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Mitchell scored 34 points facing Luka Doncic and the Mavericks for the first time since his final game with Utah last April, and the Cavaliers rolled to a 105- ...

“And a great team.” You could look at a lot of things,” Dallas coach Jason Kidd said. With us, our defense sets the tone for everything else we do.” “What we do, when we do it right, travels,” Cleveland coach J.B. “You could look at the subs. So I’m thankful I’m here.

On Wednesday night, the Cavs controlled the game essentially the whole way in a convincing road win at the Dallas Mavericks.

As usual, Luka Doncic was the guy who tried to keep the Mavericks in the game all night. The Cavaliers jumped out to a seven-point lead after quarter one, and kept the pressure on to go up 19 by the halftime break. The three-time All-Star, who missed two games over the weekend with lower leg soreness, led the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 105-90 win over Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.

Cedi Osman is not the most consistent perimeter shooter for the Cleveland Cavaliers. His career with the Cavaliers, in his role, has shown that.

With Kevin Love having issues re-establishing a rhythm of late, perhaps at times, Osman should be in there at the 4, as an alternative, too, and the Cavaliers could sort through defensive matchups. And Cleveland potentially making a play for possible hypothetical targets such as maybe Saddiq Bey or Josh Richardson by the trade deadline, for wing play and/or depth, I’d understand. Still, with how he can give this Cavs team energy, Osman, who has had a robust plus-minus of 5.5 this season, should stick around. He registered a DNP in Wednesday’s win at the Dallas Mavericks, and despite However, while his minutes-share overall this season has been a logical one, hopefully the past two games aren’t a glimpse into him having a much shorter leash, which has occurred at various points, even last season a bit. That’s not what transpired, though, and as was previously mentioned, he registered a DNP at Dallas. That was a game where the Cavs had their struggles through three quarters, but did nearly come back in the fourth quarter, also. There have been [some peaks and valleys over the years with Osman](https://kingjamesgospel.com/2022/12/05/3-cavs-need-step-up-dean-wade-sidelined/), that’s for sure. Some of his counter shots, such as runners, he hasn’t been able to get down either, for what it’s worth. So far this season, his scoring has amounted to 8.9 points per contest, in 23.1 minutes per appearance; his three-point shooting clip has dipped to 32.5 percent. In the year preceding that, he connected on 38.3 percent from three. [Cedi Osman](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/o/osmande01.html) is not the most consistent perimeter shooter for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Road victories have been hard to come by for the Cleveland Cavaliers so far this season, but they got a solid one on Wednesday by beating Luka Doncic and ...

"He watched a lot of film, he took a lot of stock into what he accomplished last year and what he needed to work on last year going into the offseason." The Chargers have rushed for the second-least yards (1,098) and the third-least yards per carry (3.72). Diamondbacks: The D-Backs could use a shortstop and were loosely linked to Bogaerts earlier in the offseason. Mariners: At the start of the offseason, the Mariners expressed some willingness to pursue a shortstop with an eye toward kicking him over to second base in deference to J.P. Middleton had missed the first 20 games of the season after getting wrist surgery in July and had gotten off to a bit of a rocky start. Cardinals: The Cardinals were tied to Swanson earlier in the offseason. In a division with the Mets and Phillies, the Braves are facing sharp competition to put their best foot forward. In 15 games prior to his injury this season, the 22-year-old was posting career-highs in points (22.9), assists (4.4), rebounds (3.1), and minutes played (36.4). After failing to come to an agreement on a contract extension with the 2018 AL MVP, the Red Sox shipped off Betts and David Price for Downs, Alex Verdugo and Connor Wong on Feb. For better or worse, the Lakers are riding with Westbrook the rest of the way. And with Steph Curry out for the next few weeks, perhaps the road to the playoffs gets easier in the West. The other element is that Westbrook has now been on the trade block for months, and no team has been willing to give up the superstar or multiple players the Lakers are seeking - or at least not without getting an unprotected first-round pick in return.

The Cleveland Cavaliers rebound from a disappointing loss a few nights ago by dealing Luka Donic and the Dallas Mavericks a 105-90 blowout in Texas.

If the Cavs are dead-set on building a winning culture and seriously contending for the postseason, they need to be able to rectify that problem. Even though they led all throughout the game, the Cavs were not without any trouble. On the other hand, Mavs superstar Luka Doncic still finished with 30 points and six assists but was clearly bothered by the Cavaliers’ pesky defense.