CLEVELAND, Ohio -- New year. Same result.
The Cleveland Cavaliers opened the 2019 portion of their schedule with a 117-92 loss against the Miami Heat, extending their losing skid to a season-long seven games.
The Cavs entered the night with renewed hope. The new year marked the exciting return of Tristan Thompson and Rodney Hood -- two guys the Cavs dearly missed during this shaky stretch. But not even those two -- combined with Patrick McCaw's arrival -- were enough to break Cleveland out of its current funk.
Thompson, who came back from a 10-game absence because of a sprained foot, helped the Cavs get off to a rapid start.