2023-24 Season | Game #14 | Heat @ Cavs | Nov. 22, 2023 | 7:30 p.m.

[2 For The Brew]

Decent point but if we can’t ever play more defense with effort on a back to back this season we are in a world of hurt.

It will really be a problem for any back to back games in the playoffs, especially if our opponent gets more days off than we do between games.

 

[2 For The Brew]

Philly is down 21 and they didn't even bother playing Embiid tonight.

Some of you guys are clowns and should just be called suchl.

Embiid has a sore hip. I actually believe that’s a possibility with all the flopping.

 

[Futuredome]

Cavs and floppers wore each other out

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

Well that was shameful, letting ourselves get bitch slapped by a team missing their best player and two of their three top scorers. Kyle Lowry, running on fumes at age 37 and averaging 7.0 ppg, got 28 points, including 7-for-10 on 3's. He came in making 43% of them, so I have no idea why they let him take wide open 3's all night long.

The perimeter defense was awful; Miami got so many uncontested 3's that I lost count. They ended up going 20-for-35, which I'm sure is their best 3-point shooting night of the year by far.

Allen looked wasted after his amazing +42 night against Embiid last night. He was -24 in 23 minutes tonight with 4 points and 4 rebounds. Garland and Strus were clearly gassed, combining for 20 points after playing 43-44 minutes last night.

The Cavs lost the turnover battle 19-10 as the Heat got off 11 more shots. The Cavs actually had a great shooting night, hitting 47% both from the field and on 3's, but the 19 turnovers and 7 blocked shots doomed them along with the horrid perimeter defense.

 

[CavsKermit]

It's not why we lost, but I have no idea how the Heat get away with:1) Being as physical as they are; and 2) getting gifted soft calls, all while playing on the road.

I don't expect to get a friendly whistle at home, but I do expect not to have overcome poor officiating at home. It's a frustrating pattern.

 

[Ohioplayer00]

I missed the first half and watched until the end of the third. This was just one of those games. Rest up, Cavs…..eat Turkey, root for the Commanders and hopefully DM is back on Sat for LBJ’s homecoming!

 

[Sebastian]

Yay, two threads locked.

Expect demerits.

 

[Cavatt]

Gonna be losses like these sometimes.

Yeah, Miami shot 57% from 3. Sure some were wide open, but at some point difficulty didn't matter and they just made them.

 

[Comeback kid]

Looks like the Cavs were 7-5 on back to back games last year.