Cavaliers lose 3rd straight + When will LeBron return?
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🗓️ 20 March 2025
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Summary
DeMar DeRozan’s 27 points helped the Sacramento Kings defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers, sending them to their third straight loss. Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni discuss the Cavs’ losing streak, debate game winners between Cade Cunningham and Andrew Nemhard, and catch up on the latest in the Western Conference playoff race. Then, the Athletic’s Jovan Buha joins the show with an update on LeBron James and Rui Hachimura’s respective returns from injury, insight on the relationship between Luka Doncic and JJ Redick , and to discuss the Lakers’ biggest weakness.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni & Jovan Buha
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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| 0:00.0 | He's having a blinder. He's clipped the post. He's looking formidable. Then... |
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| 0:41.5 | Coming up, the Cavs lost their third straight. |
| 0:44.2 | We got a couple of game winners, and we're going to compare them. |
| 0:46.8 | And then Yovon Buha breaks down the Lakers, LeBron's comeback, and what they need to do the rest of the regular season. |
| 1:02.7 | Yeah. bronze comeback and what they need to do the rest of the regular season. Good morning, everybody. |
| 1:04.2 | Good morning, S. How are you? |
| 1:06.2 | Good morning, sir. |
| 1:07.8 | Man, what a night of basketball. |
| 1:10.5 | Oh, my goodness. |
| 1:11.2 | And another interesting night. |
| 1:12.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:13.0 | We have playoff implications on the line with a lot of these games. |
| 1:17.6 | But before we get to the games that actually have some weight in the standings, we got to talk about the former best record holder in the league, the Cleveland Cavaliers, |
| 1:29.9 | for the first time all season. |
| 1:31.6 | They don't have the best record in the league. |
| 1:33.5 | They lost their third straight game to the Kings, a big win for the Kings, |
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