NBA Despite the play Drummond was decisive in the victory of the Cavs
Andre Drummond, one of the 35 highest paid players in the NBA this course, decided to execute his player option on his contract in the last market window to stay one more season in Cleveland for $ 28.7 million. The pvot is the leader of a team that has surprised everyone at this start of the campaign, although at times he is able to sign plays like the one he had against the Grizzlies in one of the worst offensive actions of the year.
Still Drummond rebuilt and got a double-double of 22 points, 15 rebounds and two recoveries balls that made the difference in the victory that his team achieved at home by 90-94 against the Memphis Grizzlies.
Drummond’s dominance within the painting was what finally broke the balance in a match that was always even and with suspense on the scoreboard. Drummond achieved the ninth consecutive double-double since the new season began.
Next to the veteran pvot, another tall man, the power forward Larry Nance Jr., who was perfect on the field goals (7-7), also helped by getting 18 points and make a great defense after recovering three balls and distributing four assists. With a steal in the third quarter, Nance reached 400 in his career. Nance leads the NBA with 2.38 steals per game.
Meanwhile, the Turkish forward Cedi Osman arrived at 16 points, gave seven assists and grabbed five rebounds that allowed the Cavaliers (5-4) to break their two-game losing streak and get back on track. The pvot reserves JaVale McGee finished as the sixth player to come off the bench and achieve 13 points, six rebounds and a plug.
CLEAN BLOCK! #BeTheFightpic.twitter.com/GcSs3BpqxK
? Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) January 8, 2021
The key play came with 34 seconds to end regulation time when on a penetration by Grizzlies point guard Tyus Jones to make a basket Isaac Okoro was called a personal foul. Cleveland challenged the refereeing decision, the foul was overturned, and the Cavaliers won possession of the ball. That led to a Okoro’s mate with 10.6 seconds left and a 90-93 lead.
The Cavaliers lost leading scorer Collin Sexton, who was left out with a sprained left ankle. That left Cleveland trying to regain Sexton’s 25.1 point average per game so far.
The Lithuanian pvot Jonas Valanciunas is a leader in Memphis with a double-double of 17 points and 10 reboundswhile power forward Brandon Clarke had 14 points. Guard Dillon Brooks scored 11, but hit 4 of 13 shots from the field and did not help avoid the defeat of the Grizzlies (2-6), the third in a row and the fifth in a row in his field of the FedExForum, where they still do not know the victory so far this season (0-5).
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