Cheat Code Activated :The 2014-2015 Cleveland Cavaliers Season Thread

[Illeye buckmatic]

Link anyone? These damn Blue Jackets ruin my night once more

 

[Swagnificent]

why do i feel like ATL exposed themselves in this game? Double teaming Kyrie and lebron 2 mins into the game n shyt. Like, really? you'd think they wana save shyt like that for the playoffs.

I'd be more worried about how Horford and Millsap were killing Mosgov and Love in dribble isos. Thats how they scored so many points in the paint. Cavs offense didn't fail them, it was their defense gettin carved up.

 

[OG_StankBrefs]

But here's the thing: Do you or any Cavs fan have confidence in Blatt, coaching in his first NBA playoffs with a bunch of NBA playoff rookies, making the necessary adjustments in a playoff game/series. Do you see him out coaching Coach Bud b/c Blatt was clearly out coached by Bud last night.

Unlike da majority of nikkas on hea, I don't subscribe to Ms. Cleo's school of knowitallism.

I have no clue how buddy will do in da playoffs. A nikka can only hope for da bess n wait & see what happens.

I'm not bout to write anything off.

 

[QuarterCenturyLegend]

But here's the thing: Do you or any Cavs fan have confidence in Blatt, coaching in his first NBA playoffs with a bunch of NBA playoff rookies, making the necessary adjustments in a playoff game/series. Do you see him out coaching Coach Bud b/c Blatt was clearly out coached by Bud last night.

 

[Dayco23]

nikka get the fukk out of here trying to pretend now like you knew Dellavedova was trash, when you were one of the main ones in this thread low key defending him.

dumbass Delly is better than AJ Price

 

[Dayco23]

Unlike da majority of nikkas on hea, I don't subscribe to Ms. Cleo's school of knowitallism.

I have no clue how buddy will do in da playoffs. A nikka can only hope for da bess n wait & see what happens.

I'm not bout to write anything off.

I have confidence that Blatt can make the necessary defensive adjustments, just offensively he does some head scratcher shyt and Lebron doesnt seem to run his stuff yet.

 

[jaguar paw]

Just watched the condensed version on league pass. Probably won't see this full game and tonights game until Sunday night.

The mistakes they made are correctable. Hawks definitely wanted this game more than the Cavs. Kudos to them.

Just like the Houston game, they played like shyt most of the game but still found a way to get a lead late.

 

[Microfracture]

Everything that went wrong last night can be fixed. There should be no question Kyrie is ready for primetime. He had 4 or 5 insane finishes in traffic and was the only player able to break Atlanta down off the dribble. Love had a great game on both ends. Most of the shots Horford & Millsap were hitting you can't do shyt about.

I'm just not discouraged overall. The role players did their thing and got let down by the best player and a bad rotation to start the 4th Offbrand dudes like Mike Scott and Dennis Schroeder dont beat you in the playoffs. Hawks fans can big up those guys all they want, they won't step up like that when it matters.

 

[O.G.B]

dumbass Delly is better than AJ Price

Dellavedova's not even on A.J. Price's level stupid motherfukker!



AJ Price 22 points 3 threes vs Jazz 10.11.2014






Price Pushes Pacers Past Bulls






Only reason A.J. got thrown to the wolves is because that idiot Blatt was/is playing favorites and kept utilizing Dellavedova when it's clear he's not even D-League status & Cleveland should have cut him a long time ago and got another PG.

 

[Ace2306]

I have confidence that Blatt can make the necessary defensive adjustments, just offensively he does some head scratcher shyt and Lebron doesnt seem to run his stuff yet.

shyt that confuses me about coaches that have lebron, you know how much chaos he'd cause running the spurs or atl offense, but who knows maybe it's on Bron. I still believe he's most dangerous posting up or running the pick and roll with ky & love

 

[AVXL]

Everything that went wrong last night can be fixed. There should be no question Kyrie is ready for primetime. He had 4 or 5 insane finishes in traffic and was the only player able to break Atlanta down off the dribble. Love had a great game on both ends. Most of the shots Horford & Millsap were hitting you can't do shyt about.

