Game Thread 2019-20 Season Game #10 | Cleveland Cavaliers @ Philadelphia 76ers | Nov 12th, 2019

[hud11]

no idea what TT was doing there, garland was wide open and then he shot a 40 footer with 4 seconds on the clock. he's been great all year and in this game, but WTF.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

Between Garland, Sexton, and Clarkson only one of them can actually run an offense in any situation. Sexton and Clarkson cannot be depended on to run something. They'll try to score first.

Delly.

 

[inliner311]

I don't think we went away from him. We just lacked a leader on the court who could settle the game down and put everyone where they needed to be. Who was running the offense the last 3 minutes?

I didn't agree with taking out Garland for Clarkson. Get an open shot for Sexton should have been the play down the stretch. Garland probably had the best chance to make that happen.

 

[redscoon]

This team is a defensive big and a scoring wing away from being really intriguing. Keep hoping Cedi will step forward and make a claim at the latter, but it doesn't seem to be happening.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

Man, I didn’t think I would be so UPSET about that loss, but I’m bummed...

 

[Los216]

This team is a defensive big and a scoring wing away from being really intriguing. Keep hoping Cedi will step forward and make a claim at the latter, but it doesn't seem to be happening.

It won't

 

[benchplayer]

This team is a defensive big and a scoring wing away from being really intriguing. Keep hoping Cedi will step forward and make a claim at the latter, but it doesn't seem to be happening.

hopefully, Windler or Porter grow into that role

 

[inliner311]

This team is a defensive big and a scoring wing away from being really intriguing. Keep hoping Cedi will step forward and make a claim at the latter, but it doesn't seem to be happening.

Cedi's handles aren't good enough to be a scoring wing. I've said this in the past but his development was all off by Lue not playing him meaningful minutes his rookie season. The light went on too late last season and we had too many ball handlers once it did.

If we clear out some of the vets by the deadline, they need take the lumps of Cedi handling the ball so he can tighten up his dribbling. Let him run the second unit and force him to work on his handles. It will be ugly but it's the only way he can go to the next level.

 

[Rich]

hopefully, Windler or Porter grow into that role

I hate pegging a player this early but that Porter shot is so broken that I can't ever foresee him becoming a scoring wing.

 

[bboy]

This team is a defensive big and a scoring wing away from being really intriguing. Keep hoping Cedi will step forward and make a claim at the latter, but it doesn't seem to be happening.

Cedi is invisible most nights...I agree...thought he could be a difference maker but seems to be just a bench player

 

[bob2the2nd]

Fight to the end... all I ask.

Well? Good enough?

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

Sexton was ripping them up and they go away from it when it matters most. Have to question those last few posessions.

Did you watch the postgame interviews of Clarkson and Sexton?

1) Clarkson is asked who on the team is the best person to take a late 3 point shot. He first says Love, then adds himself to that. He then spends a few moments thinking it over and says "yeah, either me or Kevin." Now the thing is that Sexton is actually a better three point shooter than either of those guys, and it's not even remotely close between Sexton and Clarkson himself. Last year, Sexton shot .402 from three, and Clarkson shot a lousy .324. This year, Sexton is shooting .422, and Clarkson is at .298. There's no way Clarkson isn't aware of those numbers, but he very clearly thought about the question and didn't even mention Sexton. Even though he's probably the best three point shooter on the team. Obviously not a lot of respect there.

2) They then show an interview of Sexton, who is asked what went wrong in the last few minutes. He says that they got away from their offensive gameplan late, and just stopped running the sets that had worked. Of course, that coincindes with Clarkson getting out back in the game with Sexton. And for those of us who believe that the offense doesn't seem to run right when Clarkson is in there because he's just freelancing...Sexton may agree with that.

 

[Rodzilla]

I didn't watch the game but the box score indicates that the delly unit turned the game around 70-77 to 89-86 and then the reward is delly is removed from the game, this is using and abusing the delly

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

This was our chance to steal a win in Philly thanks to Horford resting plus the Sixers having an awful shooting game from deep. They were 8-for-38 on 3's. But the Cavs choked at the end and came up a point short.

Thompson lost his matchup with Embiid but no shame there. Embiid is a monster; 27 points, 16 boards, 4 assists, and a 2 blocks. He was 3-for-5 from deep and he made the winning basket.

Ben Simmons was questionable but played 35 minutes with a line of 15/5/6 with 2 steals and 2 blocks. He does a little of everything.

Too bad Love missed that open 3 at the end but it shouldn't have come down to that shot. The Cavs choked in the last two minutes, giving up two offensive rebounds on the same possession that led to a basket, a jump ball off a defensive board, and committed two turnovers, all in the last 2:28 as they blew a 5-point lead.

Sexton dribbled into heavy traffic and turned it over and Clarkson dribbled too long and ended up with a shot clock violation. They also screwed up an inbounds pass that resulted in TT dribbling around in the backcourt until launching a wild 3-pointer as the shot clock expired.

In the end it was a respectable loss and a good experience in playing late and close games on the road. Hopefully it doesn't all fall apart next time like it did tonight.

Sexton and Clarkson had good games offensively. The Cavs limited the Sixers to 98 points, but part of that was just bad 3-point shooting. Tobias Harris was 0-for-11 from downtown. TT made him look bad as he doubled his career 3-pointers made.

The Sixers came in averaging 111.0 ppg so the Cavs held them to 13 points under their average, the third consecutive game the Cavs have held their opponent to 13 or more below average.

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

I didn't watch the game but the box score indicates that the delly unit turned the game around 70-77 to 89-86 and then the reward is delly is removed from the game, this is using and abusing the delly

Delly was +3 for the game - high on the team. It was a wierd game; every Cavalier was between -2 and +3.