Cavaliers news, features and notes
- 2013 NBA Scouting Combine: Cleveland Cavaliers focus on drafting good players, not overall strength of draft
- 2013 NBA Scouting Combine: Otto Porter seems like perfect fit for Cleveland Cavaliers but no meeting on agenda
- 2013 NBA Scouting Combine notebook: Nerlens Noel won’t play until late December but still interests Cavaliers
- Projected top pick Nerlens Noel won't be ready for start of season, targeting Christmas
- Former Ohio State star Deshaun Thomas refuses to give NBA team his phone number at combine
- Otto Porter, Cleveland Cavaliers won't meet during combine
- NBA Draft filled with mystery prospects; Otto Porter of Georgetown could be Cavs target
- Cavs notebook: Waiters, Zeller named to All-Rookie teams
- Cavaliers guard Dion Waiters named to All-Rookie first team; Tyler Zeller named to second team
- Cavs to interview Phil Handy for coaching staff
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Cavs set record with 24th straight loss
The Cavaliers lost their 24th straight game Saturday, 111-105 to the Portland Trail Blazers, giving them the single-season mark for the longest losing streak in NBA history.
The Cavs never trailed by more than 10 and led by as many as five in a game that included 17 lead changes. They trailed by four in the final minute and had a chance to cut it to one possession, but Ramon Sessions’ pass to J.J. Hickson bounced off his shoulder when Hickson had a clear path to the basket. The possession ended without points and the Blazers held on, snapping their own string of woes. Portland entered having lost four of five.
Wes Matthews had 31 points, LaMarcus Aldridge had 20 points and 10 rebounds and Andre Miller had 13 assists for the Blazers.
Antawn Jamison had 17 points and Ramon Sessions had 15 points and seven assists for the Cavs, who have lost 34 of their last 35. In the process, they tied their own league record for longest overall losing streak, initially set during the final 19 games of the 1981-82 season and the first five games of the following season. They’ll have the chance to break the record for longest losing streak in NBA history Monday night at Dallas.
