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Re: 1/6: Toronto (17-16) vs. Cleveland (16-17)
Leo basically called this one in the third when he said you have to build up more of a lead while the Cavs are playing so poorly. Cavs were invisible on D for most of the game.
And I do blame Sam for some of this, which I rarely do. You don't let one guy go off for 25 in the final quarter. You take the ball out of his hands, period. And he probably needed to get Parker out of the game middle of the fourth. His shot had gone ice cold and his D was ineffective once Lebron got hot from outside. Parker was hurting us on both ends in the fourth, despite having a great first half.
Cavs get red hot from 3 in the fourth and blow us out 36-20 in an embarassing loss. Didn't they do the same thing earlier this year. 20 offensive rebounds!! Many off loose balls after tips. That gave them 14 more shots in the game despite the Raps only having 8 team TOs.
Our bench gave us 5 made baskets and 1 FT in this game. Sad.
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