The Cleveland Cavaliers are league champions, so they really don’t need to care about getting revenge on a Milwaukee team that randomly beat them 118-101 in a November game just a few weeks ago. Still, there was clearly more of a fire in the Kevin Love-less Cavs tonight, and while Milwaukee fell 114-108 in overtime, the loss came with their young guns leading the late charge.
The Bucks fell behind early in the game, responding with a strong second quarter to head into halftime only down 57-53. A back-and-forth second half featuring a lengthy smallball flirtation between both squads led to an eventual Cavs seven-point lead with only two and half minutes to play.