Recap: Los Angeles Lakers 127, Cleveland 113 (Ditherers)
2018-03-12Tipoff: Running Diary Format tonight. We’re live in the Smith living room at the tail end of a very long weekend that turned into a lazy Sunday night, Kevin Love is showing off the UCLA weight room that bears his name to FSO’s Allie Clifton, and I’m showing off a spiffy pair of Wine and Gold plaid PJs.
12:00 The Cavs are starting Nance, Jeff Green, LeBron, J.R. Smith, and George Hill while Lonzo Ball, KCP, Kyle Kuzma, Julius Randle, and Brook Lopez
11:38 Cleveland kicks it off with a play to get a corner three try for Larry Nance… That’s an idea. Jeff Green misses a defensive rebound and then clanks a post-up against Ball.
10:00 To say the Cavs offense is hesitant would be like saying would be an understatement. This is a team full of ditherers.
9:26 Cavs finally score off a Nance putback. LeBron follows with a three and a drive to make it 7-6. Thinking Bron’s going to have to score a lot tonight.
7:12 Cavs cold and KCP steps into a three to put L.A. up 12-7 followed by a Jeff Green right wing brick. I’m pretty sure EG (at the game) just died a little inside.
6:30 Larry Nance overcommits on a pick and roll. Lopez gets an oop. Ugh. Lebron posts up Lonzo for an and-1. Better hit the weight room young fellow. Uh Oh. Isaiah just checked in – George Hill immediately scores on him.
4:24 Jeff goes coast-to-coast, then steps back thuds a foul-line J, followed by a J.R. brick. The Cavs are just throwing up shots instead of running any kind of sane offense. I’m just about over the Jeff Green experience.
3:20 George Hill thankfully puts Lopez and Thomas in a pick-and-roll and scores. The Cavs should be doing this every time to both guys.
2:40 For two three straight drives everyone in a Cavs uni collapses on a Thomas drive. WHY!!!!!? It’s led to a ton of open looks for the Lakers for no reason. If the imp makes a layup, you live with it.
1:40 Brook Lopez is destroying the Cavs in this quarter. He and KCP both have 10, and most of it is from the Cavs overhelping on D.
0:33 Ante Zizic with a block followed by his second pick and roll finish. I’m sure he’ll be benched soon.
0:01 Jordan Clarkson hits a foul line J off another nice feed from Jose Calderon. Calderon played the last three minutes and has totally stabilized the Cavs offense. He’s actually playing point guard unlike George Hill who seems to be allergic to the ball. 29-33 Lakers. Isaiah Thomas was 0-3,
Second Quarter
11:45 Clarkson ignores everyone on his team to take a terrible shot on the left block. He travels a minute and a half later.
9:40 No one has scored for two minutes. John Holland finally gets to the line. He splits the pair.
9:22 Cavs defense is still massively over-helping and the Lakers are just swinging the ball for easy J’s. Travis Wear makes one. If I hadn’t drank Friday and Saturday, I’d be cracking a beer right now.
8:40 Calderon to Lebron. Putting James as the roll man is a no-brainer. So Naturally the Cavs do it about once a week.
7:40 Calderon takes Isaiah to the hole! So fun.
7:00 LeBron gets a steal and a sweet double clutch layup to cut it to a two point Laker lead. Thomas immediately hits a left corner three followed by a KCP trey (with four Cavs in the paint) to stretch it back to eight.
6:05 SWEET pick and pop with Bron and Kyle which nets Threezus a left corner three (why the hell don’t the Cavs run this more!?). Inbounds violation Lakers followed by a miracle Jeff Green three!
5:43 The Cavs decide to leave Isaiah on the left wing. He takes a minute to gather and then swishes a left wing triple. Man, I hate that guy.
4:35 Caldwell-Pope beats Jeff Green back door for the 19th Laker assist on a made basket.
3:50 George Hill does nothing on offense. Just stands around and makes the easiest pass or handoff.
3:10 Jeff Green scores on a nice drive and then comes down and takes a charge on D. Larry hits a pair to cut the Cavs’ deficit to two. Let’s go, Cavs! Close this quarter.
2:03 Brook Lopez bullies Larry Nance to the hoop, misses, and puts it back on two consecutive plays to send the Lakers back up six. Larry could use a center that lets him play the four on occasion.
1:11 LeBron with a slick no-look to Zizic who flushes. Ante’s had a nice half.
