The Cleveland Cavaliers’ 15-match profitable run got here to an finish in an exciting 120-117 defeat by the Boston Celtics within the NBA Cup at TD Backyard.
The Cavaliers grew to become simply the fourth franchise in NBA historical past to go 15-0 firstly of a marketing campaign by beating the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday.
However six Celtics gamers, led by Jayson Tatum’s 33 factors, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, reached double figures to inflict a primary defeat on the Cavs.
Trailing by 17 factors at half-time, the Cavaliers mounted a spirited comeback by Evan Mobley, who completed with 22 factors, 11 rebounds and 6 assists.
It helped them to make it a two-point sport halfway by the ultimate quarter however the Celtics held out.
“Everyone knew that they have been undefeated and coming to our constructing,” mentioned Celtics’ guard Derrick White.
“And it is an NBA Cup sport, and we already misplaced one. So, it was a extremely massive sport in that side. We have been all conscious.”
The Los Angeles Lakers prolonged their very own profitable streak to 6 video games with a 124-118 victory over the Utah Jazz.
Dalton Knecht, seventeenth choose within the 2024 draft, scored a career-high 37 factors.
The 23-year-old matched a rookie document by hitting 9 three-pointers within the victory.
Elsewhere, the Denver Nuggets beat the Memphis Grizzlies 122-110, whereas the Dallas Mavericks crushed the New Orleans Pelicans 132-91.
The NBA Cup, launched in 2023 and gained by the LA Lakers, counts in the direction of regular-season standings however not the Championship, which sits outdoors the common season.
