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bjunior said:
blatt is just wasting his talents here with lebron, what a pussy, chilled half of the season, get rested and guys like rose with a history of injuries plays harder than this weak-minded punk, what a waste
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Well, this is an extreme statement, although the sentiment regarding LBJ isn't lost. I too have 2010 etched into my memory and soul forever, with a championship able to smooth it.
Blatt put the team in a position to win if LBJ plays like he's "supposed" to play. He didn't- so they lost. Looked a lot like a guy stuck in his own head.
Hopefully he shakes out of it.
 
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There were definitely mistakes made and lessons to be learned. I just don't think the decision to gamble on Pau's midrange is such a controversial one as it is made out to be.
Blatt took his chance with it, and should've mixed it up a little. But I can understand the decision.

Again, 2-3 better LeBron posessions and it would be a completely different conversation. I think with the personell we currently have, Blatt did a good job preparing the offense and the guys at the most part bought in and got good results. JJ got some great plays drawn up for him, the guys executed perfectly, but he couldn't connect on wide open shots. We played Moz and TT together pretty well and had them screening each other before screening for Kyrie, which scrambled the D and got Ky a ton of good drives. Shump was used very well.

Blatt did a good job all things considered, IMO. Of course no one is mistake proof and sometimes you gamble and lose. But I take a lot of positives from this game going forward.
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Starting Miller was a big mistake. Keeping JJ in was another. We've gone to those wells about 10x too often. They've been dry for years. Blatt should have figured that out by now.
 
We've been switching on big/small pick and rolls while going under screens all season. What's going to magically change now? I was worried about that more for the finals against Golden State, but Chicago has good shooters as well. Obviously the blame shouldn't just be on him though. We shot 7/26 from beyond the arc... Regardless of their crazy 10/18 from 3, we're going to need to make our shots, especially at home.

Forward thinking to next season, we need some *young* reliable shooters. James Jones, Haywood, Marion and potentially Miller need to be off this team. Andy should be back and healthy, same with Love. I can't wait to see our front court of Love/Mozgov, TT/Andy. Resign Shumpert and JR, real backup pg, shooting backup 3 (maybe draft Deckker if he falls to us) and a big. Eff the cap in the A.
 
I'd either start Jones next game and put him on Noah, who has had his ability stolen by the Monstars this season, and let LeBron chase Dunleavy around (or Shumpert and have LBJ on Butler) or I'd start Delly and put him on Dunleavy.
 
teamballer said:
Yea, it's like Love and JR were unavailable or something. Fire that bum.
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I would have started Marion and brought Harris off the bench, after MM and JJ gave their seminar on brick-laying and how to play matador defense. I expected nothing from those two, and we got exactly what I expected.

And - yet again - Blatt waits too long to call TOs to stop runs.

I thought Blatt would be smarter.
 
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The Miller move was a head scratcher that didn't pay off at all.

If you're going to switch everything defensively, Marion is the no-brainer call. He has more length and quickness to ideally get out to Gasol, 3 point shooters, etc.

I'm fine with Jones or Miller getting minutes with the bench unit. That's unavoidable for one more game.
 
Really REALLY missing JR. If we somehow snatch Game 2, we're in business. This was a winnable game, and we had 'the best player in the world' who couldn't make a play. This, too, will have to change, or it'll be over quickly...
 
I wasn't a fan of playing so much Dellavadova in the closing moments of the game.

Gasol was still on the floor, and he's best guarded by Timo, not TT.

I think if we can get Timo on Gasol, and TT on Noah we'll be in good shape. Timo schools Pau, routinely.

TT is too fucking mobile for an injured Noah to have to deal with.

I just don't see any benefit whatsoever having Dellavadova in late in games and not Mozgov.
 
I really didn't mind the Miller start, but I thought we would throw him on the completely ineffective Noah, not chasing Dunleavy off screens
 
His slow reaction to what happens in the game is really annoying.

He always takes too much time to call timeouts, and he took too much time to stop the obvious Gasol leak.
 
The bigger problem I saw was how the Cavs got caught switching and leaving the shooter or Gas-All, open .
That has to stop. I've seen them get burned doing that all season.
They aren't pinching the ball-handler and the screener to make it more difficult to get a easy look.
 
This was pretty simple guys, if Lebron James scores 19 points and turns it over 6-7 times, the CAVS wont win a game.

the rest of the team played well enough to win. Mike Miller stinks, but he stunk all season.

Lebron needs to be the man. That's his role, that's who he portrays himself to be.

He has Kyrie who put up over 30. Shrump put up 22. He can't blame everyone else. Its on him.
 
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