“Kevin Durant keeps Phoenix alive in Cleveland!” – ESPN reacts to Suns’ 117-111 win over Cavaliers
So which means you’re going to wear those three guys out what he’s going to have to do is stag stagger them when they take him out take one out take two out take leave one in one in two out I mean he’s going to have to change it all
Up in order to make those guys have enough energy to finish games I’m excited to see the the rematch coming up in a few weeks hopefully the C have some healthy bodies because it could get really interesting round two in Phoenix Hey Kevin Durant wasn’t the only 30-point scorer in tonight’s game Darius
Garland went off a career high in the first half for him he finished the game with 30 points knocked down seven threes here tonight added five assists and two rebounds AC what did you see from jerius well I saw him he came out ready to play
He was focused he understood what he had to do and and really what was happening is he was trying to get his other guys involved but Phoenix kept leaving him open giving him opportunities because they knew he could pass the ball and when you know when teams know you can
Give it up then they have a tendency to play a little ofter than normal and he took advantage of it in that first half and we talked about this coming into tonight’s game you wanted to see Darius Garland be a little more aggressive for himself personally offensively he took
Just nine shots last night against Brooklyn took 17 here tonight and obviously it proved to be a big difference as the injuries continue we’ll wait and see what happens as the team now heads out on the road how important is it for Darius Garland to remain aggressive offensively if the
Injury report remains as it is well if it stays like it is he has to be aggressive cuz he he’s the one guy in our perimeter that can give us what we need and and also because he has the ball as much he can get it to the open
Man when he has to so he’s he’s got to stay aggressive because believe me the road trip coming up is not going to be easy and now the Cavs have to start putting some things putting some uh victories games in the win column they got to start getting that now so they
Can start building some type of feeling for how they going to play in the playoffs that is so important at this time of year and and it’s a tough time of year because the games come rapid fire oh they do the Cavaliers now getting set to head out on a three
Game I am the F today I got a mic on today I got a mic on today I got a mic on today I got a mic on I got a mic I got a mic ice ice look you see the keys in the Box you don’t want to be killing this
This one that one that one I don’t want it that one no no no no no y’all can’t came out late fam y’all came out late big bro y’all came out late though broy what’s up Bry what’s goody you good I’m good how you feeling bro I’m all
Right yeah I got a mic today I got a mic today miked Up started early Pete oh car hey [Applause] oh yeah yeah go Ice come on good come on we good yeah yeah 20 yeah George hey B get in that girl just came down a few possessions I mean they were making shots sometimes when we weren’t and uh they just had a
Run and I mean being down bodies is always hard to try to claw back into games like that but I mean I feel like we we did everything I mean up to the standard of Cavaliers basketball and um we just got let that one get away from
Us you mentioned being down bodies you know how would you ass say how you guys still were able to handle Kevin Durant Bradley Beal and Deon Booker out there um I feel like we you know I mean guys like that they’re going to score their
Points no matter what but I mean I feel like we we were physical played good defense on them and uh I mean at the end of the day we we did what we could with them with the bodies given that we have but um I mean we we fought and that’s
All that you can ask in this position and I I’m just proud of these guys still how did you feel like you guys responded tonight after last night’s game I feel like we came back and just fought harder I mean the whole overall message was
Just come in and just give it you all even if you know we might be looked at as the underdog or whatever but I mean at the end of the day this is this isn’t the first time we’ve been down this many bodies and had to claw out and get
Difficult wins so it was just the same message as always just be ready and whenever your name’s called Just Step Up what were you seeing from there to be able to attack the glass the way you did tonight um I just realized you know uh
With their team I mean there are a lot of offensive minded people and uh I mean nurkic he’s a big body down there so they kind to let him rebound on his own and uh I just noticed that and I just tried to go in there and help rebound a
Lot thinking about you being able to have minutes in the fourth quarter there have been times where you’ve had good games but having gotten that opportunity what did it mean for you just today to have that opportunity for this game out uh it’s big I mean it just reminded me a
Lot of like the Lakers game the 76ers game you know you playing against these guys you used to play with on 2K and I mean it feels like a dream and then you’re guarding them in the last minute and it’s just like it’s it feels surreal
But you got to stay locked into that moment but I mean it’s it’s big it just gives me and my team a lot more confidence and it just kind of allows Darius and Caris to just be able to be free and have somebody have to guard me
And all of us because we’re all Playmakers obviously all three of you guys you carious and Darius being semi point guards in most times how do you guys feel like you compliment each other’s kind of skill sets with each other on the floor um it just makes
Defenses uh have to pick and choose the poison that they want to be stung with because I mean with me I can get into the middle of defenses and dish it out to anybody or even score and create my own basket and really that’s the same
With all three of us and we all are just crafty and can pass the ball and it just like I said just makes you have to choose what you want to give up at the end of that well AC we’ve seen some extended minutes for Craig Porter Jun
Over the last two games du the injuries and once again he always seems to deliver what impresses you most about his play and the Poise that he plays with but his Poise to me a guy rookie in this league even though he’s played five years of college ball and and you can
Just see it he he doesn’t panic he takes his time he understands the situations and he understands the clock he and those are two things that really when you’re a rookie things are going through your head so fast man those situations ation it it’s really but he understands
That and you can see the team responds to that too they play a lot calmer and everybody seems to be much more under control I’m really impressed with this young man he has a bright future ahead of him yeah he’s an older rookie he has a lot of experience playing five years
Of college ball and it certainly has showed on the next stage here in the NBA he was a key part of the Cavs ball movement here tonight the Cavaliers finishing with 30 assists on 40 made field goals AC especially in the first half the ball was just boun ing around
The offense was flowing so well this has been a point of emphasis for you on a nightly basis for this team what allowed the ball to move so well tonight activity everybody was moving if you notice you look at all these replays all five guys are moving at one time and
That gives you so many options and it creates a lot of of of Ang for the defense because the defense they don’t know who’s coming where it’s going and that if that ball makes two or three quick movements it’s amazing how the ball all creates energy and how it can
Find the open man yeah certainly did five Cavalier scoring in double figures Jerry scarland Leading The Way with 30 let’s talk Caris LeVert because he was also the team’s leading assister here tonight AC finished with 17 points on S to 16 shooting added 11 assists and six rebounds that’s a pretty typical
Statline for Carris Levert which sounds crazy but he always does a little bit of everything what jumped out at you tonight about Carris he he played his regular game he’s a jack of all trades he does everything thing he assists the ball he shoots the ball he scores the
Ball he does a lot of things and he he defends too great defender I mean he does it all for the Cavaliers in all a lot of different ways so I was really impressed it was his regular game and he knew he had to have a game like that
Because we were depleted Personnel wise and what a bounce back for Caris he finished with just six points last night again a complete stat line for him 17 points 11 assists and six boards doing a little bit of everything as we expect from Caris alert on a nightly basis five
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“Kevin Durant keeps Phoenix alive in Cleveland!” – ESPN reacts to Suns’ 117-111 win over Cavaliers
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Nuggets.