If you missed Friday night’s thriller on Tobacco Road, you missed a doozy.
Jilted stars. Playoff implications. Wacky calls. Fourth-quarter plot twists. Heroic individual performances.
Yes – Friday night’s contest had a little bit of everything.
Thought it all, however, the most important aspect in the third of four meetings against the Hornets was the final score – with the Wine & Gold toughing out a 102-101 nail-biter, weathering the Hornets furious late rally and sealing the deal on two Kevin Love free throws with 1.2 seconds to play.
The Cavs – playing their third straight contest without All-Star Darius Garland, out with a sore back – took control of the game with a 9-0 run just before halftime and took a 17-point edge on Love’s three-pointer with 9:43 to play.