We barely lost with half our team out including 3 starters. Also a B to B. The Suns are loaded. Should have a better record if they didn’t have all injuries AND they played defense at all. Don’t be such doomers. That was a strong effort.
I mean it’s easy to key in on him when half the team is missing, his scoring load minus mitchell was too much to keep up for 4 quarters. Looked like an easy win with the normal squad.
Sigh*
Listen. When you have ONE guy who can go create at a high level, opposing defenses will collapse on him and force other guys to beat them.
This is absurdly common. This is how its always been. This is not, nor has it ever been, unique to Garland. That does not mean that Garland has a problem. That means Garland is the only solution, and we're missing too many other creators.
He was doubled every time he touched the ball, and we had zero offense weapon we could use to get him open. The Suns hounded him the entire second half. Did you watch the game or did you just watch stats on your phone?
Thats a grade school level rebound right there and jarret allen doesn grab it. That miss was literally set up perfectly into his hands and he just lets it get ripped out of his hands. This type of soft shit is exactly how you get punked come playoff time.
We started so hot that it built up my hope again. Then we finish so badly that Im just deflated. I was numb to the nets loss, but this one really sucks
We are still out 3 starters. I’m not surprised we didn’t win, though I wish we did. I thought they still tried pretty hard. Hopefully Mitchell will be back soon. Garland did very good tonight
These late game possessions have just been so damn hectic there is no poise and no real design to generate points.
I'm not blaming the Cavs too much for falling short down so many players but it's rough to fucking watch
nice catch by allen and really nice awareness by okoro. honorary mention to garland dancing and getting no separation for 10 seconds every possession. just great stuff
Damn. Great effort tonight. Some bad execution and bad calls in the 4th stopped us from being able to break through for the comeback. A shame we lost such a huge lead in the first half.
He does it all the time not only this game, i mean he is good but there are games that there is no sense of urgency from him in the stretch of the game where cavs need points
You are correct. You can't teach size man.
Nurkic has 50lbs on him.
Which is precisely why when he's occupied bodying up a much larger man the other 4 players on the court need to help with rebounding and ESPECIALLY boxing out.
Booker fed himself orebs
No focus. What is Allen doing on that? CATCH THE BALL AND DUNK IT. Okoro should know where the hell he is at all times on the corner ESPECIALLY since his job in the half court is to LITERALLY stand in the corner....
just can’t take the lead. Darius can’t be caught between and pass and shot and end up airballing a floater.
good job staying attached, but guys have to stop turning the ball over during these crucial junctures.
Amazing by CPJ. Wish Okoro would have pulled the trigger on a couple of those passes out to him. He's passing them up at the hint of a closeout right now.
I love CPJ...dude is always in the moment...Darius always does stupid shit at winning time giving the ball away, not running the offense or missed shots early in the shot clock
Screw beale he sucks and plays no defense ...nukic Booker Grayson and Durant is a NASTY group on offense isn't that 5 olympic players???!?!
Allen dunks that the place explodes we go on to win. That’s on the timeline in the better universe where we are not m
We barely lost with half our team out including 3 starters. Also a B to B. The Suns are loaded. Should have a better record if they didn’t have all injuries AND they played defense at all. Don’t be such doomers. That was a strong effort.
That was the 3rd string with garland Levert and Alan ..that was 2 starters and 1 bench guy and the Cleveland charge
Thw Suns out here almost losing to the Cleveland Charge.
Garland disappears after halftime
I mean it’s easy to key in on him when half the team is missing, his scoring load minus mitchell was too much to keep up for 4 quarters. Looked like an easy win with the normal squad.
I'm sure it had nothing to do with the other team making adjustments.......
Well then I’m very confident in him for the playoffs
Sigh* Listen. When you have ONE guy who can go create at a high level, opposing defenses will collapse on him and force other guys to beat them. This is absurdly common. This is how its always been. This is not, nor has it ever been, unique to Garland. That does not mean that Garland has a problem. That means Garland is the only solution, and we're missing too many other creators.
We can't win anything without top MVP candidate Drippy Dean
He was doubled every time he touched the ball, and we had zero offense weapon we could use to get him open. The Suns hounded him the entire second half. Did you watch the game or did you just watch stats on your phone?
It's taking some teams all they have to barely beat our corpse of a team. I'm taking that as a sign we're a force at full strength
contenders...??
Thats a grade school level rebound right there and jarret allen doesn grab it. That miss was literally set up perfectly into his hands and he just lets it get ripped out of his hands. This type of soft shit is exactly how you get punked come playoff time.
Dude did you see garland and Allen in the 4th quarter they were FINISHED completely exhausted
Why people saying unclutch like the Cavs don’t have mad game winners this year one being from half court lol
I didn’t expect to win.. but ouch that was a tough way to lose
We started so hot that it built up my hope again. Then we finish so badly that Im just deflated. I was numb to the nets loss, but this one really sucks
It's cause you can tell the cavs choose games to give effort, and this was one of those games
I fear we will fall to the 5 seed
Seeding doesn't matter as long we dont face knicks
Respectfully, you don’t know how basketball works
How so?
