Game 65: Cleveland Cavaliers (38-26) @ Los Angeles Clippers (34-29) - 10:30 PM EST

cavs4872 · Post #2 » by **cavs4872** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 2:17 am

Hood has been starting over Cedi, but whatevs.

Stillwater · Post #3 » by **Stillwater** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 4:07 am

Flipped over to check the score...
Pretty bad when college games are better.

Post #4 » by **jbk1234** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 4:33 am

cavs4872 wrote:Hood has been starting over Cedi, but whatevs.

Hood shouldn't start until he brings it on defense every game.

Post #5 » by **jbk1234** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 4:33 am

This is one of those games where LBJ really doesn't want to play PF and it shows.

Post #6 » by **jbk1234** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 4:50 am

J. Green having another bad game. If they're just going to leave him at the three point line he ought to take a couple steps in and try a mid-range shot or two.

Stillwater · Post #7 » by **Stillwater** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:17 am

These refs

Stillwater · Post #8 » by **Stillwater** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:19 am

Osman hip strain? Hope it's not bad.

cavs4872 · Post #9 » by **cavs4872** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 12:03 pm

Watch on YouTube

3:13 was frickin' beautiful; I'll take that kinda stuff over a poster dunk all day. That's why I love the game.

cavs4872 · Post #10 » by **cavs4872** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 6:55 am

jbk1234 wrote:
cavs4872 wrote:Hood has been starting over Cedi, but whatevs.

Hood shouldn't start until he brings it on defense every game.

It's JR who shouldn't be starting; it wouldn't be so apparent then. And give Zizic some burn as well.

The Cavs got eaten alive by the player they should've gotten, plain and simple.

Post #11 » by **jbk1234** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 2:45 pm

cavs4872 wrote:
jbk1234 wrote:
cavs4872 wrote:Hood has been starting over Cedi, but whatevs.

Hood shouldn't start until he brings it on defense every game.

It's JR who shouldn't be starting; it wouldn't be so apparent then. And give Zizic some burn as well.

The Cavs got eaten alive by the player they should've gotten, plain and simple.

Half of Jordan's points came off of intentional fouls. They also gotten eaten alive by T. Harris and Harrell. So there's really nothing simple about it. The truth is LBJ played a pretty poor game defensively and J. Green was awful on both ends. We came out flat in the 1st half and couldn't play our way back in.

Here's the way the I look it: After the Kyrie trade, the Cavs were a good, but nowhere near elite, team.

The Cavs became a bad team when they tried to integrate IT.

The Cavs without Love and with the old roster were a really bad team.

The Cavs are a bottom four playoff team without Love after the trade.

The key is who are the Cavs when Love comes back with the new pieces? Because I'm pretty sure that at least a couple of these guys were intended to play with Love (e.g. Hill, Nance).

Stillwater · Post #12 » by **Stillwater** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 3:46 pm

jbk1234 wrote:
cavs4872 wrote:
jbk1234 wrote:
Hood shouldn't start until he brings it on defense every game.

It's JR who shouldn't be starting; it wouldn't be so apparent then. And give Zizic some burn as well.

The Cavs got eaten alive by the player they should've gotten, plain and simple.

Half of Jordan's points came off of intentional fouls. They also gotten eaten alive by T. Harris and Harrell. So there's really nothing simple about it. The truth is LBJ played a pretty poor game defensively and J. Green was awful on both ends. We came out flat in the 1st half and couldn't play our way back in.

Here's the way the I look it: After the Kyrie trade, the Cavs were a good, but nowhere near elite, team.

The Cavs became a bad team when they tried to integrate IT.

The Cavs without Love and with the old roster were a really bad team.

The Cavs are a bottom four playoff team without Love after the trade.

The key is who are the Cavs when Love comes back with the new pieces? Because I'm pretty sure that at least a couple of these guys were intended to play with Love (e.g. Hill, Nance).

Yeah Love being out hurts the forecast of what we may have been capable of becoming after the deadline trades. It's possible it could come together in the last week of the season but with Osman out indefinitely and Hood day to day along with Green fighting back issues himself and playing poorly because of it , this roster is severely depleted in the front court and might be fighting for the 8th seed before we have Love back to help with the lack of offense.
My fear here is even when he does come back he's not going to be close to 100%.
No matter how you slice it the rest of this season is going to hang on how well LeBron can carry this team and the fact that he has to do that going into the postseason probably will equate to him being less than 100% and a likely second round exit.
I'm usually the optimist, but I don't see any one left who isn't hurt they can step up and stand in the gap.
Montrezl Harrell is a member of klutch Sports is he not? Maybe that explains LeBron taking off plays idfk.