Cleveland Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff wants to come back for another season. After all, he’s already been through the hard part. Bickerstaff said after the Cavaliers fell to Boston 113-98 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals that his team never gave up.
Boston Celtics center Al Horford takes an uncontested 3-pointer, as Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell, right, watches from the bench during the second half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Boston . The Celtics advanced to the Eastern Conference finals.
“We have to give Cleveland credit,” Horford said. “They were depleted and they didn’t quit. They pushed us to the brink.”The Nuggets are playing like champions again and putting the Timberwolves on the ropes After getting blown out in the first round by the Knicks last postseason and a slow start to this year – the Cavs were 18-15 on New Year’s Day – Bickerstaff had to contend with questions about his job security. But Cleveland went on a streak of 17 wins in 18 games, and then earned a No. 4 seed in the playoffs.
Asked if he expected to be back next year, Bickerstaff said: “No one’s told me I’m not. So I’ll keep showing up until they tell me not to.”Mitchell, who averaged just under 30 points in Cleveland’s first 10 playoff games this year, missed the last two with a strained left calf. He is eligible to sign a contract extension this summer, but has not indicated whether he will.
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