Game 7 | Cleveland Cavaliers (3-3) @ Boston Celtics (3-4) | November 14th, 2014 | 7:30 PM ET

[brownsbuck6]

Love.. absolutely BLOWS tonight.

 

[wremy]

no reason to shoot a 3 there.. Love K-Love but his J I off and Kyrie and Bron should be attacking the rim

 

[Rich]

Just waltzed right by Kyrie and right by Kevin Love w/ no screen. Oy.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

Love can't hit the broad side of a barn tonight...

 

[Bob_The_Cat]

Don't agree.

Citing an example of it doesn't prove anything.

Isn't average defense solid? Not great, not terrible...solid?

Name me one time in the last 20 years when an "average" or "solid" defensive team has won a title. Twice in the last 20 years has a team won the title while finishing outside of the top 10 in defensive PPG and defensive FG.

Miami in 2005-06, who finished 13th in PPG and 8th in FG%. LA in 2001 is the real outlier that finished 23rd in defensive PPG, but still finished 8th in FG%.

Need anymore examples? In fact, most of the teams NBA champs finished in the top 5 in both categories. In other words, you don't simply need average defense to win a title, you need above average if not elite.

 

[Pioneer10]

Damn Rondo played that perfectly: knew he could blow by Kyrie and that Love couldn't block him.

Love still hasn't gotten his 3 point shot down: that was a great look to tie the game

 

[CavsFan87]

This game is 10x worse listening to these insufferable Celtics announcers.

Edit: That said, these games mean nothing to me this early in the season. It seems I'm one of the few here that is just enjoying watching these guys grow together early in this season.

Thank you so much. I've been complaining about these announcers to my wife the entire game. Its beecause of them that I'm 11 beers deep right now..seriously

 

[godfather]

Kevin Love has been a liability tonight. Not shooting well, but defensively he's been really, really bad. Z bad.

 

[gijimbo]

We are in the bonus. Be agressive! Horrible offensive possession.

 

[blazenmp]

Kyrie wants to fix this

 

[Rainman]

Why is KLOVE not involved in the offense more.

 

[brownsbuck6]

Seriously, horrible team defense aside, the other main reason we aren't winning is Love being a complete liability tonight. It happens, I guess. Maybe he'll hit one big shot down the stretch here.

 

[redscoon]

How does that Rondo move surprise love? Terrible.

 

[Walter White]

I don't mind Kevin shooting that three, but with a chance to cut the lead to 1, I was hoping we would attack no matter what, and at least get free throws out of the deal. We lost momentum.

 

[rosebowl89]

Love is real streaky this year. He is either hitting or missing everything

 

[JFT]

LBJ.