Category: Cleveland Cavaliers (Page 57 of 88)

This is not good.
Playing a combined 182 minutes on the three-game trip to Seattle, Los Angeles Clippers and Sacramento, Drew Gooden and Zydrunas Ilgauskas recorded one assist. Gooden got it…
How on earth does that happen? The Cavs have a good record, are 7-1 at home, but really, with stuff like this going on, they are underachieving. By a bunch.

A road win at the tail end of a west coast swing? Off the schnide!!! Definitely qualifies. Lebron and Hughes combining for 54 of the 102 points…is that a good thing? Bench only scored 11. Damon Jones and Donyell Marshall seem to be in a simultaneous slump…combined 1-9 from 3pt land. But yes, I do think the Cavs are no longer on the schnide, which is good, as 5 of their next 6 games are at home, should help keep them off of it.

This isn’t the Sacramento team we’ve been used to, at least not right now. They’ve lost 3 in a row, are 7-10 overall, and only 6-5 at home. Cavs have had a couple nights off, a win tonight would salvage something positive from a pretty terrible west coast swing so far.

Two losses in a row, both on the road, with Sacramento coming up. We could go 0-3 on the road trip.

When the Cavs lose, here’s what happens. The opponent comes out of the locker room in the 1st quarter firing away. If they’re shooting hot, they take a big lead early. If they’re not shooting hot, they exploit the Cavs weak interior defense, and still build a big lead. Cavs stabilize too late, end up losing. That’s the book on the Cavs. That means it’s a defensive problem from the tip-off.