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game in cleveland. can we beat the cleveland lebrons?

these games vs. LeBron... I just never feel like Charlotte has a shot, honestly.

We got this.

BBMF!!!!!!


"BBMF'ers"

thought they had a chance last time in cleveland, i also think cliff's rotations are more realitic this go round, he finally staggers batum and walker consistently ( even if its at the expense of lambs minutes, it helps the bench a lot). Hopefully nic continues his hot shooting, if he can raise his ts% he is having one of the most impressive seasons at shooting guard in the league.

If game is close and Cavs run subs similar to last game with Lebron coming out early 3rd and returning at start of 4th, then Cliff will have to make an adjustment. 1st six mins of 4th is usually when he runs the Marco/Lamb/Frank combo. That's not going to work vs Lebron. Gotta have at least one of MKG, Batum or Marvin on the floor to guard Lebron and hopefully one of Kemba or Batum on the floor to maintain the offense.

Don't chase this game too hard if it gets ugly early. Not worth trying to fight back from 20 down vs Cavs in Cleveland. Just save it for Monday.

cavs killed us last time when Lebron was in against our bench. Can't happen tonight

good points above, does cliff work hard to bring back mkg or marvin? he should stagger one of them with walker instead of batum imo. but we all know no team will make cliff adjust. teams like CLE and GSW always put their stars in situations to rack up production vs second units. Can't be robotic vs these teams, even if its a b2b.

i haven't even watched the Orlando game yet. Looks like it was a blowout so hopefully we're still kinda fresh for this one? I hope?

good luck charm for today

Clifford should just have MKG shadow Lebron all game...when Lebron is in, MKG is in

Still, this is a loss because Clifford doesn't seem to mind letting the other team shoot 3's as long as there are no easy buckets or fouls. Cavs are the one of if not the best 3 point barrage teams.

WOW! look at that house! now that's purple!!!

do you know if lebron is going to play? I'd ask in the cavs section but you know it isn't the most active..

MotorKeepsGoing wrote:i haven't even watched the Orlando game yet. Looks like it was a blowout so hopefully we're still kinda fresh for this one? I hope?

Starters only played like 25 minutes.

amcoolio wrote:Clifford should just have MKG shadow Lebron all game...when Lebron is in, MKG is in

Still, this is a loss because Clifford doesn't seem to mind letting the other team shoot 3's as long as there are no easy buckets or fouls. Cavs are the one of if not the best 3 point barrage teams.

he wont. clifforfs strategy is the 'opposite' of shadowing, he is trying to build his robotic rotations throughout the year. he is not the same as guys like stevens or kerr, who throw caution to the wind and often experiment mid game.

lebron3-14-3 wrote:do you know if lebron is going to play? I'd ask in the cavs section but you know it isn't the most active..

Every Cav is playing except Channing Frye. Which is good because he killed us last game.

JR Smith is starting

With Channing out (unfortunately, under such circumstances), from a sport point of view it will be more interesting as they lose amajor threat from the perimeter (leaving mostly Love, Smith and irving as real threats).
Cody and MKG gonna have to be careful with their defense and manage fouls.

Bench should be much more competitive than during 1st match up at least (esp. Lamb if he is not pouting).

Cavs retro orange - Ron Harper, Larry Nance and Mark Price.

LOL, I love our telecast. The unintentional comedy.

Ugh, gonna be a long night if Lebron is making 3s.