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The 30-second version
- NBACavaliers routed the 76ers 119-95 in Cleveland in NBA Cup play, with Donovan Mitchell scoring 23.
- NBAJames Harden scored 32 points on 14 shots in the Cavaliers' win over the Knicks.
- NBAJames Harden scores a season-high 32 to lead the Cavaliers past the Knicks 115-107.
- NBACavaliers visit the Heat tonight at 8 PM ET without Evan Mobley, sidelined by a sprained big toe.
The 5-minute version
Game day · Fri, Nov 13
8:00 PM ET
at Heat
Kaseya Center, Miami · DAZN CLE
Record6–6
2nd in the Central · 2.5 GB
W 115–107 at Knicks · Wed, Nov 11
No. 1 in the 30-second version
Cavaliers routed the 76ers 119-95 in Cleveland in NBA Cup play, with Donovan Mitchell scoring 23.
Joel Embiid went 0 for 9 from the floor and finished with six points and seven rebounds, while Jaylen Brown led Philadelphia with 20 points. Cleveland was without Jarrett Allen (right knee contusion), and Sam Merrill sat the second half with a right elbow injury. Philadelphia is 1-1 in Group B of the NBA Cup, with its next Cup game against Miami on Nov. 25.
Source: NBC Sports Philadelphia
No. 4 in the 30-second version
Cavaliers visit the Heat tonight at 8 PM ET without Evan Mobley, sidelined by a sprained big toe.
Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Evan Mobley will miss Friday night’s game against the Miami Heat due to a sprained big toe, according to the team’s official injury report. Mobley suffered the injury late in Wednesday’s game in New York when he went up for a block and took a hard fall.
Source: Fear The Sword
No. 2 in the 30-second version
James Harden scored 32 points on 14 shots in the Cavaliers' win over the Knicks.
According to Fear The Sword, Harden had averaged 15.3 points per game and shot 36.4% from the field in his first 11 games before this one. Fear The Sword's player grades had Donovan Mitchell with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, and Jarrett Allen with 11 points and 14 rebounds.
Source: Fear The Sword
Around the NBA
Rockets guard Marcus Smart suspended three games without pay for punching Warriors center Charles Bassey.
Smart threw the punch in the third quarter of Wednesday's game, and he was assessed a flagrant 2 foul and ejected. Bassey called Smart's actions fake toughness after the game, and Rockets coach Ime Udoka said Smart reacted after Bassey wrapped up his elbow. Smart will miss the Rockets' next three games, and Houston won Wednesday's game 115-108.
Sources: ESPN · USA TODAY Sports · Yahoo Sports · CBS Sports
Bulls rookie Caleb Wilson had surgery on a fractured right hand and is expected to miss four to six weeks.
Wilson was hurt in the third quarter of Wednesday's loss to the Spurs, and the Bulls said he will be re-evaluated in three weeks. The No. 4 pick was averaging 18.9 points and 6.2 rebounds through 10 games, and Chicago is 1-9.
Sources: ESPN · Yahoo Sports · NY Post Sports · CBS Sports
Cade Cunningham scores a career-high 52 points as the Pistons beat the Wizards 144-140 in double overtime.
Cunningham also had 11 assists and no turnovers, which OptaSTATS said makes him the only NBA player with 50 points, 10 assists and zero turnovers in a game since turnovers were tracked. Trae Young scored 37 points for Washington, which has lost six straight and is 4-9.
Sources: NBC Sports · Yahoo Sports · ESPN · USA TODAY Sports
Paul George scored 36 as the Celtics beat the Sixers 123-101, with Jaylen Brown scoring 13 against his former team.
NBC Sports Philadelphia reports Brown said the Sixers were outplayed and outexecuted, calling the night humbling. Jayson Tatum scored 21 points, and the article says the Celtics shot 22 of 49 from three-point range. The Sixers rank 22nd in the NBA in offensive rating, according to the same report.
Sources: NBC Sports Philadelphia · CBS Sports
Zion Williamson says the Pelicans must look in the mirror after their fourth straight loss.
CBS Sports reports New Orleans has lost its last two games by a combined 85 points, including Wednesday's 145-111 loss to the Nets. Williamson called the blowout unacceptable and said the team needed to look itself in the mirror, per ESPN.
Sources: ESPN · CBS Sports
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