Wrap-Up – In two of Cleveland’s previous two home wins, the Wine and Gold had to overcome double-digit deficits to remain unbeaten at The Q – and they rallied from seven down in the fourth quarter to snap their road skein last Friday in Charlotte.
In other words, the Cavs have been playing with fire recently. And on Tuesday night, they got burned.
The struggling Wizards – who came into the game riding a four-game losing streak, dropping three of those by an average of 21.3 per – took advantage of a slow-starting Cavaliers club, racing out to a big second-half lead and holding on to hand Cleveland its first home loss of the 2015-16 season, a 97-85 decision on Tuesday night in Cleveland.