0:53 James come down and does it again finding Hill in the left corner. Clank. Someone needs to kick George Hill in the a**.
0:28 J.R. takes his 100th horrible shot in isolation of the game. This time on Brook Lopez. He bricks. Smith was 1-100 this half (ok, 1-6).
0:02 LeBron misses a left side runner. 65-60, Lakers.
Halftime Report
The Cavs run only the most rudimentary post-ups, pick-and-rolls with no weakside action, or isolation sets. They still scored sixty because of LeBron’s frequent “look what I found” plays. Defensively they’ve given up 8-19 to the Lakers behind the arc. KCP has 15, Lopez 14, and Julius Randle 13. The Cavs are so afraid of giving up offensive rebounds that they’re playing everyone inside and the Lakers are getting wide open looks. Fortunately, the Cavs have only given up two turnovers.
Jose Calderon was the Cavs’ best point guard that half, and Zizic was their best bench player. He needs to get some run on Lopez in the second half.
Third Quarter
12:00 Cavs force KCP to move and shoot something other than wide open catch-and-shoot Js and Kentavious he misses two straight.
10:30 LeBron with a nice catch-and-shoot three from J.R. Still a pretty busted offense there.
9:43 George Hill’s absolute refusal to drive on anyone after receiving a screen and a wide open lane, leads to a stagnant offensive possession that results in a weak-a** Jeff Green triple.
9:30 Ball cuts through four guys and he gets a layup from Randle. Next play, Green forgets Julius Randle is left handed, gets put in a blender and dunked on.
8:57 After a timeout in which Lue “yelled” at his guys to be more aggressive, Hill finally did something on offense, driving twice then launching a rainbow three from the left corner that caught nothing but twine. Where the eff did that come from?
7:55 After a nice defensive possession, Hill drives again and scores! Someone finally woke up!
7:10 A couple stops, and a Le-Oop! to Larry Nance Jr. ties the game at 72. That was nasty!
6:40 Jeff Green clangs a left side trey with 15 seconds left on the shot clock. I throw my shoe at the T.V. Fortunately my aim is as good as Jeff’s.
4:54 Bron ties it again at 76 with a nice post up on Ball for a layup.
4:00 George Hill refusing to do anything with the ball again leads to wasted possessions. A Kuzma triple and a pair of KCP freebies stretches the Laker lead back to five.
3:50 Hill gets a DOUBLE SCREEN gets ISAIAH THOMAS on his hip, then backs up to give Thomas position again, then lets the defense reset. Stop being such a ****ing chicken****, George.
2:40 12-1 Lakers run as The Cavs just stop guarding the basket or taking care of the ball. Lue timeout.
1:37 Isaiah Thomas draws one of his weak-ass flop fouls to get two freebies. I hate hate hate hate hate him.
1:22 Clarkson takes a god-awful shot with two guys on him. Leads to a Randle dunk.
0:45 Isaiah bricks a three, gets his own rebound (second time in the last two minutes), throws it in off the backboard. How the heck does a someone that small get two offensive rebounds.
0:12 Another terrible Clarkson trey. Some guy named Carusoe throws in a reverse to complete a 22-3 run for the Lakers. I stick pin cushions in my Ty Lue voodoo doll over and over.
0:03 John Holland gets a three to end the run. Thank God. L.A. Nightlife 98, Cleveland 82.
Fourth Quarter
11:35 Ball Steals, Dunks, AND BLOWS THE DUNK! Calderon Triple! Huge swing.
10:25 Clarkson throws up another pull-up, and then throws the ball away. He’s killing the Cavs tonight. It’s absolute murder.
9:26 Isaiah scores three straight field goals: a jumper, a layup (make him go right!), and a jump shot. He stares down the Cavs bench as Ty haplessly calls a timeout. Someone needs to put this fool on his &*$. I’m not sure if I’m talking about Thomas or Lue. Cavs down 106-97, with the Lakers on a 30-11 run since the game was tied.
Calderon has been great but he’s gotten lit up by Thomas here. As if that wasn’t enough…
8:40 A Kenny Powers three and a LeBron tough-man post-up and putback elicits an immediate timeout from Luke Walton – one of the 29 coaches in the NBA better than Ty Lue.
7:48 Nance and Randle trade Jumpers, Lopez hits a turnaround as Larry Nance plays on the wrong shoulder (again).
7:24 Hill refuses to drive and settles for a weak step-back brick at the end of a shot clock.
