Scout · Mar 22, 2016
LeBron James motivated by loss in Miami
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After the Cavaliers were beat badly in Miami, LeBron James was motivated to do more to help Cleveland to victory.
CLEVELAND, OHIO— LeBron James didn’t forget about the fiasco that took place just two days earlier in a place he called home for four years.
He remembered it well.
So well, in fact, that he used Cleveland’s 122-101 drubbing at the hands of the Miami Heat on South Beach to motivate him heading into Monday night’s matchup with the Denver Nuggets.
"It was in the back of our minds, for sure,” James said. "You just can't erase a performance like that, no matter if it was our fifth game in seven nights. We just didn't bring it the way we should.”