LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers knocked off the Miami Heat 122-119 in overtime on Saturday night
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It didn’t take long for Cleveland Cavaliers’ forward LeBron James to see his former Miami Heat teammates.
James’ Cavaliers traveled down to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and took down the Heat 122-119 in overtime on Saturday night.
James played just 21 minutes and struggled, scoring only seven points on two-of-eight shooting. He did, however, dish out eight assists and grab three rebounds. The newly acquired Kevin Love was the star. In 26 minutes, Love scored 25 points on nine-of-12 shooting with seven rebounds. Tristan Thompson came off of the bench score 18 points and grab nine rebounds.
Chris Bosh led the Heat with 19 points and eight rebounds while Dwyane Wade scored 12 points and dished out seven assists. The Heat got production from their bench – Shabazz Napier scored 16 points and James Ennis had 15.
The Cavaliers looked like they were going to run away with it, building a 19-point fourth quarter lead. The Heat, led by Napier, battled back, cutting the lead to on a three by Napier and three-point play by Ennis. A.J. Price only hit one of two free throws and Napier was fouled and sunk both to send the game to overtime.
Trailing by two with 39 seconds left, Stephen Holt buried a three-pointer for the Cavaliers to give them a 120-119 lead. After a foul on Andre Dawkins, Joe Harris made two free throws to extend the lead to three. Napier missed two three-pointers in the final seconds and the Cavaliers came away with a win.