The Cleveland Cavaliers extended their win-streak to four games with a 116-105 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday night at the Q.
LeBron James scored a season-high 44 points and was one rebound shy of a triple-double.
He also became the first forward to reach 7,000 career assists and the first player with 27,000 points, 7,000 rebounds, and 7,000 assists.
The Cavs were red hot in the first half, making 68 percent of their shots from the field and jumping out a 67-52 lead at the half.
The game was never really in doubt, but Charlotte rallied back to cut the deficit to four with 1:57 remaining in the third quarter.
Cleveland stepped on the gas pedal from that point forward and maintained a comfortable lead for the rest of the night.
Our Role Player of the Game is Iman Shumpert, who scored 16 points off the bench, shooting 5-of-8 from the field.
Tyronn Lue revealed that “a few players”, including Kyrie Irving told him before the game they weren’t feeling great and were fatigued heading into the second night of a back-to-back.
LeBron said after the game that “It was one of those nights where even if other guys were feeling great, I felt great the whole game.”
Irving called it “a luxury of being on a team with the great players that we have.”
The Cavs are back in action on Tuesday at home vs. Memphis.
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