The Cleveland Cavaliers reached a double milestone with their win in New Orleans 122-131. On the one hand, added to the Thunder defeat in Denver, this result makes them the only team that doesn’t know what it’s like to lose so far this season. And on the other hand, it confirms that we are in for the best start to the regular league in the history of the franchise.
Atkinson’s team has a 9-0 record, surpassing the 8-0 mark with which Ohio’s team began the 76-77 season. Now they must avoid the same thing that happened when they went from better to worse, leaving a brilliant start with a 46-36 record that left them sixth in the East and eliminated in the first round of the playoffs out of.
“We play great basketball and know how to win in many ways: setbacks, close finishes, comebacks …,” commented Donovan Mitchell, the team’s leading scorer in New Orleans with 29 points. “What excites me most are the habits we develop.” My biggest goal is for us to stay consistent. May we continually play like this.
That’s how the Cavs matched the 22-23 start to the season of the Bucks, who also won their first nine games, and to find an earlier precedent, one has to look back to 2015 and the Warriors’ famous 24 consecutive wins. the historical record at the beginning of a course. Curiously, it will be the San Franciscans who will be measuring this Friday whether Cleveland is able to extend its winning streak into double digits, in what promises to be a high-profile duel after Steve Kerr’s team has established itself with it Victory in Boston.
Record for Atkinson
This is also an important achievement for Kenny Atkinson, who not only broke a personal record but also a league record. The coach is the first coach to start his first season with a new team with a 9-0 record, although he preferred to spread the credit among all members of his team.
“When you win nine games in a row, it’s not because of one or two players, but because of the entire team,” he said. “Everyone has done their part, that’s what happens in good teams.” Now we’re in a good moment, both physically and mentally. The season is very long, but it is very difficult to win in this league. When you experience moments like this, you have to celebrate them a little.
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