Game #26 | Kings @ Cavs | Dec. 9, 2022

Oh, good we get to face SGA tomorrow. He might toss in 50.

Mitchell is covering up a lot of ugly shit on this team. JB has no clue what he is doing when the rah, rah stuff wears off. Garland has been remarkably bad in close out scenarios.

The injuries are tough, but you lead by 8 with 5 minutes to go at home. That has to be a W.

Some of you watch no basketball if you can't tell this isn't the same old Kings.

We were both missing our best player tonight.

They were better coached.

Playing 8 man rotation this time of year is just to taxing.

Also no one goes for the shot after the foul! They go for the foul(alot times not getting it) or go for shot and think they won’t be fouled

Looked like a team that had become too dependent on one guy offensively and forgot how to play without him.

Maybe part of the solution is not becoming so dependent on that one guy.

Didn’t catch the game but looks like by the comments we gagged like a rookie porn actress again? I just went right to the turnover column in the box score. 19 turnovers. Same shit, different opponent

KilgoreTrout said:

Far too common, for DG. Hasn’t adjusted to Mitchell’s presence.

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Mitchell didn’t even fucking play. It’s not about that. It’s about being careless with the ball whether Donovan is out there or not.

He’s playing like a guy who’s been sniffing his own farts.

You’d think one melt down like the clippers game was enough for a couple of seasons and we somehow out do it just a month later.

We have a serious personnel issue. We have zero knockdown shooters. Mobley and Allen are not threats outside of 5 feet.

The Human Q-Tip said:

Looked like a team that had become too dependent on one guy offensively and forgot how to play without him.

Maybe part of the solution is not becoming so dependent on that one guy.

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You’re up 8 with 4 minutes left.

I don’t give a shit if they’ve grown dependent on Donovan.

If you have a coaching staff capable of intelligent thought, you figure out a way to get this one done.

SoCalCavsFan said:

He can, but with Mitchell now in the mix, he's no longer the go-to alpha, and as amazing as DM as been, it was always a concern that they might struggle to play together. Hopefully they can figure it out without the result being DG taking a step backward after an amazing year last year.

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He had the chance to be the Alpha tonight. No Mitchell to get in his head. He just struggled with bigger, tougher defenders and couldn't get good looks, and couldn't find open guys.

The Human Q-Tip said:

Looked like a team that had become too dependent on one guy offensively and forgot how to play without him.

Maybe part of the solution is not becoming so dependent on that one guy.

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Whenever Cavs dont depend on one guy they are simply bottom feeders,want to come back to this state?

The Human Q-Tip said:

Looked like a team that had become too dependent on one guy offensively and forgot how to play without him.

Maybe part of the solution is not becoming so dependent on that one guy.

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Its games/teams like this that show the inconsistency of cetain players like Lervert/Cedi and even Garland.

Triplethreat said:

I legitimately want to know just how much you think coaching matters in the NBA vs the talent and players on the court.

We don’t have the damn horses with Mitchell out to close these shit teams out. Really, we don’t even have it with Mitchell.

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We don’t have the damn horses? We have one of the best records in the league. And Sacramento isn’t even a shitty team.

Listen, they got three open threes on very simple action from 4:55 on. The Cavs didn’t. JBB wasn’t even calling out action from the sidelines. He first had his arms crossed glaring at the refs. Then he chased one halfway across the court after Garland got blocked inside, and then he kept talking at that same ref as we walked off the court with the loss.

It’s the same old shit from two, three interim stops ago for JBB. He’s a fucking ra-ra soft-on-his team and soft on himself Hothead.

Of course the players COULD have bailed him out. Like they have 16 or 17 other times this year en route to a top 3 record in the conference. But this loss is basically the same game we played in Sacramento with less pace.

Why are we turning it over so much? Why are we missing all these little pieces of detail? It’s because we don’t fucking focus on it. We focus on EFFORT, and TOUGHNESS..but never POISE..because JBB has none himself.