The Cleveland Cavaliers’ 15-match successful 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 recreation halfway by the ultimate quarter however the Celtics held out.
“All people knew that they had been undefeated and coming to our constructing,” stated Celtics’ guard Derrick White.
“And it is an NBA Cup recreation, and we already misplaced one. So, it was a very massive recreation in that side. We had been all conscious.”
The Los Angeles Lakers prolonged their very own successful 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 file 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.