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Wrap-Up -- Over this past week, the Cavaliers used huge individual first-quarter performances to get out of the gate quickly and blow past their opponents. On Sunday, they did the exact opposite – rope-a-doping for three periods in Philly before “Mr. Fourth Quarter” took over to sink the Sixers.

After starting the game missing their first 14 shots from the floor, the Wine and Gold slowly worked their way back into the contest. And once Kyrie Irving got hot – netting 19 of his 39 points in the fourth – there wasn’t much the Sixers could do, as the Wine and Gold ground out the 112-108 win on Sunday afternoon.

Kyrie – who notched 19 in the first quarter of Cleveland’s Friday night win over Dallas – struggled through the first half but began hitting his rhythm in the third. Entering the final period trailing by four, Irving drilled a triple to get Cleveland to within one and scored on a reverse layup to give the Cavaliers their first lead of the game with 9:22 remaining.

The Sixers would tie the score on their next possession, but Kyrie canned a step-back 17-footer to give the Wine and Gold their final lead of the afternoon. The Cavs would eventually extend their lead to 11 before holding off the scrappy Sixers down the stretch.

On the day, Kyrie finished 14-for-27 from the floor, including 5-of-11 from beyond the arc and 6-of-6 from the stripe. The three-time All-Star, who’s had a rough recent run against Philly – shooting just 25 percent from the floor against the Sixers over his last three games – added four boards and a pair of assists in the win.

Again, almost lost in the shuffle was another brilliant performance by LeBron James – who notched the 45th triple-double of his career (and second in five days) – who finished with 26 points, 13 assists and 10 boards.

Kevin Love kept his outstanding early season run going – doubling-up for the ninth time in his last 10 games, finishing with 25 points on 6-for-13 shooting, including 4-of-8 from long-range.

The Big Three accounted for 10 of Cleveland’s 12 three-pointers on the afternoon, with James Jones hitting the other two – spelling Love in the third quarter after the All-Star forward was forced to get stitches above his right eye at intermission.

The 12 triples on Sunday extend Cleveland’s NBA record to 15 straight games to start a season hitting at least 10 threes per game.

Tristan Thompson doubled-up in his second straight contest, finishing with 12 points, going 5-for-8 from the floor, to go with a dozen boards and a team-high two blocks.

The Big Three stuffs the stat sheet as the Wine and Gold win their fourth straight.

About the only Cavalier who’s not in rhythm right now is J.R. Smith, who struggled again from the floor – going 0-for-11 overall, 0-for-7 from long-range. Over his past two outings, Swish has gone 2-for-22 from the floor.

The Sixers were paced by leading Rookie of the Year candidate, Joel Embiid, who finished with 22 points and nine boards, going 8-for-18 from the floor, adding four assists and a game-high three blocked shots.

Turning Point -- There’s no underestimating the power of closing quarters on the road to turn momentum. That was the case in Sunday afternoon’s victory in Philly.

The Cavaliers got off to an extremely sluggish start and found themselves down two TDs midway through the second quarter. They cut the Sixers lead to a deuce on James Jones’ second three of the third quarter, but couldn’t get over the hump. And when Dario Saric hit a trey with 1:15 left in the period, Philly found itself ahead by 10.

But LeBron split a pair of free throws, Kevin Love scored on a demonstrative dunk and James completed a three-point play with 1.0 to play in the third, getting Cleveland to within four. In just over three minutes into the next quarter, the Cavs took the lead for good.

By the Numbers – 90, 0 … points that the Big Three combined for and personal fouls they committed in Sunday’s win.

Quotable – Kevin Love, on the Big Three hitting on all cylinders …

”We’re just playing out games – taking what’s there for us and playing off of each other well. We’re doing what we’re supposed to do – helping carry this team and getting other guys rolling. At some point we’re going to be clicking on all cylinders, we feel like we’re trying to hold up our end of the bargain as best we can.”

Up Next -- After Sunday afternoon's comeback win in Philly, the Cavs look to extend their winning ways on Tuesday night when they travel to Milwaukee for a meeting with the Bucks before a brief home stopover – on Thursday night for a nationally-televised matchup with the Clippers at The Q. After that, it’s another three straight on the road – with matchups in Chicago on Friday night, Toronto next Monday and New York two nights later to close out the trip.

