Game 52: Cleveland Cavaliers (13-38) @ Oklahoma City Thunder (30-20) - 8:00 PM ET

ducler · Post #1 » by **ducler** » Wed Feb 5, 2020 10:43 pm

Stillwater · Post #2 » by **Stillwater** » Thu Feb 6, 2020 3:05 am

look pretty good agaIn tonight can they finish it?

Post #3 » by **jbk1234** » Thu Feb 6, 2020 3:46 am

Teams get physical with us at the end of games and we turn it over. A lot of it is uncalled fouls but I guess we're keeping our powder dry in a tanking year. In any event, we'd probably benefit from picking up a physical defensive wing just for practices next season.

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JonFromVA · Post #4 » by **JonFromVA** » Thu Feb 6, 2020 4:07 pm

jbk1234 wrote:Teams get physical with us at the end of games and we turn it over. A lot of it is uncalled fouls but I guess we're keeping our powder dry in a tanking year. In any event, we'd probably benefit from picking up a physical defensive wing just for practices next season.

Kevin and Collin scored 12 in the closing minutes and we still found a way to lose.

Without a drastic improvement on defense, it's going to be really hard. Even teams struggling to sink a jumper can beat us at the foul line. Part of closing games is learning to do the same, but you've got to be able to get stops too.

Post #5 » by **jbk1234** » Thu Feb 6, 2020 4:27 pm

JonFromVA wrote:
jbk1234 wrote:Teams get physical with us at the end of games and we turn it over. A lot of it is uncalled fouls but I guess we're keeping our powder dry in a tanking year. In any event, we'd probably benefit from picking up a physical defensive wing just for practices next season.

Kevin and Collin scored 12 in the closing minutes and we still found a way to lose.

Without a drastic improvement on defense, it's going to be really hard. Even teams struggling to sink a jumper can beat us at the foul line. Part of closing games is learning to do the same, but you've got to be able to get stops too.

In fairness, OKC took a lot of free throws in the fourth quarter and we did not.

JonFromVA · Post #6 » by **JonFromVA** » Thu Feb 6, 2020 4:32 pm

jbk1234 wrote:
JonFromVA wrote:
jbk1234 wrote:Teams get physical with us at the end of games and we turn it over. A lot of it is uncalled fouls but I guess we're keeping our powder dry in a tanking year. In any event, we'd probably benefit from picking up a physical defensive wing just for practices next season.

Kevin and Collin scored 12 in the closing minutes and we still found a way to lose.

Without a drastic improvement on defense, it's going to be really hard. Even teams struggling to sink a jumper can beat us at the foul line. Part of closing games is learning to do the same, but you've got to be able to get stops too.

In fairness, OKC took a lot of free throws in the fourth quarter and we did not.

Kevin is our only player who knows how to go about drawing a foul. We have multiple other players who can get in to the paint, but they need to learn how to stop committing fouls and start drawing them. Won't happen overnight ...