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Cleveland Cavaliers rest starters, lose season finale to Detroit Pistons, 112-110 in overtime
Author: Chris Haynes
Publication: Cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Wednesday night at The Q was anything but a preview for this weekend's playoff game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons. In fact, it was the exact opposite.
It was the same teams that will battle it out in a best-of-seven first-round series, but the faces were not the same as the Pistons won 112-110 in overtime in the season finale.
Jodie Meeks led Detroit (44-38) with 20 points.
Cleveland (57-25) gave LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love and J.R. Smith the night off. Even Tristan Thompson sort of took it off. He started the game, but was removed four seconds later. He committed a foul and was subbed out in order to extend his league-high consecutive games played streak to 370. - CLICK HERE to read full story.
Cleveland Cavaliers to open up first-round playoff series with Detroit Pistons on Sunday
Author: Chris Haynes
Publication: Cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Game 1 of the first-round playoff series between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons will be Sunday at 3 p.m. on ABC at The Q, the league announced early Thursday morning.
Cleveland will take Thursday off before getting prepared for its championship quest.
Game 2 won't be until Wednesday at the same venue at 8 p.m. on TNT. The series will then shift to The Motor City for Game 3 on Friday, April 22, at 7 p.m. on ESPN, followed by Game 4 on Sunday, April 24, at 8:30 p.m. on TNT. - CLICK HERE to read full story.
Cleveland Cavaliers 'better across the board' and Kyrie Irving reacts to Kobe Bryant's final game: Fedor's five observations
Author: Chris Fedor
Publication: Cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons capped their regular season on Wednesday night. And they will meet once again this weekend.
The stakes, however, will be much different. So, too, will the players on the court. Wednesday's regular season finale was anything but a playoff preview.
Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue decided to rest four of his five starters -- only playing Tristan Thompson for four seconds so he could extend his consecutive games played streak to 370, which is a franchise record and the league's longest current run. - CLICK HERE to read full story.
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- (4/14) Tyronn Lue shuts down Kyrie Irving against his will in season finale ESPN.com