7:05 Isaiah Thomas and Julius Randle work the Cavs on two pick-and-rolls. On the first, Nance (again) forgets Randle is left handed and gives him the whole left side for an and-1. On the Second, LeBron takes an insane gamble to trap Isaiah. Thomas squeezes it through James and Nance to a dunking Clarkson to put the Lakers up 21. Ty Lue takes out the starters, something he should’ve done during a run like this two months ago. This one looks over.
4:55 Calderon drives and scores with a runner off the Glass. He is not the coward George Hill is.
3:53 A Korver trey cuts the lead to 15. Walton calls timeout, because he’s a good coach.
2:41 Zizic scores on an Alley Oop then again on a dive, fed by Holland. Ante’s been 10x better than Jeff Green, and they could’ve used his size on Brook Lopez all game.
0:34 Z2 tips one in for two more to finish with 15 on the night. He’s earned himself some more playing time.
0:00 A Travis Wear three-ball gives the Lakers 127, and a John Holland trey gives Cleveland 113. This game was one of the most frustrating of the year.
Ugh
The Cavs look worse coached every game. I don’t know if it’s scheme, effort, L.A. Clubs, or horrible coaching, but every game I watch the Cavs look less prepared, less well coached, and more lost.
The Lakers aren’t that good but the Cavs were just that bad, and to top it all off, they let Isaiah Thomas get his jollies for 20 points, nine dimes, and a ridiculous five rebounds. He was one of four guys in double figures including Lopez (22), and Caldwell-Pope (20).
The Cavs weren’t doing much to try and rebound at all, finishing with 37 to the Lakers 51. Randle was especially destructive on the boards finishing with 14 (six offensive) to go along with his career high 36 points and +19. Randle had more energy than the Cavs’ starting lineup combined. He was awesome, going 14-18 from the field and 8-10 at the line. Most of his buckets came within five feet of the rim as James, Green, and James could do nothing to stop him. Most hilariously, the Cavs defenders seemed to forget he was left handed on multiple occasions. The big flaw in his game is he has no right hand. So of course the Cavs wouldn’t force him that way.
The worst wine and gold player was far and away Jordan Clarkson who seemed to have lost any and all sense as he fired away to go 1-8 with a pair of turnovers and -17. All his worst instincts were on display as he tried to take it to his old team and just took bad shot after bad shot.
Kyle Korver (-13) had a very rough night defensively. The Lakers put him in isolations and took advantage of his lack of fleet footedness while his teammates offered little help. Jose Calderon suffered the same fate in the fourth.
Speaking of horrible defenders, Cleveland exploited Isaiah Thomas on defense in the first half and refused to do it in the second. Their offense was even more undisciplined and haphazard in the second half than it was in the first, as George Hill’s pussyfooting doomed them to ineffectiveness. Only Calderon (14 points on five shots) offered a semblance of intelligent yet aggressive conducting of the offense for Cleveland.
Another horrible defender was also a horrible offender: J.R. Smith was 1-7 on the night for three whole points. Despite his dithering, George Hill finished with nine and three dimes. He just has to do more.
The worst part of the night, though? The lack of pride and the crowing of the Los Angeles idiots. The Cavs let the most insufferable imp in the NBA strut, the L.A. throng to feel like they have a chance at the King, and the NBA world laugh at them. They chill moded their way through the whole thing. That’s definitely the worst part. Hopefully the Cavs make the playoffs and LeBron gets the last laugh. If not Isaiah really will be laughing.
Yay
Despite a rough night, Nance still finished with 16 and eight in 26 minutes. He wasn’t the problem, but he needs help.
Ante Zizic had his best game as a Cav with 15 and seven, showing great timing and ability to finish as a dive man. Defensively he was just fine, adding a pair of blocks and showed an ability to defend in space and at the rim. He earned a lot more minutes.
Kyle Korver was four for five for three and the Cavs got him the ball in new ways, despite his defensive struggles.
Meh
LeBron was fine: 24, 10, and seven with only two turnovers. He has an uncanny ability to get his while everything is falling apart around him. But he just seems totally ambivalent on defense at times at best and a lazy, bad defender at worst: bad angles, terrible closeouts, no boxouts, etc. We’ve seen it for years.
Commenter, Scotch said it best when I remarked that the Cavs haven’t played a scouting report on anyone all night.
That’s kinda their MO. The only times they win games right now are when other teams go cold. They don’t plan, they don’t prepare, they don’t talk about anything, and they don’t make adjustments if someone is killing them except to trap them, which destroys us.
