Cleveland Cavaliers CRUSHED by Oklahoma City Thunder | What Went WRONG?! | Cause for Concerns?!
On this episode of Locked On Cavs, Danny Cunningham (The Inside Shot, Cleveland Magazine, 92.3 The Fan) dissects the Cleveland Cavaliers’ unexpected 134-114 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. He examines the Cavs’ defensive struggles, highlighting their 22nd-ranked defense over the last 10 games. Cunningham analyzes Donovan Mitchell’s difficulties against OKC’s Lu Dort and discusses Evan Mobley’s challenging night. The podcast emphasizes the importance of the Cavs’ response to this defeat, particularly in improving their defense.
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11 Comments
Donovan Mitchell so overrated
At the halfway mark of the NBA season, any declarations of the Cavaliers' championship contention or their complete demise are so, so, so very premature. A great W-L record after 41 games just means you played great for the last 3 months, but it's predictive reliability is questionable. The same goes for OKC, but I hate to think of how they might improve IF Holmgren comes back close to 100% and has enough time to mesh with the team Ugh!
Clearly there is a problem trend with the defense right now, but there aren't very many teams that could come back from a 14 pt 1st quarter.
I saw it coming because the Thunder have destroyed the teams that they have played after they lost to the Cavs and the Cavs have struggled against the teams they've played since they beat the Thunder.
JA getting 6 shots when they are missing both of their 7 foot centers is just ridiculous…
OKC came to play. Cavs didn't
I better not hear a peep of Jarrett allen slander him and garland came to play. Kenny needs to recognize sometimes Jarrett allen is better than evan mobley. If mobley doesn't have it Kenny goes away from both bigs. Stop punishing allen when mobley is playing poorly. Allen played 16 minutes and was cooking all 16
Kenny did a bad job coaching in this game. That first quarter was horrible. How do you not make it a point to establish an inside presence early on in that first? That should have been the game plan. Kenny looked like he just went out there and said well just play how we play.
Pulling Mobley & Mitchell with 7 minutes left in the first Q and letting Niang get torched was crazy work. Also Ice…was ice cold….if you airball a couple 3s it might be time to pass the rock my boy
Love the banner: that was bad, very bad, very very bad, etc. 💙🧡 love it!! 😍 Thunder up ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Now y’all want Cam Johnson 🙄Trade away!! 😂