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Game 15 | Indiana Pacers (7-9) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (7-7) | November 29, 2014 | 7:30pm EST
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cause we're good as fuck.
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Great game. Starters absolutely dominated the 1st and 3rd quarters. Kyrie was just so smooth, got himself 10 rebounds, had some nice assists, and continued to play with excellent intensity and effort on defense.
Love was featured early on(possibly due to Andy's absence) and nailed it, looking like the Love we all expected.
LeBron just as always, was incredible all around, and outside of a few spurts, didn't have to really take over too much. Also rested the whole 4th quarter which is nice.
After the first 3-4 games, I was worried about Marion, but each game that goes on, he is building chemistry with the main playmakers and helping out in all sorts of little ways.
Can't wait to get Andy and Delly back. Hoping that Harris can earn some minutes and that Dion can relax, live in the moment, and find a solid role.
Schedule is fairly favorable through christmas and we get to play the Raps twice with out DeRozan while hopefully catching OKC before they are fully gelled.
Love was featured early on(possibly due to Andy's absence) and nailed it, looking like the Love we all expected.
LeBron just as always, was incredible all around, and outside of a few spurts, didn't have to really take over too much. Also rested the whole 4th quarter which is nice.
After the first 3-4 games, I was worried about Marion, but each game that goes on, he is building chemistry with the main playmakers and helping out in all sorts of little ways.
Can't wait to get Andy and Delly back. Hoping that Harris can earn some minutes and that Dion can relax, live in the moment, and find a solid role.
Schedule is fairly favorable through christmas and we get to play the Raps twice with out DeRozan while hopefully catching OKC before they are fully gelled.
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KLove showing a little of what he showed all of last year. Tristan did some nice things out there, even defending at the rim. Kyrie was really good out there...again. His rebounding was key with Andy out and a bunch of DLeague scrubs out there. Marion played an excellent game again.
James had a bad stretch from the end of the first through the second when he was thrown off rhythm when he saw Cherry, Sweet Lou, etc., out there. If not for that little period, we could have won by 35.
I really miss Delly and can't to see him coming off the bench rather than what we currently have right now. This bench...I can't.
The Pacers play with a lot of heart and rebound the hell out of the ball. With George, Hibbert, West, and Hill healthy, they still would have been a top 3/4 team in the East.
James had a bad stretch from the end of the first through the second when he was thrown off rhythm when he saw Cherry, Sweet Lou, etc., out there. If not for that little period, we could have won by 35.
I really miss Delly and can't to see him coming off the bench rather than what we currently have right now. This bench...I can't.
The Pacers play with a lot of heart and rebound the hell out of the ball. With George, Hibbert, West, and Hill healthy, they still would have been a top 3/4 team in the East.
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Dion's probably too stupid and selfish to play in this offense. Need to ship him off to a team with an unsophisticated offense, where he can do his thing. He FLOURISHED on a Byron Scott-coached team...
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Lots of great first quarters this year. Reminds me of all the great first quarters at the Q in 2008-2009. We just used to bury teams.
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And the 3rd quarter meltdowns to go with it. Never good for the heart.
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GG everyone. Also here's a good read about a poor raps fan.
http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1357726
http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1357726
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Kyrie and kevin played great tonight! Lebron needs to play every minute like he should be. He's killing me jogging back on defense just because his guy got the rebound or whatever. It's really starting to piss me off. Dion still hasn't found his spot out there. TT been looking like a #4 overall draft pick imo. Good win. Still got things to work on. Things are going in the right direction.
Didn't get to watch this game. Just drove 11 hours, but read this thread to catch up on what I missed.
First of all, just from looking at the box score, the bench was disappointing tonight. Most of you confirmed that in the thread. What I might remind you is Tristan was removed from the bench and started because of the absence of Andy, plus we don't have Delly right now. Delly will immediately take all of Will Cherry's minutes, and Amundson will be reserved for spot duty only.
