WATCH: NBA star under fire after launching ball at fans... TWICE
Pat Beverley missed the fan he was intending to hit with his first throw late in the Bucks' season-ending loss - then went again!
The Cleveland Cavaliers have demolished the Toronto Raptors to take a dominant lead in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, although the win was tarnished by an injury to Australian guard Matthew Dellavedova.
The Cavaliers won 108-89 on Thursday on their home court.
They lead the best-of-seven series 2-0, with the next two games in Toronto.
» Game 2: Cavaliers vs Raptors live blog
The Cavaliers’ big three of LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love were huge against a Toronto team that appears to have no answer.
“Everyone is putting in their own individual work and we are giving it to one another and it works great when you are able to do that,” James, who had a triple-double of 23 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, said.
“Everyone is feeding off each other.”
Dellavedova rolled his left ankle early in the fourth quarter and attempted to continue, but soon after motioned to coach Tyronn Lue to pull him from the game.
Lue played down the injury, but will wait for the team’s medical staff to assess the ankle.
“I talked to him when he first came out of the game and he said it was a little tweak, but he was OK,” Lue said.
Dellavedova missed all three of his field goals and had just three assists from almost eight minutes, but Lue praised the Victorian’s defence in the second quarter on Raptors guards Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan.
Irving had 26 points and Love had 19 points and five rebounds.
DeRozan led Toronto with 22 points.
The Raptors put up a fight in the first quarter, ending the period only down 30-28, but at halftime they trailed 62-48.
In Tuesday’s game one the Cavaliers’ won by 31 points.
The Cavaliers have led by double figures in the second-half of both games.
Game three is on Saturday.
Build your own ultimate team! Pick your key players and take a shot at big cash prizes every day with Draftstars. For great odds on NBA games every day head on over to PlayUp. Imagine what you could be buying instead. Set a deposit limit.
Pat Beverley missed the fan he was intending to hit with his first throw late in the Bucks' season-ending loss - then went again!
If people can lose their job, and clubs can face massive payouts, due to the behaviour of coaches, it will drastically change the way sporting teams in Australia will be run.
A Serbian, a Canadian, a Slovenian and a Greek fellow walked into a bar … Well, they’ve actually walked into the NBA and now…
Nikola Jokic has scored 32 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead defending NBA champions Denver past LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers…
There will undoubtedly be upset results here and there in the NBA playoffs but there’s an overwhelming sense of fait accompli that Boston will…
LeBron James is going back to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years. Steph Curry is headed to the games for the…