After putting together a solid, competitive effort on Wednesday night in Memphis, the Wine & Gold return to Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse – taking on LaMelo Ball and the Hornets in the home opener on Friday night.
The Cavaliers dropped their opener in Memphis, but saw plenty of encouraging signs in the loss. They handed out 38 assists and committed just 10 turnovers – with both Darius Garland and Ricky Rubio handing out double-digit helpers. Jarrett Allen didn’t miss a field goal in 11 attempts and rookie Evan Mobley was outstanding in his debut.
In Wednesday’s loss, the Cavaliers found themselves down two touchdowns in the fourth quarter before mounting a comeback to get within one with 2:33 to play, but the Grizzlies closed the contest on a 15-5 run to pull away for the victory.