Basketball is back! While people prepared to watch Miami and Boston on TNT, The Cleveland Cavaliers and Washington Wizards took center-stage. The result was Cleveland defeating Washington in a 94-84 final, and I must say both teams looked decent. Cleveland was active on the boards, and when they needed him most, Kyrie Irving stepped up. Washington on the other hand, looked very poor on the offensive end without John Wall, but the passing from the Wizards was very crisp. Once Washington gets healthy, I envision this to be a decent rivalry. For now, here's six key things I noticed in the Wizards-Cavs game.
Washington's Roster Is Terrible
Without John Wall and Nene, this Wizards team is something terrible. Outside of Emeka Okafor (10 points, 7 rebounds, 4-10 shooting last night), this team is full of young players and misfits. Wall's replacement, A.J. Price, went 2-13 from the field, and Trevor Ariza went 3-8. Jordan Crawford, who was expected to take a large chunk...
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PLAYERS:
Kyrie Irving,
John Wall,
Emeka Okafor,
A.J. Price,
Trevor Ariza,
Jordan Crawford,
Tristan Thompson,
Tyler Zeller,
Dion Waiters,
Bradley Beal,
Earl Barron,
Kevin Seraphin
TEAMS: Cleveland Cavaliers, Washington Wizards
TEAMS: Cleveland Cavaliers, Washington Wizards
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