Game 57|Cavaliers @ Orlando|February 21, 2010|1:00 EST

[xAusT1n]

If I see Lebron throw up another 3 when we are down by 3 or more with 30 seconds left imma fucking slash my wrists and sell my butthole.

so fucking annoying...

 

[cavsguy13]

Look Mo sucked. Delonte was pretty bad. Parker was crappy too. That hurts. But Lebron is the superstar. Sadly he didnt have much to offer in the 4th qrt today. It happens. We did improve though. Still have a 5 game lead in the East. All you can ask is for improvement. We improved today compared to the Denver and Charlotte games.

 

[Andrew]

This was a shitty way to start my day, fuck.

 

[SteelSmack]

But but but LeBron lost the game.


Our guards sucking and bad foul calls and general bad refereeing cost us the game. We should beat the Magic if we face them in the playoffs. They don't scare me like last year.

Who wanted a SG at the deadline? Fatal mistake not getting someone...

 

[I.K.W.T]

I am scared, even though lebron may not be focused, we need another option to step up, it's been our damn problem forever, and he will leave if someone doesn't step up.

 

[nime]

When Mo gets healthy and Z gets back. Orl is going to have a hard time beating the Cavs.

Mo, Parker, LBJ, Jamison, Shaq

West, Moon, AV, Z is going to rock any 9 man rotation in this league.

 

[-Akronite-]

People blaming LeBron need to be more vocal. I'm doing my best to blame Mike Brown but you guys should speak up too.

LBJ is a great player in the first 40 minutes of the game. He's one of if not the best defensive player in the last 8 minutes of a game. But he is the dumbest piece of shit when it comes to crunch-time offense. Things start working when we move the ball and take smart shots, and he just throws that out the window because crunch-time is "superstar spotlight" time.

I'm amazed at how often basketball minds talk up LeBron as if he has the highest bball IQ in the league. For most of the game this may be true, but when it counts (or the 30 seconds after he hits ONE three) his brain becomes a brick.

 

[Obawan12]

It's funny how AP is our 10th best player (at best) and he is starting.

Players I would rather have starting:

Delonte
Moon
Jawad
Possibly Gibson, it's debatable.
Maybe even Danny Green, he hasn't proven that he sucks yet.

Ah well, the Magic couldn't have played any better. I actually feel a lot better about the match-up now that I know Antawn can torch Rashard. Oh, and I forgot to mention the refs actually listening to Howard's complaints and refusing to call a foul on him in the 2nd half.

Hopefully AJ becomes a full-time starter by next game.

 

[wuck]

Hated how they fell apart at the end, but the Cavs are going to be much stronger once the playoffs roll around, once Jamison is comfortable, Mo/Delonte are healthy, and Z is back. Oh, and when they start playing defense consistently.

They made it easier to glimpe their potential in the 2nd half. Lots of weapons. Just have to get it together again.

 

[imshakheisshaq]

Don't know if this is sarcasm or not, but Mo Williams and Mike Brown's rotations lost this game. Not to mentioned a handful of miscalls on Dwight Howard. If Dwight got the correct calls every game, he'd foul out by halftime to be honest.

But this game didn't come down to the officials. Mo Williams is still in Charlotte, and the Magic's defense limited us completely from getting it going from outside.

When we win... everyone says Bron won it (seemingly by himself). When we lose (Lebron made 1 3 and didn't hit another yet kept taking them... especially late in this game and against the Cats!) no one wants to give him his just blame! He didn't lose it alone but he sure had a huge hand in it in the 4th!!! All he had to do was drive or pass... no, a fade-away 3 is the easier shot!! Our players (besides Bron (some) and Shaq) missed a lot of shots I agree... so did the magic players!! I bet Bron will say the 3s went down and back out (like he did last game), if you aren't hitting in a crucial time you still take them? I forgot Bron stepped out of bounds.

 

[markketch]

Mo Williams - 1/9 (first and only FG in the 4th quarter)

Anthony Parker - 1/4 (first and only FG in the 4th quarter)


The refs may have blown some calls, but the Cavs lost this game because of the continued ineptitude at the starting guard positions.

 

[-Akronite-]

If Mr. Potatohead can figure out how to use the immense amount of talent we have on this team, we'll win the championship. As of right now I'm not liking our chances.

 

[KIisKing]

I dont understand why you sign a guy in the off-season for the specific purpose of helping guard athletic big men and you dont use him. Ferry should be on Mikes ass right now telling him you better start using Moon.

 

[Showmeyourbolt]

Look Mo sucked. Delonte was pretty bad. Parker was crappy too. That hurts. But Lebron is the superstar. Sadly he didnt have much to offer in the 4th qrt today. It happens. We did improve though. Still have a 5 game lead in the East. All you can ask is for improvement. We improved today compared to the Denver and Charlotte games.

I agree. This team needs to be playing its best basketball going into the playoffs, and if that means some struggles right now, then so be it. We went from Jamison coming off of the bench to start the game, to him playing with the starters after half time.

 

[kriegs]

magic went unconscious from the field in the last minutes, not much you can do about that but contest the shots, which we did...kudos to Orlando