The Utah Jazz played hard, smart, tough http://www.officialpistonsshop.com/authentic-10-dennis-rodman-jersey.html and well on Tuesday, staying step-for-step with the Cleveland Cavaliers well into the fourth quarter. Eventually, though, Quin Snyder's club ran into the grim reality that's faced so many teams over the last 13 seasons: "hard, smart, tough and well" sometimes just isn't enough when the other guys have LeBron James.
James scored 17 of his game- and season-high 31 points in 10 fourth-quarter minutes, sparking a 21-5 final-frame run that brought Cleveland back from a nine-point deficit to earn a 118-114 victory at Quicken Loans Arena. The four-time NBA Most Valuable Player also chipped in four of his seven rebounds, three of his eight assists and one of his two steals in the last stanza, carrying Cleveland past a game Jazz squad that gave the Cavs everything they could handle, but that wound up becoming just the latest team without an answer for how to stop No. 23.
He drove into the paint, sloughing http://www.authenticthunderstore.com/authentic-0-russell-westbrook-jersey.html off Jazz wing Rodney Hood and drawing the attention of both Gobert and power forward Derrick Favors before hitting Favors' man, Kevin Love, for a corner 3-pointer that cut the deficit to six. He faced up on Hood from the right elbow, dragged him into the paint, bumped him off and hit a short jumper that got it down to four.
Despite the LeBron-led charge, though, the Jazz didn't buckle, with Gordon Hayward finding Hood for a momentum-curbing Authentic Marcus Peters Jersey triple. With just over five minutes remaining in regulation, though, Gobert went down in a heap along the baseline after missing a layup, leaving Utah defending Cleveland four-on-five (which would result in a foul that sent Tristan Thompson to the free-throw line) as he grabbed his ankle in pain.
He'd try to walk it off and stay in the contest, but he'd have to head back to the locker room for treatment, leaving Utah in the unenviable position of trying to hold onto a one-point fourth-quarter lead without its top interior defender. Cleveland capitalized by redoubling its efforts to attack the basket, extending plays with offensive rebounds, getting to the foul line and driving to the basket over the ensuing two minutes, ripping off six straight points to take a 103-98 lead Womens Jason Peters Jersey before Gobert could re-enter the game ... following a stoppage in play prompted by LeBron taking a charge against Hood, much to the delight of the Ohio faithful.