NEW ORLEANS: Hours before the game, before the New Orleans Pelicans shot holes across the Cavaliers’ defense, LeBron James insisted it didn’t feel as if the Cavs were in a slump.
It’s hard to deny it now. This team isn’t playing well and hasn’t been for a couple weeks. Monday’s 124-122 loss to the Pelicans was further proof, the Cavs their fifth defeat in their last seven games.
Kyrie Irving scored a season-high 49 points, the most of any Cavs player this season, and LeBron James registered his third triple-double of the season and 46th of his career.