In a game full of noble players, the King still reigns. LeBron James truly did reign in the Cavs 109-97 victory over the Pistons, as he messed around and recorded his second triple-double of the season and 39th of his career. In the King’s great game, he scored 21 points, pulled down 10 rebounds, and assisted on 11 passes including this great behind-the-back pass to teammate Timofey Mozgov.
LeBron James is the King of this game right now, and he showed us just why he has that title tonight.
The Cavs and LeBron set a franchise record for most threes in a season tonight by halftime, recording their 803rd of the season.
The Cleveland @Cavs set a new franchise record with 802 3-FGM this season, pk-callout @DetroitPistons 62-37 at half. pic.twitter.com/6v3w3Qp7B8
— NBA (@NBA) April 14, 2015
— NBA (@NBA) April 14, 2015
The Cavs shot much better from beyond the arc than the Pistons tonight. The Cavs were 53% from the three-point line, while the Pistons just shot 36%.
LeBron was not the only Cav who had a great game, as J.R. Smith scored a game-high 28 points. Timofey Mozgov also helped out with a double-double, scoring 16 points and pulling down 13 rebounds. Kyrie Irving scored 12 points before he sat out the second half of the game due to hip tightness.
The Pistons never came close to the Cavs in the second half (or the first half for that matter). The Cavs smallest lead in the fourth quarter was 11 points. Andre Drummond lead the Pistons with 20 points and nine rebounds. Caron Butler also scored 19, and Reggie Jackson added 18 in the loss.
Cleveland, who have locked up the two seed in the East, has one more game against Washington. LeBron will continue to play at a high level, and his teammates will look to continue to play well so that they can make a run in the playoffs and win a championship.
