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Well that's game, great coaching lue.
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kyrie's endless dribbling is costing us games.
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kyrie's endless dribbling is costing us games. There's a lot besides that. His shooting has kept it closer, but yeah it's a big part of it. Horrible coaching and rebounding and defense and shooting and did I mention coaching
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We keep taking really dumb shots. I've loved JR this year, but he was one of the worst offenders tonight.
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We keep taking really dumb shots. I've loved JR this year, but he was one of the worst offenders tonight. Everyone did, delly Jr. and shumpert taking shots they never make in a perfect world. Just stupidity running rampant and Lue did nothing
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we lost?! I went to bed and we were up like 15 ... smh
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“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
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And that my friends... is why I'm hesitant to tune into cav games. That's all I'll say about yesterday's game.
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Damn..........this part is revealing: Every lineup tweak meant to boost one area harms another. Two weeks from the playoffs, the Cavs are still learning fundamental things about themselves. "People try to identify what we are as a team," Boylan said last week, "and it's not even clear to us."
That internal struggle feels more urgent as two superteams without apparent weaknesses prepare to defeat you in the NBA Finals. It has created obvious turmoil, especially with James. He lashed out at teammates during a players-only meeting after the Cavs fired David Blatt in January, sources have told ESPN.com, and his social media droppings have been inscrutable.
The Cavs like to downplay that -- "It's hard enough to win without worrying about a damn Twitter," Lue said -- but officials across the organization have been nervously monitoring LeBron's on-court tantrums. "It's time for everyone to stop all the glaring and just compete," Lue said.
The organization is confident James won't leave again, but officials acknowledge it would be at least a slight possibility if Cleveland flames out. If he stays, James will have the clout to order another reconstruction. People who know James see a 31-year-old facing his basketball mortality -- watching a rival in Oakland seize the league and shorten James' championship window.
If LeBron thinks he's running out of time, this specific group of stars has two months left to prove it can win at the highest level. These Cavs should make the Finals, but can they do more?
Two connected issues have dogged the Cavs under Lue: The defense has regressed, and they are playing the wrong lineups. Cleveland won't defend like San Antonio and Golden State as long as Love and Irving get heavy minutes, but they will tighten up once the games matter. Their effort has waned, sometimes embarrassingly so, during a relentless stretch of games, and last season's playoff run is a reminder that these guys -- like any LeBron team -- hold another gear in reserve.
Hell, LeBron has loafed through stretches even while barking at Love and Irving every time they mess up.
The Cavs are scrapping the game-by-game adjustments that left help defenders paralyzed with confusion as some enemy player cut free to the hoop. Opponents have hit 64 percent of their shots in the restricted area since Lue took over, the fifth-worst mark in the league and a massive drop-off from Cleveland's stingy mark under Blatt, per NBA.com.
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I know he was a Buckeye, but he really comes across as a punk.
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I just dont get what he hoped to get out of it. Did he think he could get Nick Youngs girl? Who I guess is famous but I have no idea who the hell she is. I just feel there maybe a lot more to this story, because it just doesnt make sense
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I just dont get what he hoped to get out of it. Did he think he could get Nick Youngs girl? Who I guess is famous but I have no idea who the hell she is. I just feel there maybe a lot more to this story, because it just doesnt make sense I'm not sure his motivation either. I will say that as a teacher/coach of 16-18 year olds, my guys are constantly filming/recording/taking pictures of each other. They love doing it and getting candid responses from each other ... oftentimes without the other person's consent. It's kind of a weird way to pick on each other. How the video got "out" is another story ... especially with how adept people are with their phones
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Good to see the players are respecting Lue more than Blatt:  https://vine.co/v/iD3PrDQH9D5
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The look on Lue's face is priceless. 
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Minor correction to your statement, it's breaking the "bro code". A guy shouldn't be doing that. However, the "man code" includes a rule to not cheat on your fiance or wife. That makes you a punk. I'm sure Nick Young's fiance is happy to find this out before she tied the knot with him.
