Game 27: Cavs @ Thunder - Sun, Dec 21, 7pm [FSN-OH]

[LoveThemCavs]

As I posted that LeBron got the Cavs first offensive board of the game on his own miss. Just get to half and regroup.

[prekazi]

Worst game of the season? Can we please care about this game???

[LoveThemCavs]

This is going to be a fight to the end, Oklahoma City came to play tonight. Delonte having another solid game, hitting some huge shots. Z has been quiet tonight, would like to see the offense run through him a little bit on the block.

[LoveThemCavs]

Big finish to the third with the and1 by LeBron. Pushed the lead up to 10 going into the fourth. Delonte and Sasha with some big plays during that stretch too. Put this game away right away in the fourth, playing with fire most of this one. Green, Durant and Westbrook have all been impressive IMO in this game.

[Gordon Bombay]

well that performance was sucky...gotta have better effort against the rockets

thunder kittens played well...westbrook, green and durant are good pieces to build around (especially if they get blake griffin as well)

[TheOUTLAW]

I just love the changes in this team. Letting a team hang around means not giving up the lead since the 2nd quarter an being ahead by more than 10 most of the second half. You just have to love that.

[TheOUTLAW]

The Cavs guards played very well tonight. 49 pts on 60% shooting with 10 assts, 10 rebs, 6 stls, 1 blk and only 3 turnovers. That's a great statline.

[rjgraca]

CAVs might have taken the Thunder a little lightly too.

The Thunder players did out hustle the CAVs for second chance rebounds/points and their young studs shot the ball really well.

Not every win will be a blowout, but at least the CAVs took control of the game when it counted.

[witnessmoboobie]

I am watching the game now because I wasnt able to last night, but through only 4 minutes I have two comments. Lebron just had a real nice ooop that turned into a 3 point play opportunity. Second, Z came out hitting 2 shots and from the boxscore I see he didnt do too much else. I am not sure why they went away from him later on.

[LoveThemCavs]

I am watching the game now because I wasnt able to last night, but through only 4 minutes I have two comments. Lebron just had a real nice ooop that turned into a 3 point play opportunity. Second, Z came out hitting 2 shots and from the boxscore I see he didnt do too much else. I am not sure why they went away from him later on.

I was thinking the same thing watching the game last night. After that quick start, the Thunder seemed to double the post effectively. It wasn't a very long stretch though and the Cavs simply stopped trying to feed Z on the block. He only took 6 shot attempts in 28 minutes on the court. Against a team like OKC that lacks much size, that is too low of a number for Z.

[LoveThemCavs]

I just love the changes in this team. Letting a team hang around means not giving up the lead since the 2nd quarter an being ahead by more than 10 most of the second half. You just have to love that.

Yea I can get used to this type of team play. It sure feels like that third quarter mental block period is long gone. Last night, the Cavs didn't play all that well(much to the credit of OKC) and still won by 11. That score seems misleading though since the Cavs were up by near 20 at the end of this one. With this team, no matter the opponent, a tight game can get out of hand in a hurry. The Cavs are the aggressor in most situations offensively and defensively. This team rocks.

[TheOUTLAW]

I am watching the game now because I wasnt able to last night, but through only 4 minutes I have two comments. Lebron just had a real nice ooop that turned into a 3 point play opportunity. Second, Z came out hitting 2 shots and from the boxscore I see he didnt do too much else. I am not sure why they went away from him later on.

I was thinking the same thing watching the game last night. After that quick start, the Thunder seemed to double the post effectively. It wasn't a very long stretch though and the Cavs simply stopped trying to feed Z on the block. He only took 6 shot attempts in 28 minutes on the court. Against a team like OKC that lacks much size, that is too low of a number for Z.

The Cavs always forget about the post. But they still had some inside out play but Z was passing pretty effectively as well.

[TheOUTLAW]

By the way, the best play of the game was LeBron leaping to grab the lose ball that had been batted around and while still in the air and off balance he tosses a beautiful pass down court for the fast break. Just phenomenal skill displayed there.