I'm just not discouraged overall. The role players did their thing and got let down by the best player and a bad rotation to start the 4th Offbrand dudes like Mike Scott and Dennis Schroeder dont beat you in the playoffs. Hawks fans can big up those guys all they want, they won't step up like that when it matters.

No he didn't

ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Hawks treated the Cavaliers as if it were postseason time in Friday's 106-97 home win. They showed their hand defensively, tormenting the visitors with a heavy dose of blitzes and traps in their pick-and-roll coverages.

If there was a time when LeBron James and Kyrie Irving were able to elude the defense and turn the corner, there were a flock of Hawks waiting near the painted area to deter them from finishing around the rim.

It led to contested shots and difficult cross-court passes. Either way, the percentages of securing a defensive stop were in the Hawks' favor. James was limited to 13 field-goal attempts and he only converted on five. He coughed up the ball a game-high nine times.

Irving was better but not great, coming away with 20 points on 7-of-16 shooting while committing five turnovers. Atlanta's scheme was evident: Get the ball out of hands of the playmakers and make the others beat them.

"They did a great job of forcing you to get it to your third and fourth options," Irving said afterward. "That's something we haven't seen this season. You have to give them credit. They played well. We'll get better and be better prepared next time."

The next time will likely be in the Eastern Conference Finals. These are arguably the conference's two best teams. If the Hawks did indeed reveal too much of their defensive strategy, the Cavaliers believe they'll be ready if another meeting is in order.

"They just tried to get us off the ball," James said, speaking of Irving and himself. "They wanted to try and make the other guys beat us tonight obviously with their pick-and-rolls. It's the first time this year they've played that type of coverage. They changed their approach and it's something that we'll be ready for if we face them again in the postseason."

Which brings us to Kevin Love, the other Cavaliers playmaker. He was 4-of-11 from the field and all but one of his attempts were three-pointers. He missed his lone two-point try, a failed put-back in the paint.

Atlanta turned Love strictly into a stretch-four. In the 35 minutes he played, the Hawks never saw the back of his jersey, only the front. Not a single post-up opportunity was available for the three-time All-Star power forward who is one of the most versatile players in the league.

But Atlanta doesn't get all the credit for altering Love's game. He has been venturing out further and further as of late.

Love is launching 8.1 threes per contest in his last seven games. His highest rate of threes taken in Minnesota was 6.6 last year, and that was along with the inside touches he received. No matter what the statistics suggest, Love is not in agreement on the big-man long distance tag.

"I heard some people calling me that but I know I'm not a stretch-four," Love told NEOMG. "I'm a post player who can shoot. Right now I'm just doing what I'm called to do. For good, bad or indifferent, I'm playing my role and doing what's asked of me. Tonight, I stayed out on the perimeter."

James says Atlanta's game plan caught them by surprise, but he doesn't foresee it being a blueprint that other teams will mimic.

"A lot of teams don't have the ability to do it," he said. "With their ability to have [Al] Horford and [Paul] Millsap and those guys that move their feet pretty well, and Mike Scott, they do a good job."

If the Cavaliers want to shred the Hawks' defense the next go-around, Love will need to be more involved in the interior on a consistent basis. Plays designed for him to get post touches have been dramatically reduced over time. The games he's played well are due to efficient outside shooting nights.

Ironically, after Friday's loss, coach David Blatt said he felt his team settled too much for the three-ball.

"I really wish we had rotated the ball better and attacked more even from the weak side of the defense because I thought we overshot the three again tonight," he said.

James disagreed.

"We had open looks, man," an irritated James said. "We had open looks. We lose and then you look at it we shot 38 threes, [but] how many free throws did we take? 33 free throws. So you don't worry about the stats. You play the game."

