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Game Thread | Game #73 | Wizards @ Cavs | March 17, 2023

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Great to blow this team out even with crappy three point shooting. JBB’s emphasis on defense is paying off. Thrilled with LeVert’s play. Team has an identify.

JYD for Windler? Broke his 0/20 theee point streak. He’s now shooting 50% from three on the season.
 
Cavs with a solid, 23-point win. We were in control the whole game.
Washington WizardsCleveland Cavaliers
PTS94 117
REB44 45
AST22 31 << offense
STL5 9 << defense

BLK6 7
TO16 10 << good floor game--6 more possessions
FG%46.1 55.2
3P%34.8 21.1
FT%80.0 77.3

LINESCORES​

TEAMQ1Q2Q3Q4FINAL
WAS2420302094
CLE31302333117
TEAMPITPFB PTSBIG LDBPTSTREBTOVTTOVPOT
WAS48702961618
CLE78172640410121

Cleveland Cavaliers​

PLAYERMINFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%OREBDREBREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS+/-
Evan Mobley Headshot
Isaac Okoro
SF
26:112450.0010.0000.01341111245
Donovan Mitchell Headshot
Lamar Stevens
PF
21:114666.7010.01250.0134110019-7
Isaac Okoro Headshot
Evan Mobley
C
35:3181553.3000.04666.7178304232016
Darius Garland Headshot
Donovan Mitchell
SG
26:0171741.2060.06610024611022208
Lamar Stevens Headshot
Darius Garland
PG
37:09111957.91520.011100224900102421
Caris LeVert Headshot
Caris LeVert
26:286966.71333.322100044341121517
Ricky Rubio Headshot
Ricky Rubio
21:133475.0000.02366.712350001815
Cedi Osman Headshot
Cedi Osman
18:072366.711100000.003342013521
Mamadi Diakite Headshot
Mamadi Diakite
12:291520.0000.0000.01452012527
Dylan Windler Headshot
Dylan Windler
03:551110011100000.00000000033
Danny Green Headshot
Danny Green
03:551250.0010.0000.00000000023
Raul Neto Headshot
Raul Neto
03:5522100000.01250.00002000053
Dean Wade Headshot
Dean Wade
03:55000.0000.0000.00000000003
Robin Lopez Headshot
Robin Lopez
0.0000.0000.0000.00000000000
TOTALS 488755.241921.1172277.39324531971019117-
 
Individual scoring:

Starters:
Mobley 20-8-3 with 4 blocks in 35 minutes The 4 blocks understates his defensive impact. Players don't shoot against him.
Okoro 4-4-1 with a steal and a block in 26 minutes
Garland 24-4-9 in 37 minutes, 1 turnover 10-19 fg, 10-14 from 2.
Mitchell 20-6-1 with a steal in 26 minutes
Stevens 9-4-1 with a steal in 21 minutes

Bench: 40-15-16 in 26 minutes. Good bench minutes! Rubio helps a lot.
LeVert 15-4-3 with 4 steals and a block in 26 minutes. Outstanding JYD.
Diakite 2-5-2 with a block in 12 minutes. Good minutes.
Rubio 8-3-5 in 21 productive minutes
Osman 5-3-4 with 2 steals. Very aggressive defensively.
Neto 5-0-2 in 4 minutes.
Windler 3-0-0 in 4 minutes
Green 2-0-0 in 4 minutes
Wade 0-0-0 in 4 minutes
 
Great game. I guess height mismatches don't matter when the opponent flat out sucks. Porzingis is as inefficient as it gets, encouraging them to run the offense through him is a solid winning strategy. Kuzma was a no-show, Beal was clearly frustrated, Gafford played like a JAG.

Nice to see JBB give Diakite lots of run, I never would have guessed it but he must be showing out in practice judging by the way the other Cavs players were trusting him and giving him chances. If JBB is willing to use him I'd love to see him be the guy who takes some minutes to rest and relieve our front court.
 
Terrific all-around game on both ends; if not for Garland and Mitchell going 1-for-11 on 3's this would have been a 30-point win.

Rubio was a +15 in 21 minutes, LeVert a +17 in 26 and Cedi a +21 in 18 minutes. Great to see the bench stepping up with Allen out. Garland and Mobley were outstanding.

The Wizards are tall but very slow. I never thought I would see the Cavs win by 23 with only 4 three-pointers, but the Wizards defense in the paint was so bad the Cavs exploited them all night. Finally they gave up and switched to a zone and the Cavs shredded that as well.

Now they have three days to get ready for the BTB in Brooklyn.
 
JBB interview:
 
To no one's surprise LeVert got JYD:

 

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