Kevin Love led the Cavs with a double-double
Kevin Love had a double-double with 29 points and 13 rebounds LeBron James scored 23 points to go with 8 assists and 6 rebounds and J.R Smith scored 17 of his 23 in the first half as the Cleveland Cavaliers winners of five straight, routed the Memphis Grizzlies and snapped their six-game winning streak on Tuesday night in Cleveland.
Memphis Center Marc Gasol rested facing back-to-back games against the NBA champions who was replaced in the lineup by Zach Randolph, leading the Grizzlies in points with 18. Grizzlies PG Mike Conley is being sorely missed in the lineup and by fans as he is expected to be out another month with fractures of the transverse process bones in the vertebrae of his lower back.Gasol will be back as starting Center tonight to finish Memphis’sthree-gamee stretch of Golden State (Memphis winning by 21 on Saturday night)and then Cleveland.
Cavalier’s coach Tyron Lue rested Kyrie Irving and stated after the game that James, Irving, and Love will not travel with the team for tonight’s second game of their back-to-back with Memphis.
With a 3-pointer in the first quarter Kevin Love became the fifth active player with 800 career 3’s and 6,000 rebounds.The other players are James, Carmelo Anthony, Paul Pierce and Dirk Nowitzki.Lebron James only needs 28 points to pass Moses Malone(27,409) for eighth in all-time scoring list.
