{"id":45855,"date":"2017-10-05T06:02:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T06:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=45855"},"modified":"2017-10-05T06:02:49","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T06:02:49","slug":"cavs-76ers-get-see-tantalizing-guard-combinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/cavs-76ers-get-see-tantalizing-guard-combinations.html","title":{"rendered":"Cavs, 76ers get to see their tantalizing guard combinations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cavs, 76ers get to see their tantalizing guard combinations<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Cavs, 76ers get to see their tantalizing guard combinations:-Dwyane Wade and Derrick Rose paired in the backcourt in Cleveland. Ben Simmons finally on the floor with Markelle Fultz alongside in Philadelphia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two Eastern Conference teams with big aspirations got to see some of their tantalizing combinations together in their preseason openers Wednesday night.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wade and Rose made their debuts for the Cavaliers, who got a great first impression from Kevin Love in the center spot. The former All-Star guards both scored seven points as Cleveland lost 109-93 to the Atlanta Hawks while LeBron James sat out while recovering from a sprained left ankle.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cavs are making Love their starting center this season and he began the game with 3-pointers for Cleveland’s first two baskets.<\/span><\/p>\n

Philadelphia started the last two No. 1 overall picks together in its 111-89 home loss to Memphis. Simmons, who missed all of last season recovering from a broken foot, showed his versatility with six points, nine assists and seven rebounds. He shot only 2 for 8 and Fultz was worse at 2 for 13, finishing with four points in his first game.<\/span><\/p>\n

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HAWKS 109, CAVALIERS 93<\/span><\/p>\n

Dennis Schroder had 18 points as the Hawks earned their first preseason victory.<\/span><\/p>\n

Love finished with 12 points and five rebounds in 15 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

HAWKS: Taurean Prince had 15 points and eight rebounds. … Dewayne Dedmon was 6 for 7 from the field and scored 13 points.<\/span><\/p>\n

CAVALIERS: Jae Crowder, acquired from Boston in the Kyrie Irving trade, started and scored eight points. … Iman Shumpert played a little over two minutes off the bench before leaving with a foot injury. … Kyle Korver shot 1 for 8, 1 for 7 behind the arc, against his former team. … Rookie Cedi Osman from Turkey had six points in 16 minutes of his debut.<\/span><\/p>\n

UP NEXT: Atlanta (1-1) visits Detroit on Friday. Cleveland (0-1) hosts Indiana on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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GRIZZLIES 111, 76ERS 89<\/span><\/p>\n

Brandan Wright scored 16 points as the Grizzlies improved to 2-0 in the preseason.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jahlil Okafor and Robert Covington each scored 13 for the 76ers.<\/span><\/p>\n

GRIZZLIES: Mike Conley and Marc Gasol sat out. … Chandler Parsons played 18 minutes and had five points. … Andrew Harrison scored 14 points and JaMychal Green had 11.<\/span><\/p>\n

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76ERS: JJ Redick scored 11 points in his 76ers debut. … Joel Embiid and Dario Saric, who finished second and third in last season’s Rookie of the Year voting, didn’t play. … Emeka Okafor, the former No. 2 overall pick trying to make an NBA comeback from back injuries, had two points in 9 1\/2 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

UP NEXT: Memphis (2-0) visits Atlanta on Monday. Philadelphia (0-1) hosts Boston on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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HORNETS 108, PISTONS 106<\/span><\/p>\n

Rookie Malik Monk scored 12 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter as Charlotte spoiled Detroit’s first game at Little Caesars Arena.<\/span><\/p>\n

Andre Drummond had 16 points and 15 rebounds in the Pistons’ preseason opener.<\/span><\/p>\n

HORNETS: Nicolas Batum sprained his left elbow and left 49 seconds into the game. … Jeremy Lamb scored 18 points off the bench. … Dwight Howard had 12 points and 11 rebounds. … Frank Kaminsky scored 13 points and Kemba Walker, Marvin Williams and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist all had 10.<\/span><\/p>\n

PISTONS: Avery Bradley scored 14 points in his first game since coming from Boston in a trade. … Tobias Harris had 13 points and nine rebounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

UP NEXT: Charlotte (1-1) visits Miami on Monday. Detroit (0-1) hosts Atlanta on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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PACERS 108, BUCKS 86<\/span><\/p>\n

Myles Turner and Lance Stephenson each scored 17 points in Indiana’s preseason opener.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gary Payton II had 15 points for a Milwaukee team that put no players in double figures.<\/span><\/p>\n

PACERS: Victor Oladipo, in his first game since coming from Oklahoma City in the Paul George trade, scored 15 points. Domantas Sabonis, the other played acquired in the deal, shot 3 for 11 off the bench for eight points in 14 minutes. … Darren Collison finished with 10 points, seven steals and five assists.<\/span><\/p>\n

BUCKS: All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo remains out following the death of his father. Also sitting out for the Bucks were Jabari Parker, Thon Maker, Jason Terry and Matthew Dellavedova. … Rookie of the Year Malcolm Brogdon had five points and three assists.<\/span><\/p>\n

UP NEXT: Indiana (1-0) visits Cleveland on Friday. Milwaukee (0-2) visits Chicago on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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MAVERICKS 118, BULLS 71<\/span><\/p>\n

Harrison Barnes scored 17 points, rookie Dennis Smith Jr. added 14 and Dallas cruised to its second victory in two preseason games.<\/span><\/p>\n

Robin Lopez and Paul Zipser each had 12 for the Bulls.<\/span><\/p>\n

BULLS: Chicago may have run out of gas playing for the second straight night. After a 26-point first quarter, the Bulls limped to the final buzzer with quarters of 17, 17 and 11 points. … Kris Dunn was 1 for 9 from the field and the Bulls were outscored by 21 points in his 21 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

MAVERICKS: Dallas made 18 3-pointers. … Dirk Nowitzki had eight points and nine rebounds from the starting center spot.<\/span><\/p>\n

UP NEXT: Chicago (1-1) hosts Milwaukee on Friday. Dallas (2-0) hosts Orlando on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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NUGGETS 128, LAKERS 107<\/span><\/p>\n

Kenneth Faried had 25 points and seven rebounds in Denver’s second victory in three nights over the winless Lakers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rookie Kyle Kuzma scored 21 points in a game where both teams rested top players in Ontario, California.<\/span><\/p>\n

NUGGETS: Nikola Jokic, Paul Millsap, Gary Harris and Wilson Chandler sat out. … Faried was 11 for 13 from the floor. … Jamal Murray scored 20 points, Mason Plumlee had 13 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists, and Emmanuel Mudiay finished with 13 points, six assists and five rebounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

LAKERS: No. 2 pick Lonzo Ball missed the game after injuring his ankle in Denver’s victory Monday. Brandon Ingram also got the night off. … Jordan Clarkson scored 13 points off the bench.<\/span><\/p>\n

UP NEXT: Denver (3-0) visits San Antonio on Sunday. Los Angeles (0-3) faces Sacramento on Sunday in Las Vegas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2017\/10\/04\/cavs-76ers-get-to-see-their-tantalizing-guard-combinations\/106320212\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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