Nov 26 vs Wizards

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Wrap-Up – There’s nothing like a Thanksgiving eve win to make Thursday’s turkey taste that much better. The Cavaliers were also able to avenge a difficult loss in D.C. five days earlier by going wire-to-wire over the Wizards and running away with the 113-87 win on Wednesday night at The Q.

Once again, LeBron James came out aggressive, and he didn’t take his foot off the gas until taking a seat with 7:52 remaining in the fourth and the Cavaliers up 19 points.

On the night, the four-time MVP led both teams with 29 points, 10 boards and eight assists. James was 7-for-14 from the floor and 14-of-17 from the stripe, adding three of Cleveland’s 13 steals.

Kevin Love followed up with 21 points, going 7-of-10 from the floor and 6-of-7 from the line. Kyrie Irving was 7-for-15 from the floor – including 3-of-5 from long-distance – netting 18 points, five helpers and three steals. Anderson Varejao rounded out the Cavalier starters in double-figures with 10 points, going a perfect 5-of-5 from the floor.

The Cavs bench – which was badly outplayed by the Wizards reserves five days ago – bounced back with 29 points, 25 of which via Dion Waiters, who finished with 15 points, six assists and three steals of his own. Tristan Thompson added 10 points – going 4-of-4 from the floor. He and Varejao combined to hold Washington’s Marcin Gortat to 12 points and two boards while not missing a single shot from the field.

Last Friday, the Cavaliers committed 19 turnovers that led to 24 Wizards’ points. On Wednesday, they committed just 10 miscues that resulted in seven points. Cleveland shot 51 percent from the floor and took 16 more free throws than Washington.

Watch full final game highlights from Wednesday's win.

Turning Point – Sometimes the turning point of the game comes early, and that was the case on Wednesday. The Cavaliers led Washington by three, 13-10, just after the halfway point of the first quarter. But LeBron, Irving and Waiters keyed a quick 10-0 run that put Cleveland up a baker’s dozen. The Wizards didn’t seriously challenge the Wine and Gold the rest of the way – trailing by as many as 29 and cutting the Cavs’ edge to single-figures just twice the rest of the way.

By the Numbers – 2 … fastbreak points allowed by the Cavaliers on Wednesday night at The Q – topping the Wizards, 17-2.

Quotable – Kyrie Irving, on Wednesday’s big win over Washington …

”We definitely wanted to come out with a different focus from what we had in Washington. We kind of owed them one tonight. It was one of those games where we definitely had to get back on track. Obviously we had a great Orlando game, but this was definitely a meaningful game – as well as every game – but this one definitely meant a little bit more.”

Up Next – The Cavs close out the month of November on Saturday night when the Indiana Pacers make their first appearance of the season in Cleveland. The following Tuesday, they tip off December with the arrival of the Milwaukee Bucks before hitting the road for a three-game set, hoping to avenge home losses in the first two. On Thursday, they travel to the Big Apple to face the Knicks before heading north of the border to face the Raptors on Friday. The following Monday, they close out the short roadie with a matchup against  the Nets in Brooklyn.

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Cavs Go Wire-to-Wire Over Wizards

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(On what the team has been consistently  doing well over the last two games): "Defensive presence and taking care  of the basketball, those two things. We’ve been defending and we’re not giving  away opportunities and giving away points. Last game against Washington,  someone told me today when I was doing the radio that it was five days ago. I  thought it was five months ago. I couldn’t believe it. So five days ago, we  turned over the ball 19 times for 24 points. Today we turned over the ball 10  times for seven points. Do the math, it’s a big difference and obviously we’re  defending. We’ve defending the last two games as well as we’ve defended the  whole season."

(On holding John Wall to six points): "First of  all, John Wall is a great basketball player and he’s not an easy guy to stop  night after night. John, in the last game, got a lot of fast break points  playing good defense himself and taking advantage of turnovers that we had. He  made a lot of in-between jump shots in the last game. I thought Kyrie (Irving),  once again, did a terrific job and more importantly the team did a really good  job swarming and not giving him gaps and lanes to get to the rim or to find a  lot of open looks. He’s not a guy you guard with one person only. You gotta  guard him with a team effort. I think we only gave up two or four fast break  baskets tonight. Obviously a big part of John’s game and Washington’s game is  their ability to get out there and attack you in transition and in the open  court. So we did a really good job there as well.”

