Cavs players' trip to Wells Fargo Center delayed by motorcade believed to be Joe Biden's

ByDAVE MCMENAMIN
November 5, 2016, 11:34 PM

— -- PHILADELPHIA -- Election season in the swing state of Pennsylvania got the best of the? Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday, when a motorcade believed to be escorting Vice President Joe Biden from a Hillary Clinton rally in nearby Bucks County caused some of the team to be delayed on its way to its game against the 76ers.

After their bus was stopped for more than 20 minutes waiting for the motorcade to pass, Kyrie Irving, J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert left it along with team security personnel and hopped in an Uber to finish their trip to the Wells Fargo Center.

They arrived approximately 65 minutes before tipoff.

Cavs general manager David Griffin told ESPN.com that the bus, which eventually got to the arena nearly simultaneously with the Uber, arrived about 35 minutes later than expected because of the VP's vehicles.

"My whole warm-up's jacked," Shumpert told a team staffer. "I'm going to have an attitude. Better not get fouled hard tonight."

NBA teams typically have an early bus that leaves the team hotel for the arena and is filled with either younger players looking to work on their games or veterans at the end of the bench who aren't expecting to play significant minutes. A second bus typically leaves the hotel 30 to 45 minutes later.

"I'm never taking the second bus again," Irving said as he hastily changed into his uniform in the locker room.

The 6-0 Cavs managed to stay unbeaten, but it wasn't easy, as they edged the winless Sixers 102-101. Irving was held to a season-low eight points on 3-of-17 shooting. Smith scored 11, and Shumpert had seven.?