Game 33 | Cavs (18-14) @ Horncats (10-23) | January 2nd, 2015 | 7:00pm EST

They really fucking reviewing this? Please..

We need Kyrie to impersonate CP3 moreso than be Ky Irving during this time without LeBron. You'd see better offense than just pick/hero ball after pick.

Rich said:

We've got 16 assists on 33 made baskets. That's not a particularly good ratio. I'm waiting for this David Blatt offense to show up at some point here sans James.

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It's been bad and ANY team other than this depleted version without Big Al would have beaten us. At least if we win it might build something where we run the offense through Love.

In addition, the "when Lebron went out agsinst the Heat, Kyrie and the team were running Blatt's offense" nonsense should stop.

Well, winning this game and the Philly game would pretty much guarantee we'll be comfortably over .500 when Lebron gets back, which is all we can really ask for right now.

If Lebron can actually address his physical issues we would be pretty good with him -- people consistently underestimate how much he can add when he is really on. But I have a very bad feeling about his physical limitations right now.

Flight479 said:

Shameful. Guys I'm not sure I can watch these upcoming games. Look what it took to beat a Jeffersonless hornets. My heart can't take it

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Our schedule is so brutal in January.

Flight479 said:

Where are we going to get 100 points on a nightly basis without LeBron?

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The old pistons didn't need 100 points to win

qaws23 said:

That fact that we're barley beating this depleted Hornets team is sad.

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We're down 2 starters also

brownsbuck6 said:

Kyrie has been particularly bad tonight. We are very fortunate to win tonight after this 4th quarter debacle. He and Dion both have instantly reverted back to last year pre-LBJ. Love needs to be featured way more. That's the bottom line.

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Yep, the 4q was atrocious in this regard. This is completely on Blatt btw; who incidentally I've recently noticed, has much in common with our very own Dion. I believe they both process the game in a very myopic manner.

Are you kidding me refs. More that .8 came off the clock.

Rainman said:

The old pistons

We're down 2 starters also

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No excuse when we allegedly have two superstars

If people still need more evidence that the coach/coaching staff is not the problem after watching this fourth quarter, I don't know what to tell you.

qaws23 said:

No excuse when we allegedly have two superstars

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2 superstars can't win by themselves. Show me 2 that have.

Im so nervous that Kyrie and Dion will revert back to their bad habits that they were starting to kick now that Lebron is out. As a PG you have to see the game and Kyrie and Blatt have to know that Love had it going and was 9-15 its now way the offense shouldn't have involved him more with Kyrie taking 27 shots and Dion taking 21.

That was a long ending, its 4:40 am here. Good win, should have been an easier ending but was worth seeing Love's winning shot. I'm sure its going to contribute to his confidence. Good night!

CavsSimmy said:

If people still need more evidence that the coach/coaching staff is not the problem after watching this fourth quarter, I don't know what to tell you.

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What are you talking about? It's the job of the coaching staff to get them not to play like ass. That's what coaching is.

qaws23 said:

That fact that we're barley beating this depleted Hornets team is sad.

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This is probably one of the best wins of the season. Not THE best but damn close. The collective effort and not dying down in the moment after they could have is pretty awesome.

I'm not going to lie. I'm completely stoked about this win considering we were trailing for a good portion of this game and when we were trailing in other games we couldn't muster the moxie to come back.

I like it and I also like how the team actually ran plays that gave our best players the opportunity to do them. We were screening, we were moving, we were playing real basketball and I almost completely lost hope that we couldn't do that anymore.

I don't mind the ISO type of ball when it is performed in the flow of the the actual play that is being called. That is why plays are called. That is what the coach is looking for.

I think Blatt redeemed himself BIG TIME in this game. His offense caters to his stars and if LeBron is indeed the leader of this team then he needs to accept what we're trying to do. I think this game goes a long way with him personally.

Windy said he thinks Blatt is the Isreali version of Greg Popovich and that players resent that.

I say, give me the Isreali version of Greg Popovich 10 times out of 10.