cavs-magic game thread

[Dupp]

Franchise record for rebounds. He was great and thompson was solid. Everyone else was pretty bad. Not sure how magic lost that one. We were just out tanked.

[Niko23]

I really wish would stop acting like players tank. Players never tank. In fact, id argue that coaches don't tank either

Completely agree, but you cannot ignore that 90% FT shooter bricking two at the end there LOL

[Dupp]

No way players try to lose but coaches is a more difficult argument. They want to win too but its hard not to believe some get the call from management and construct rosters/rotations to "tank"

[Ballah]

I really wish would stop acting like players tank. Players never tank. In fact, id argue that coaches don't tank either

Completely agree, but you cannot ignore that 90% FT shooter bricking two at the end there LOL

You really think a player is going to choke two important free throws on purpose so the team has a better chance at a higher pick and they can draft someone to replace him?

[gflem]

Off topic sort of, but I have a couple of positives that I think the team can take from the game, outside of winning of course. First, it was good imo for Kyrie to see the team pull that game out without him. He needs to understand that there are other players on the team that can make clutch shots, and that he doesn't always have to bring the team back all by himself, even if he is the teams best player.
Second, it was good for Dion to see that it isn't all that easy to hit clutch shots when you are the main focus of the other teams defense. He has hit some clutch shots before, but usually Kyrie is also on the floor at the end of games which helps spread the floor for him. Dion didn't have a good game for the most part, his shooting was off but he did play some good D, and made a couple of late drives, and hopefully this game helps him understand the difference between being the focal point of the other teams defense as opposed to playing off of Kyrie at the end of close games.

[Mad Guru]

One of the more impressive tank wins by the Magic I have ever witnessed, truly impressive, the Cavs didn't know what had happened by the time it was over.