North Carolina's Tyler Zeller said he'd taken seven such exams over the course of his 10 workouts, and left the process baffled.

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Cavaliers teammates Dion Waiters, Tristan Thompson and Tyler Zeller also were picked.

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The Cavs were without rookie starters Dion Waiters and Tyler Zeller, who were both stricken with a nasty stomach virus over the weekend.

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Cavaliers center Tyler Zeller was given a technical foul in the third quarter for shoving Nuggets center JaVale McGee while Faried and Cleveland forward Tristan Thompson got tangled up on a couple of occasions.

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