Game 20| Clippers @ Cavs| Saturday, December 7, 2013 7:30 PM ET

[KilgoreTrout]

Peoples- Stop ragging on posters for criticizing a team that won. The Cavs didn't play a perfect game. Identifying sub-optimalities is a big part of getting better, and the goal is to get better.

What makes this board good is that people talk about basketball, and don't argue over who is a real fan and who's not. That's what people on the Browns boards.

There are lots of different kinds of personalities. You are allowed to criticize a team that wins. You are allowed to compliment a team that loses, for things it does well.

Sheesh!

 

[Fuggles]

Peoples- Stop ragging on posters for criticizing a team that won. The Cavs didn't play a perfect game. Identifying sub-optimalities is a big part of getting better, and the goal is to get better.

What makes this board good is that people talk about basketball, and don't argue over who is a real fan and who's not. That's what people on the Browns boards.

There are lots of different kinds of personalities. You are allowed to criticize a team that wins. You are allowed to compliment a team that loses, for things it does well.

Sheesh!

no

 

[Carter Rodriguez]

Hey all, recap on the front page is up. Enjoy!

Cavs Top Clippers 88-82 and Played Hard the Whole Game

 

[Tornicade]

Peoples- Stop ragging on posters for criticizing a team that won. The Cavs didn't play a perfect game. Identifying sub-optimalities is a big part of getting better, and the goal is to get better.

What makes this board good is that people talk about basketball, and don't argue over who is a real fan and who's not. That's what people on the Browns boards.

There are lots of different kinds of personalities. You are allowed to criticize a team that wins. You are allowed to compliment a team that loses, for things it does well.

Sheesh!

theres a difference between criticism and borderline trolling. and forums are a place for discussion. so points regardless of their merit can be countered.

now I have thrown out alot of information disputing some of the view points presented. Ive also never seen any consistent criticism from those specific posters. Cavs shoot bad and close and lose a game by 6 its because they suck. Clippers shoot poorly and Cavs win by 6 its because their lucky?

lots of good things that we didnt see last night to take from this game on a team thats won 3 out of their last 4.

Nothing about the clippers poor shooting changes that all. Cavs were certainly closing out on alot more perimeter shots than they have been and the clippers certainly did goto the three more than they usually do because they were behind and had no inside game. when your up by ten most of the game typically a 3 point shooting team is gonna shoot more but just because you dont see a defender on them doesnt necessarily mean its a good shot.

If a poster doesnt seem to understand what the cavs did and what it forced the clipeprs to do then its our responbsibility to educate them so they can appreciate what their watching.

Cavs were pushing the ball. Being aggresive and getting the ball to their big men and solid team defense. those are key ingredients for the Cavs to get going.

Most Importantly they followed up a loss with a win instead of a 2nd loss for the first time this season.

 

[theSTEREO.]

Nothing wrong with discussing shortcomings.

But for gods sake. This team isn't the Heat or Spurs or Thunder. They're not going to suddenly be amazing every game. They won't be amazing most games.

can't anyone just be happy about he fact that we won 3 out of 4 and are finally doing more good things than bad things? Just cause some bad things still exist doesn't nullify the good.

 

[Goldin Brown]

Went to the game tonight, had a lot of fun. Some lady sitting courtside got hit in the face or some shit by the ball. Some kid ran onto the court and was immediately arrested. Cavs won! Fun night. Cavs played good D tonight, wish they would have shot better. You could see LA was bothered by the Cavs defensive activity, they couldn't get into a rhythm. Fun game. Enjoy it while it last, Cavs Fans.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

Nothing wrong with discussing shortcomings.

But for gods sake. This team isn't the Heat or Spurs or Thunder. They're not going to suddenly be amazing every game. They won't be amazing most games.

can't anyone just be happy about he fact that we won 3 out of 4 and are finally doing more good things than bad things? Just cause some bad things still exist doesn't nullify the good.

Cavs won. They did a lot of things well. They did some things NOT so well. If you are only talking about what they did well, you aren't talking about the whole game.

 

[CodyL1121]

Cavs won. They did a lot of things well. They did some things NOT so well. If you are only talking about what they did well, you aren't talking about the whole game.

There is no perfect team in the history of sports that can play absolutely flawless with no mistakes. Not even for one game. A win is a win. We won the game, therefore, that sums up the whole game.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

There is no perfect team in the history of sports that can play absolutely flawless with no mistakes. Not even for one game. A win is a win. We won the game, therefore, that sums up the whole game.

Obviously not, because this thread is on 21 pages.

 

[Tornicade]

Obviously not, because this thread is on 21 pages.

21 pages if you had read you would see the people your trying to chide about flaws int he game. talking about flaws in the game.

 

[oasis05]

[video=youtube;epfHhmqCKl0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epfHhmqCKl0[/video]

 

[NIkeL]

Clippers had a lot of open 3 looks and missed most of them. We gave them that. On another night, that same game might have ended very badly.

Exactly, good that we won, but it seems like our wins come from uninspired opposition more than anything else.

 

[Tornicade]

Went to the game tonight, had a lot of fun. Some lady sitting courtside got hit in the face or some shit by the ball. Some kid ran onto the court and was immediately arrested. Cavs won! Fun night. Cavs played good D tonight, wish they would have shot better. You could see LA was bothered by the Cavs defensive activity, they couldn't get into a rhythm. Fun game. Enjoy it while it last, Cavs Fans.

We allowed to do that? its not in the Manual

 

[KilgoreTrout]

21 pages if you had read you would see the people your trying to chide about flaws int he game. talking about flaws in the game.

My point was that "We won" is not an adequate summary of the game.

If it was, nobody would have posted after the game ended, except to say, "Yay! We won!"

 

[KilgoreTrout]

[video=youtube;epfHhmqCKl0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epfHhmqCKl0[/video]

A t-shirt that read, "Kyrie don't leave!"

So apropos.