Game Thread | 2020-21 Season | Game #60 | Cavs @ Wizards | April 25, 2021

[Futuredome]

Garland pissed, feels he got fouled.

Kneel before Beal

 

[Rich]

Good loss.

Garland is improving and playing through bad stretches more regularly.


Allen looked like a monster tonight.


And they still lost.

 

[ytowncavs]

Are the Cavs really going to give Allen a max contract next year?

 

[Futuredome]

Young kids didn't get the job done late.

 

[OptimusPrime]

In a rare good night, Osman did a good job replacing much of Sexton's production, but he gave them nothing down the stretch where Sexton is 2nd in the league in clutch FG%. Solid tank move to hold him out.

 

[PIP]

If they keep properly adding to this core they might become an 8th seed one day.

 

[hud11]

Love is worthless, slower than a snail and only 5 boards?

Garlands legs were likely gone at the end missed a couple of his go to shots, I really like the way he is playing, showing a lot. Amazing that they were In This game with that love performance no Sexton and cedi as 3rd best player. I’ll take losses like these anyway vs those 30 pt blowouts of Feb/March.

 

[Rich]

Love is worthless, slower than a snail and only 5 boards?

Garlands legs were likely gone at the end missed a couple of his go to shots, I really like the way he is playing, showing a lot. Amazing that they were In This game with that love performance no Sexton and cedi as 3rd best player. I’ll take losses like these anyway vs those 30 pt blowouts of Feb/March.

Love is rough.

He gives them something they lacked in that he's smart wit hteh ball and a good passer.

But I feel like you can find that while also getting someone who can still move around the court.

 

[dartandbeer]

Time for delly to retire and for rodzilla to be banned

 

[Rodzilla]

Cavs are gonna be 4-6 w/o Sexton now.

Delly was -11 tonight.


What do these numbers now mean in your world?

And whatdid I tell you about 5-6 games ago? That teams had figured out how to play when Delly comes in now and to check back with me in about two weeks on what his +/- looked like.


How's that going for you?

those numbers mean that the team is better without sexton because 4-6 is better than 17-33

the +/- challenge is going fine for me, it was -1, 0, -2 up until today, -11 was an unlucky -11 because of all the referee assistance and our inability to secure the ball, but its still normal on this team and looks better than the -113 in 5 games that sexton delivered earlier in the season

its funny how all the pre delly stuff this season is ignored and now people want to act like delly is the problem all along, if this is about repudiating me then stop it and accept delly into your lives

 

[Rodzilla]

this situation reminds me of when i had erection problems a few years ago because i had an ugly girlfriend, she blamed me for it and recommended that i get some pills but i couldn't explain that she was the problem because im too nice

the problem is the cavs and delly is the victim

 

[RchfldCavRaised]

this situation reminds me of when i had erection problems a few years ago because i had an ugly girlfriend, she blamed me for it and recommended that i get some pills but i couldn't explain that she was the problem because im too nice

the problem is the cavs and delly is the victim

You ever have that problem again...

 

[The Oi]

this situation reminds me of when i had erection problems a few years ago because i had an ugly girlfriend, she blamed me for it and recommended that i get some pills but i couldn't explain that she was the problem because im too nice

the problem is the cavs and delly is the victim

The solution is marriage. Hope you followed through.

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

It was 108-108 with 2:45 to go when the Cavs collapsed and were outscored 11-2 the rest of the way. Westbrook and Beal took over at crunch time while Garland missed two layup/floaters in a row and then committed a turnover. But he played 40 minutes so he was running on fumes at the end.

I'd agree it was a good loss. They were right there until the final two minutes. Allen had a monster game with 27 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 offensive boards, not to mention 3 blocks, 2 steals, and several altered shots that were missed. Great game by him on both ends. By the way, he's hitting 84.7% of his free throws in April. Huge improvement.

The Wizards' bench destroyed the Cavs' bench 51-14. We have no scorers coming off the bench whatsoever, just a bunch of hard-nosed defenders. Wade, Stevens, and Thomas were scoreless in 15 minutes of combined action. Nance had 5 points in 23 minutes. We really needed Prince tonight. Sexton would have helped, too. But Washington was missing three starters.

The Cavs had 19 turnovers to 10 for Washington, giving the Wizards 11 more shots. The Wizards also had 10 offensive rebounds. It wasn't Westbrook and Beal that beat us, it was our lack of a bench, turnovers, and allowing too many offensive rebounds.

Daniel Gafford came up big for the Wizards with 12 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals, and 4 blocks off the bench. The 22-year-old was a second round pick in 2019. Just goes to show how those second round picks have value.

Nice to see Cedi play well in a spot start with 19 points and 5 assists.

Nobody is beating the Wizards right now except Phoenix. But at least the Cavs gave them a run for their money and were tied with under three minutes to go. But now they have to fly to Florida and play Toronto tomorrow.

 

[Dr No]

It was 108-108 with 2:45 to go when the Cavs collapsed and were outscored 11-2 the rest of the way. Westbrook and Beal took over at crunch time while Garland missed two layup/floaters in a row and then committed a turnover. But he played 40 minutes so he was running on fumes at the end.

I'd agree it was a good loss. They were right there until the final two minutes. Allen had a monster game with 27 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 offensive boards, not to mention 3 blocks, 2 steals, and several altered shots that were missed. Great game by him on both ends. By the way, he's hitting 84.7% of his free throws in April. Huge improvement.

The Wizards' bench destroyed the Cavs' bench 51-14. We have no scorers coming off the bench whatsoever, just a bunch of hard-nosed defenders. Wade, Stevens, and Thomas were scoreless in 15 minutes of combined action. Nance had 5 points in 23 minutes. We really needed Prince tonight. Sexton would have helped, too. But Washington was missing three starters.

The Cavs had 19 turnovers to 10 for Washington, giving the Wizards 11 more shots. The Wizards also had 10 offensive rebounds. It wasn't Westbrook and Beal that beat us, it was our lack of a bench, turnovers, and allowing too many offensive rebounds.

Daniel Gafford came up big for the Wizards with 12 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals, and 4 blocks off the bench. The 22-year-old was a second round pick in 2019. Just goes to show how those second round picks have value.

Nice to see Cedi play well in a spot start with 19 points and 5 assists.

Nobody is beating the Wizards right now except Phoenix. But at least the Cavs gave them a run for their money and were tied with under three minutes to go. But now they have to fly to Florida and play Toronto tomorrow.

2 games in a row we could have won, but we just can’t get stops when we need them.