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

[Real Deal]

Kyrie has me concerned. Dude should definitely be playing better and putting his mark on a game like this.

 

[priceFTW]

Love should be getting 20 shots but nope.

33% shooting, 8 assists, not many open threes created. Irving has been terrible.

If the second half winds up going how most have gone lately, our ORtg-DRtg sans James will be the equivalent of a BOTTOM 3 team. Think about that.

 

[DW3]

Is there a good discussion/diagrams somewhere of what Blatt's "system" should look like on offense?

From what Cavs from shown, seems like a waste of fucking time. Guys running around the 3 of line just to hand the ball to each other. Then, 10 sec left, goes back to ISO Lebron, Kyrie or Dion ball.

 

[Bandwagoner305]

Well Kyrie, Mr. Most Consistent Cav of The Season, is a cool 4-13.

I want LeBron James back. This offense is fucking atrocious without him.

A continuing trend that is going largely unnoticed but Mike MIller continues to be the human foul. That's largely because he can't move his feet but he racks up fouls quicker than anyone I've seen in a while.

No. Kyrie is doing an excellent job running the offense. Kyrie is a better player than, LeDouche. He knows when to give the ball up and he knows when to take the right shot. The team runs better without LeDouche.

 

[All4One1ForAll]

No way we win a championship if Lebron has to carry this pathetic excuse for a team on his back.

 

[Flight479]

They did this last game. Then collapsed in 3rd if I'm correct. Just hope they continue that play into the next quarter

 

[Birdy89]

The team runs better without LeDouche.

This is a lottery team without Lebron.

 

[JSS2306]

Kyrie is soft and inconsistent. He gets up for some games but is mostly distant in others. He has it in him to be cold blooded, but for some reason doesn't draw from that well all too often especially if things aren't going his way.

This team is just poorly constructed. Too many players that don't compliment each other.

 

[Futuredome]

I will give Blatt credit for moving Delly to the bench after getting abused on a couple of plays and falling down 35-31, though we played lazy for the next 3 minutes, when Dion hit that lazy stupid fallaway, that seemed to ignite him competitively and the rest of the team followed. We need that kind of energy every game.

They either want to play for Blatt or they don't. I am sick of this holy war. If you like the guy, play your fucking game and tell Lebron to take a hike. Win a couple in a row, Lebron will have no choice but to follow along or hurt his rep, which he cannot tolerate.

 

[CavsFan005]

Anybody else notice how Blatt does a hockey line change every 5-8 minutes. How the hell are we supposed to build any chemistry doing this? Even when we are healthy he just throws random guys like JJ out there at different times

 

[cavsfever]

They either want to play for Blatt or they don't. I am sick of this holy war. If you like the guy, play your fucking game and tell Lebron to take a hike. Win a couple in a row, Lebron will have no choice but to follow along or hurt his rep, which he cannot tolerate.

There is no holy war. That is in the fevered imagination of the posters on this board. There are just players and coaches trying to do their best but not succeeding into turning us into a consistent winner because the team is flawed, Lebron is injured, and Blatt is still getting his sea legs as a rookie NBA coach.

 

[kookoo]

This is a lottery team without Lebron.

I just think we haven't put the right pieces together. With Irving as our point guard, you need a smart, defensive, athletic shooting guard. With Love as out power forward, you need a large, defensive minded with a high motor. If Andy were more athletic and less injury prone, he'd be the perfect center. Right now we're too small, too slow and too inconsistent to compete without LeBron. Griffin seriously needs to get his thumb out of his ass and start doing GM things. And we need to give guys shots. Cole Aldrich is getting playing time and doing a good job protecting the paint. Give Kirk a chance. I hate that I'm complaining about this team so much, but I don't think a single person expected this type of play out of a team that is apparently hungry for wins.

 

[SteelSmack]

Good set to start the half.

 

[Bandwagoner305]

You can tell that Kyrie's fans are more interested about flashy plays and don't really care about other aspects of the game.

 

[Rich]

Rofl. Kevin Love is an incredibly weak person.