One would’ve assumed when George Hill was traded last week that the issues of Sexton battling for crunch minutes would disappear for good. That wasn’t the case, as mentioned above. Sexton only logged 29 minutes and watched the first six-and-a-half minutes of the frame sitting down.
It wasn’t like he was having a bad game.
Sexton posted nineteen points on 9-for-16 shooting from the floor against the New York Knicks in the Cavs’ eventual 113-106 home win. A big part of getting that win for Cleveland was Sexton’s steady flow of offense in the first half.