Game 53| Spurs @ Cavaliers| Wednesday, February 13th| 7:00 pm EST

[wuck]

I am always looking for the young players to have good games, to show improvement.

25 games into this season, this was harder to identify, but at this point, the games are really fun to watch for this reason. They don't always take a step forward, but sometimes you can see pretty amazing glimpses of the future.

[JSS2306]

25 games into this season, this was harder to identify, but at this point, the games are really fun to watch for this reason. They don't always take a step forward, but sometimes you can see pretty amazing glimpses of the future.

Tonight was the game I needed to see from Zeller to cement my early opinions of him. Even though he catches a lot of shit around here (especially for a rookie) I can see the potential. He's going to come around.

[Lyst]

A comment I just saw on FB. "I enjoyed the game tonight with my son and his grandfather. My son was fortunate enough to be randomly selected to be 1 of 5 kids that are honorary ball kids and get a game ball from each of the starters. However, Kyrie decided to not present a ball to a kid although he was standing right there. He sent out Boobie Gibson instead in his place. My son received a ball from Boobie but he's no dummy as he is a huge basketball fan. It was an awesome opportunity for my son and not a slight on the Cavs, but Kyrie needs to be a little more involved with the fans. Particularly the kids. We go down to the games early and have a friend that works there so the players all sign for my son. Kyrie of course warms up at a different time and walks around the court and into the locker room to avoid the throng of kids that idolize him. Great player on the court. Less than great from a public relations standpoint."

Eeek. I mean I know Kyrie has a lot going on, but that's not a great sign.

[kidduck]

Sam Amico ‏@SamAmicoFSO
Waiters, clearly hurting, said it's second time he gave up a big 3 at end, with Ray Allen in Miami being the other. "It feels terrible."

Sam Amico ‏@SamAmicoFSO
Dion Waiters, who could've hit game-winner, said he gave up final 3 to Kawhi Leonard by collapsing on Tony Parker."I blame myself."

Sam Amico ‏@SamAmicoFSO
Byron Scott said there was no alternate plan for Cavs w/2.9 seconds left. "It was just get the ball to Kyrie ... see if he can make a play."

[Lionheart]

Sorry if this was posted earlier but man the Spurs are a team of professionals and solid veterans. When Dion went for a layup then hurt his leg/ankle (2nd/3rd QTR I think), aside from Kyrie, TT, and Gee; Duncan, Parker and Green were right there with him checking up on him too. When Dion got up Timmy even gave him an encouraging tap. They play and act the right way, such a well-run organization.

[kidduck]

The refs sure like the Spurs.

[shoes22]

A comment I just saw on FB. "I enjoyed the game tonight with my son and his grandfather. My son was fortunate enough to be randomly selected to be 1 of 5 kids that are honorary ball kids and get a game ball from each of the starters. However, Kyrie decided to not present a ball to a kid although he was standing right there. He sent out Boobie Gibson instead in his place. My son received a ball from Boobie but he's no dummy as he is a huge basketball fan. It was an awesome opportunity for my son and not a slight on the Cavs, but Kyrie needs to be a little more involved with the fans. Particularly the kids. We go down to the games early and have a friend that works there so the players all sign for my son. Kyrie of course warms up at a different time and walks around the court and into the locker room to avoid the throng of kids that idolize him. Great player on the court. Less than great from a public relations standpoint."

Eeek. I mean I know Kyrie has a lot going on, but that's not a great sign.

Ouch...hopefully as Kyrie matures and gets older this'll be less of an issue.

[shoes22]

Sam Amico ‏@SamAmicoFSO
Byron Scott said there was no alternate plan for Cavs w/2.9 seconds left. "It was just get the ball to Kyrie ... see if he can make a play."

Not a particularly bright plan from Scott, considering the circumstances.

And even if Kyrie was 100% healthy (which he wasn't) and he wasn't having an off night (which he was), don't you think it's become obvious to opposing teams by this point that we're going to have Kyrie take the last shot no matter what? If I was an opposing coach I'd double or maybe even triple Kyrie, because you know he's going to try to do it all himself.

[Tornicade]

Not a particularly bright plan from Scott, considering the circumstances.

And even if Kyrie was 100% healthy (which he wasn't) and he wasn't having an off night (which he was), don't you think it's become obvious to opposing teams by this point that we're going to have Kyrie take the last shot no matter what? If I was an opposing coach I'd double or maybe even triple Kyrie, because you know he's going to try to do it all himself.

and he still had the shot and still maanaged to get to the free throw line.

[3 Da Hard Way]

To get sucked in the paint with Parker driving is acceptable. The half second where his body was completely relaxed , Arms down by his sides was the wtf moment for me.

Outside of that.... Great game from him

[bigfoot5415]

Wonder what Speigt's tweet was referring to?

[narbar32]

Not a particularly bright plan from Scott, considering the circumstances.

And even if Kyrie was 100% healthy (which he wasn't) and he wasn't having an off night (which he was), don't you think it's become obvious to opposing teams by this point that we're going to have Kyrie take the last shot no matter what? If I was an opposing coach I'd double or maybe even triple Kyrie, because you know he's going to try to do it all himself.

Yeah I don't think Pops needed to double him because he could simply count on the refs, in reverence to his greatness, allowing Parker to get away with hand checking Kyrie with both hands from the time Kyrie started working to come get the in-bounds pass until the shot.

[Frank Reynolds]

Kyrie brought up a good point in his interview after the game. This is his first full 1st half of a season going into the all star break he has been apart of. He was not aware of how physically draining it would be going into the all star break. Good learning experience.

Aka Kyrie needs to get some new weed, cuz whatever he's smokin lately, it's putting him to sleep on the court.

This was Dion Waiters coming out party and Kyrie fuckin blew it. I don't care, Kyrie is too good, but you gotta give it up to your running mate in this situation. Dion was on fire, he deserved the shot.

To say that Kyrie laid an egg in the 4th would be an understatement. It was selfish, but I believe Leonard might have been guarding Waiters, still nonetheless I think Kyrie should have played decoy on the play and Dion should have been the guy with the ball in his hands.

If Dion can do this consistently, then we might have got the top player in the draft. He's built like a tank, and nobody could seem to stop him when he decided it's time to go to the rack.

[UncleDrew]

Wonder what Speigt's tweet was referring to?

CJ Miles.

[Rich]

To get sucked in the paint with Parker driving is acceptable. The half second where his body was completely relaxed , Arms down by his sides was the wtf moment for me.

Outside of that.... Great game from him

But if you're going to get sucked into the paint, go all the way and double Parker hard. Don't go a little over half way and then decide, you know what, I'll just stand over here. Oh well, life goes on.