Benedict_Boozer

This was the 3rd road game that was very winnable yet we blew it. This squad still hasn't put it together yet on the road and that's a problem come playoff time.

That's one thing about the old group, they were mentally tough on the road and down the stretch in tight games..

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Futuristxen:

"This season has been one giant pile of suck. It's been just good enough to keep paying attention. But horrible enough that you were better off if you didn't."

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Originally Posted by R-Star I want a ring too, but you know what I want more than a ring? 44 million dollars. If you were to offer me 44 million dollars right now, I would offer to give you a ring made out of 3 of my fingers, part of my penis, and any other body part you would like. JO wants to win? Great. If I'd make a penis ring for 44 million dollars, JO would stay in Indy and lose for it as well.

Benedict_Boozer

This game again re-affirms my doubts about Mike B.'s coaching.

He doesn't have a clue how to manage rotations, our half-court offense has been a disaster for years now despite entirely different personnel, and Lebron's bad habits are not being corrected at all.

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Futuristxen:

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futuristxen

Maybe we should understand this is a process and give Mike Brown time. It's clear he doesn't have a set rotation yet. since we are locked into the 4th spot, he's experimenting with his bench trying to see who he wants to play for the playoffs. I think once we get Boobie back, and get into the final two weeks of the season, we'll see the rotation cut down to 8 or 9 and we'll play a lot better.

But there's just no continuity right now. No real chemistry yet between anyone. And those are the things you need to win games that are close.

The talent is there. It's just a process to get there.

I think we'll eventually end up with this:

Delonte/Boobie
Sasha/Damon
Lebron
BW/AV
Z/Joe Smith

That's a nine man rotation right there. Devin Brown might get spot minutes in place of damon depending on matchups.

Another idea would be to start Boobie and Pavlovic, and have Delonte and Damon come off the bench, and let Delonte freestyle a little bit in that role.

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UrFavTeamSux

It drives me crazy whenever we hit a bad streak in the game, when shots just aren't falling, there's this automatic fall back to LeBron to magically do everything. It was like everyone else was too afraid to do anything except give the ball to LeBron, and good teams are going to destroy us if we end up doing that. Gah, painful at the end to watch

Pioneer10

I agree with future that the lack of chemistry bit us on this *** at the end of game. We pretty much clearly outplayed the Magic till about 2 minutes to go in the fourth and then once the Magic made adjustments the offense became stagnant. Can't wait to have Boobie back to finish games.

I'm really thinking that we should start Boobie with Pavs as they seem to know how to play with Brown and then let West come into run the show and create some offense with the second unity

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Pioneer10

BW sees some of the problems with Mike Brown's coaching in this game as we pointed out:

http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/cavs/

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Idunkonyou

Good game Cav fans.

Idunkonyou

Look at the box score. The Magic outplayed the Cavs from about 5 minutes in the 3rd quarter until the end of the game. It was a tale of 2 halves and the Magic won the most important one. Good game.

Pioneer10

Orlando is tough to beat when the 3's are falling. Give credit where credit is due as Orlando hit there shots and Van Gundy changed his defense at the right time. The more disappointing part from the game from a Cavs perspective is that we blew a bunch of freebies to close the game and our coach didn't seem to know what to do with the pieces he had. Basically even with Orlando playing well, the Cavs should have at the very least had a shot of winning by the end of the game by simply not beating themselves

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Pioneer10

That was a typo: I meant to type third quarter. The Cavs build up the lead till closer to the end of third

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hendrix2430

Definitely a tale of two halves. If those two teams match up as they are now, I think home court would be hugely important, as the home team would likely take each game.

Hopefully, we can build some chemistry and some momentum going into the postseason. If we don't, it will be tough to get to the ECF.

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Benedict_Boozer

West has been a bright spot - he's shown some nice signs. In fact the best we've looked