Again looking at the box score, I was impressed with Love's outing, but immediately thought Andy being out precipitated it. LeBron loves using Andy in PnR's and Love is used to space the floor. With Tristan in there, LeBron has to use Love in the PnR because he has absolutely no trust in Tristan to make a play off it yet. With no Andy, Love was involved a lot more and shot well tonight. I liked your guy's suggestions about moving Andy to the bench. It makes sense, but I'm not sure how the rotation would work. Ideally you would have Andy come in and have Love sit down to maximize each player. An Andy and Tristan front line is a definite no from a spacing standpoint. Maybe you could bring Andy in for Tristan to play center and bring Mike Miller off the bench for Kevin Love. Bring Dion in for Marion and you have a second unit of Kyrie, Dion, Mike Miller, LeBron at the 4, and Andy. Delly/Will Cherry could come in for Kyrie a little later, Marion could replace LeBron, and K Love can come back in for Andy. JUst throwing out ideas, feel free to tinker with it.
The final thing I want to comment on is Dion. I've been watching him closely. He really has a strange game. Loves the shot one step in from the arc, sucks around the rim, struggles at the free throw line and has about as erratic a jump shot as you could possibly have and still be good at it. His on-ball defense is suspect, especially on pick and rolls. Screens kill him. Yet, despite all that, I remain intrigued. He has that J.R. Smith, lightning-in-a-bottle type game. He has the ability to score 20 any night, but for him to do that, he has to play within the system. Too many times I feel as though he takes the shots he does because he wants to get some up before Blatt pulls him. Blatt has not settled on a consistent minute range for Waiters, so Dion has no idea how long he'll be in for. As a result, he jacks up shots he shouldn't take because he feels he needs to be aggressive in a limited amount of time. In short, I feel confident Dion will do fine in this offense once David Blatt decides on a consistent rotation and a consistent minutes usage for Dion.
First of all, just from looking at the box score, the bench was disappointing tonight. Most of you confirmed that in the thread. What I might remind you is Tristan was removed from the bench and started because of the absence of Andy, plus we don't have Delly right now. Delly will immediately take all of Will Cherry's minutes, and Amundson will be reserved for spot duty only.
Again looking at the box score, I was impressed with Love's outing, but immediately thought Andy being out precipitated it. LeBron loves using Andy in PnR's and Love is used to space the floor. With Tristan in there, LeBron has to use Love in the PnR because he has absolutely no trust in Tristan to make a play off it yet. With no Andy, Love was involved a lot more and shot well tonight. I liked your guy's suggestions about moving Andy to the bench. It makes sense, but I'm not sure how the rotation would work. Ideally you would have Andy come in and have Love sit down to maximize each player. An Andy and Tristan front line is a definite no from a spacing standpoint. Maybe you could bring Andy in for Tristan to play center and bring Mike Miller off the bench for Kevin Love. Bring Dion in for Marion and you have a second unit of Kyrie, Dion, Mike Miller, LeBron at the 4, and Andy. Delly/Will Cherry could come in for Kyrie a little later, Marion could replace LeBron, and K Love can come back in for Andy. JUst throwing out ideas, feel free to tinker with it.
The final thing I want to comment on is Dion. I've been watching him closely. He really has a strange game. Loves the shot one step in from the arc, sucks around the rim, struggles at the free throw line and has about as erratic a jump shot as you could possibly have and still be good at it. His on-ball defense is suspect, especially on pick and rolls. Screens kill him. Yet, despite all that, I remain intrigued. He has that J.R. Smith, lightning-in-a-bottle type game. He has the ability to score 20 any night, but for him to do that, he has to play within the system. Too many times I feel as though he takes the shots he does because he wants to get some up before Blatt pulls him. Blatt has not settled on a consistent minute range for Waiters, so Dion has no idea how long he'll be in for. As a result, he jacks up shots he shouldn't take because he feels he needs to be aggressive in a limited amount of time. In short, I feel confident Dion will do fine in this offense once David Blatt decides on a consistent rotation and a consistent minutes usage for Dion.
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Gotta love it when the Cavs can blow out a team without Lebron having a great game.
One could almost see "This is why I left Miami" on his face as he rested. Someone should have given him a pina colada.
One could almost see "This is why I left Miami" on his face as he rested. Someone should have given him a pina colada.
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Rated this funny since there's no option for a sad one.