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There’s no way around it: the 2016-17 Cavaliers have been a precisely-tuned machine all season.

In a record-setting week, the Wine and Gold scored in excess of 128 points in consecutive games for the first time in franchise history. Their most recent victory – a 38-point drubbing of Dallas on Wednesday night at The Q – saw them hit 20 three-pointers (with J.R. Smith hitting only one of those) for the second straight game (a first in NBA regular season history) and improve their scoring average to 112.0 points per game this year, 2nd in the NBA.

At 12-2, Tyronn Lue’s squad is off to the best start in franchise history. And after wrapping up a three-game homestand clobbering opponents by an average of 24.3 points per, the Cavs now hit the road for five of their next six games, beginning with the one foe that’s given them the hardest time on the road without beating them – the Sixers – in a Sunday matinee.

Cleveland needed a three-pointer by Channing Frye with 1:05 to play in order to leave Philly with a one-point win, and they’ll look to make it eight straight against the Sixers.

It’s shaping up to be another difficult year in the City of Brotherly Love, with the Sixers in the cellar of the Eastern Conference with a 4-12 mark. But if there’s reason for optimism in Philly, it’s in leading Rookie of the Year candidate Joel Embiid.

The third overall pick in 2014, Embiid has been better than advertised 11 games into his NBA career, averaging 17.8 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game. Six players since 1983 have posted those numbers 11 games into their career; Shaquille O’Neal was the last to do so in 1992-93 the other four players (Mutombo, Robinson, Olajuwon and Sampson) are Hall of Famers.

Embiid leads all rookies in the above categories and is second among freshman in three-point percentage and third in field goal percentage.

Tristan Thompson doesn’t get the ink that Embiid has, but he’s having another rock-solid season at the center of Cleveland’s attack. The former Longhorn, who notched a game-high 13 boards in Cleveland’s November 5 win over Philly, has grabbed 10 or more boards in 10 games this season. He notched his fourth double-double of the year in Wednesday’s win over Dallas.

Kevin Love’s last All-Star season was 2014, his final year with the Timberwolves. But the eight-year vet is on course for a return to the midseason classic, posting easily his best numbers as a Cavalier, and some of the best in the league.

In the early-going, Love is one of just two players (Anthony Davis) averaging at least 20.0 points and 10.0 boards this year, doubling-up in eight of his last nine outings – following up his 40-point outburst against Portland to lead both squads with 27 points in 28 minutes against Dallas, adding 10 boards, four assists and three steals.

True to form, Love doubled-up in Cleveland’s first meeting with the Sixers, finishing with 20 points, 11 rebounds and a block.

The Sixers counter with Ersan Ilyasova, who’s been very good since arriving in Philly in an early-season deal. It’s not quite “Ersanity” yet in Philadelphia, but the veteran forward has notched double-figure scoring in 11 of his 13 appearances with Brett Brown’s squad, including a 22-point outing in a loss to the Grizzlies on Monday night and a team-high 14 against Chicago two nights later.

One guy that never has to worry about an All-Star nod is LeBron James, who made his 12th appearance last year and will make No. 13 this February in the Big Easy.

With Kyrie Irving’s emergence, there’s a possibility that, for the first time in his career LeBron might not be his squad’s leading scorer. (Although he’s only .3 behind Kyrie, 23.8 to 23.5.) This year, the four-time MVP has focused more on distributing the ball to his teammates and it’s worked out pretty well – he’s leading the Eastern Conference at 9.5 helpers per contest.

In his 1,000th career game – the Cavs blowout win over Dallas – James notched his eighth double-double of the season with 19 points and 11 assists. Always on the doorstep of history, LeBron needs 18 assists to pass Bob Cousy and move into 16th on the all-time list and he needs just one triple to make it 1,000 as a member of the Cavaliers. In the Wine and Gold’s first trip to Philly, No. 23 finished with 25 points, 14 dimes and eight boards.

