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Cleveland Cavaliers top Chicago for first time this season, 106-95 Author: Chris Haynes Publication: Cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio – To open up the second half of the season, the Cleveland Cavaliers gathered their fourth straight victory with a 106-95 home win over Chicago on Thursday night.
Chicago (27-26) enterted with a 2-0 season-series advantage on Cleveland (39-14). But they were a shell of their best selves thanks to a losing battle with the injury bug. Jimmy Butler (knee), Nikola Mirotic (hematoma) and Joakim Noah (shoulder) are all sidelined, leaving the offense on the shoulders of Derrick Rose and Pau Gasol.
That is too much to overcome and is why they’ve lost seven of their last eight games. – CLICK HERE to read full story.
Channing Frye trade could save Cleveland Cavaliers more than $9.3 million in luxury tax Author: Tim Bielik Publication: Cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cavaliers entered the 2015-16 season as the team with the highest payroll in the NBA. Before Thursday’s NBA trade deadline expired, the Cavs acquired former Orlando Magic forward Channing Frye in a three-team deal sending Anderson Varejao to Portland and Jared Cunningham to Orlando.
So how does Thursday’s deal for Frye affect the team’s salary situation and luxury tax situation? It saves the team more than $9.3 million in luxury tax costs.
If you’re new to the NBA luxury tax structure, here’s how we got to that point. – CLICK HERE to read full story.
LeBron James: ‘I’m not about to burn out for 82 games’ Author: Joe Vardon Publication: Cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Poor Mike Dunleavy.
It wasn’t just that Dunleavy drew the assignment of guarding LeBron James Thursday night because the Chicago Bulls’ Jimmy Butler was hurt.
If you let James tell it, Dunleavy’s problem was that he had to try to check James in the first game after the All-Star break.
Either way, it didn’t go well for Dunleavy. Before the game was three minutes old, James was outscoring the Bulls 8-2. – CLICK HERE to read full story.
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