It’s common to say that the NBA is a league of runs but Friday was pretty ridiculous.
The first quarter set the tone for the rest of the night. The Cavs jumped out to a 17-2 in the first five minutes (Omri Casspi had 9 early points!) but ended up trailing after the first period. They gave away 5 points in the final four seconds of the first half (turning a 9 point lead to just four). Thanks to Antawn Jamison’s 18 point third period, the Cavs built a 10 point advantage and led by 8 heading into the fourth. The lead slowly slipped away over the course of the fourth period (who knew that a five of Sessions-Gibson-Eyenga-Samuels-Thompson isn’t that good defensively?). But even without Irving and Varejao, the Cavs still had a chance to win the game in regulation. With three seconds left and the game tied at 102, Jamison (who’s season high 34 point kept the Cavs in the game without Kyrie Irving and Anderson Varejao) missed two free throws that could’ve (and...
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