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Is it just me or has the national TV schedule for NBA games completely sucked this year? Who the hell wants to watch GS MIA tonight? And it seems like the Cavs are hardly ever on.

look like complete garbage right now...if we can't score we are screwed as we play zero defense, we need a C and a backup PG ASAP..Liggins and TT can't be starting together, too hard to get points. We really miss JR, i see no reason to start Liggins over Korver, i think after a week or so Korver will be starting and our offense will look normal again.

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They backloaded the schedule because there are more primetime games after the NFL season is over.

j/c:

Two comments:

--I have been thinking that the Cavs have played an inordinate amount of games at home or close to home and was wondering when they would hit the road and how that might affect their overall record.

--Utah is a team that gets "after" you.

Lebron has lost 6 straight in Utah. Utah is difficult to win in because of the "interesting" stuff they do to road teams. We still have a 5 game lead in the east on Toronto. That's a bigger lead than what we finished with last year.

It's also at 4200' of elevation. No, it's not entirely the same as Denver, but the effect is there. A road team will tire quicker.

Are we winning or losing tonight.

Winning

winning

I would have bet we'd lose last night. Adding a new guy seems to throw off the balance and the flow a bit. Plus, Utah was good and we're in the middle of a road trip. Auto-loss.

Tonight should be a win, but it'll be close. I think Korver will get 12-14.

I just want us to get out of this 3 pt funk we're in. In the past 11 days, we're the 2nd worst team behind the arc (only the 76ers are worse).

I am ready. I have popcorn, beer, and oreos.

Beer w/oreos?

Wow! LOL

I can't believe how atrocious the Cavs defense is.

Wow. Just wow.

It's the regular season and doesn't matter. Just pay full ticket prices, dumb ass fans. LOL

Love does a couple of things that annoy me.

He doesn't run the floor and he doesn't cut to the basket.

Very annoying.

Man, these guys can't win another championship with the lackadaisical approach to D.

oh no. love down.

Oreos. Then popcorn. Then beer. Must separate flavors.

Love looks ok.

But the team in general looks out of sync.

Offense and defense.

they've sucked all year, its just been masked because we could outscore teams.. now they are in a slump and its showing the gaps, in quite a few areas, particularly coaching/gameplans. movement has sucked and too much iso ball by lebron and kyrie... Lue needs to figure it out, because right now he doesn't seem to know what he's doing. And for gods sake get a backup PG..felder isn't an NBA player yet

is there a worse announcer in history than hubie brown...good god

I'm sure you could find someone on Sunday announcing a Browns game that would give him a run for his money.

I'm watching on FOXOH, so I'm not experiencing this Hubie Brown guy. Unless he's the guy with Austin Carr. Don't even know the other guys name.

Hubie is awesome.

One of the best in the business.

The Cavs on the other hand are losing to a guy named Crabbe.

as bad as the TT contract was, atleast we didn't give Evan Turner 70 million..lol...god that's got to be up there with worst contract of all time

he's on the espn feed, i usually watch austin/fred, but can't get here due to nat. tv blackout

I like Hubie Brown. He was older than dirt 20 years ago, so I dont know what kind of ancient that makes him now. He will probably retire soon. Unless he wants to do this until he dies.

i think he died 10 years ago and someone forgot to tell him

we look OOOOLLLDD

This is starting to make me mad.

so much ISO...not even looking for shooters, getting out hustled, outshot, their defense has shut our whole team down, and they aren't even that good...Lue has some work to do

Cleveland looked like hot garbage tonight.

Irving was complete trash.

Irving has been trash for a quite a few games, Shumpert and TT for even longer...They need some practice time..or sacrifice of a virgin Need something to get the edge back, right now, the cavs scare noone

Last 2 nights remind me of last year when we lost to GS on Christmas and got smoked by Portland the nest day.

Guys look exhausted.

j/c:

A few comments:

--Hubie Brown is one of the greatest announcers in the history of the NBA. He has always been able to break down the game and teach his audience during a broadcast.

--Our D is actually better this year than last year. At this time last year, LeBron and Kyrie weren't even running back on D. We didn't have a defender like Liggens.

--I agree w/candy about this being similar to what happened last year when we played Portland. I was even thinking about it before the game.

--I do not like Korver's game. LOL.........I think this is the third time I've said it. Can we cut him and bring in Chalmers or Jack, please?

Why cut Korver?

Don't we have a roster spot?

Yeah, we have a roster spot from trading Mo Williams WITH the Korver trade. That was part of the reason the trade was good.

I wonder what the status of Mario Chalmers is. We can't sign Jared Jack to a 10-day contract because he's a veteran. So if we sign him, it has to be to a certain cap-dinging number. We can't bring him in temporarily and then ditch him for Chalmers later.

Jack is only 33. I feel like he's been around for an eternity.

I feel like Candy said something right after we won the Championship to the effect of: "Okay guys, just remember this moment when the team is dogging it in January and you want to blow things up because we aren't winning every single game going-away."