But they do all those things right come playoff time every year since LeBron got back. It just sucks to sit through this garbage.
I don’t know if that’s true or not. I guess we’ll find out. My only thought is that the Cavs best hope is to lose till Ty Lue gets fired so they can get a new coach before the playoffs, but I doubt it happens. So I guess we’ll just sit through this garbage till then (we hope).
raptors doing there own “semi -tanking ” losing to the nets at half—don’t want the cavs to get a high draft pick—-draft slots are becoming more of a competition than playoff spots –if raptors lose –cavs might as follow suit —tank against the suns
if lebron would play hard for 25 min a game the whole team would be diff. it would make everyone play harder much better than 38 min with no effort
joeyb agree with your thinking of “reverse tanking ” —improve your draft slot—-rest LeBron / hood etc.—-play ANTE 25 + MINUTES —-WOULD DO THAT WITH THE SUNS / BULLS / ETC .
good luck and have fun / jwhodey—-afraid that the way the blazers are playing –( and the way cavs aren’t playing ) —-nurkik/ liliiard / mcallum will absolutely destroy the cavs —–be a + 15 beat down
Ideally, the Cavs will beat the Blazers and Lose to the Suns.
Anyone going to Cavs/Blazers? I am. First Cavs game since the Sonics left (From Ohio but live in Seattle now).
Have fun!
clarkson will save us!
still not sure why lebron does not get more blame he might be the laziest player in game now
It’s a problem with him, big time. However, he doesn’t get more blame because in the playoffs he’s still the best player in the world. I think, honestly, the fault lies in the coaching. Only one coach I’ve ever seen has gotten him to cut that crap: Spolestra. Lue should put him on the bench if the effort isn’t there, same as with any other player. Coaches who don’t have the stones to do that suffer the consequences.
Don’t forget he has played more minutes than just about anyone in history, and most of it at an ultra fast pace. Now that he is past the usual retirement age, you cannot expect him to still be the best player in the world, and do it 100% of the time.
JRL—-think we are hanging on to the “HOPE ” of klove returning healthy/ hood and hill getting untracked / continued growth of LNJ/ CEDI / AND ANTE / AND OF COURSE WE ALWAYS HAVE LEBRON—–BUT WE ALSO STILL HAVE CLUELESS TY AS THE COACH—–every other team has the advantage over the cavs in the coaching dept.——with that in mind –I believe it will be very difficult for cavs to get out of the east / on top of that we might be giving up home ct advantage in each series
Gonna wait & see ehat it looks like with Love back. Raptors should be heavy favorites.
Nets update. Wins:
18 = Grizz (L18 in a row)
19 = Suns (L5, 1-9)
20 = Hawks (L3), Magic (L4) both 2-8
21 = Kings (L2 3-7), Nets (L1 2-8), Mavs (L1 3-7).
23 = Bulls (W1 3-7)
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Tonight:
Nets at Raptors
Thunder (b2b) at Hawks
Mavs at Knicks
Clippers at Bulls
Magic at Spurs
Cavs at Suns
Phoenix with a great shot at a rare win tonight.
With respect to Phoenix, let’s hope the Cavs bring their “LA game.” /s
I see no problem with tanking against teams that will effect the Brooklyn pick. How is that different from any other tanking.
On the flip side, how badly is that early season loss to the Nets going to screw us?
Could be the difference between Jaren Jackson and Trae Young. Barf.
So are we in full on panic mode?
Can the Cavs make it out of the East?
I think we are in deep trouble with our coaching defficiencies. I don’t think we have the coaching needed to win the East against the Raptors.
Maybe once Love comes back. Maybe…
just got done reading a nice article (sports illustrated ) on DWAYNE CASEY / RAPTORS HEAD COACH–good article —almost ( I DID SAY ALMOST )—-want to root for the raptors
I will be if they go to the finals.
Our main problem now is CLueless won’t admit to the mistakes Lebron or the gm made in signing swish and tt. Still plays them the same amount of min as they were playing when they were in contract years and actually focused somewhat on basketball(shout out to the kardashian lover). Gotta get good in the starting lineup. For sure tt is relegated to the bench for nance. And after all this CLueless can’t have the boys going out there without a plan on d . I truly think it’s time to end the LUEsers time as head coach of the… Read more »
O ya jake! Well put!
