the Cavs easily dominate the Nets, Donovan Mitchell on fire at Bercy

The great barnum of the NBA took up residence at the Accor Arena this Thursday for the third edition of the Paris Game (111-102 victory for the Cleveland Cavaliers against the Brooklyn Nets). An evening that RMC Sport tells you from the inside.

>> Behind the scenes of the big NBA-style show in Paris

Donovan Mitchell at the microphone of beIN Sports: “I wanted to put on a show for the spectators in Paris. We were solid defensively. They came back but we did the job. The title? Yes, that’s the goal.”

The Cleveland Cavaliers, led by the untenable Donovan Mitchell (45 pts and 12 rebounds), won against the Brooklyn Nets (111-102) the NBA regular season match relocated this season to Paris, Thursday at Bercy. Comfortably in the lead at halftime (54-34), the Cavs resisted the return of the Nets of Mikal Bridges (26 pts) to sign a fourth victory in a row, placing them back up to 4th place in the Eastern Conference (22 wins for 15 losses).

Caris LeVert’s three-point basket helps the Cavs pass the 100-point mark

Brooklyn-Cleveland: 91-102

Rain of crazy baskets signed in particular by Mitchell, end of the meeting finally unbridled.

Brooklyn-Cleveland: 87-97

The leader allows the Cavs to keep a 13-point lead.

Brooklyn-Cleveland: 75-88

While the Nets came back to 10 points, tempers heated up between the two camps after Thompson hit Claxton who was celebrating a great action. A scrum of players formed on the floor before calm returned. Tristan Thompson is excluded after this bad gesture.

Brooklyn-Cleveland: 70-80

Finally a coup from the Nets star. Bridges offers a huge dunk that thrills Berçy. Finally !

Brooklyn-Cleveland: 60-78

Cleveland keeps the Nets at a good distance and calmly manages this ultimately easy match.

Brooklyn-Cleveland: 56-76

Dark evening for Brooklyn which fails to come back from Cleveland.

Brooklyn-Cleveland: 43-66

Sublime three-point basket for Isaac Okoro. This 3rd quarter is on the momentum of the previous ones.

Brooklyn-Cleveland: 34-58

Ronaldo, Beckham, Tony Parker… they are all at Bercy!

There is no match between Cleveland and Brooklyn. The Cavs lead by 20 points at the break against the Nets. Top scorer on the Cleveland side, Donovan Mitchell with 17 points. For the Nets, Cam Thomas scored 11 points.

Brooklyn-Cleveland: 34-54

It’s the basketball event of the day. The NBA has set up shop in Paris for a relocated match between the Brooklyn Nets and the Cleveland Cavs this Thursday. A visit to France which seems likely to continue, with perhaps a double ration from Victor Wembanyama next year.

>> NBA: two matches relocated to Paris with Wembanyama and the Spurs next year?

A painful evening for the Nets, trailing the Cavs by 21 points.

Brooklyn-Cleveland: 30-51

Jérémy Medjana, co-founder of Comsport, Victor Wembanyama’s agency, confirmed, at the microphone of RMC Sport, the desire of the number 1 of the 2023 draft to compete in the Paris Olympics with the Blues: “He is available for the the French team, of course. Last year, it was bad timing with all the expectations around him, it seemed very complicated not to prepare before a season where there were so many ‘expectations.’

With Felix Gabory, at the AccorArena

19 points ahead for Cleveland, still guided by a fiery Donovan Mitchell (already 18 points).

Brooklyn-Cleveland: 26-45

Thanks to 12 points from Donovan Mitchell against 10 for Cam Thomas on the Nets side, Cleveland leads by 10 points at the end of the first quarter.

Brooklyn-Cleveland: 16-26

Ten points for Cam Thomas which allows the Nets not to sink against the Cavs.

Brooklyn-Cleveland: 16-24

The Cavs star is the man at the start of the match with already 12 points on the clock before the 2nd timeout.

Brooklyn-Cleveland: 10-20

And +10 for Cleveland thanks to a sumptuous three-point basket from Okoro.

