Cavs Go Wire-to-Wire for First Road Win

Friday’s contest had a lot of drama for a ballgame in which the Wine & Gold led from wire-to-wire.

The Cavaliers built a 21-point lead, saw the Wizards cut that to just a single point, then pulled away for their first road win of the season – a 113-100 decision at Capital One Arena.

Getting the 11th win in their last 15 visits to D.C., the Cavs got a great team effort – with seven players in double-figures, including four of five starters with at least 15 points apiece. Cleveland got big efforts from both rookies and another pair of double-doubles from Kevin Love and Tristan Thompson.

Thompson was outstanding on both ends – finishing with a team-high 21 points to go with 12 boards, nine of…