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LOS ANGELES, USA – Channing Frye scored 5 of Cleveland’s 14 3-pointers as the Cavaliers broke an NBA 3-point shooting record in a 100-93 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday, November 13 (Monday Manila time).
Frye sparked the reigning champion Cavaliers by coming off the bench to score 20 points as Cleveland became the first team in league history to make at least 10 3-pointers in their first 9 games.
LeBron James helped put the game out of reach with a clutch 3-pointer in the final minute that extended the host Cavs’ lead to 9 and sent the Hornets to their second consecutive defeat.
James finished with 19 points, 7 rebounds and passed for 8 assists in front of a crowd of 20,500.
Cleveland broke an NBA three-point shooting mark set by the Houston Rockets, who made at least 10 3-pointers in their first 8 games to open the 2014-15 season.
Kyrie Irving tallied 19 points, while Kevin Love scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Cleveland. Reserve Iman Shumpert scored 15 points.
Charlotte’s Kemba Walker stretched his streak of scoring at least 20 points in a game to 8 as he finished with 21.
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist returned from a strained back to score 11 points and grab 10 rebounds.
After starting the year 6-1, the Hornets have lost their last two games to Toronto and Cleveland.
The Hornets led 72-71 entering the final quarter when Shumpert and Frye made 3-pointers to give the Cavs the lead.
Frye’s second three-pointer of the fourth extended the lead to 89-80 with just under six minutes to play and followed it up with a mid-range jumper to push the lead to double figures.
Eleven of Frye’s 20 points came in the final quarter.
The Cavaliers began the day ranked second in the league in 3-pointers made, averaging 13.1 per game. – Rappler.com
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