Brooklyn-Cleveland: 6-16

The Cleveland star has already scored six points in 1”15.

Brooklyn-Cleveland: 2-6

The NBA once again took up residence in France for the third edition of the Paris Game, this Thursday between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Brooklyn Nets. This meeting, however, left many fans in the lurch, divided between frustration and understanding of the very specific issues of such an event.

>>> Why some “real” fans are frustrated by the NBA Paris Game

The Cleveland star offers the first two points to the Cavs.

Brooklyn-Cleveland: 0-2

First possession for the Nets!

We start with the Nets, the temperature is rising in Bercy!

Kylian Mbappé and many PSG players are present at Bercy to attend the NBA match between Brooklyn and Cleveland. We can see in particular Donnarumma, Ugarte, Navas, Ethan Mbappé, Asensio, Mukiele. “I think things will go well for the Cavs, predicted Kylian Mbappé on beIN Sports. Mitchell? He’s a great player. Who is the favorite in the NBA? Boston is solid but it’s complicated, there can be injured…”, declared the Parisian striker.

“I saw the NBA mock draft, with two French people in the top 5. I can give the same answer that I had to give at the time with Victor. Your place in the draft is something that you don’t control not. What you can control is your game, being focused on becoming the best player possible. Victor is a fantastic example. His physical development, his mental approach to the game… You must always continue to improve , to work,” Silver said.

NBA boss, Adam Silver gives a press conference a few minutes before the match relocated to Paris between Brooklyn and Cleveland. An event which is set to repeat itself next season in France. Silver indicated that he “would be very excited about that” when the question about a return to France in 2025 was asked.

For the return in 2025, Silver spoke about Tony Parker who has been very busy in recent days and said: “I told him he will be even busier during the Olympics and when we come back next year.” Before correcting himself: “It’s not yet confirmed but we will definitely come back next year and we are really very excited about it”

“We are studying the fact that teams who travel to offshore matches can play two matches before returning to the United States. This is something we are thinking about,” he also confided.

According to our information, the NBA could set up shop next year at La Défense Arena which can accommodate 40,000 people, unlike the AccorArena, which is limited to 20,000 seats.

A match which could also concern the Spurs of a certain Victor Wembanyama…

With Felix Gabory

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Adam Silver, the boss of the NBA, confirmed half-heartedly that Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs would certainly come to Paris in 2025. The enthusiasm promises to be immense around the phenomenon of the France team, which has began his adventure in the United States this season. So much so that the AccorArena and its 20,000 seats appear very narrow to accommodate Wemby fans.

To remedy this, the NBA would consider organizing this possible Spurs match at Paris La Défense Arena, according to Stephen Brun. The enclosure located in Nanterre, in Hauts-de-Seine (west of Paris), can accommodate nearly 40,000 people.

“There are talks so that next year, with the arrival of Victor, we change rooms and perhaps go to the U Arena (the former name of Paris La Défense Arena, Editor’s note) for that there are more people”, revealed our basketball consultant in the Super Moscato Show on RMC.

>> Details of the discussions

The NBA once again took up residence in France for the third edition of the Paris Game, this Thursday between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Brooklyn Nets. This meeting, however, left many fans in the lurch, divided between frustration and understanding of the very specific issues of such an event.

>> Why some “real” fans are frustrated by the NBA Paris Game, our article here

The NBA is making a stopover in Paris this Thursday evening at the Accor Arena, for what promises to be an exceptional show (at a price that is also quite exceptional). While Victor Wembanyama will most likely be the future headliner of the next NBA match in Paris, this Thursday, it is the Cleveland Cavs and the Brooklyn Nets who face each other.

The Cavaliers are 6th in the Eastern Conference and the Nets 10th. A whole day of high-level basketball is looming, then the Super Moscato Show will be relocated to the NBA House this Thursday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. with the exceptional presence of Joakim Noah.

See you from 3 p.m. on RMC then from 8 p.m. on the RMC Sport website and app.