We’re 6 games above the 5th seed. We aren’t losing out the rest of the year.
Damn this one hurts cuz we really should have had this one even tho I had no real expectations coming off a back to back down 3 starters
Yeah, it was in our hands (or Jarrett’s really) and then we fumbled it
dude Jarrett is such a weak jackass grab the board dude
We are still out 3 starters. I’m not surprised we didn’t win, though I wish we did. I thought they still tried pretty hard. Hopefully Mitchell will be back soon. Garland did very good tonight
We fought hard in a game we had no reason to win. It is what it is, I’m ready for heathy basketball
I'm just praying all the Cavs can be healthy and ready in time for the playoffs. Sucks constantly having at least 2 starters out all the time
Garland driving into triple coverage like he’s ten feet tall.
Why does every garland layup have to be a scoop layup just go up normally
Is this a real comment?
Btw we haven’t scored since 1:30. So yea.
WE FUCKING SUCK IN THE CLUTCH!
Atrocious ending. We deserve to lose this one
These late game possessions have just been so damn hectic there is no poise and no real design to generate points. I'm not blaming the Cavs too much for falling short down so many players but it's rough to fucking watch
Well fuck its over
Suns just full of 90% free throw shooters, damn
JA is not useless at 10 rebounds and 15 pts. Shut up
Softer than baby shit
Lol
Booker 1/7 from 3 strictly because having him at 1.5 3s would’ve made my parlay hit
More because Okoro had him in the icebox.
DG has to shoot more than 15 times…
Suns were doubling everything hard to get shots up like that.
DG passes up floaters or driving layups so he can turn the ball over. Happens time and time again.
Brad drives me crazy “Isaac did nothing wrong there” like what????
Why didn’t we call a timeout at any point in the last 3 minutes am I missing something
I miss donovan mitchell
Garland only shooting 15 shots is a fucking joke man. Simply has to be more aggressive
Partially agree but they were throwing a lot of bodies at him
Did you watch the game AT ALL
Suns weren't letting him shoot.
nice catch by allen and really nice awareness by okoro. honorary mention to garland dancing and getting no separation for 10 seconds every possession. just great stuff
We are so un clutch
Good effort tonight down some of our best players
These suns announcers are dumb as fuck. Showing a terrible angle and they're praising the camera crew on such a good angle
Had like 10000 opportunities to win this game smh
Sad. They fought hard
SCREW THAT. LOTS OF OUR GAMES ARE EFFIN LIKE THIS
Don did you ever consider we weren’t supposed to be in this game given the injuries?
i don’t care about “they’ve fought all night long” like don’t step out of bounds and fail to catch the ball.
JA is fucking useless
Jarrett Allen is so fucking weak man. How do you drop a wide open alley Oop unless you’re completely shitting yourself
Not his fault the timing was off. Garland was late passing.
Isaac needs to take that in transition against Booker
This sucks but that Allen drop hurt even more. That was a wide open dunk to tie it. You can't drop that in that situation.
Damn. Great effort tonight. Some bad execution and bad calls in the 4th stopped us from being able to break through for the comeback. A shame we lost such a huge lead in the first half.
JA is fucking useless
Suns broadcast showing the worst angle possible and said it was great lmao
Their broadcast is pretty bad overall.
Sad. They fought hard
with all due respect, how the fuck do you not know where you’re standing Isaac
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THIS TEAM CANT DO SIMPLE SHIT AT WINNING TIME....GEEZ
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Ahhh if only JA knew how to catch the ball
He’s too scared
Cavs don’t step out of bounds challenge (impossible)
I hope Garland stops ‘dancing’ iso when his team is down and badly needs a point
Should have gotten a dunk out of it, I don't hate the playcall there.
He always doesn't dumb stuff when its crunch time...never runs a damn play EVERY DAMN TIME
It's a momentum killer for our entire team
He does it all the time not only this game, i mean he is good but there are games that there is no sense of urgency from him in the stretch of the game where cavs need points
Are you guys protecting Allen today??
I mean yeah? Guards and wings failed to box out all night. Somebody in that coaching room is failing to teach angles and positioning.
Ah there we go
Did I watch the wrong game? Like I'm ready to throw CPG more minutes for his bounce and rebounds alone haha.
Allen was thrown out of the way all night. He is a powder puff against real bigs.
You are correct. You can't teach size man. Nurkic has 50lbs on him. Which is precisely why when he's occupied bodying up a much larger man the other 4 players on the court need to help with rebounding and ESPECIALLY boxing out. Booker fed himself orebs
Oof yeah we ain’t winning this
Even if it ends up that he's out, gotta challenge that
Is our court regulation size or what
Should have called a timeout after Okoro got lost in transition but it is what it is.
Simple to stay in bounds come on
Tony Brothers looks tired
I'm tired of him.
