Game 72 - Hornets @ Cavs

yungal07 · Post #21 » by **yungal07** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:31 am

Damn homieee.....

Post #22 » by **TheOUTLAW** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:31 am

We always get what we deserve er well we do win some of them.

dingclancy · Post #23 » by **dingclancy** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:31 am

Well Paul had the angle on Lebron already and you do not want to gamble on Paul. Besides that was a classic Paul play. He really knew where David West will be.

L&H_05 · Post #24 » by **L&H_05** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:34 am

I rather see NO get the 1st seed in the west anyways... They deserve it..

Benedict_Boozer · Post #25 » by **Benedict_Boozer** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:56 am

L&H_05 wrote:The way this team played all game, we got what we deserved...

Yep. The Cavs want to keep going into 4th qtr's behind, they will keep getting losses.

We have literally been behind going into the 4th qtr of every game this year outside of the true bottom feeder teams (Seattle, Miami, Memphis, etc.)

We are pretty much running out of time to get this team on the same page for the playoffs. Still too many blown rotations, silly turnovers, etc.

Post #26 » by **TheOUTLAW** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:01 am

Well the whole going into the 4th behind is common for the Cavs. Heck they were behind going into the 4th in every game of the Detroit series (I'm almost positive). That's what they do. The real problem is that they are counting on guys that aren't as good at not making idiotic mistakes as our normal closing 5. Devin blew a few with bad shots and worse fouls and Delonte did as well.

prekazi · Post #27 » by **prekazi** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:23 am

Where is your fire LeBron, where is it? Now there's a great chance that we can lose the 4th spot. Or even 5th. Washington and Philadelphia are only 3 wins away.

Post #28 » by **TheOUTLAW** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:40 am

There is not a "great" chance that we fall out of the 4th spot. Heck there's not even a good chance that we fall out of the spot. But the Cavs needs to get some wins so that they go into the playoffs on a positive note.

calibanPK · Post #29 » by **calibanPK** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:09 am

Honestly something needs to be done with Mike Brown, hes just plain terrible at coaching. Lebron is making his W:L record so inflated and makes him seem like a good coach, but hes anything but. I wonder how much better we would look if we had a coach with at least SOME offensive knowledge of the game of basketball.

TheKingNbooby · Post #30 » by **TheKingNbooby** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:33 am

This loss has to go to poor 3pt line D. I watched this game all the way, and many times N.O. had wide open uncontested 3s becuase someone ran to the wrong area.

Post #31 » by **B Mac** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:29 am

Agreed with the wide open 3's being a problem, but the strategy was obviously to double Paul and let the other guys beat you. As much as I respect Paul, I think that was the wrong strategy. I'd rather Paul score 35 points than rack up 20 assists or however many he had. We should have played him straight up and covered the shooters. As much as we complain about our offense, we didnt lose this one on the offensive end. This was a game we really should have won, especially if LeBron would have played at even half his normal performance. Even so, with Ben and Boobie I think we win this one.

Major props to Z. Wasnt it just last week when everyone was so concerned about his back that they thought he might not even be back until the playoffs, and limited at that? Dude was hitting everything and played hard. How many other 7 footers are going to dive for loose balls against Chris Paul?

Benedict_Boozer · Post #32 » by **Benedict_Boozer** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:26 pm

prekazi wrote:Where is your fire LeBron, where is it? Now there's a great chance that we can lose the 4th spot. Or even 5th. Washington and Philadelphia are only 3 wins away.

I strongly doubt we lose the 4 seed.

If we really got in danger of slipping Lebron would turn it up a notch and get us a couple wins - especially with all the home games.