Cleveland is the No. 4 seed in the East for the second consecutive year. The Cavaliers had a chance to move to No. 2 or No. 3 with a win on Sunday and led lottery-bound Charlotte by 13 with 10 minutes remaining.
And yet they didn’t seem to want to move up much, getting outscored 30-7 the rest of the way. Charlotte won 120-110 in coach Steve Clifford’s final game with the Hornets.
2-7 would have matched them with Philly or Miami, both of whom would beat them.
3-6 would have gotten them Indiana Marymount and the risk of getting 150 laid on their dead heads.
4-5 gets them Orlando.
They threw the game. Got outted 30-7 in 10'. They threw a game that they were winning handily against a horrible opponent before their own fans to get a matchup that they considered more favorable. That’s corruption.
I may never buy a ticket to another NBA regular season game.
