The Cleveland Cavaliers returned to action last night to take on the Charlotte Hornets in a game that may have meant a bit more than one might realize at first glance. Not only would a win against Michael Jordan’s team get the Cavaliers on the winning path after a rough loss to the Detroit Pistons, it would also avenge a February loss that was LeBron James’ first to the Hornets in his last 22 games against them. Both the Cavaliers and the Hornets were without their top perimeter defenders in Iman Shumpert and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, respectively, and were trying to work new pieces into their rotation, but one had LeBron James and Kyrie Irving and the other did not.
Recap: Cavs 114, Hornets 103 (or, the new guy is pretty good)