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In the star and celeb world, they cheat on one another like it's nothing. They're all punks, but seem to be acceptable to that kind of stuff.
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yeah its turned into a joke, firing blatt for Lue should cost griffin his job..it was a stupid move and there isn't a single basketball mind that thinks this was a good move without an enormous amount of spin. I think its 99% done Lue will not be coaching here next year.. look for more Klutch nepotism.
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It was bothersome the other night when Lue was trying to talk to a player on the sidelines and LeBron was talking right over the top of his head at the same player.
Disrespectful.
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Wow. LeBron has almost 30 fantasy points w/45 seconds left in the first half! That huge!
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when they play like this they are a very fun team to watch. The more i watch, i think Kyrie is the problem...replace him next year and keep love/lebron and i think those two can play very well together
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Man when our 3 ball gets going. I like how shump was driving to the hole tonight.
And mosgov took the oven mitts off. Good game
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I feel like Lebron was a distributor tonight. He wasn't interested in scoring as much as getting others involved.
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Give it up to the manager for correcting that situation real quickly. When I first started with the team at Kent I was a manager, OMG I could not even imagine the hell Senderoff would have given me for this .
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"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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I didn't get to see the game?
Anyone wanna break it down?
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I didn't get to see the game?
Anyone wanna break it down? I too would appreciate a summary.
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i'll try to break it down, but you know, my basketball IQ sucks, apparently.
Anyway, this is a result of Lebron being the primary ball handler, especially when him and Delly are on the floor together.
Kyrie had another craptastic shooting night, and he was constantly out of position on the defensive end. there was one play where, it was either Sloan or Larkin, completely fooled kyrie and ended up making it an and-1 play.
however, Mosgov showed up today. he actually bodied people in the paint on the defensive end, and when lebron passed it to him in the pain on the offensive end, he scored.
Mosgov and TT were dominant on the defensive end last night.
as far as offense goes, early on we was settling for way too many outside shots, but it was clear in the first quarter, they were focused on stopping the nets on defense. the score was 3-1 until about 8-9 minutes left in the first quarter.
and then the 3 ball started falling. At that point, lebron was passing to wide open guys on the 3 point line. Frye hit two back to back 3's.
at this point, it's beating a dead horse to say that kyrie is not only a defensive liability, but our offensive efficiency definitely drops if he's the primary ball handler when lebron leaves the court.
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I'd say of all that, Mozgov not being a wuss and bodied up on people and etc - stood out the most to me.
Frye found his three ball again, too, love it... thanks for the post Swish.
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yea guys mosgov had 2 blocks.
he would've had 3 but one was called a foul. looked like a phantom call though.
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I'd say of all that, Mozgov not being a wuss and bodied up on people and etc - stood out the most to me.
Frye found his three ball again, too, love it... thanks for the post Swish. "Ivan score basket,coach" Crap what movie was that from?? The rust is starting to come of Mozgov. We need that strong paint presence
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I'd say of all that, Mozgov not being a wuss and bodied up on people and etc - stood out the most to me.
Frye found his three ball again, too, love it... thanks for the post Swish. "Ivan score basket,coach" Crap what movie was that from?? The rust is starting to come of Mozgov. We need that strong paint presence was it Eddie with whoopi goldberg?
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The drama of this team rivals the Knicks that of the movie. We've got the Superstars that need to go back to the root of their game. We've got a guy with a cheating scandal. We've got a big Russian at center. And we've got a coach that might as well of been picked out of the stands. 
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I bet Atlantas bigs suffer from PTSD when they see Tristan Thompson. http://youtu.be/Euhuq_KTTcM
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Cavs are just a nightmare for Atlanta.
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I can't wait for the playoffs.
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Kevin Love has really been a disappointment to me. He's not as physical as he was in Minnesota.
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WTF? I ran up to the store at halftime....and they're losing?
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