Don’t look now but the Cavs are a power in the East. On Sunday they dealt the Lakers their seventh loss of the year, Donovan Mitchell kept up his hot shooting with 33. Lebron went for 27 and 7 in the loss. The Lakers fall to 2 – 7. The Raptors got 30 points and 11 dimes from Fred Van Vleet. The Raps improved to 6 – 4 with the win. Ja Morant and the Griz run away from the Wizards en route to their seventh win of the year while the Wizards fell to 4 – 6. The Jazz are good. Period. They win their 8th game behind 23 points from Jordan Clarkson after holding off the Clippers, who fell to 5 – 5, 110 – 102.
