Hawks end Cavs’ perfect start
Hawks end Cavs’ perfect start
November 10, 2016 | 12:03 AM
Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kevin Love (L) grabs a rebound in front of Atlanta Hawks’ Paul Millsap during their NBA game in Cleveland Tuesday. — AP
November 10, 2016 | 12:03 AM
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Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kevin Love (L) grabs a rebound in front of Atlanta Hawks’ Paul Millsap during their NBA game in Cleveland Tuesday. — AP[/caption]CLEVELAND — The Atlanta Hawks handed Cleveland Cavaliers their first loss Tuesday with a 110-106 win that broke a series stranglehold that saw the Cavaliers sweep Atlanta out of the playoffs the last two years.
The Hawks’ victory snapped an 11-game losing skid to Cleveland, which dropped to 6-1 on the season as it was the NBA’s last unbeaten team.
“We were tired of getting pushed around by Cleveland and we wanted to beat these guys,” said Hawks center Dwight Howard.
This is a much different Hawks team than the one that had been dominated by the Cavaliers and Howard is one of the reasons why. The addition of Howard to the lineup is part of the roster shakeup that coach Mike Budenholzer had hoped would allow them to compete with the Cavaliers.
“We are tired of what people said about us in the past and we wanted to change that,” Howard said. “We are going to grow as a team. Our chemistry gets better with every game.”
Cleveland swept the Hawks in the conference semifinals last spring when it set three-point shooting records and won each game by an average of 12.5 points.
The Cavaliers swept all seven meetings between the two last season, including the postseason.
Howard finished with 17 rebounds for Atlanta despite having to leave the game briefly in the first quarter to get stitched up for a cut to the lip.
Dennis Schroder scored a career-high 28 points, Kent Bazemore added 25 and Paul Millsap tallied 21 for the Hawks in front of a crowd of 20,500 at Quicken Loans arena in Cleveland.
Kyrie Irving scored 29 points, LeBron James had 23 points, nine rebounds and five assists and Love added 24 points and 12 rebounds for Cleveland, who missed 31 three-point attempts.
Nets 119, Timberwolves 110: Brook Lopez scored 26 points as the Brooklyn Nets made enough plays down the stretch in a 119-110 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Trevor Booker added 15 points for the Nets. Sean Kilpatrick contributed 14 points while Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Bojan Bogdanovic had 13 apiece.
Andrew Wiggins scored a career-high 36 points for Minnesota.
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 19 of his 21 points in the first half and was saddled with foul trouble after getting his fourth early in the final period. Zach LaVine added 17 points for the Timberwolves.
Grizzlies 108, Nuggets 107: Center Marc Gasol hit a short shot in the lane as time expired to lift the Memphis Grizzlies to a 108-107 victory over the Denver Nuggets.
Denver guard Emmanuel Mudiay, who scored a game-high 23 points, appeared to have made the winning basket with 7.9 seconds left in the fourth quarter when guard Gary Harris stole the ball and passed to Mudiay, who finished with a running dunk.
But the Grizzlies, after turning the ball over with 4.7 seconds left, got a reprieve when Mike Conley stole an inbounds pass.
Conley drove toward the basket and the ball flew out of bounds but was ruled Memphis ball.
Vince Carter, who scored 20 points off the bench, lobbed the ball from the baseline to Gasol for the winning shot. Gasol finished with 19 points and six assists.
Forward Zach Randolph scored 16 points with eight rebounds off the bench.
Trail Blazers 124, Suns 121: Guards Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum combined for 71 points as the Portland Trail Blazers outlasted the Phoenix Suns.
Lillard scored 22 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter and McCollum had 18 of his 33 points in the first quarter for the Trail Blazers (5-3), who won their third straight game.
Eric Bledsoe scored 31 points and Devin Booker added 23 for the Suns (2-6).
Mavericks 109, Lakers 97: Harrison Barnes scored 31 points as the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Los Angeles Lakers.
Barnes connected on 11 of 18 shots from the floor.
Seth Curry came off the bench to score a career-high 23 points for Dallas, while J.J. Barea added 18 points, eight assists and six rebounds.
