Game Thread | 2020-21 Season | Game #55 | Warriors @ Cavs | April 15, 2021

[OptimusPrime]

The argument is going to be that the ball wasn't moving as well as it did the previous two games, and Sexton was back for this one, so it must be his fault. That's partially true in the aspect that if he gets the ball in position to score, he is going to score, where the games without him, the ball has to move by default until someone who isn't going to shoot 10-19 from the floor finally nuts up and takes a shot.

It's also misleading because the ball wasn't moving when he was off the ball or when he wasn't even in the game. You had Dellavedova pounding the ball late in the shot clock last night, which is definitely not what he should be doing. They're playing a Steve Kerr coached defense as opposed to the Hornets who might as well be tanking, and the Cavs don't exactly have Red Auerbach on their bench. There are many unseen factors into what happened last night, all of which had more bearing on the outcome than 'Sexton is back, he hogs the ball'.

 

[Lee]

Raw box +/- is not an advanced stat. BPM on basketball-reference.com is an advanced stat. Collin was 5.2 and Prince 4.3 - the only positive values on the team among those who played more than 2 minutes.

The reason he had a low raw +/- was that he played with the bench which was awful except for Prince (on offense).

Collin had 30 points on 19 shots, four boards, two assists and ZERO turnovers but the raw box +/- which is an awful stat was unfavorable for him so the haters are latching on to that. Whatever.

Obviously he’ll never be a defensive all-star but he brings elite scoring and make clutch buckets. The problem is that most of the rest of the team didn’t do shit.

I am actually not a Sexton hater, but i do recognize he isnt anywhere close to a pg, he is a scorer, an efficient one, he has ridiculous speed with the ball. Sexton needs a vet pg to play with, to learn from, so he can learn better offensive flow.

I am not of belief he is a bench player though, i know scorer from the bench seems a perfect fit, but he is way to efficient of a scorer for that imo.

 

[daytripper]

The Cavs basically played a G league roster the other night against the Hornets. Curry, Green and the Warriors have played together for years and are trying to make the playoffs..that's what happened. Add in the fact that the Cavs starting lineup last night had never played together and it's a recipe for disaster esp with all our guys coming back from injury.