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Game Thread 2018-19 Season Game #30 | Cleveland Cavaliers v Philadelphia 76ers | December 16th, 2018

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macbdog said:
Its kind of hilarious how the 76ers have no real answer for Jordan Clarkson of all players...
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Oh well, spoke too soon, Sixers finally started to 'slow' him down after him torching them for the last game and half. Back to the Jordan we know and loathe...
 
Well, that was a good game for Cedi at least ( free throws notwithstanding)? I still think that when he's having a good shooting night like tonight we should give him more to do.
 
20 assists from the bench and 8 from the starters

i have a feeling thats why the starters were all about -20 to -30
 
thunder_down_under said:
That’s because most of our starters are not NBA level starters...just sayin’
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Pretty much. Today we started 3 kids with very little NBA experience (Zizic, Cedi, Sexton) and the 2 Utah guys.
I'm all for keeping the pick but was hoping to have a better atmosphere for developing the kids this season. Obviously that isn't happening..
 
thunder_down_under said:
That’s because most of our starters are not NBA level starters...just sayin’
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If Zizic is going to play, he needs to get those rebounds. We desperately need them. He got pushed around again. He needs to get a lot stronger. His timing is off to be fair. He got thrown in the fire after not getting any minutes in some time.

Burks is not a starter. He looks much better off the bench. I also can't wait for Hood to be gone. The starting lineup is a mess. I'm not sure how to fix it. Cedi is playing out of position, Rodney is a major ball stopper, and Sexton is doing pretty well, but he desperately needs a guy like Tristan or Love out there. Spacing in the first unit is terrible. Not a lot of hope when you can't secure the possessions.

Bench has all the savvy guys right now. I would move Nance to the Starting lineup and have Zizic play with the more experienced guys off the bench. I think I would move Burks back to the bench in favor of Nwaba too. Nwaba needs to be on the opposing best scorer.
 
We're going to be a mess until January when Love and, hopefully, TT come back. Good to book losses now because we will look different with those two at the 4-5 positions and Nance 3rd big off the bench.
 
It felt like a methodical-going game. Like the Sixers felt they could ramp it up at any time. And partially in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, they did ramp up the D. It looked closer than it really was at the end, but that's just the difference between the actual teams (Philly will have homecourt advantage in the first round, maybe the second round as well while Cleveland is scrapping to not be the worst in the league, while missing key players for the next month or so minimum).

I also felt that Coach Drew didn't put us in a position to succeed either. Not that it would've made a difference but there's a resistance in pairing certain players together (and no urgency in subbing players in). Real coaches that want that victory would probably make changes before half the quarter is finished...

For the players themselves, not a lot to say that hasn't been already said, but Clarkson and Sexton are way too similar in play styles to actually succeed on the court together (at least Sexton won't horde the ball for 16+ seconds on each possession). If anything, they should be subbed for the other and maybe have Delly share the court with both of them. Because damn, Delly can get anyone going, just he always did with Dion.

Our team is pretty fragile as is, but there's not much that will help, now that we know what we have. But for some reason, I enjoyed going to the game, even though it sucks to watch them lose.
 
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