The Sixers will try to slow James down with Robert Covington, who doesn’t usually focus on the offensive end, but finished with his first double-double (19 points, 10 boards) earlier this week against Memphis.

As long as we’re going with an All-Star theme, Kyrie Irving – who’s now scored 20 points or more in 30 of his last 35 games dating back to last year’s Playoffs – is well on his way to making his fourth trip.

On Wednesday night, it was Kyrie’s turn to have a monster first quarter, and the former Blue Devil proceeded to hit his first 10 shots, netting a team-high 25 points in just 28 minutes of action. Over the course of the Cavaliers’ recent three-game homestand, Kyrie shot 67 percent from the floor, including 67 percent from three-point range.

But as good as Irving has been against just about every other team in the Association, he’s had his difficulties with Philadelphia – averaging 9.3 points on 25 percent shooting, including an eight-point effort on 3-for-14 in Cleveland’s win earlier this month.

The Sixers recently made a change in their starting lineup with the addition of Jerryd Bayless, who parlayed an 18-point effort off the bench on Monday night in Memphis into a start two nights later against the Bulls.

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After wrapping up a 3-0 homestand by an average margin of victory of 24.3 points, the Cavaliers hit the road for five of the next six games, beginning on Sunday afternoon against the Philadelphia 76ers. Tipoff from the Wells Fargo Center is at 1:00 p.m. (ET).

Cleveland is an Eastern Conference-best 12-2 on the season, which is their best 14-game start in team history.

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In Friday’s 128-90 win over the Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland shot over 50 percent from the field (.506), 40 percent from the three-point line (.465) and 90 percent from the foul line (.917). It’s just the fourth time since the 2000-01 season the Cavs have had a 50-40-90 game (4/5/16 vs. MIL, 3/13/07 vs. SAC, 12/11/01 vs. HOU).

The Cavs have scored at least 128 points in consecutive games for the second time this season (Nov. 1-3 and Nov. 23-25). Prior to this season, Cleveland has never had consecutive games with at least 128 points. The Cavs are averaging 112.0 points per game in 2016-17 (2nd-best in NBA).

Much of the Cavaliers success at the offensive end has come via the long ball. The Cavs became the first team in NBA history to have back-to-back regular season contests with 20 three-pointers or more after knocking down a franchise record 21 threes against Portland on Wednesday and 20 versus Dallas on Friday.

The Cavs have hit at least 10 three-pointers in all 14 games, extending their NBA record for consecutive games with 10 or more made threes to start a season. They also lead the NBA in threes made per game this season (13.9). At Philadelphia on November 5, the Cavs made 14 three-pointers.

The Wine and Gold will look to keep their hot shooting as they travel to the City of Brotherly Love for the second time this month.

Cleveland came away with a one point win on November 5th but Philly center, Joel Embiid, was impressive. Embiid tallied a team-high 22 points, six rebounds and four blocks in 25 minutes. On the season, the big man from Kansas is averaging 17.8 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.

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Status Update: (Cavs) - Mo Williams, (NWT), Channing Frye, (Excused for Personal Matter, Out), Iman Shumpert, (Left Hamstring Strain, Questionable)

Status Update: (Sixers) - Nerlens Noel, (Inflamed Plica, Left Knee, Out), Ben Simmons, (Acute Fracture, Right Foot, Out)

This is the second of three regular season matchups between the two teams this season. The Cavs defeated the Sixers 102-101 at Wells Fargo Center on November 5, when they scored 40 fastbreak points, their most since the NBA began tracking the stat in 1996-97. (Elias)

Dating back to Nov. 9, 2013, the Cavs are 10-1 in their matchups with the 76ers and have won each of the last seven games.

The two teams will wrap up their season series on March 31st in Cleveland.

On Tuesday night, the Cavaliers head to Milwaukee for a meeting with the Greek Freak and his Bucks before a brief home stopover – on Thursday night against the L.A. Clippers at The Q. After that, it’s another three straight on the road – with matchups in Chicago, Toronto and New York on tap to close out the trip. GET TICKETS | VIEW FULL SCHEDULE

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