SB Nation Cleveland - Cavs Head To Utah To Face Jazz As Trade Winds Swirlhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48841/cleveland-fave.png2011-01-14T13:22:15-06:00http://cleveland.sbnation.com/rss/stream/16993492011-01-14T13:22:15-06:002011-01-14T13:22:15-06:00Cavs Head To Utah To Face Jazz As Trade Winds Swirl
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<p>The moribund <a href="https://www.fearthesword.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> will try and rebound from the worst defeat in franchise history tonight when they resume a five-game road trip in Salt Lake City against the always tough <a href="https://www.slcdunk.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Utah Jazz</a>.</p>
<p>The Cavs dropped their 17th consecutive road game and lost for the 21st time in 22 games on Tuesday in Los Angles when <span>Pau Gasol</span> led a balanced attack with 13 points and 14 rebounds, as the <a href="https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Lakers</a> used suffocating defense in a record- setting 112-57 victory over Cleveland.</p>
<p>The Lakers set a franchise regular-season record for fewest points scored by an opponent in a game, besting their previous mark set on March 12, 2002, when they held Charlotte to 66 points.</p>
<p><span>Alonzo Gee</span> finished with 12 points and eight rebounds to pace the Cavaliers, who set a franchise-low for points in a game. The previous record was 59 points, set March 25, 1997 against San Antonio.</p>
<p><span>Ramon Sessions</span> added 10 points for the Cavs, who fell to 0-3 on their current trip. Cleveland, which shot 29.9 percent from the field, has also lost 11 in a row overall.</p>
<p>"I thought that was embarrassing," Cavaliers head coach <span>Byron Scott</span> said. "I thought our guys looked scared. We didn't compete."</p>
<p>Former Cleveland superstar <span>LeBron James</span>, who left the team in an acrimonious fashion this past offseason, created a bit of a firestorm, feeling no sympathy for his former team when he took to Twitter in the closing minutes of the game.</p>
<p>"Karma is a bitch," James Tweeted. "Gets you every time. It's not good to wish bad on anybody. God sees everything!"</p>
<p>Of course a number of his old teammates agreed.</p>
<p>"It can't get any worse than this," Cleveland forward <span>Antawn Jamison</span> told the Akron Beacon Journal. "If it does, y'all gonna have to help me because I don't know how much of this I can take. This, by far, is rock bottom. That's impossible with professional athletes how you lose by 55 points. I don't care who you're playing against."</p>
<p><span>Mo Williams</span> seconded that...</p>
<p>"This s@#$ is embarrassing," the veteran guard Tweeted. "I feel like I can't even show my face in Cleveland."</p>
<p>James has since denied the message originated from him, and claimed he wasn't mocking his old club.</p>
<p>The Jazz, meanwhile, won their second straight contest on Wednesday by opening up a brief two-game homestand with a 131-125 victory over New York. <span>Deron Williams</span> scored 24 points, dished out 12 assists and grabbed seven rebounds, in that one.</p>
<p><span>C.J. Miles</span> added 24 points and five boards off the bench for the Jazz, who have won four of six overall and are now 14-7 in Sale Lake City. <span>Al Jefferson</span> chipped in 19 points and six rebounds and <span>Raja Bell</span> made four three-pointers en route to 18 points. <span>Paul Millsap</span> and <span>Andrei Kirilenko</span> donated 17 and 14 points, respectively, for Utah, which had seven players in double figures.</p>
<p>"Well that's a lot of points to score," Utah head coach <span>Jerry Sloan</span> said. "I thought we had a half court game. I thought we had a lot of fun, our guys played well, we passed the ball well, we really did a nice job of giving the ball up. We had a tough time trying to stop them, and I think it kind of went both ways."</p>
<p>Utah has won two straight over the Cavs, including a 101-90 triumph in Cleveland back in December.</p>
https://cleveland.sbnation.com/2011/1/14/2328024/cavs-head-to-utah-to-face-jazz-as-trade-winds-swirlJohn Bena