2014-2015 Cleveland Cavaliers Season Thread
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robj55
Yes because passing is infectious and contagious and shooting is not, in a positive way.Ironman92;1671279 wrote:Irving was responsible for 34 points. Will take that every game. Would you rather he have 21 pts and 5 assist? -
friendfromlowry
Whichever would win.Ironman92;1671279 wrote:Irving was responsible for 34 points. Will take that every game. Would you rather he have 21 pts and 5 assist? -
SportsAndLady
Cute stat but he had 34 points.robj55;1671277 wrote:Kyrie Irving 23 shots, 0 assists. -
KB0938Would rather have my pg get people involved and drop 20 than go Kobe Bryant mode score 34 points shoot 23 times and not manage a single assist. Lol i assume it usually works out more favorably for the team if a pg does that too
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KB0938http://gfycat.com/RelievedBlandBarracuda
Looked like favors moved a little on that screen that lebron fell down on to set up the game winner -
robj55
Yep, passing and team ball is infectious.KB0938;1671287 wrote:Would rather have my pg get people involved and drop 20 than go Kobe Bryant mode score 34 points shoot 23 times and not manage a single assist. Lol i assume it usually works out more favorably for the team if a pg does that too -
sportswizuhrd
Someone on the floor asked Miller why he fouled and he motioned towards the bench. I went back and watched the play again and it looks like Lue tells him to foul. After the FT's a TO was called and it showed Blatt asking the assistants why they would foul to which one of them said something along the lines of I have no idea. Meanwhile, Lue just stares at Blatt with a dumb look on his face. Miller did what he was told and they definitely did not need to foul.friendfromlowry;1671260 wrote:Because Mike Miller. -
friendfromlowry
So because Tyron Lue, then. It'd just be nice if they were all on the same page. Don't play 47 minutes of competitive basketball and potentially blow the last minute by fouling when you don't need to.sportswizuhrd;1671290 wrote:Someone on the floor asked Miller why he fouled and he motioned towards the bench. I went back and watched the play again and it looks like Lue tells him to foul. After the FT's a TO was called and it showed Blatt asking the assistants why they would foul to which one of them said something along the lines of I have no idea. Meanwhile, Lue just stares at Blatt with a dumb look on his face. Miller did what he was told and they definitely did not need to foul.
As for Irving's box score. Most of his 23 shots were driving the lane, throwing up garbage shots over two or three defenders. He had a great, perhaps lucky, night scoring the way he did. But he won't be scoring a lot of points on those kinds of shots consistently. Remember five months ago when we watched the Spurs win a championship with team basketball? -
Ironman92
Yeah...Irving's fault with 34 points. Kevin Love does anything better than 2/10 and Cavs win. If Marion or Miller score in their 46 min of play they win. -
SportsAndLady
But but but he's supposed to pass!!!!Ironman92;1671295 wrote:Yeah...Irving's fault with 34 points. Kevin Love does anything better than 2/10 and Cavs win. If Marion or Miller score in their 46 min of play they win. -
bases_loaded
When Miller fouled they zoomed in on him and it looked like Lebron pointed to the clock, Miller threw his arms up and pointed to the bench, as if to say "im just doing what they told me" -
sleeper
I watched the game last night and we look terrible. Lebron barely seems like he's trying and there is virtually no offense. It's a lot of 1 on 1 with Irving and Lebron taking turns at it.
But I think we will be fine. -
Pick6
Kyrie has 36 shot attempts over 6 quarters without an assist. As long as he's getting his though!! It's obviously working. -
Rotinaj
The whole team is playing like shit. Trying to put more blame on any 1 guy is dumb. -
Ironman92
Just let us know at what point to start addressing him as Kyrie Diop.Pick6;1671319 wrote:Kyrie has 36 shot attempts over 6 quarters without an assist. As long as he's getting his though!! It's obviously working. -
KB0938
Hes not a bad player by any means, but when your pg goes 6 quarters without an assist and your team has less assists in a game than any team did last year in 1230 games....its not a good signIronman92;1671340 wrote:Just let us know at what point to start addressing him as Kyrie Diop. -
Dr. KnOiTaLL
The encouraging part for me was to watch them in the second half. Yeah, they lost the game, but they looked much better in the second half outside of Kyrie's tendency to go 1 on 5. Defensive intensity looked much improved, and there was more ball movement. Still not where we need to be on the offensive end of the floor, but I liked what I saw from a defensive standpoint. -
robj55
They need to move the ball to the weak side of the floor, they aren't getting any open and quality looks because Kyrie keeps the ball in his hands far too long in the pick and roll and plays with it too much. Move the ball and make the extra passes to the weak side and then attack, simple basketball.
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Con_AlmaMaybe we'll hear more about the "exchange" in the locker room between LeBron and Kyrie after the game. ...or maybe we won't.
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ernest_t_bass
??? What happened?Con_Alma;1671390 wrote:Maybe we'll hear more about the "exchange" in the locker room between LeBron and Kyrie after the game. ...or maybe we won't. -
Con_AlmaDon't know. Apparently it was after the Portland game though.
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Dr. KnOiTaLL
Con_Alma;1671390 wrote:Maybe we'll hear more about the "exchange" in the locker room between LeBron and Kyrie after the game. ...or maybe we won't.
Source?Con_Alma;1671393 wrote:Don't know. Apparently it was after the Portland game though. -
Con_AlmaWindhorst ESPN reported it based on multiple eyewitnesses.
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Automatik
Real question, is Kyrie able to be a legit facilitator?? Going back to h/s and then at Duke....has he always been a shoot first PG?