Slightly greater than midway by way of the primary quarter Monday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers adopted the Brooklyn fillets by a rating of 15-14.
However after a 23-2 run to finish the opening interval, the Wine and Gold did not look again in an eventual 130-101 highway victory.
The Cavaliers picked up the place they left off within the second quarter, utilizing a 15-0 run to take a 56-22 lead nearly midway by way of the interval. Cleveland led by as many as 35 factors within the first half, capturing 26 of 43 (60.5%) from the sphere and 12 of 25 (48.0%) from three-point vary over the primary 24 minutes of the sport.
Caris LeVert carried out exceptionally effectively off the bench, recording all 19 of his factors within the first half and main all scorers on the break. He additionally made all of his season-high six three-pointers within the first half, capturing a powerful 75 p.c from past the arc throughout that span.
As a crew, the Wine and Gold additionally had a powerful first half defensively.
They restricted the Nets to simply 40 factors, the fewest factors allowed to the Cavaliers in a half this season. Brooklyn additionally shot simply 13 of 36 (36.1%) from the sphere within the first half, committing 13 turnovers in comparison with Cleveland’s 9.
In the long run, seven Cavaliers scored in double figuress for the fourth time this season. This contains Evan Mobleywho collected 21 factors, a excessive for his crew for his eleventh 20-point sport of the season. Offensively, 33 of Cleveland’s 43 subject targets have been assisted, and Wine and Gold matched its season excessive of 14 steals on protection.
Subsequent, Cleveland will start a three-game homestand when it hosts thee Milwaukee Bucks Friday December 20 at 7:30 p.m.
