Round 1 Game 3 | Cavs @ Pacers | April 20, 2018 | 7:00 EST

[godfather]

Kyrie is no longer here, guys. I've been one of the guilty to bring this shit up a lot too, but time to let it go. What is done, is done.

 

[The Red Viper]

Team will be much worse if LeBron leaves but this board will be much better. Can’t wait for all the dickriders to evacuate.

I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU, @NorthCoastBias !

 

[Cavs Need To Win]

This was the game to win. Up 17 at half. This was the game the Cavaliers needed to win and they blew it. I think the Cavs are going to lose this series.

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

Tough to do anything when the guy who runs the offense passes the ball to the other team more than he does to you. Which is what happened in the 2nd half.

Same can be said for alot of our other guys.I expect Love however to be better in other areas. His impact needs to be better...I expect more out of him, as should all of you regardless of the circumstances. It's tough for me to watch him not contest, not run back on defense and consistently grimace in pain like that...his body language has been terrible.

 

[Jake]

What players are really worth keeping on this team?

Presuming LBJ is gone, it depends on our objectives. Some guys who are weak now may play better without the LBJ factor and/or huge expectations. I'd keep Nance, Cedi and Zizic, our pick, maybe Caldron, Hood and/ or Clarkson. idk. It'll be a whole different agenda next year post LBJ, if he leaves that is.

 

[Jstock12]

Lebron must score 40+ next game.He done this ton of times, but not sure he is motivated to do it.

We wont win any game Lebron scores less then 40.

LeBron has to have historic games of epic proportions to squeak out wins against Indiana. That's just not going to work if you want to win the title.

 

[Certo17]

Rest of the team (outside of Lebron) shot 6-25 from 3. You cannot win with that in the modern NBA. We bet the farm on the new guys being playoff-level shot makers and they just aren't.

I feel like if we had even Channing Frye to pass to we would have won this game, let alone Kyrie

I really miss Frye.. no doubt he would have helped big time this series.. no doubt

 

[David.]

Rest of the team (outside of Lebron) shot 6-25 from 3. You cannot win with that in the modern NBA. We bet the farm on the new guys being playoff-level shot makers and they just aren't.

I feel like if we had even Channing Frye to pass to we would have won this game, let alone Kyrie

Frye has always been huge for us in the playoffs.

I had a feeling losing him was going to end up hurting.

 

[kookoo]

And Love was 3-5. So 3-20 for everyone else. That's just awful.

In the second half of this game, we were 5-22 after going 5-10... 3 came within the last two minutes and one was kind of a prayer.

Every time we start with good ball movement, we end up throwing up garbage 3s when things get tough.

 

[melecoaze]

Same can be said for alot of our other guys.I expect Love however to be better in other areas. His impact needs to be better...I expect more out of him, as should all of you regardless of the circumstances. It's tough for me to watch him not contest, not run back on defense and consistently grimace in pain like that...his body language has been terrible.

Exactly. Kevin Love shouldn't need LeBron James to play well to impact the game. He's a fucking all-star that's supposed to be a #2 option for fuck's sake.

 

[SteelSmack]

Love had 16 points in the first half. Took his first shot in the 2nd half with 2:50 left in the game. Who decided the offense we ran the second half? Because whomever it was is fully responsible for this loss. Can't get 2 shots for your 2nd best player in a half after he's had a solid first half shooting. Awful.

 

[CosmoKramer]

God damn Cavs just kicked me in the balls with that 2nd half

 

[wremy]

Same can be said for alot of our other guys.I expect Love however to be better in other areas. His impact needs to be better...I expect more out of him, as should all of you regardless of the circumstances. It's tough for me to watch him not contest, not run back on defense and consistently grimace in pain like that...his body language has been terrible.

Love had a great first half then only touced the ball two times both three-pointers one he literally had to get a rebound just to get a shot up because LeBron pounded the ball into the f****** ground the entire second half either took terrible jumpers with slow ass white dudes guarding him, picked up his dribble not knowing where he was even going with the ball, turned it over, or passed it to somebody standing at the three-point line with 2 seconds left on the f****** shot clock his second-half performance was f****** atrocious. We needed first quarter game 2 LeBron tonight in the third quarter to put this b**** away before the 4th even started and instead we got first quarter game 1 LeBron and now we're down 2-1 and it's largely his fault tonight... People can look at his numbers but we all know you watch the game he had absolutely no Killer Instinct the entire second half. He didn't drive to the basket more than 3 or 4 times the whole half looking to score

 

[HenryMuto]

LeBron has never played a game 7 at home when with the Cavs. At this point this will need to fight hard to just get to that game 7 to have that chance.

Maybe this will be like Chicago 2015 when Rose hit the buzzer beater to win game 3 and Cavs won 4-6.

 

[Witnesses_Again]

Why would Lebron spend energy having to score 40 just to win in the first round?

Yeah season is over bron is gone and Cavs will be in tank mode

 

[Frank Reynolds]

Sure he is to a degree. But after all is said and done and his and LeBrons places in history are distinct, he'll look like the sap he is, with one championship, the one he won in Cleveland cus of LeBron.

No he's actually part of a REAL FRANCHISE. I don't even blame Kyrie. This franchise itself is a fucking clown show. They are lucky as FUCK that LeBron saved them.

Irving's new team has the assets to actually get someone like Anthony Davis to add to their already ridiculous young core.

Irving saw what a complete fucking jackoff Ty Lue is as a coach and said no thank you.

Irving is going to come out looking like the smart one, he saw this fucking coming.

He got away from the complete and utter fuck show known as the Dan/LeBron/Ty Lue trio of horror.

There was zero promise for a better future here. It was going to be old team/cap strapped/ uncertainty around James.....

Why waste a year on a dead season? He's already planted his roots in Boston for one season, and has tasted the promise of playing on a young team with future assets, competent leadership and a culture/history of stability and winning.

Kyrie made one of the boldest moves, but it's going to work in his favor, and James is going to head somewhere else.