Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Cleveland 97, Sacramento 93: (Cleveland gets rare road win)

On a night where two teams met with the worst record's of their respected conferences, Cleveland came out victorious, 97-93.

Ramon Sessions had 20 points, six assists and five rebounds to help the Cavaliers snap a four-game losing streak. Ramon Sessions was due for a break-out performance. After a stellar February averaging just over 19 points a game and over seven assists, Sessions has struggled in March.

Sessions has struggled ever since Cleveland traded for Baron Davis, who has been nothing short of spectacular for Cleveland. Davis was averaged 17.5 points a game before leaving the team because of his grandmother's death.

After Davis left the team the Cavaliers looked for Sessions to return to his old form, and that he did. He was aggressive, smart and looked like a seasoned-vet helping the Cavaliers get a rare road win.

Cleveland started the season winning 3 of 4 games on the road but didn't win another road game until March 4th against the Knicks. The Cavaliers lost 28 of their past 29 games on the road prior too tonight.

The Kings jumped out to an early lead, outscoring Cleveland 28-18 in the first quarter. However, Cleveland controlled the rest of the game, shooting 51 percent from the field.

JJ Hickson scored 17 points, and newly acquired Luke Harangody scored 15 points for Cleveland.

Kings guard, Marcus Thornton scored 23 points for the Kings who was coming off a career night, scoring 42 points against Golden State on Monday.

Thornton was the reason the Kings stayed in the game. He knocked down three key 3-pointers in the third rallying the Kings to grab a 74-73 lead headed into the 4th quarter.

It was a battle until the end and the undrafted rookie came through on the defensive-side again. Samardo Samuels, who again was in the right place at the right time. Samuels took a charge late in the game, giving the ball back to Cleveland with the game tied.

Samuels who in recent weeks has been the Cavaliers anchor on defense pulled through. His charge set-up Ramon Sessions go ahead lay-up giving the Cavaliers a 95-93 lead. Samardo scored 13 points for Cleveland but his defense late in the game was key.

With both teams looking to win the draft in June, the Cavaliers (13-53) still have the worst record in the NBA. However, it could get interesting down the stretch. The Kings (16-50) are not that far behind.

Let the games begin.

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