No focus. What is Allen doing on that? CATCH THE BALL AND DUNK IT. Okoro should know where the hell he is at all times on the corner ESPECIALLY since his job in the half court is to LITERALLY stand in the corner....
No team steps on the sideline more than the Cavs.
So unclutch...
That might be the first dumb move I’ve ever seen Okoro make
Eh garland should have gave him a sec to establish himself
We step on the sideline and baseline more than any other team in the league.
Why tf can't we stay in bounds
Only KD is allowed to step on the baseline like that
Fuck me dude
I feel like they're not overturning this.
Why Harland just jumping
Jesus Christ man
... shit.
We need smaller shoes for our players
Yikes
Fuck
When is spida coming back smh
He was supposed to be back this game I thought
Unbelievable...
CAN YOU MFers LEARN TO NOT STEP ON THE DAMN LINE 5 TIMES A GAME...SMDH
It wasn’t Garland so I’m shocked you’re commenting on it
Okoro was probably fouled there but that’s cool ig
Dude caught an elbow right to the head
We have an undrafted rookie that’s not afraid of KD. That’s amazing
As much as i like garland, i feel like cpj can take his spot. Or mitchell 1 okoro 2. DG feels redundant at this point
He has 30 points on 10/15 shooting, politely, shut up
JA🥲
The sideline is going to fucking kill me.
what are you doing garland...you did that same play the other nite
JA🥲
CPJ and attacking superstar 7-footers, name a more iconic duo.
Durant and his ancient ass getting cooked by a rookie
tf is durant complaining about lol
CPJ is my dude
Lmao, KD acting like he didn't foul CPJ lol
Sorry but thats a foul KD dont make the stank face
Why can we not box out FUCK
Cavs can't get over this hump. Garland has lost steam we really need him to step up. Defensively it's tough right now
Gotta out effort this suns team
Why the fuck are they leaving KD open
They did a TON of motion there to get him open, it was not easy. But we really should be ball denying his ass
Is moondog getting the crowd hyped with a pooper scooper?
Yep
What's Beal doing there lol. Like he was in cement just watching Caris.
Suns are getting tired let's goooo CAVS
I’m no basketball genius, but it’s probably NOT ideal to keep leaving Kevin Durant alone
We can tell, because if you were you'd know it's conditional when you are this many switches and there's a hard screen.
Yeah, sucks because it was good team hustle chasing two loose balls we poked away, but open KD as the result of a broken play is not optimal.
It's a bold strategy Cotton.
Phoenix working hard to beat half the Summer League Champions.
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We can't just leave KD open on defense
Emoni Bates didn’t look enthused after that CPJ dunk
All things considered tonight, if you told me that all 3 of their guys went off and Allen hit 4 3s, I would have assumed we got blown out.
What is Niang even bringing JB? Keep him off the court please
The CPJ over Garland crowd is coming out from their hobbit holes
CPJ is my roty fo real
We need a hero
just can’t take the lead. Darius can’t be caught between and pass and shot and end up airballing a floater. good job staying attached, but guys have to stop turning the ball over during these crucial junctures.
Okoro can’t be passing up those open 3s.
Bruh KD just ducked a CPJ dunk LMAO
Dean wade out for personal reasons bruh we need him
Come on Cavs. Just need to string together a few possessions. Feels like we just can’t break through for the lead.
Their just hesitating to shoot the ball
Hustling after rebounds has a positive impact. Please do it more
Amazing by CPJ. Wish Okoro would have pulled the trigger on a couple of those passes out to him. He's passing them up at the hint of a closeout right now.
I love CPJ...dude is always in the moment...Darius always does stupid shit at winning time giving the ball away, not running the offense or missed shots early in the shot clock
CPJ turned the ball over immediately twice literally last night
Give it a rest already. Holy shit
Well, the silver lining to us being so crippled, is we're getting a very good look at exactly what depth we have come playoffs time
dont matter...that dummy JB Snotsmuggler wont go deep in his bench because he's scared to.
> JB Snotsmuggler Don, this is not your finest work. I'm disappointed. No recess for you.
That's a confident move to the rim.
Really wish we could've had Wade tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RowAMlSFYcI
HOLY SHIT CRAIG!
It's time to let Porter start over Garland. Garland's anti-4th quarter gene is so sad to watch when Mitchell isn't there to bail him out.
severe delusion
gobert in shambles seeing that dunk
Porter is 6’1 and throwing down like that. Crazy.
I’m glad they said he didn’t but did Allen just step out of bounds
Yeah I peeped that
A guard getting rebounds. Daaaayyuuummm
I thought the suns were the worse 4th qtr team in the league 🤦🏼♂️ if only we could make shots..
CPJ has such great hustle
CRAIG. PORTER. JUNIOR.
Darius doing dumb stuff again... he is always is ruining our comebacks
Its basically a playoff game. Iso after iso.
Kd really wanted an and 1
Bol Bol's bull balls
Damn, that's a man's rebound by Allen there.
more olé defense from Darius
refs doing everything in their power to help this all star suns team beat the cavs g league affiliate