Game Thread | Game #28 | Cavs @ Spurs | Dec. 12, 2022

[PIP]

Simply doesn’t happen under Dean Wade’s watch…

 

[All4One1ForAll]

I had zero faith in Garland making a wide open corner three with the seconds winding down. It might as well have been Okoro there.

 

[Futuredome]

You just didn't want DG to hit a game winner.

No. Because it wasn't happening. Mobley could out right won the game himself and beat his chest to the entire team who the man is. He failed.

 

[dice1717]

By the way, they lost to the Spurs lolololololol

 

[Omar The Horse]

Lmao.. really? Ffs.

 

[Jscc]

No. Because it wasn't happening. Mobley could out right won the game himself and beat his chest to the entire team who the man is. He failed.

You know how many times he collected a rebound and kicked it out to Pierce and Allen in Boston?

 

[CavsFaninNJ]

 

[JDailey23]

Players are gutless. Bunch of losers

 

[Jscc]

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[Real Deal]

By the way, they lost to the Spurs lolololololol

Shit happens.

Stuck playing Stevens, Okoro for 40+ minutes is what loses games. Even if Garland is indulging in suckitude.

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

Really tough to win when you shoot 22% on 3's and give up 19 offensive boards. Like Austin Carr said, the Spurs had everybody moving while the Cavs were standing around. Coach Buckner at halftime said there was too much dribbling and they weren't "physical" enough.

This game was lost in the second quarter when the Spurs went on an 18-0 run and the Cavs had nobody who could get a stop or make a bucket.

The tone was set at the beginning when the Spurs had three offensive rebounds in the first two minutes. You could see immediately that they had more desire and energy. They beat Miami in Miami two nights ago and now have won three straight.

I think Poetl and Bates-Diop getting hurt actually helped them. They're better without those guys.

Garland sucks every which way. He was 7-for-22, including 1-for-6 on 3's, and we lose by a point. He choked that final uncontested 3 from the corner that would have won the game.

Garland is shooting 37% from the field in December and 31% on 3's. I wonder if his eye is OK. But he scored 51 and 41 points in games in November so it can't be the eye.

Kevin Love is useless. We really need Dean Wade.

In the 4th quarter JBB went with three guards (DG, Mitchell, LeVert) and Allen and Mobley. No Love, Stevens, Cedi, or Okoro. They almost pulled it out and might have if Mobley made both free throws or Garland hit the open 3.

The positive takeaway is that LeVert had an outstanding game with 23 points on 13 shots, 3 assists, 2 steals, and a +14. He seems to have found his 12' pull-up jumper for the first time since he scored 41 against Boston. This is the third game in a row he's scored over 20 points. If he can stay healthy he'll help us a lot.

The Cavs were 5-for-23 from deep. 6-for-23 wins us the game. So frustrating.

 

[Benway]

The fun part now is picking out the single mistake that cost us a win.

 

[Futuredome]

fwiw, how can anybody be addicted to Kratom???? Such mild high

 

[Ohioplayer00]

I thought Mitchell should have passed ahead to Mobley on that fast break opportunity. Instead he called his own number and tried to make a shot over three defenders.

Mobley would have fumbled the pass away! I’m so tired of him grabbing rebounds inside and thing he does is look to pass back out to the perimeter! Irritates the fuck out of me! Somebody needs to take him to the end of after practice work an extra hour on a God Damn hook shot in the key!

 

[Cassity14]

Mitchell doesn’t have literal eyes in the back of his head. No way for him to see Garland on the second one.

Mobley 100% made the right play. He didn’t have a good shot opportunity. Garland is wide open in the corner.

Garland was ass tonight.

Stevens no longer contributing anything as a starter. Cedi barely played if at all. Okoro didn’t knock down any 3s but made plenty of plays on the defensive end.

Kevin Love was unplayable against the worst defense in the NBA. He’s cooked.