Timofey Mozgov May Miss Two Weeks With Injury

Center Timofey Mozgov experienced a strained right deltoid during the second quarter of last night’s game against Milwaukee at The Q. Additional examination and MRI today at Cleveland Clinic Sports Health confirmed the strain. Mozgov will be OUT approximately 10 days to two weeks. Source: NBA.com/Cavaliers

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Tim Duncan Fails to Record Rebound in Game for First Time

Tim Duncan has played 1,343 career regular-season games. Tonight was his 1st in which he didn’t record a rebound. Source: ESPN Stats & Info on Twitter

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Anderson Varejao Admits His Role is ‘Tough’, ‘Not Easy’

Cleveland Cavaliers center Anderson Varejao had waited all season for his moment. Coming off an Achilles injury and buried on the bench because of the Cavaliers’ deep frontcourt, playing time had become scarce. But his opportunity finally came on Thursday night during a throwback second half against the Milwaukee Bucks. “It’s tough. It’s not easy,” […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA AM: How Do Warriors Stack Up to ’96 Bulls?

The Warriors have a legitimate shot at winning 72 games. Let’s compare them to the 1995-96 Bulls.

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
Mozgov Exits Game With Strained Right Shoulder

Timofey Mozgov sat out the second half of the Cavaliers’ 115-100 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday with a strained right shoulder and could undergo an MRI on Friday morning, depending on how his body feels. “We got some appointments,” Mozgov told ESPN.com. “We’ll see what’s going on. I can tell you nothing right […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
James Gives High Praise to Cavs Coach David Blatt

LeBron James flattered Cavaliers coach David Blatt with some high praise. “He does his job, as great as any coach can do in this league,” James said Thursday morning at Cleveland’s shootaround before its night game against Milwaukee. “It’s up for us to go out and produce.” Despite injuries to key players, the Cavaliers entered […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Cavs’ Thompson Plays in 300th Consecutive Game

If there’s one legitimate gripe worth mentioning through the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 9-3 start, it has been their inconsistency. Thursday was one of those games where they actually put everything together in a 115-100 win over the Milwaukee Bucks and it came, quite appropriately, on the same night Tristan Thompson played in his 300th consecutive game. […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
LeBron Passes Jerry West on Scoring List

LeBron James continued his climb up the NBA’s all-time scoring list by passing Jerry West for No. 19th, with 25,193 career points, on Tuesday. James entered the night needing 10 points to pass “The Logo.” He got them early and eclipsed West with a corner 3-pointer with 2:55 remaining in the first quarter of the […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
LeBron James: Warriors Look More Hungry

After dropping the last three games of the NBA Finals to the Warriors in June, Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James admits that months later, his team is still lagging behind Golden State. “We haven’t done anything,” an exasperated James said after the Cavs lost their second straight game, 104-99 to the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday. […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021