The San Antonio Spurs and Cleveland Cavaliers are playing live on the ESPN NBA schedule on Wednesday and the matchup for LeBron James and Tim Duncan starts up from Quicken Loans Arena at 7 pm ET and it will be streaming online from WatchESPN as the Cavs take on the defending champs and the King gets another shot after losing to them in the finals last season.

James and the Cavaliers have been playing much better over the past week and while they lost at home to the Nuggets on Monday, they are prepared to play the Spurs on Wednesday night. The team has played with much more cohesion in the past four games and they are now 5-4 on the season after a slow start and James is starting to take over and play with the type of aggression he had last season.

James had 22 points to lead the Cavs against the Nuggets and the Big 3 came through where they needed to, as Kevin Love led with 11 rebounds and Kyrie Irving had eight assists to lead the team. After playing the Spurs the Cavaliers have a road matchup with the Wizards and that is a marquee matchup with the way Washington is playing. The Wizards may have Bradley Beal back for that game and that could make it an even tougher matchup for the Cavaliers, as the Wiz are currently first in their division.

James and the Cavaliers are considered title contenders and while they have been up and down to start the season, everyone thinks they will be there at the end. The Spurs are one of the favorites as well and this could be a nice early test for James and the Cavs as they take on the champs. The team comes in ranked fourth in the league in scoring with over 106 points per game and they currently are 24th in defense but that likely will improve as the season goes on.

The Spurs are 3-3 away from home this season and they come in after a nice win over the Sixers and they will next play the Timberwolves after playing the Cavaliers. The Spurs are 6-4 this season and they are fourth in the southwest division in the early goings of the season. The team is ranked third in the league in points allowed per game and they will be a tough matchup for James, Love and Irving, as they have a great trio with Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili coming in.

The Cavaliers schedule is not all that tough coming up, although they have games against division leaders with the Wizards and the Raptors. The team also has games against the Magic, Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks and the NY Knicks and that will be the first matchup since the Knicks won the Cavs season opener in Cleveland. The team has a three game road trip with the Knicks, Raptors and Brooklyn and after that they have the Thunder.

Tony Parker is leading the Spurs in scoring, while James is tops with 27 points for the Cavaliers. Kevin Love has been playing well in his first season with the Cavs and the team is still getting used to playing with each other. This matchup is the marquee game on the schedule on Wednesday.

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