San Antonio Spurs Player Grades in Loss to Cleveland Cavaliers

The San Antonio Spurs received their first loss of their six-game home-stand on Thursday night, falling to the Cleveland Cavaliers 128-125 in overtime.

The Spurs had chance to escape with a win in regulation up three with with under five seconds to go, however, two missed free throws by Kawhi Leonard in San Antonio’s final possession left the door open for Cleveland.

Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving took advantage of that opening, hitting a three as time expired to send the game into overtime.

From there it was all the Kyrie Irving show as the All-Star guard scored 11 of his teams 18 points on the way to victory.

Irving had a great night for the victorious Cavaliers, scoring a franchise-record 57 points along with recording four steals. LeBron James was equally impressive for Cleveland, contributing 31 points, five rebounds, and seven assists.

For the Spurs, it was once again Kawhi Leonard who led the way, finishing with 24 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists. Tim Duncan also played well, barely missing a triple-double with 18 points, 11 rebounds, and eight assists.

Now that the game is over, we have post-game grades for key Spurs players in the San Antonio Cleveland game!

Check out our San Antonio Spurs player grades below!

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