Game 39 | Cavs @ Blazers | Jan.15th | 10:00 PM ET

[DatDudeZ3]

Wow... Never seen that (guys practicing on the court 10 minutes after the game). These guys want to win and play good. If we pick up a win in Denver, I would consider this trip a success, and then we just need to play good at home the next four games.

 

[Huber.]

You're joking?

This year this is what we get with them. As the become older their ceilings will rise but this team is what it is. Young, sometimes stupid and will show immaturity, and sometimes sharp showing their skills. People forget we are basically tied for the youngest team in the NBA.

 

[melecoaze]

i think the blazers will be ok against the spurs or the thunder but against physical teams that play good D like indy or miami they will fold

 

[shoes22]

The bench will be less relevant in the playoffs with smaller rotations. I'd imagine Mo, Freedland, and maybe McCollum the only guys getting bench minutes.

They're still not getting out of the 2nd round with the West as tough as nails.

 

[CodyL1121]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23cavs&amp;src=hash">#cavs</a> -- specifically, Miles -- still working in Portland after loss. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23foxsports&amp;src=hash">#foxsports</a> <a href="http://t.co/gCO1E8trV9">pic.twitter.com/gCO1E8trV9</a></p>&mdash; Dennis Manoloff (@dmansworld474) <a href="https://twitter.com/dmansworld474/statuses/423689936076693504">January 16, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[KI4MVP]

We're going to have to win some games against good teams if we want to make the playoffs, and this game was very winnable. We're 14-and-fucking-25 and it's time to start winning. Plus we went through this exact song and dance with the Blazers before. It doesn't feel like we're playing them tough as much as it feels like the Blazers just turn it up near the end of the game and beat us the same way every time. Doesn't even feel like a moral victory.

on the 2nd night of a back to back against a very good team on the road, we played great, ran out of gas. The team just needs a bit more depth.

Kyrie: 40 minutes
Deng: 39 minutes
Tristan: 38 minutes
Andy: 38 minutes

That's too much on the 2nd night of a back to back when the first game went down to the wire. If we had enough depth to cut those numbers by about 3 minutes each without the other team going on a run we probably win tonight.

 

[supermario21]

My last comment for the night. Reading the thread last night many were expecting a 20 pt loss. We just had a back to back and a flight up the west coast. I'll take this. Now let's rest up tomorrow and win Friday!


EDIT: I said it during the 3rd, and I'll say it again. Zeller's foul trouble killed our depth with the bigs.

 

[Huber.]

My last comment for the night. Reading the thread last night many were expecting a 20 pt loss. We just had a back to back and a flight up the west coast. I'll take this. Now let's rest up tomorrow and win Friday!


EDIT: I said it during the 3rd, and I'll say it again. Zeller's foul trouble killed our depth with the bigs.

We would be so good if moral victories counted.

 

[SteelSmack]

That's too much on the 2nd night of a back to back when the first game went down to the wire. If we had enough depth to cut those numbers by about 3 minutes each without the other team going on a run we probably win tonight.

If the refs didn't bend us over and screw us on two horrible calls we might have won. We could have used a bit more rest for our best players, but we didn't need it, just needed the game to not get completely changed by bad officiating. That's a hard thing for a young team to overcome, knowing you're on the road, not going to get any calls no matter how obvious.

 

[Fuggles]

Wow... Never seen that (guys practicing on the court 10 minutes after the game). These guys want to win and play good. If we pick up a win in Denver, I would consider this trip a success, and then we just need to play good at home the next four games.

A possible Denver win doesn't exist, only the loss right now. The Cavs have not won a single basketball game all day long.

 

[Huber.]

That's laughable. Dion is nowhere close to his ceiling. Kyrie regressing each year is not a good sign.

What exactly is his ceiling then? I would say 12-16 points off the bench is his ceiling this year which is what we have seen the last few games. I won't even comment on the last sentence as it's not true.

 

[Cavatt]

My last comment for the night. Reading the thread last night many were expecting a 20 pt loss. We just had a back to back and a flight up the west coast. I'll take this. Now let's rest up tomorrow and win Friday!


EDIT: I said it during the 3rd, and I'll say it again. Zeller's foul trouble killed our depth with the bigs.

Let Zeller foul out. Who cares? They can obviously score and they should be pushing the ball. Hey need to defend. They let portland score all night. Too much

 

[RchfldCavRaised]

I still take Kyrie over Lillard without thinking twice.

Big difference is, Lillard has a floor spacing big man who, by my account, is playing like the MVP of the league right now.

And he has a bunch of complimenting skillsets around him allowing him to play to his strengths 82 nights of the year. Is Dorrell Wright still on this team? He and CJ Miles are a wash, and that is Kyrie's backcourt starting mate. Cant even crack Portlands rotation...

Then Lillard has Mo Williams, deadly knock down spot up shooter, to play alongside him when Matthews gets tired. And he has one of the best competitors I've seen play in person for a point guard... Earl Watson whispering sweet veteran PG nothings into his ear. Earl Watson has carved a 10 year career out of being smart and competitive. Never had a single basketball skill that even made him as talented as Matthew Delladova other than high IQ. Portland is really doing the kid a service, letting him play to his strengths and putting the right kind of veteran mentors around him. Watson is not even being paid to play, he's being paid to make sure this kid gets all the tools of the trade (credit Watson with that very veteran/heady flop and sale when Irving and Lillard were battling for the rebound).

CJ McCullom is also benefiting from those veteran mentors and will be a terror and a pretty valuable trade piece over the next few seasons as long as they dont try to make him primarily a SG like we did with Dion here.

Good game, we battled I guess.

But damn look at all the young talent Portland has developing ON THE COURT with the veterans sitting over there chewing on pumpkin seeds and mentoring like they should.

 

[CornerThree]

It's funny to contrast Portland's rotation vs ours. They play 9 guys...we play 10. Mike Brown has no clue what anyone's role should be. Either Jack or Dellevedova should be snagging DNP-CDs....you can't play essentially 4 PGs like we do. miles should go out early for Waiters and then come back in later with Jack for Kyrie and Deng. Then Zeller can spell Tristan who can come in for Andy. Deng maybe plays some 4 with miles at the 3. Clark spells the bigs for 10 mins. It's just coaching fundamentals... Not hard to fuck up unless you're Mike Brown.

 

[KI4MVP]

If the refs didn't bend us over and screw us on two horrible calls we might have won. We could have used a bit more rest for our best players, but we didn't need it, just needed the game to not get completely changed by bad officiating. That's a hard thing for a young team to overcome, knowing you're on the road, not going to get any calls no matter how obvious.

the tristan block was a bad call, the foul on andy was the right call although it was a tad late. Andy clearly pushed him pretty far while he was shooting.