inaugural season. Many speculated that the city could not support professional basketball, despite North Carolina being a haven for the college game. Top 50 Charlotte HornetsEntering the National Basketball Association as an expansion team in 1988, the Charlotte Hornets have had an interesting history, though not necessarily a successful one. ![]()
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