Balanced Cavs Go Toe-to-Toe with Miami, Unravel Late

On a back-to-back, against the class of the NBA, without their star point guard, I wasn’t expecting much out of the Cavaliers last night in Miami. But, the Cavaliers gave viewers one of the most entertaining games of the season as they caught fire from behind the arc in the first half and had their most balanced scoring of the season with seven players reaching double figures. However, the Heat leveled up their defensive pressure in the second half, and Ray Allen’s 15-point fourth quarter was too much for the Cavs to survive as they fell 110-108 in South Beach. I made the comment during the game that sometimes things don’t have to make sense to be fun. I think that sums up Jeremy Pargo and Omri Casspi leading the charge for the Cavaliers in a game against a team with four perennial All-Stars. Initially, the Cavs seemed to be winning each 50-50 ball and sinking every three point shot they took. Casspi had three of those alone in the first half, and the team had ten. More than the thr...