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GAME 68 Cleveland Cavaliers @ Portland Trailblazers March 15th 2018 10pm tip

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Jontibs said:
No, will not be a threat in the playoffs against Houston/GSW, might take a game on a hot shooting night but no hope for more. Would not be shocked if a Utah/NO eliminated them in the first round.
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they're tough to beat at home...
 
Pioneer10 said:
Why don't we try to George Hill going more is wierd. The dude can ball
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Only so much usage to go around.

Between LeBron, Clarkson, Love, and Green handling the ball and guys like Korver getting their handful of shots per game...I’m expecting Hood and Hill to remain pretty thin statistically.
 
Way too many injuries, a horrible coach, and an absolute superstar trying to do too much at times. Yeah, he struggled at the line and missed a layup but he's 34 yrs old! Most 34 yr olds look like their feet are nailed to the floor. Lots of ragging on LeBron but c'mon, the guy is flat out amazing. You all will be riding him again during the playoffs.
 
Jontibs said:
Quite promising that in these last few minutes that the offense has sharpened up, ball movement and choice of options has been great. In contract the Blazers stopped doing what was working for them.
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Anyone saying this team lacks the ABILITY is on crack.

This team is fine. We have plenty of talent to make the finals and get lucky with an injury.... team fits well enough....


They just don't have the desire/passion/will to try hard for the whole game on March 15th in Portland with a perfectly built-in injury excuse.

They basically played lazy the whole game to give themselves a chance to steal it at the end, and thats exactly how it played out....but they could have easily decided they wanted to focus in and control the game from the jump...but they didn't. LeBron wanted to put on an offensive circus show and try to win 120-117.

Cavs got exactly what they asked for tonight.

Its just frustrating to put so much time into them when they, lead by LBJ, dont care about most games. They'll be perfectly content with the 4/5/6 seed and go to the finals and for that I still will watch everything but I'm big on enjoying the journey and this journey fucking sucks ass.
 
bboy said:
Some more astute coaching and we may have won this...Lue is way too stubbrn ...improvise my man
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He doesn't have to improvise, All this idiot has to do is know the personnel he has on this team. Jeff green getting three-point shots like he's klay thompson lol
 
Seriously where is this Portland not being good coming from? I think there around top 10 offensively and defensively this year. It was a winnable game if the Cavs gave consistent effort. Im ready to see this team healthy.
 
fromwaydowntown said:
Way too many injuries, a horrible coach, and an absolute superstar trying to do too much at times. Yeah, he struggled at the line and missed a layup but he's 34 yrs old! Most 34 yr olds look like their feet are nailed to the floor. Lots of ragging on LeBron but c'mon, the guy is flat out amazing. You all will be riding him again during the playoffs.
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Hey LeBron missed a bunny late in minute 40, it happens. I only mentioned that just to show how little margin for error you give yourself when you dont give a fuck until the 5 minute mark down double digits..

the FT's were annoying but it's something you live with with Bron....

My 3 biggest gripes with him tonight were the 6 turnovers, the lack of boxing out, and the lack of rotating consistently and contesting shots. Basically his 3 biggest problems all season.
 
To echo boobie a bit, I truly believe LeBron is in the showman era of his career. Especially on the road. He’s on a mission to make an impression on every soul who sits in that arena. If that means sacrificing defense, throwing the ball away, etc, he’ll do it. Because he can flip the switch still when the games matter. Look no further than his “King of NY” IG posts. He has nothing left to prove. Circus is right. And it’s fun. I just hope we won more.
 
InBoobieWeTrust said:
Anyone saying this team lacks the ABILITY is on crack.

This team is fine. We have plenty of talent to make the finals and get lucky with an injury.... team fits well enough....


They just don't have the desire/passion/will to try hard for the whole game on March 15th in Portland with a perfectly built-in injury excuse.

They basically played lazy the whole game to give themselves a chance to steal it at the end, and thats exactly how it played out....but they could have easily decided they wanted to focus in and control the game from the jump...but they didn't. LeBron wanted to put on an offensive circus show and try to win 120-117.

Cavs got exactly what they asked for tonight.

Its just frustrating to put so much time into them when they, lead by LBJ, dont care about most games. They'll be perfectly content with the 4/5/6 seed and go to the finals and for that I still will watch everything but I'm big on enjoying the journey and this journey fucking sucks ass.
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It has been such a strange and disrupted season, optimism to despair to optimism to despair. Just concerned that this group will not have had enough time to gel by the time the playoffs come around. These injuries do not help this process and have created even more of a reliance on LBJ offensively. Not what was needed, required some of these new players to define a role outside of LBJ so come the post-season you are not having to play him 44 mins a night.

Somewhat concerned that they might be playing the Celtics or Raptors in the first round the way this is heading. Will probably take Kev a few games to get back up to speed, basically coming back into an entirely new team.
 
Might as well wait til the playoffs to watch them. It's too frustrating in the regular season. They are no fun to watch anymore (for now)
 
InBoobieWeTrust said:
Anyone saying this team lacks the ABILITY is on crack.

This team is fine. We have plenty of talent to make the finals and get lucky with an injury.... team fits well enough....


They just don't have the desire/passion/will to try hard for the whole game on March 15th in Portland with a perfectly built-in injury excuse.

They basically played lazy the whole game to give themselves a chance to steal it at the end, and thats exactly how it played out....but they could have easily decided they wanted to focus in and control the game from the jump...but they didn't. LeBron wanted to put on an offensive circus show and try to win 120-117.

Cavs got exactly what they asked for tonight.

Its just frustrating to put so much time into them when they, lead by LBJ, dont care about most games. They'll be perfectly content with the 4/5/6 seed and go to the finals and for that I still will watch everything but I'm big on enjoying the journey and this journey fucking sucks ass.
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That's a coaching problem right there, other nba coaches would start benching people for that.
 
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