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Way too soon to be talking about the Celtics. The Magic are 29-12 at home and as Jarrett Allen said, "We know when we go to their place, they are going to be a completely different team."
This could go seven games and although the last one will be in Cleveland, anything can happen in one game.
The Cavs need to reduce their turnovers and make more open 3's if they are going to win in Orlando.
Surprisingly, their biggest win over the Magic was in Orlando in January by a 126-99 score. Garland, Mobley, and LeVert were out. The Cavs were on fire, shooting 56% overall and 53% on 3's. Sam Merrill was 8-for-13 on 3's and Dean Wade was 3-for-3. This was during that time when Garland and Mobley were out for 6-7 weeks so the Cavs went to Mitchell at point guard, Allen at center, and three shooters on the wings. They went 18-2 at one point, but they had Dean Wade.
The Cavs need to get Mitchell, Strus, and Niang hitting a higher percentage of their open 3's. Strus and Niang are an astonishing 2-for-18 on 3's. Mitchell is 5-for-18. It's scary to think how good the Cavs could be if these three guys start hitting 3's at their regular season averages. The three of them are under 20% from deep - incredible.
As well as Allen and Mobley have been playing the Cavs would be dominating if they cut their turnovers down from 17 and 15 to around 12 and raised their 3-point percentage from 29% to around 35%.
Mitchell is right - the Cavs have some things they need to clean up if they're going to win one of these games in Orlando.
This could go seven games and although the last one will be in Cleveland, anything can happen in one game.
The Cavs need to reduce their turnovers and make more open 3's if they are going to win in Orlando.
Surprisingly, their biggest win over the Magic was in Orlando in January by a 126-99 score. Garland, Mobley, and LeVert were out. The Cavs were on fire, shooting 56% overall and 53% on 3's. Sam Merrill was 8-for-13 on 3's and Dean Wade was 3-for-3. This was during that time when Garland and Mobley were out for 6-7 weeks so the Cavs went to Mitchell at point guard, Allen at center, and three shooters on the wings. They went 18-2 at one point, but they had Dean Wade.
The Cavs need to get Mitchell, Strus, and Niang hitting a higher percentage of their open 3's. Strus and Niang are an astonishing 2-for-18 on 3's. Mitchell is 5-for-18. It's scary to think how good the Cavs could be if these three guys start hitting 3's at their regular season averages. The three of them are under 20% from deep - incredible.
As well as Allen and Mobley have been playing the Cavs would be dominating if they cut their turnovers down from 17 and 15 to around 12 and raised their 3-point percentage from 29% to around 35%.
Mitchell is right - the Cavs have some things they need to clean up if they're going to win one of these games in Orlando.
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