Holy bench minutes Batman.
Kyrie Irving was doubtful with the stomach flu, but was determined to play in the Cavs last home game, as a way of thanking the fans. He played ten minutes, all in the first quarter. Antawn Jamison -- who likely just played his last game at Quicken Loans Arena as a Cavalier -- played just 17 minutes.
Of the 12 Cavaliers that saw action Wednesday night, only two (Luke Harangody, Manny Harris) played less than the starting five. Is Cleveland resting their players for some reason? I get the limited time for Irving, but the rest is quite confusing to me. Maybe this game was a try-out of sorts for who'll be on the roster moving forward. Who knows, I sure don't.
Appearing in his first game ever in the NBA, D.J. Kennedy led the Cavaliers in minutes and points with 31 and 12 respectively.
This game marked the first truly balanced team shooting performance that I can remember. The only person that shot less than four times was Luke Walton, and the only person who shot more than eight was Alonzo Gee (Not Jamison?!?!). Otherwise there were three players with eight shots, one with seven, five with six shots and one with four.
Since late February, Cleveland is 8-27, and I'm still crossing my fingers that the uni-brow dons the wine and gold. Come on ping-pong balls, bounce in Cleveland's favor just once more.
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