Game 76 | Cavs @ Magic | April 3, 2009 | 8:00 PM (ET)

[Thunder]

I saw the first half and went to see Fast and Furious. This was freakin horrible. Orlando will woop us if we see them in the postseason.

 

[camakazee]

What the hell are you talking about? That is not even funny....

Darnell Jackson got banged up under the hoop after a play. He broke his wrist in the preseason. After the collision he reached at his wrist for the remaining two minutes in the game. It would help if you watched the game with attentive detail/knew the history of the Cavs. Either way, calling me out makes no difference.

P.S. Sorry if I'm not "even funny," Carrot Top should be in Cleveland shortly.

 

[Adam]

Well ladies and gentlemen it appears the time has arrived. Today is the nexus of the cavaliers regular season. Their flaws have been shown to them on national television and the tape will reveal complacency and lack of focus.

How this group react to this loss will define their playoff potential. I'm not hugely concerned about the cavs regular season record vs competitors (the spurs taught us that a few years ago). I am interested to see how Mike Brown goes about circling the wagons and if the team chemistry can stand the strain of losing and the pressure of the lakers.

If the cavs can bounce back and get their defense straight then i have a lot of confidence going into the playoffs. In a series game to game adjustments are the key.

 

[cuckooroller]

Laker fan here. Sometimes it surprises me how much the fora of the major contenders resemble each other when the team loses. Just exchange the names of the teams in the threads.

Personally, I figured this one for a Cav's loss just because a long win streak had just been stopped, and this usually means a letdown in the psychology of the team. However, don't sweat it, you guys are unbeatable at home, and San Antonio is not the team it once was especially on defense.

We are still in the dying dregs of a very long and exhausting regular season and every team has two or three bad losses in them, this was just one of yours. The final margin doesn't matter.

Before you guys start jumping off of bridges, you have to remember that every contending team has flaws this year. How would you guys, for example, like to trade your reserves, for the absolutely pitiful Laker reserves, especially what passes for our reserve back court?

So, you guys just keep the faith. After all, that is all that any fan of any contending team can do.

Hopefully, we will see each other in the Finals, but nothing is a lock. You guys have formidable teams to get through, notably Boston, and Orlando, and we have our nightmare teams as well, Portland and Utah match up well with us I feel.

 

[Dr. Gymbo]

Pretty crazy how a Laker fan offers up some sincere advice and makes more sense them 1/2 the people on here who claim to be Cavs fans.

~Jim

 

[04BlackPrez]

NO HOME COURT NO RING!! THAT SIMPLE

 

[Green Lantern]

This game was a disater..the Magic at the start looked like they were hoping to stay close..but when the Cavs started settling for jumpers and allowing them to camp out in the paint.it was over fast..this embarassing loss should wake them up...but I feel they are fatigued and lack emotion at this point..but if they want Home Court ..they did to bury some teams..

 

[glockcoma]

We just seem bored with the regular season. At least that's how it appears to me. We seem to be just sleepwalking through this last portion of the season. It's really frustrating.

 

[Mr2400]

We are turning into the celtics of last year, I think. Athleticism in the front court kills us. Howard did his thing against us because we just can't match his athletic ability with Z, Ben, Andy, or any other big on our team. Against the Wizards, Haywood went for 10 rebounds and, if i remember correctly, they outrebounded us in both of our losses to them because of guys like Haywood, Jamison, etc.

 

[wuck]

We are turning into the celtics of last year, I think.

If you mean underachieving until the latter end of the playoffs and getting a ring, then I would be okay with the general comparison...