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Cleveland Cavaliers – LeBron James With His Preseason Best
Playing in the home of Xavier university should have been a happy occasion for David West, but it was mostly about the Cleveland Cavaliers beating the Indiana Pacers 98-93 with quite a performance from LeBron James, who had a night off from the previous game, looking like the rest did him a world of good.
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Cleveland Cavaliers – Kevin Love Can Handle Things On His Own
Two third of the big three sat out the game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Milwaukee Bucks, as LeBron James and Kyrie Irving left Kevin Love to be on his own in the preseason game. As someone quite used to leading a team without a lot of help, Love felt completely comfortable with the situation.
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Chicago Bulls – Jimmy Butler Seems Like He’s Ready to Break Out
For some the preseason in the NBA (and other sports) means nothing. For others, it’s an excellent way to tell how far of a progress certain players have made. Jimmy Butler for example on the Chicago Bulls. He was touted as a big break out star before last season began. Maybe it’s time it actually happens.
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Chicago Bulls – The Best We’ve Seen From Them So Far
The Milwaukee Bucks combined with this being a preseason game doesn’t really yell out a game that means anything, but it’s hard to deny the Chicago Bulls looked good on offense, as Derrick Rose joined Jimmy Butler and Pau Gasol to put on an excellent performance, resulting in a 91-85 win.
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Cleveland Cavaliers – LeBron James in Clash of Big Threes
More than result and more than ability, the most interesting thing about the preseason game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat held in Brazil was LeBron James, playing on his new-old team with Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving (sorta) by his side, facing off against his former teammates and championship partners, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – More Than Just the Most Fun Team in the NBA
It’s not quite clear how good the Minnesota Timberwolves will be this season, but adding Andrew Wiggins to this team to go along with Ricky Rubio, rookie Zach LaVine and generally having a creative and very fast group coming together might be the most fun team to watch in the league this season, although playing against the sad tank job of the Philadelphia 76ers isn’t exactly indicative of anything, especially in the preseason.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Thrives When He’s in the Lineup
Every time Jeremy Lin will be in the lineup with the main players for the Los Angeles Lakers, offensively the team will look much better than with Kobe Bryant or Steve Nash dominating the ball handling. As for defense? That’s a team-wide problem, not just a player-specific problem, as shown in the 120-105 loss to the Golden State Warriors.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden Doesn’t Need Dwight Howard in the Preseason
Sometimes it feels as if James Harden would be even better if there was no one he actually needed to share the ball with. Without Dwight Howard, he led the Houston Rockets to a 113-93 win over the Memphis Grizzlies in the preseason, having no problem standing out and separating himself from the rest of performers on the court.
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Oklahoma Thunder – Kevin Durant the Only One Looking Good on Preseason Debut
The most memorable thing from the preseason game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Denver Nuggets? Timofey Mozgov blocking Kevin Durant in a slightly humiliating way, and the Nuggets winning 114-101.
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New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Not Off to a Great Preseason
Following Carmelo Anthony through the summer gives us a glimpse of someone trying to be optimistic although there aren’t a lot of reasons to be. The New York Knick looked bad adjusting to the triangle offense in a 106-86 loss to the Boston Celtics, as Jared Sullinger had an excellent game while Marcus Smart looked much improved compared to his preseason debut, almost like someone who can take over eventually for Rajon Rondo.