Atlanta played the epitome of unselfish, team basketball. On offense they moved the ball and kept the Cavaliers on their heels. On defense they smothered James and Irving. They cut off the heads of the two-headed dragon and the body collapsed.

But the Cavaliers are supposed to be equipped with a three-headed dragon. Love needs some love, and not just from 22 feet. If it takes fewer isolations and 1-4 flat sets, then so be it. If Atlanta and Cleveland happen to cross each others paths again, the Cavaliers will need the old Love to be on duty. Not the stretch-four.

Love was a non factor last night and he can't guard Millsap or Horford. Mozgov can't guard Horford or Millsap either. Your two bigs vs our two bigs is a huge mismatch in our favor

@ Mike Scott being off brand...ask Indy about what Mike Scott can & can't do in the playoffs (he hung 27 on Indy in Game 5 of the playoffs in Indy last yr), Schroeder is one of the best young point guards in basketball. They're easily better than anything y'all have coming off your bench & come playoff time if we do see y'all our depth will put us past y'all

 

[Microfracture]

No he didn't



Love was a non factor last night and he can't guard Millsal or Horford. Mozgov can't guard Horford or Millsap either. Your two bigs vs our two bigs is a huge mismatch in our favor

@ Mike Scott being off brand...ask Indy about what Mike Scott can & can't do in the playoffs (he hung 27 on Indy in Game 5 of the playoffs in Indy last yr), Schroeder is one of the best young point guards in basketball. They're easily better than anything y'all have coming off your bench & come playoff time if we do see y'all our depth will put us past y'all

Love had a good game as far as I'm concerned, I'm not changing my mind on that. In a series where the Cavs can adjust to the Hawks they won't be taken by surprise by dudes like Scott and Schroeder.

You know Lebron will play better and I think that's gonna end up being the difference between these squads in the playoffs.

 

[AVXL]

Love had a good game as far as I'm concerned, I'm not changing my mind on that. In a series where the Cavs can adjust to the Hawks they won't be taken by surprise by dudes like Scott and Schroeder.

You know Lebron will play better and I think that's gonna end up being the difference between these squads in the playoffs.

Why do you think Love had a good game? I'm not understanding what you saw that made you think that...if Love plays tentative & on the perimeter that makes it easy on us

Bron should play better but you're not giving Demarre Carroll any credit for his defense. The Hawks made it difficult on both Bron & Kyrie last night & in a 7 game series I don't see y'all out coaching us, beating our bench depth or out executing us. I think we'd beat y'all in 6

 

[Dayco23]

Why do you think Love had a good game? I'm not understanding what you saw that made you think that...if Love plays tentative & on the perimeter that makes it easy on us

Bron should play better but you're not giving Demarre Carroll any credit for his defense. The Hawks made it difficult on both Bron & Kyrie last night & in a 7 game series I don't see y'all out coaching us, beating our bench depth or out executing us. I think we'd beat y'all in 6

you guys clearly scouted the way we played the last 2 days b4 the game. cavs didnt have time to watch film and had not practiced in 2 weeks. your defensive scheme was something that the Cavs have not had thrown at them all season. If anything, your coach used a good weapon that he could have saved for the playoffs to win you a game or 2. instead, the Cavs know what you guys will try to do and they will be prepared for it in a series when it matters.

 

[AVXL]

you guys clearly scouted the way we played the last 2 days b4 the game. cavs didnt have time to watch film and had not practiced in 2 weeks. your defensive scheme was something that the Cavs have not had thrown at them all season. If anything, your coach used a good weapon that he could have saved for the playoffs to win you a game or 2. instead, the Cavs know what you guys will try to do and they will be prepared for it in a series when it matters.

I don't think it's a secret that we want to get the ball out of Kyrie & Bron's hand and make the rest of your team beat us that strategy shouldn't have caught y'all off guard. The bigger question is how are y'all gonna counter IF we see y'all again b/c we have a gameplan on how to stop y'all...y'all concern should be on how do y'all stop us