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The Cleveland Cavaliers reached the quarter-pole of the season, which is typically when teams begin to make self-evaluations, but coach Tyronn Lue isnt ready to do that quite yet.Despite being the defending champions and holding the best record in the East, Lue still doesnt think the Cavs are a finished product. Therefore, now isnt the time to make any grand assessments.Its going to take more than (20 games), Lue said. Until we get a backup point guard. When we get a backup point guard, we can understand what our rotations going to be. We dont have to switch it on a night-to-night basis, so our team can get in a better flow.Cleveland enters its home game against the Miami Heat on Friday muddling by just fine. The defensive problems seem to be fixed, with the team allowing a total of 60 points in the paint the last two games after averaging more than 51 allowed in the previous five.The Cavaliers set a season-high with 22 3-pointers in their win Wednesday at the New York Knicks, and theyre doing it all without J.R. Smith, whom Lue has referred to as his best perimeter defender and is their best 3-point shooter.Smith remains sidelined with an injured left knee. He missed the game against the Knicks because of it and isnt expected back against the Heat.Miami is dealing with its own injury concerns. Justise Winslow, Josh Richardson and former Cavs guard Dion Waiters all remain sidelined with injuries. Rookie Rodney McGruder twisted his ankle in Wednesdays loss at Atlanta and needed to get the ankle re-taped, although he was able to return.All the injuries cleared a path for Tyler Johnson, who scored a career-high 27 points in the Heats loss at Atlanta on Wednesday.Johnson is tough, physical and fearless when hes driving to the basket.Thats the way hes always been, coach Erik Spoelstra told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Look at his grill. Thats why hes missing teeth. Hes going to put his chin in there at all times on both ends of the court. That does give your team confidence. You want as many guys on your basketball team that just love competition, that love to lace them up and not think about any type of excuses or anything.This will be the first time LeBron James will see his old team without Dwyane Wade on the other side. At 7-15, the Heat are already fading out of the playoff picture in the East and the days of the Heatles seem a distant memory.This trip will serve as a reunion tour for Udonis Haslem, the last remaining member of those championship teams. After playing James and the Cavs, the Heat will face Wade and the Bulls on Saturday.Its always easy for me to think about how special that time was, Spoelstra told the Sun-Sentinel. Look, I think its 20-plus years Ive been with the Heat. Every single one of those years, we approached the season to contend for a title. But youre also experienced to know that doesnt always happen. When you do have a team thats special like that, you know pretty quickly that its different. So when we get to Cleveland, Ill think about those thoughts. Discount Nike Shoes Website . Aside from the trilogy main event title fight, there are a number of intriguing matchups in the heavyweight, welterweight and lightweight divisions. Discount Nike Shoes For Sale . 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BALTIMORE -- Two rookie pitchers with plenty of hope for the future could end up playing big roles this year for the Orioles and Nationals.Dylan Bundy threw six innings of six-hit ball, Mark Trumbo hit his major league-leading 38th home run and Baltimore beat Washington 4-3 Monday night in a matchup between neighboring contenders.Jonathan Schoop also homered for the Orioles, who had lost five of their previous six games -- all at home. The victory lifted Baltimore within two games of first-place Toronto and Boston in the AL East.Bundy (7-4) gave up two runs, walked four and struck out four. The 23-year-old is 5-3 with a 3.56 ERA in eight games since joining the starting rotation on July 17.Its just a tribute to Dylan and the people who have worked with him, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. And most of all, Dylan. Good pitchers are easy to handle. Just get out of their way.The Orioles did all their scoring against A.J. Cole (0-1) in his season debut. Cole -- Washingtons fourth-round selection in the 2010 draft -- was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse to replace scheduled starter Stephen Strasburg, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow soreness.Pitching in his fourth major league game and making his second start, the 24-year-old Cole allowed five hits in seven innings. The right-hander struck out eight and walked two.He did more than save our bullpen -- he threw a heck of a game, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. Great poise and great command against a very good offense.Baker liked what he saw from Bundy, too.He has an electric fastball. He reminds me of the old Mets, like Tom Seaver and Gary Gentry and those guys, Baker said. He has one of the best curveballs weve seen.Assessing his performance, Cole said, They hit some good pitches, a couple of pitches Id take back. But other than that, I felt pretty good.Anthony Rendon and Danny Espinosa homered for the NL East-leading Nationals and Daniel Murphy had his 48th multihit game.It was the first of four successive games between the teamms, two at Camden Yards and two at Nationals Park.dddddddddddd The stadiums are 38 miles apart on MD-295.The Nationals jumped on top in the first inning when Murphy singled for his 90th RBI.Schoop tied it with his 20th homer in the third inning. After Rendon connected in the fourth, Baltimore took a 4-2 lead in the bottom half.Doubles by Manny Machado and Chris Davis produced a run and Trumbo followed with a drive that soared far beyond the left-field wall.Espinosa connected off Mychal Givens in the seventh. Washington got runners to second and third with two outs in the eighth before All-Star reliever Brad Brach struck out Ryan Zimmerman.Zach Britton worked a perfect ninth to earn his 38th save in 38 tries. The left-hander has not allowed an earned run in 43 games since May 5.SHORT HOPSNationals: Espinosa ended a 38-game stretch without a home run.Orioles: Schoops HR ties him with Roberto Alomar for most home runs in a season by an Orioles 2B since 1954. Alomar had 22 in 1996, but two were not as a 2B. ... Trumbo, who also homered Sunday, has connected in successive games nine times this season.TRAINERS ROOMNationals: Baker expects Strasburg to spend the minimum time on the DL. Hopefully hell be good in September and hopefully in October, Baker said. I had to convince him that the risk isnt worth the gain right now.Orioles: C Matt Wieters was activated off the paternity list and Caleb Joseph was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk. Joseph was batting .193 with no RBI in 40 games. Showalter said the move would enable Joseph to get some at-bats on a regular basis, and that Josephs stint at Norfolk would not exceed the minimum 10 days.UP NEXTNationals: Reynaldo Lopez (2-1, 4.37 ERA) makes his fifth major league start Tuesday night. Its the first time the right-hander will face an AL team.Orioles: Kevin Gausman (4-10, 4.11) is 1-5 with a 5.15 ERA in his nine previous interleague outings. ' ' '