The young team led by superstar LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers, outplayed the current NBA champions, the Boston Celtics, with a score of 98-83. LeBron was unstoppable in the two ends by scoring a total of 38 points and outworking Paul Pierce at the defensive end. The Cavs played amazingly and their defense was exquisite, holding Pierce and Allen to only 11 a 12 points respectively. The Boston Celtics shot just 41.2% from the field goal and only 26.3% from the three point line, which is one of worst shootings for the champions this season.
During the game, the Celtics were always trailing the Cavaliers, who in hands of LeBron James were always leading in the game. James ended with 15 points in the first half. Although the Celtics tried to come back after a good talk from his coach Doc Rivers, who expressed his concern at the way they were playing, the closer the team got in the score was during the third quarter when they cut the lead to just five points with only 3:24 left. However, with some shots by LeBron James and his teammates, the Cavs extended the lead again and finished the third quarter 72-60.
Even so, things got worse for Boston in the last quarter as the lead was extended to 20 points with 4:01 left. Kevin Garnett just scored 2 free throws and cero points at the field goal, for his part Ray Allen scored only a three pointer and Pierce a pair of jump shots. With the leaders scoring poorly, the Cavs and LeBron took advantage and played consistently through the end of the game.
This was the fourth consecutive lost and the seventh of the last nine games for the Boston Celtics, who started with a record of 27-2. On the other hand, this victory is the 19th consecutive one for the Cavs in their home court, where they haven’t lost since the beginning of the season. Their current record is of 29-6 and they are at the present in first place of the Eastern Conference.
Lebron James expressed after the game that his team is getting better each game and by that they are climbing to obtain their main goal, which is the NBA title.
"We want to continue to protect our home court, and we want to continue to get better. Tonight I think we got better,” the superstar James stated. "We don't want to take a step back because we got a big picture and a big goal. You don't want to waste a game. We got really better tonight."
Lebron James finished with 38 points, seven rebounds, six assists, four steals and three blocks, followed by Anderson Varejao with 14 points and 9 rebounds and Mo Williams with 13 points. For the Celtics Kevin Garnett was the best scorer with 18 points and 15 rebounds, pursued by Perkins with 13 points, then Ray Allen with 12 points and Paul Pierce with only 11 points.
The next game of the Cleveland Cavaliers will be on Tuesday January 13th against the Memphis Grizzlies. As for the Boston Celtics, they will play two consecutive games against the Toronto Raptors on January 11th and 12th.
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