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Daily News - April 28, 2017

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Cavaliers fans can vote for Kyrie Irving, Iman Shumpert among NBA Awards fan categories
Author: Joe Noga
Publication: Cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland Cavaliers guards Kyrie Irving and Iman Shumpert are among the finalists for fan-voted individual honors to be handed out at the NBA's first awards show set for June 26 on TNT.

League awards including Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year and Coach of the Year will be announced in an awards show format for the first time during the broadcast at 9 p.m.

Irving and Shumpert are nominated among six fan-voted categories. - CLICK HERE to read full story.

Cavaliers will host Toronto Raptors in Game 1 of Eastern semifinals Monday
Author: Joe Vardon
Publication: Cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cavaliers will host the Toronto Raptors at 7 p.m. Monday in Game 1 of an Eastern Conference semifinal

The Raptors beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 92-89, in Game 6 of their first round series to advance.

Cleveland, of course, took Toronto out in six games in the conference finals last season. - CLICK HERE to read full story.

Remember, Cavaliers GM David Griffin doesn't have a contract next season: 'Hey, Joe!'
Author: Joe Vardon
Publication: Cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Do you have a Cavs question that you'd like to have answered in Hey, Joe? Submit it here or tweet him @joevardon.

Hey, Joe: No doubt that Kyrie Irving is one of the best dribble penetration guards in the game. He draws a lot of attention from defenders and can kick it out to one of the sharpshooters on the perimeter. In the fourth game of the Indiana series I noticed that many of those passes to the perimeter shooters were off the mark. Has Kyrie viewed any video and, if not, what does he think that says about his commitment to winning? -- Dan, Canton

Hey, Dan: Round 1 was not one of Irving's most-efficient playoff series. I was surprised to see that he had the ball in his hands more than LeBron James for the entire series (35.3 usage rate for Irving to James' 32.6), and yet he accounted for roughly 23 percent of the team's assists and turnovers. Also, Irving didn't have any assists in Game 4, which James once famously said cannot happen. Irving's problems are not related to film or commitment to winning. He (and the Cavs in general) slowed things down too much in fourth quarters, and were a little tired. To fix that this week, coach Tyronn Lue put them through intense physical conditioning, including Versaclimber contests. We'll see of they paid off. - CLICK HERE to read full story.

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