(On LeBron James playing the entire third  quarter and starting the fourth): "First of all, he felt good. He felt  strong. And I felt we had a chance to knock them out of the box and be able to  sit him down and ultimately that’s what happened. He really played great and it  was fun to watch."

(On Dion Waiters): "I don’t mind  if he takes shots. Dion is a shooter and a scorer and he needs to take shots.  What I liked was Dion’s involvement and his intensity on each and every play.  He defended extremely well. He took the shots, for the most part, he needed to  take. He’s our scorer off the bench and that’s what he needs to do."

(On  the defensive pressure): “We definitely wanted to come out with a different  focus from what we had in Washington. We kind of owed them one tonight. It was  one of those games where we definitely had to get back on track. Obviously we  had a great Orlando game, but this was definitely a meaningful game – as well  as every game – but this one definitely meant a little bit more.”

(On  how to make the other team “feel” you): “By just having a physical mindset. We  definitely wanted to set the tone defensively. They were a lot more physical  with us in Washington, so we definitely wanted to set a tone early in the game  and I think we did that.”

(On  if it’s fair to call games against Washington a rivalry): “A rivalry? No…not  necessarily. I don’t think we’ve played enough games against each other yet for  it to get chippy. We’ve played a lot of chippy games so far in the season and  that just comes from everybody wanting to beat us. Their physicality - we  definitely have to match every single team’s because we’re getting everybody’s  best shot. But for us, it’s just about hitting first and having that ‘hit  first’ mentality.”

(On  how much better he feels about the team currently): “It hasn’t  changed. My feelings haven’t changed. It’s not like one week I’m going to be mad  at these guys and the next day I’m going to be okay with them. We’re in the  trenches together every single day. That’s what I love most about this team. We  get a lot of veteran leadership that keeps everything cool, calm and collected.  It really boils down to our veterans. They make my job a lot easier. They keep  the game just as it is…and that’s the game. It’s just a game. When you go home  and see your family, that’s a totally different life. I don’t bring anything or  bad feelings outside this locker room. When we’re in the trenches together, I’m  ready to fight and I’m ready to do anything it takes to win.”

(On  the high assists and low turnovers): “That’s perfect. We have to continue to do  that. We’re very good when we don’t turn the ball over. It gives us an  opportunity to set our defense. It gives us an opportunity to get up shots,  where we have guys who create their own shots and make shots. It keeps  everybody in a good rhythm.”

(On  coming out strong tonight versus the last matchup): “We came out  aggressive. Like I said, last game they did whatever they wanted to and we  showed no resistance. I think from the beginning we were very aggressive with  what we wanted to do offensively and defensively and we maintained it for most  of the game.”

(On  if he feels better about where the team is at now): “Wins help. I  think more than that, the way we won. We played basketball the right way. We  shared the ball, we defended, we sustained effort for as close to 48 minutes as  possible. Still, the start of the thirds is what we have to figure out, and  that’s something that will come…but I’m very happy and pleased with the way we  played the past two games.”

(On tonight’s game): “(The Cavs) were  the more aggressive team tonight. They came out right from the beginning and we  turned it over seven times in the first eight minutes or something. When you  dig a hole of 15 or 16 points right off the bat against a team like this,  you’re going to have trouble.”

(On the Cavs): “When they get out  in the open floor, a lot of the times LeBron’s got the ball. He finds people  and creates things in the open floor. That’s hard. That’s why it’s important  for us that we’ve got to be able to get our defense set. We didn’t do that  tonight.”

(On tonight’s game): “We just didn’t do  a good job early in the game of keeping them out of transition, mainly with our  turnovers. On top of that, we fouled way too much. We establish our identity as  a defensive team and we’ve got to do it early. Tonight we turned it over and  didn’t get easy opportunities. They got confident and got on the break, and we  just pretty much trailed from start to finish. We’ve got to do a better job at  the start of games.”

