Open Discussion (Cavs + related issues)

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

With respect to Love, I don't buy that it's mostly a mental/clutch thing. The guy has some real significant physical limitations as an interior player, period. Defensively that is pretty clear, but it is true on offense too. I still can't get over his 36% field goal percentage on layups (shots from 0-3 feet) in last year's playoffs, on a significant sample size. He actually had a lower shooting percentage from 0-3 than from three point range! That is quite rare even for guards. He has such good technique rebounding that he can still be a very effective rebounder despite his limitations in terms of length, quickness, and leaping ability, but I still wouldn't count on him for a specific key rebound late in the fourth against stronger interior players.

His physical limitations show up more strongly and his superior technique/smarts matter less when the effort level amps up, and that is in the fourth quarter and the playoffs. At those times his arsenal becomes more limited and he can end up looking like just a spot up three point shooter. With that said, his three point shooting has actually been markedly better in the playoffs than the regular season for two years running now, and that says to me that this is not an issue of being a bad player in the clutch.

 

[bigfoot5415]

Ellis? he is done. Pacers can't guard anyone from the Cavs... Teague can;t guard Irving, Ellis can't guard Korver or any 3pt specialist for that matter, George can't guard Lebron, Young can't guard Love and anyone can guard TT.

Thanks for talking me off my ledge.

Zero Dark Thirty reactivated.

 

[Mowill2]

last year I posted if the cavs win the championship and look like the dominate team we use to seeing I will never complain about what happen at the end of the regular season again and here I am feeling the same way

 

[LeShaq]

PG1 -----> W --------> 123.0 ORTG ------> 121.8 DRTG -------> Shoot-out; Shumpert benched


* Great job by Lue in sitting Shumpert
* Our defensive effort sucked and we were content to try to out-score Indiana

 

[Burt Macklin]

Don't care what the stats say, Frye-Love frontline is a glorious sight tbh.

 

[LeShaq]

Current 9-man rotation

KI/JR/LJ/KL/TT
DW/KK/LJ/RJ/CF

2nd Unit was slightly negative today. Hopefully that can become neutral, at least.

So happy Shumpert is not in the mix. One of the better decisions Lue has made in awhile.


Not in rotation ---> Felder, Shumpert, DJones, DkWilliams, JJones, Tavares
Inactive ----------> Felder, Tavares

 

[Benedict_Boozer]

I would still like to see Derrick Williams primarily because of his defensive versatility and athleticism that we had with the jumbo 2nd unit for awhile. There are a bunch of guys in Indy that would be good matchups for him, and we seriously might need him down the line to match up with certain teams.




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[The Red Viper]

The defense was worrying. There were so many instances where Indiana just walked through our defense. That shouldn't be happening in play-offs.

 

[buzzdog]

We took care of business in spite of abysmal free throw shooting and below average 3 point shooting. Otherwise we would have won comfortably.

My pet peeve is still the lazy, sloppy turn-overs. This team still isn't locked in. But we won so I'll take it and hope they can clean up the obvious problems.

 

[Raja khan]

Lebron and Lue seem confident that they'll play better next game. So let's see.

Free throw shooting and shot selection needs work moving fwd.
And about that defense..well we should just stop dreaming about that being better by now.

 

[Futuredome]

It has been a real struggle since 40-16. Even the wins are tough. Yup, forget about the defense, they just aren't a talented squad there.

 

[Simon]

Just remember, game one vs. Detroit last year in round one was close as well.

 

[Raja khan]

Just remember, game one vs. Detroit last year in round one was close as well.

Agreed, but that team did not have as many concerns coming into the playoffs last year. This year, things are different and we don't know if we're going to see the team that whopped Boston couple of weeks ago or the team that lost to Hawks' bench. And as a fan, its really frustrating to watch.

However, knowing that we have the best player in the world who seems fully
locked-in makes me feel better.

 

[LeShaq]

Couple of postgame quotes after Game 1 vs the Pacers.


Reporter: Do you think your team is vulnerable?
Irving: Hell no.


Reporter: You changed your free throw routine. What happened?
LeBron: I worked with Kyle Korver on it. I'm going to keep this routine.


Reporter: (can't recall the question)
Lue: I told guys after the game we can play better and we will play better.
Lue: It's a different game if we don't give up so many offensive rebounds and we get more 50/50 balls.

 

[Ohio]

Reporter: (can't recall the question)
Lue: I told guys after the game we can play better and we will play better.
Lue: It's a different game if we don't give up so many offensive rebounds and we get more 50/50 balls.

Then put TT back in earlier in the 4th you dumbass!