The Cleveland Cavaliers (48 - 27) survived a scare from the Philadelphia 76ers (18 - 56) as they edged them out by a score of 87 - 86 at the Quicken Loans Arena. The 76ers gave the Cavaliers everything they could handle Sunday, but fell just short of pulling off the upset as Nerlens Noel missed the potential go - ahead jumper with two seconds remaining. The Cavaliers narrowly avoided their second straight loss despite being held to just 39% shooting from the field. The 76ers missed too many free throws down the stretch, finishing just 8 - for - 15 from the stripe in a one point loss. Philadelphia could have taken the season series from Cleveland had it won Sunday's contest. Philadelphia put forth a valiant effort Sunday against the East's second seed on Sunday, but poor free throw shooting prevented the upset. Robert Covington bounced back from a disappointing two point outing Friday to score 19 against the Cavaliers. Furkan Aldemir got the start at center and responded with 11 points and 10 rebounds over 27 minutes. The 76ers will finish out their back - to - back set on Monday when they host the Lakers. Cleveland had its full complement of players on the floor to start the game, but it did n't end that way. Iman Shumpert left the game with an ankle injury and Kevin Love had an early exit due to a lower back injury. LeBron James had 20 points, but it came on 8 - of - 24 shooting from the floor and 3 - of - 6 shooting from the line. The Cavaliers will be idle Monday before hosting the Heat on Tuesday.
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