2023-24 Season | Game #62 | Cavs @ Hawks | March 6, 2024 | 7:30 p.m.

[nime]

https://www.hortonbasketball.com/single-post/the-untold-story-of-the-nba-finals

 

[bushwick_bill]

I don’t miss system conversions. Almost as painful as watching Niang and Garland play defense. SAP in the mid 1990s was a horror show.

Started in April about 9 months of work mixed in with all the audits as they are 06/30 fye's for 5 schools and a separate cmo... It has been a rollercoaster like the Cavaliers season lol lol lol -

 

[redscoon]

Altman has managed to duck criticism for the most part, but another first round implosion with him being the only GM amongst playoff teams in the East to not do anything at the deadline is not going to look good in hindsight.

 

[Pierre Pan]

Paul Silas


I think Jordi is one of those guys. Lucky he stayed another year with Sac

Never watched a Charge game with Jordi at the helm. Paul Silas passed away in 2022 and if you meant Stephen, the Rockets have vastly improved after he left; difficult for me to get excited about him

 

[DCTribefan]

Levert played more than CPJ and Merrill combined on the 2nd night of a back to back.. fuck JBB he is awful

Um, Merrill was 0-9 shooting

 

[nime]

Never watched a Charge game with Jordi at the helm. Paul Silas passed away in 2022 and if you meant Stephen, the Rockets have vastly improved after he left; difficult for me to get excited about him

Ignore the Silas. I deleted.

 

[Pierre Pan]

Ignore the Silas. I deleted.

Gotcha

 

[shoes22]

Altman has managed to duck criticism for the most part, but another first round implosion with him being the only GM amongst playoff teams in the East to not do anything at the deadline is not going to look good in hindsight.

Ehh, I don’t think the issue is the players as much as it is the coach playing the right lineups at the right times, and not running guys into the ground.

The fact that we have had so many different positive contributors over the course of the season is good work by Altman.

 

[Pierre Pan]

Too bad he can’t get more playing time

 

[Dr. Claw]

they almost did it again. But when they had the lead, the shooting again went down the toilet. Sam hitting nothing. LeVert missing wide open shots. And no stoppage to keep Niang out of the closing lineup. The Cavs almost always seem to survive the limited Damian Jones minutes, but those Niang minutes always are going to be a point of anxiety watching this team.

I'm less worried about the 2 big lineups as I am about the team shooting being complete ass, regardless of how many bigs are on the floor. This has been a common thread. A lot of good looks are being generated, but there's so many bricks, time and time again.

 

[Dr. Claw]

Um, Merrill was 0-9 shooting

not to mention, outside of some bad misses there was some evidence as to why LeVert (especially in a time like this) is still a valuable person to have in rotations. I maintain one of the main reasons the Knicks game went to the toilet is that only DG can reliably shoot the ball unassisted. LeVert at least gives you another person who can do that.

I think Sam should still see as much time as possible on the floor. Tonight was just one of those nights where it was complete poop. Compound that with a PF rotation that continues to thin out with injury...

I'm already making the offseason wishlist.

 

[BigZ94]

Altman has managed to duck criticism for the most part, but another first round implosion with him being the only GM amongst playoff teams in the East to not do anything at the deadline is not going to look good in hindsight.

I think Altman has put good pieces on this team. We just have a room temperature IQ coach who doesn’t know how to use them. I think 90% of this board could have done a better job managing rotations.

Levert for 15 minutes straight when he obviously didn’t have it - stupid

Wade not playing in the closing minutes - stupid

CPJ only getting 15 minutes while having one of the best games of his season, on the second day of a b2b - stupid

This fraud going to cost us like 2/3 playoff games

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

This fraud going to cost us like 2/3 playoff games

Not if he goes to an 8-man rotation and only plays Mitchell, Garland, LeVert, Okoro, Strus, Wade, Mobley, and Allen and we never have to play a back-to-back. What are the odds that all eight of these guys will be 100% going into the playoffs? Probably not good.

 

[Dr No]

I wasn’t too upset by this outcome. We were forced into less than ideal lineups with who we are missing. The Boston game was amazing, but had to be emotionally and physically draining and even though both teams had back to backs with travel, the team that got to sleep in their own beds and play in their home arena has an advantage. I also think Atlanta is a better team without Trae. We mostly played the way we needed to play, we just couldn’t make a 3. Take out Niang’s 3-4 and no one else shot their average. I would be more upset if we had played poorly, but we didn’t. We mostly just shot like crap. It happens with a short bench on an away back to back. We shoot just average and it’s another improbable win. Had we shot well, say 40% (which we do pretty often), and we win comfortably.

 

[buzzdog]

I wasn’t too upset by this outcome. We were forced into less than ideal lineups with who we are missing. The Boston game was amazing, but had to be emotionally and physically draining and even though both teams had back to backs with travel, the team that got to sleep in their own beds and play in their home arena has an advantage. I also think Atlanta is a better team without Trae. We mostly played the way we needed to play, we just couldn’t make a 3. Take out Niang’s 3-4 and no one else shot their average. I would be more upset if we had played poorly, but we didn’t. We mostly just shot like crap. It happens with a short bench on an away back to back. We shoot just average and it’s another improbable win. Had we shot well, say 40% (which we do pretty often), and we win comfortably.

I'll give them a let-down game on the second of a back-to-back, especially after using up all their adrenaline against the Celts the previous night. It happens to teams in the NBA, even the best teams. Now what I won't do is give them two let-down games. Unfortunately going against the T-Wolves we may be at a talent deficit.