Get this guy a new tattoo: http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2018/03/aspiring_cleveland_rapper_plea.html
Didn’t see the game, but reading the recap- no offensive sets, over committing the lane on D….is Mike Brown coaching this team again?
I think Lue is becoming untenable considering how consistently unprepared this team is and how much they appear to be underachieving.
http://m.eonline.com/news/919937/khloe-kardashian-and-tristan-thompson-celebrate-his-birthday-after-baby-shower
L. A. Night life undefeated
L. A. Night life undefeated…
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Is “L. A. Night life undefeated…” original? If so, you ought to copyright it. Could make a nice series of tee shirts, with proper photos!
sim good point (s) on LeBron / not firing ty —image—and poor g.m.–which geys me a little upset when he starts”‘harping ” about trades cavs made or didn’t make —-again he LOBBIED big time for 2 of the present stiffs / and poor contracts on the cavs —T.T. / SWISH and probably lobbied for Shump over DELLY —-I am hoping the players get healthy / ship gets righted by playoffs —–HAVE MY DOUBTS ———what was everyone’s POST ALL STAR PREDICTION ( long ago when everyone was so excited )—BE HONEST I SAID 19-7 ——that is why I stay away from… Read more »
Is C:tb doing a NCAA bracket tournament?
If you organise one?
Agree with EG that this team currently has no heart, and can’t be motivated by resident cardiologist Dr Lue. I think Lue got both his medical degree and coaching doploma from the University of Phoenix on line. Lue is guilty of gross malpractice. Like Arch said, I can’t bare to watch this team anymore until Love returns. I have seen 18 games at the Q this year and 10 were losses. So I have that going for me. Any decent college basketball team shows more discipline and smarts than the Cavs. The first quarter debacles are primarily due to the… Read more »
***diploma***
Still hoping there’s a a coaching firing and hiring one of these days. I think main reason it isn’t happening is lebron doesn’t want – only because it’s bad for his image to have another coach fired, even lebron who’s btw a terrible g.m (hence jr and tt shump signings) but I don’t think he’s that confused to think ty lue is good
EVIL -sorry you had to sit thru that “train wreck ” and spend good money ( could have been better spent at a local tavern )—-ARCH I AM RIGHT THERE WITH YOU ——just feel like deja vu of LeBron of 2010 / 1.0 / where he already knows his decision and can’t wait to pull up stakes —–and yes it will be CRIMINAL WHEN T.T. RETURNS AND ANTE DOESN’T SEE THE FLOOR / AND LNJ’S MINUTES GET DIMINISHED ——T.T. CAN’T EVEN COME CLOSE TO ANTE’S OFFENSIVE GAME AND HE HAS BEEN IN THE LEAGUE HOW MANY YEARS —THAT IS CRIMINAL… Read more »
I haven’t had this little interest in the Cavs since the 2011 season. Maybe once Love returns, or the playoffs start I’ll start watching again.
I liked this format by the way. Also good observation about george hill being a p****.
Seems to me a good coach would help george hill understand what he needs to do (basically be a younger faster jose calderon)
Thanks for recapping this foolishness, Nate… It’s amazing that Nance forgot Randle was a lefty… y’know since he played against him in practice for two and a half years… It was also painfully obvious that Clarkson was trying way too hard to show out against his old team… but wound up reminding them why they don’t miss him at all. The two best things that came out of this game were that Zizic looks really playable and that IT provided further enticement for the Lakers to give him a new deal… Sadly, with Ty Lue around, Big Z 2.0 will… Read more »
Last night is the last time I will ever pay to watch a Cavs regular season game… or a least for as long as Ty Lue is the head coach and chill mode exists. It also marked the earliest (end of third quarter) that I have ever vacated the premises during a game (of any sport) I shelled out money to attend. The body language was clear that they weren’t coming back after that miserable stretch to end the third. There is no heart to this team. No fire. It was brutally apparent watching them live. Save for a brief… Read more »
I’m sorry you had to endure that, EG. This is the first year in many that I haven’t (and won’t) gone to a Cavs game. Every stretch of good play is quickly followed by games played with, as you stated, no heart. It’s not worth my money if they don’t care enough to show up. Like you, I won’t be going back until Ty Lue is no longer the coach. It’s just too hard to watch and too expensive an evening.
Dayum, EG. That last line….