Kings 102, Pelicans 94: DeMarcus Cousins scored 28 points, but it was two defensive plays that helped the Sacramento Kings pull away for a 102-94 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans.
Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kevin Love (L) grabs a rebound in front of Atlanta Hawks’ Paul Millsap during their NBA game in Cleveland Tuesday. — AP[/caption]CLEVELAND — The Atlanta Hawks handed Cleveland Cavaliers their first loss Tuesday with a 110-106 win that broke a series stranglehold that saw the Cavaliers sweep Atlanta out of the playoffs the last two years.
The Hawks’ victory snapped an 11-game losing skid to Cleveland, which dropped to 6-1 on the season as it was the NBA’s last unbeaten team.
“We were tired of getting pushed around by Cleveland and we wanted to beat these guys,” said Hawks center Dwight Howard.
This is a much different Hawks team than the one that had been dominated by the Cavaliers and Howard is one of the reasons why. The addition of Howard to the lineup is part of the roster shakeup that coach Mike Budenholzer had hoped would allow them to compete with the Cavaliers.
“We are tired of what people said about us in the past and we wanted to change that,” Howard said. “We are going to grow as a team. Our chemistry gets better with every game.”
Cleveland swept the Hawks in the conference semifinals last spring when it set three-point shooting records and won each game by an average of 12.5 points.
The Cavaliers swept all seven meetings between the two last season, including the postseason.
Howard finished with 17 rebounds for Atlanta despite having to leave the game briefly in the first quarter to get stitched up for a cut to the lip.
Dennis Schroder scored a career-high 28 points, Kent Bazemore added 25 and Paul Millsap tallied 21 for the Hawks in front of a crowd of 20,500 at Quicken Loans arena in Cleveland.
Kyrie Irving scored 29 points, LeBron James had 23 points, nine rebounds and five assists and Love added 24 points and 12 rebounds for Cleveland, who missed 31 three-point attempts.
Nets 119, Timberwolves 110: Brook Lopez scored 26 points as the Brooklyn Nets made enough plays down the stretch in a 119-110 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Trevor Booker added 15 points for the Nets. Sean Kilpatrick contributed 14 points while Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Bojan Bogdanovic had 13 apiece.
Andrew Wiggins scored a career-high 36 points for Minnesota.
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 19 of his 21 points in the first half and was saddled with foul trouble after getting his fourth early in the final period. Zach LaVine added 17 points for the Timberwolves.
Grizzlies 108, Nuggets 107: Center Marc Gasol hit a short shot in the lane as time expired to lift the Memphis Grizzlies to a 108-107 victory over the Denver Nuggets.
Denver guard Emmanuel Mudiay, who scored a game-high 23 points, appeared to have made the winning basket with 7.9 seconds left in the fourth quarter when guard Gary Harris stole the ball and passed to Mudiay, who finished with a running dunk.
But the Grizzlies, after turning the ball over with 4.7 seconds left, got a reprieve when Mike Conley stole an inbounds pass.
Conley drove toward the basket and the ball flew out of bounds but was ruled Memphis ball.
Vince Carter, who scored 20 points off the bench, lobbed the ball from the baseline to Gasol for the winning shot. Gasol finished with 19 points and six assists.
Forward Zach Randolph scored 16 points with eight rebounds off the bench.
Trail Blazers 124, Suns 121: Guards Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum combined for 71 points as the Portland Trail Blazers outlasted the Phoenix Suns.
Lillard scored 22 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter and McCollum had 18 of his 33 points in the first quarter for the Trail Blazers (5-3), who won their third straight game.
Eric Bledsoe scored 31 points and Devin Booker added 23 for the Suns (2-6).
Mavericks 109, Lakers 97: Harrison Barnes scored 31 points as the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Los Angeles Lakers.
Barnes connected on 11 of 18 shots from the floor.
Seth Curry came off the bench to score a career-high 23 points for Dallas, while J.J. Barea added 18 points, eight assists and six rebounds.
Kings 102, Pelicans 94: DeMarcus Cousins scored 28 points, but it was two defensive plays that helped the Sacramento Kings pull away for a 102-94 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans.
