ROUND 2 GAME 3 | CAVS (1-1) @ BULLS (1-1) | MAY 8TH, 2015 | 8:00 PM ET

[RedBlackAttack]

We deserved to lose, but I've rewatched four times, it was somewhere between 5.5 and 6 seconds on that last inbounds pass...but no ref in the nba has the guts to make that call.

I was waiting for the whistle. Rose had time to start under the basket, sprint the baseline and to the short corner, call for the ball, not get it, sprint to the wing and then to center court before he actually received the inbounds pass. I only saw it the once, but it sure seemed like a long time to me.

 

[Tlyons]

I'll let these idiotic posts subside

 

[Walter White]

On the bright side, at least JR was clutch.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

LeBron and Kyrie shot like shit and we still almost won, guys.

We're still in this thing.

Kyrie's going to CONTINUE shoot like shit (and not be able to play D), as long as he's hurt. And he's not getting any better. And LeBron is worn out and careless with the ball. And Shump's groin still hurts. So, basically, we need one of JR, TT, Mozzy, and JJ to pick up the slack and score 40.

 

[Cavsfan1985]

A lot of you need to act like we have been here. Losses are not the end of the world till it knocks you out. This is the series we thought, 2 every matched teams with Love out.

 

[Tlyons]

Yeah. Remember, James said he will never have zero assists again. Ouch

Joined Saturday

 

[I'mWithDan]

Just have to move on.

Rose sucks and banked in a 26 footer with TT all over him. There's just no defense for that.

Sometimes luck just seems to work against you. Plenty of basketball to play but the basketball Gods seem to be telling us this is not our year.

 

[Rick Astley]

We deserved to lose, but I've rewatched four times, it was somewhere between 5.5 and 6 seconds on that last inbounds pass...but no ref in the nba has the guts to make that call.

Let's just say that's true, you're still correct. It's never gonna get called against Chicago. It's never gonna get called in Chicago. This kind of homecourt advantage thing has never favored LeBron in a long, long time already.

 

[godfather]

Just really hope Kyrie is okay. If he is still confident we are winning this series. If he's not, I still give us a shot but it's going to be very very tough. Going to be tough no matter what, was always going to be.

I know LeBron played bad, but I know he tends to respond in dramatic fashion after bad games too. In James I Trust.

 

[Taiter]

I'm not that concerned yet. I think Lebron will respond and the Cavs will take game 4.

If they don't the series is over. My main concern w/their chances to win game 4 is the injury situation w/Kyrie and, to a lesser extent, Shump.

 

[ssopata]

[emoji24][emoji24] you mad. I've been supporting the cavs since 09 so you can take your bum ass somewhere else.

I've been supporting them since'75. GTFO!

 

[luffyq1]

Joined Saturday

Your point?

 

[Rich]

[emoji24][emoji24] you mad. I've been supporting the cavs since 09 so you can take your bum ass somewhere else.

"Supporting."

I've seen you write more positive things about the embarrassing franchise that is the Sacramento Kings than I've ever seen you write about the Cavs.

And there's your avatar, to boot.

Great fucking support.

 

[RedBlackAttack]

It's like certain posters expect the Cavs to win every game and do so by a margin of 10+.

It's the playoffs when you have key injuries and you're up against veteran playoff team like the bulls you aren't going to win series 4-0 or 4-1.

This was a crusher. I don't want to get too down, but any time your playoff hopes essentially ride on winning in Chicago 40 hours after a game like that... this one felt like a borderline playoff-life-taker.

It's going to be really hard to just bounce back in Game 4, especially with LeBron's energy output tonight on both ends, the number of minutes he played, Kyrie really struggling with his hip/ankle and Shump also not close to 100%. I like the positivity though. I'm certainly not going to be the one supplying it tonight.

 

[Tlyons]

I'm more concerned with Kyrie then one game. You know since Kyrie being hurt is the reason we lost. You have and are about to see just how valuable a healthy Kyrie is to this team.

This sucks so fucking bad.

Here's hoping for a miracle regarding his hip.