Good morning, it’s Sunday, February 1st. The Cleveland Cavaliers are 29-21 and play the Portland Trail Blazers on the road tonight. Cleveland lost to the Suns on Friday in a blowout defeat.
This is Cleveland’s final game against the Blazers this season. They lost their previous match to Portland 122-110 in December. Caleb Love and Shaedon Sharpe combined for 40 points off the bench in that one.
Also, the Cavs made a pretty big trade last night, sending De’Andre Hunter to the Sacremento Kings for Dennis
Schroder and Keon Ellis.
Today’s Game of the Day
- Oklahoma City Thunder at Denver Nuggets – 9:30 PM, NBC, Peacock
Battle for the MVP, anybody?
Nikola Jokic made his return from injury just in time for a showdown with the defending champions. He and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander have led the race for MVP all season and appear destined for another meeting in the NBA Playoffs.
The Thunder have the best record in the league at 38-11, while Denver isn’t too far behind with a 33-16 record.
The Rest of the NBA Slate
- Milwaukee Bucks at Boston Celtics – 3:30 PM
- Orlando Magic at San Antonio Spurs – 4 PM
- Brooklyn Nets at Detroit Pistons – 6 PM
- Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat – 6 PM
- Sacramento Kings at Washington Wizards – 6 PM
- Utah Jazz at Toronto Raptors – 6 PM
- Los Angeles Lakers at New York Knicks – 7 PM
- LA Clippers at Phoenix Suns – 8 PM
- Cleveland Cavaliers at Portland Trail Blazers – 9 PM
There are plenty of games to choose from today. Knicks versus Lakers and Suns versus Clippers are two other matchups I’d like to catch.
Cavs links of the day
- Cavs winning streak snapped by ‘hardest working team’ in the NBA, according to Kenny Atkinson – Cleveland.com
- Cavs trade De’Andre Hunter to Kings – Jackson Flickinger
