Cavs snap losing streak with 113-101 rally over San Antonio Spurs

SAN ANTONIO — The Cavs embraced nan challenge.

Playing their 3rd consecutive crippled against a title-contending opponent, Cleveland snapped its losing streak, beating nan San Antonio Spurs, 113-101, wrong Frost Bank Center connected Monday night.

Following Saturday’s embarrassment successful Houston — a crippled successful which nan Cavaliers trailed by 31 astatine 1 constituent — prima defender Donovan Mitchell said astir this sadistic agelong of games, each but 1 against teams pinch a winning grounds complete nan adjacent fewer weeks.

That night, Mitchell urged his teammates to clasp it, to meet it caput on.

Challenge: accepted.

Unlike Saturday, this crippled was acold from complete early.

A competitory first half featured 9 lead changes and 7 ties. Even though it looked for illustration nan Spurs were going to propulsion distant a fewer different times, nan Cavs vanished nan 2nd 4th connected a 7-2 run, keeping it a two-possession crippled astatine nan break.

The early information of nan 3rd 4th belonged to nan Spurs arsenic well. But capitalizing connected San Antonio’s sloppiness, nan Cavs fought each nan measurement backmost to necktie nan crippled pinch 2:48 near successful nan third. They yet grabbed their first lead of nan 2nd half pinch 10:18 near connected a Jaylon Tyson area 3-pointer. Tyson followed up pinch different connected nan ensuing possession, putting nan Cavs up by 5 — portion of an 11-4 burst to unfastened nan 4th fourth that enlivened nan Cleveland bench.

By nan 8:41 people of nan fourth, Cleveland had a 10-point lead — matching its biggest of nan game.

It accrued to 13 late, arsenic nan Cavs held disconnected each Spurs comeback effort pinch surgical discourtesy and feisty defense.

They outscored San Antonio 37-23 successful nan 4th quarter.

Texas autochthonal Jarrett Allen vanished pinch a game-high 27 points connected 11 of 21 shooting to spell pinch 10 rebounds. It’s Allen’s 5th 20-point crippled this play and first since Nov. 12. Six different Cavaliers reached double figures. Evan Mobley had 16 points. Darius Garland chipped successful pinch 15 to spell pinch 11 assists. Tyson and De’Andre Hunter had 11 apiece disconnected nan bench. Donovan Mitchell and Dean Wade each had 10. Mitchell went conscionable 3 of 12 from nan section and 2 of 9 from beyond nan arc.

The Spurs sewage 26 points and 14 rebounds from Victor Wembanyama. Second-year defender Stephon Castle added 15 points.

The Cavs held San Antonio to 38.6% from nan section and 22.6% from heavy while forcing 18 turnovers that turned into 20 points.

A nonaccomplishment Monday would’ve sent nan underachieving Cavs to .500 connected nan play — nan embodiment of mediocrity.

But they avoided that fate, responding to this weekend’s no-show and picking up 1 of their champion wins of nan season.

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The Cavs will return location to play nan Phoenix Suns connected Wednesday afternoon. Tipoff is group for 3:30 p.m.

Chris Fedor has much than 20 years of acquisition successful Cleveland sports media, starting his profession successful power and making a full-time modulation to multimedia publicity astir a decade ago. While he has covered the...