Just looked at remaining schedule; here are my fearless predictions Suns – W Blazers – L Bucks – W Raptors – L (in Toronto) Suns – W Nets – W Heat – W Hornets – W Pelicans – L (if we can’t defend The Brow) Mavs – W Raptors – W (at home, Love is back for this game) Wizards – L 76ers – W (think we bounce back) Knicks – L Knicks – W Could sweep Knicks to end season but think one of those games, Lue will rest everyone and play scrubs. Have us 10-6 rest of season,… Read more »
It is really hard to predict, when you don’t know what Cavs will show up.
yeah I hate to be pessimistic —-want to really “buy in ” on cavs NBA title hopes –but reality ” is what it is “—-ty is a terrible coach ——every team in the eastern conference presents problems for ty ( and his ‘little defensive coordinator ) to try to overcome —-just DO NOT have the confidence in them be able to do that ——–TEAMS DO NOT FEAR THE CAVS ANYMORE —-that is huge !!!———our one hope will always be — WE HAVE LEBRON —-WHO CAN CARRY ANY TEAM DURING THE PLAYOFFS ——again I am sounding like a broken record —-fill… Read more »
Teams that are better than us: Dubs, Rockets, Raptors, Blazers, Pelicans, Spurs, Pacers, Wizards, 76ers, Nuggets, Jazz, Clippers, Lakers.
Even: Celtics, Thunder, Bucks, Heat.
glad i didnt watch the second half
We suck. Love will help, but with cLueless at the helm this team has no shot.
I KNOW JMAY——too much coffee this morning —–need to retract a little bit —but it is so frustrating to watch ty get out coached every game !!!!—— man I do not want the sixers in round one—-ilyasova/ bellineli have really fortified that bench ——–is Kolby going to fill the last 2 roster spots —-still think you should —might be surprised
CAVS MIGHT AS WELL ‘TANK ” AGAINST THE BULLS —-IMPROVE THEIR DRAFT SLOT——–THAT RIGHT NOW IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT THE CAVS RECORD IS / USN’T —-THEIR PLAYOFF SPOT ———GEEZ WHEN IS OPENING DAY FOR THE TRIBE —-CAN’T COME SOON ENOUGH
watched a little of game / replay—all I had to see was tycluelessexcuses POST GAME COMMENTS —–‘ I have to watch the film —-WTF—THAT IS TO LATE TO MAKE IN GAME ADJUSTMENTS TY—-HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN LET GO LONG TIME AGO ———–HE IS ALREADY BUILDING A 1ST ROUND EXIT —‘WE JUST DIDN’T HAVE THE PLAYERS TOGETHER THAT LONG——NEED TO WATCH THE FILM “——HOW MANY GAMES LEFT TO WATCH LEBRON IN A CAVS UNIFORM——-HE IS GONE !!!——-WON’T BE SHOCKED TO SEE CAVS LOSE IN THE 1ST ROUND—LEBRON WANTS OUT—YOU CAN SEE IT IN HIS BODY LANGUAGE / HIS COMMENTS——LATELY HE HAS… Read more »
You are button-mashing that panic button today NOMAD…
The only thing I don’t see changing in the playoffs is in-game adjustments. Lue can’t do that. Ever. He hasn’t done it in any of the three playoff runs he’s coached. He has to hope the other team doesn’t figure him out in time or the game’s lost. It also remains to be seen how much time he’s going to give TT upon his return.
Time for Lu to go. He gets out coached all the time.
He gets out coached every single game. Here’s to hoping Gilbert is willing to pay yet another coach to not be on the team.
that was pretty pathetic by the Cavs, standings wise they are 3 games out from being an 8 seed….such a weird team, they started out so well with new guys, and now everything seems to be a chore…i understand some injuries occurred but Cavs just make horrible guys look good and average guys look like superstars….i mean Randle tries hard and all but no reason he should have had 30+ points, and Brook Lopez?! really?! this could be on coaching but the defensive effort was beyond abysmal throughout the game, the Lakers are horrific and Cavs made them look like… Read more »
I agree that Lue is terrible; it has never been thought nor said that the Cavs were well-coached.
I only watched the first couple of minutes, since my tolerance for watching Jeff Green and JR is at a nadir, but in general I agree with you on Hill. He absolutely has to do something on offense. Almost all he has been doing as a Cav is tossing the ball to Lebron and then standing in the corner, or just standing. Jeff Green is Jeff Green. There is a reason he is left wide open for threes, and there’s a reason he was had for such a cheap contract. He has been playing too many minutes, understandable with the… Read more »
Maybe we’re just not that good.