Cleveland Cavaliers 113-106 Orlando Magic

After four straight defeats, Cleveland finally recorded a pre-season success with a 113-106 win in Orlando. Still without LeBron James but also private Kevin Love, the 2016 champions have struggled to get rid of a catchy Florida formation, notably due to lack of address and ammunition to 3-point (9/25) .

Derrick Rose and Dwyane Wade had cleared Cleveland, but the leader quickly disappeared from the traffic, when in front, the Magic resisted with 3-pts shoots. At the end of the second quarter, a first 7-point gap was made, but Evan Fournier (11 points) and company responded with a 13-3 to close the first half.

A dynamic maintained at the beginning of the second half, but then it was more complicated. Despite Nikola Vucevic, the Magic loses in address and fails to stop the attacks of the Cavaliers. While it is not necessarily him that we waited, it is Jose Calderon who does the worst with two shoots to 3-pts in 30 seconds of which the last to the buzzer of the third quarter. Cleveland then leads 10 points.

In the final quarter, two other players were named: John Holland and his 3/3 to 3-pts, as well as Kendrick Perkins with 4 points, 3 rebounds and 2 counters in 13 minutes. Cavaliers win with 18 points of Calderon, best scorer of the Cavs.