(On the Cavs’ play tonight compared to last  Friday): “They’re a more comfortable team at home and you’ve got to expect that. But  like I said, we didn’t establish our defensive identity tonight from the jump.  We didn’t play with the physicality that was needed on either end of the floor.  So we’ve got to look at those things.”

(On tonight’s game): “I think  (Cleveland) got up to attacking the basket and getting to the free throw line  pretty early. They made some tough shots at times, but our communication defensively  wasn’t great like it was in the past. The last two games we lost, we had bad  communication – probably the worst we’ve had this season.”

(On the Cavs’ play tonight compared to last  Friday): “Every team plays differently at home. They played a different way, and we  didn’t move the ball as well as we did when we played them (at home last  Friday). We didn’t have the same defensive pressure and intensity that we had  when we were at home. That was the biggest difference of this game.”

(On his team’s comeback attempt): “They let us back  in the game a couple of times. We got it down to nine. For any team, as long as  you stick with it when they’re rolling, then they’re a team that’s capable of  missing shots too. Tonight, you give credit to them. They came out and hit us  in the mouth first, then we made our run and they countered it back with making  their own run. Whenever we got close, they made the big shots and the big  plays.”

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Game Quotes: Cavaliers vs. Washington Wizards - Nov. 26

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Listen to Radio Play-by-Play announcer John Michael's Call of the Game during the Cavaliers vs. Washington Wizards game on November 26, 2014. LeBron James blows past Paul Pierce and throws down a thunderous dunk to give the Cavs a 58-39 lead.

Escucha a la voz en español de los Cavaliers Rafa "El Alcalde" con la narración de la jugada del partido entre Los Cavaliers de Cleveland vs. Los Wizards de Washington en el Quicken Loans Arena de Cleveland, Ohio  el 26 de Noviembre del 2014. Los Cavs derrotaron a Los Wizards 113 - 87 con una gran actuación defensiva y ofensiva, incluyendo la noche perfecta de Anderson Varejao que anoto 10 puntos tirando  5 de 5 desde el piso incluyendo esta clavada después de una gran finta.

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Call of the Game: Cavs vs. Washington Wizards - Nov. 26

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Cavs vs. Washington Wizards  - November 26, 2014

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Five Keys: Cavaliers vs. Wizards - November 26, 2014

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Joe G's GameDay Blog and Chat - Nov. 26, 2014

The Wine &amp; Gold take on the Washington Wizards for the second of four regular season matchups tonight at The Q. Tipoff is at 7:00 p.m. ET.

Cleveland (6-7) is coming off a 32-point win (106-74) over the Orlando Magic on Monday, which was their largest margin of victory this season.

The Cavs defense put together its best performance of the season on Monday versus the Magic, setting opponent season lows in points (74), field goals made (29), field goal percentage (.363) and assists (14). It was the second straight game the Cavaliers held their opponent to .400 shooting or less from the field.

Washington (9-4) enters tonight's contest on the second leg of a back-to-back after falling to the Hawks, 107-102, last night in Atlanta.

Wizards floor general, John Wall, had 21 points and 13 assists but also six turnovers, while big man, Marcin Gortat, chipped in 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Washington played without power forward Nene, who missed his first game due to injury this season with plantar fasciitis in his right foot.

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Probable Starters/Status Update*presented by Cleveland Clinic

Status Update: Matthew Dellavedova, (Left Knee MCL Sprain, Out)

Wizards: PG - John Wall, SG - Garrett Temple, SF - Paul Pierce PF - Nene, C - Marcin Gortat

Status Update: (Wizards) - Martell Webster, (Back Surgery, Out), Nene, (Right Plantar Fasciitis, Questionable)

The two teams met just five days ago in Washington, D.C. as LeBron James and Kyrie tallied 22 points apiece.

The Cavs trail the all-time series against the Wizards 94-106 (59-40 Home, 35-65 Road).

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After tonight’s game, the Wine &amp; Gold will host the Indiana Pacers at Quicken Loans Arena on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. ET.

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