The game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs will take place at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on February 13 at 7:00 PM ET.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers will welcome the San Antonio Spurs to Amway Center for an NBA game on Monday. The Cavaliers won 97-89 in their last game over the Bulls. All-Star Donovan Mitchell scored 19 of his 29 points in the second half and Jarrett Allen had 23 points and 10 rebounds, rallying the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 97-89 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night.
Mitchell added 10 rebounds and Darius Garland scored 19 for Cleveland, which trailed 61-48 in the third quarter before unleashing a 43-17 run to go up by 13. The Cavaliers won their sixth straight and are 24-6 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. “This was a big-time win for us,” Mitchell said. “We were getting good looks early and making the right plays, but the shots weren’t falling. Once we started hitting them, we know it’s tough to play here because of our fight and our fans.”
The Cavaliers were playing the second half of a challenging back-to-back set, arriving in Cleveland at 4 a.m. following their 118-107 win in New Orleans. That nationally-televised game tipped after 10 p.m. Eastern. “To find the fortitude to grind this one out, that’s special,” Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. “The mental toughness the guys showed when things weren’t going our way, you talk about growth, that’s what this was.”
The San Antonio Spurs on the other hand lost 125-106 against the Hawks in their last game. Atlanta never trailed after Young’s layup early in the third made it 65-64. The Hawks went on a 12-0 run to take a 75-64 lead, the game’s first in double digits, on a pair of free throws by John Collins. A dunk by Clint Capela made it 82-70 at the 4:39 mark of the third, and the Spurs called timeout.
“San Antonio is always going to play hard and always play the right way, meaning there’s going to be five guys out there connected,” Atlanta coach Nate McMillan said. “They’re going to be moving the ball. They’re going to be working hard trying to outscrap you. That’s just the way they play. “It took us 24 minutes to start establishing and coming with that urgency that we needed on both ends of the floor.”
Young hit two free throws to make it 93-77 entering the fourth with Atlanta’s biggest lead. San Antonio was just 5 for 22 from the field in the third and was outscored 32-17. The lead swelled to 23 in the fourth. “I think we just picked up the pressure defensively and got out and ran more and got some better shots and some faster shots,” Young said. “I think we were going too slow in that first half, and they were pushing the pace and pushing it at us. We just knew we had to pick up the pressure.”
Cleveland Cavaliers: Evan Mobley, Isaac Okoro, Jarrett Allen, Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland
San Antonio Spurs: Keldon Johnson, Jeremy Sochan, Zach Collins, Malaki Branham, Tre Jones
Cleveland Cavaliers: None
San Antonio Spurs: Romeo Langford, Tre Jones, Khem Birch, Keldon Johnson, Jeremy Sochan, Charles Bassey, Doug McDermott, Devin Vassell
The game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs will take place at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on Monday, February 13 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between the Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs will be telecast live on Bally Sports Ohio, Fox Sports Ohio, Bally Sports Southwest, Fox Sports Southwest.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Ohio, Fox Sports Ohio, Bally Sports Southwest, Fox Sports Southwest. | February 13 (7:00 PM ET) |
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