Game 11 | Cavs (5-5) @ Wizards (7-3) | November 21, 2014 | 8pm EST

[Dr. Claw]

LeBron played like he was chugging NyQuil and Vicks 44 cocktails before the game. Dion was dumb. Kyrie had moments. Love was absent. Only player I really don't have complaints about is Anderson Varejao.

That's a problem.

 

[Brandname]

I really hope Bron quits this "veteran sage" act. Talking about how hard it is to lead your team rings hollow, particularly if you aren't backing it up with on-the-court leadership.

This loss of course isn't just on Lebron, but he has to be a better leader. The team is not united right now, and that's on the leadership of Lebron and Blatt.

 

[Rich]

I don't think Love's effort has been bad at all... he hustles and bangs down low.. his effort is better than LeBron's IMO.. he has the worst body language on the team IMO.. and Mike Brown sucks.. period.. we have the players we just aren't using them correctly at all...Love had 8 shots tonight and we had NO post game.. that and LeBron looking as athletic as a 35 yr old Paul Pierce killed us.. once again the D was OK

Here was a Kevin Love play. He comes down the court, throws up a terrible lay-up, hangs his head and starts jogging back only to realize Gortat is running hard and by that point it's too late. Gortat beats him down the court for an easy lay-up at the other end.

 

[Kizzle]

When you suck like we do you gotta dumb it down. Post game first guards second. On defense tho.....idk

 

[LoveStan]

Trade Kyrie.

 

[wremy]

Nene scored almost all of his point with Love guarding him. So if then Kevin Seraphin scores against Love how in the world is that not bad defense?

so he gave up 14 pts tonight.. I'll take that

 

[Futuredome]

Love had the worst 2nd half of anybody on the team including TT and Waiters. Both of them at least tried on defense. Love was just a steamrolled tomato.

 

[pl4tinum]

Struggling to reach 80 points... so much for high powered offense. That's just ridiculous, man. Absolutely retarded. Time to really re-think things.

 

[YuenglingGator]

Kyrie is about the only player I see that is progressing, which is quite a different tune then after the Portland game.

 

[wremy]

Here was a Kevin Love play. He comes down the court, throws up a terrible lay-up, hangs his head and starts jogging back only to realize Gortat is running hard and by that point it's too late. Gortat beats him down the court for an easy lay-up at the other end.

well we are talking about his play all year .. you are talking about 1 play in this game.. go to bed Rich

 

[Los216]

Doug Collins is speaking the gospel right now

 

[Simmy]

View: https://twitter.com/twitt3rislame/status/535998053690658816


This kind of made me feel happier.

 

[Rich]

well we are talking about his play all year .. you are talking about 1 play in this game.. go to bed Rich

The hell are you talking about? You're talking about Love's effort on defense THIS GAME not being bad and I just gave you an example from this game where he gave no effort at all. I really hate moving the goal posts in the middle of the argument.

 

[wremy]

Love had the worst 2nd half of anybody on the team including TT and Waiters. Both of them at least tried on defense. Love was just a steamrolled tomato.

he gave up 4 maybe 6 pts in the 2nd half.. I really don't understand what you guys are talking about to be honest

 

[SteelSmack]

Waiters lead the Cavs with a +/- ratio of -1

At some point Blatt is going to have to realize if the other team has a top tier athlete at PG, he NEEDS Dion out there guarding him.

People can complain all they want about Dion's defense, but everyone else in the backcourt is so much worse at guarding quick PGs that it makes Dion look like a prime Tony Allen.