Brooklyn squeezed out a win today against Cleveland, 81-79. Both teams came out of the gates strong but a late game push by Brooklyn was just enough to hold off Cleveland. Coach Bob said, "This game is really a sign of things to come. We come out and play hard every night. Things are looking up, and the fans of Brooklyn have a lot to look forward to after this victory."

In the Cleveland locker room after the game, players were in a somber mood. Even after the great team performance led by Evans, they still come up short. "We deserved to win. That was our game - we just need to be able to put our opposition away when we have them down. We really were the better team." said Evans after the game.

Brooklyn was led by Alex (5 points, 22 boards, 2 assists, a steal, a block), Spring (17 points, a block), Lee (10 points, 10 boards, 1 assists, a steal). Cleveland was led by Evans (9 points, 6 boards, 10 assists, 2 steals, a block), Martin (35 points, a block), Stancil (8 points, 7 boards, 1 assists).

After the victory, Brooklyn are now 2-0. They move up to #1 in the Atlantic and improve to #2 overall in the Eastern Conference. Cleveland fall to 0-2 and 0-1 at home. They move down to #5 in the Central and fall to #14 overall in the Eastern Conference.

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