Cleveland Cavaliers Drop 3rd STRAIGHT Game! | Can the Defense be FIXED?! | Evan Mobley Returns!
On this episode of Locked On Cavs, Danny Cunningham (The Inside Shot, Cleveland Magazine, 92.3 The Fan) breaks down the Cleveland Cavaliers’ recent three-game losing streak, focusing on their defensive struggles. He analyzes the team’s inconsistent performance, particularly their inability to secure rebounds and defend against offensive boards. Cunningham suggests that fatigue might be a factor, given the team’s grueling schedule. He discusses Evan Mobley’s return from injury and its potential impact on the team’s performance. Despite the current slump, Cunningham maintains an optimistic outlook, emphasizing that this rough patch is not cause for panic.
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22 Comments
Im not pressing the panick button. We'll see how they look after the allstar break.
Release the HOUnds… AGAIN 😈🤘🚀
My problem is that the Cavs now KNOW how great they can be, and I think they try to “flip the switch” like you’ve mentioned before. Once they brought it back to within 6 in the 4th, you could see them hiking their shorts up and trying to play lock in defense (especially Donovan). The problem is, they should’ve done that to start the game and throughout! Not only is it hard to switch your mindset up as a team with 4 minutes left in the game, there’s also a much smaller margin of error to allow teams to score when you’re down with that little time left, as opposed to playing that way out of the gate where you have the whole game to lock in! I’m not too worried because if you look across the league, all 3 contenders are on a bit of a slump by their standards, and if there were anytime we were gonna slump I’d happily rather it be right in the middle of the season as opposed to the beginning or end, ESPECIALLY the playoffs, but we gotta lock back in at some point
Release the HOUNDS 🙂
Spida's defense the last 10 games has been awful bruh. Guys are just blowing right past him. Not having Caris or Okoro to give him break is hurting us severely. I keep sayin, we have to play JT the rookie MORE! He has the intangibles and until we get more length on the wing and heaviness in the paint, we gonna keep gettin manhandled like children.
Houston played better on the road even the home to road records are identical. If you can't win them at their house, it's hard to win them on the road.
No1 on this team is playing more than 31 mins a night, i dont see how "tired" is a thing here
Not sure what I was expecting..
Cavs aren't all that,, A bunch of white boys that can shoot,But Un Athletic
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Nobody should be surprised by this, this team does this every year, start out great and fall apart in the second half, then crash in the playoffs, they usually wait until after the all star break to fail, might be doing us a favor
Gonna have to move jarett Allen and Levert and get and Ingram or Cam Johnson and a c/of that can shoot like a Myles Turner or Valancuinis or Vucevic
The Rockets are kinda like George Costanza……..They always double dip the chip! 😂😂😂
Release the HOUnds! #LORNation
Guess 74-8 is out of the question, lol!
I get it. This Cavs team is insanely good and so if you see them lose three games in a row (which is a normal thing for even very good teams), it seems concerning. The Rockets have the fourth best record in the NBA. They are an incredibly good team. The 76ers have been bad, but their talent is a whole lot better than their record. I wouldn't be too concerned.
Release the HOUnds!! 🚀
A lot of excuses…in the this pod and i heard from the coach and the broadcast as well.
The rockets have also dealt with injuries, Jabari Smith is one of our defensers, and is a switchable big like Mobley and Tari has been out for 20 games, who is our 2nd best defensive player in the team
The rockets are incredibly deep and i doubt the cavs lose any game with Mitchell and garland scoring more than 30+ each. That just shows you how good this rockets team is and how incredibly deep it is as a team.
I dont like the excuses, i get it was a back to back, the cavs should have lost by 20 points, like a few days ago. You cant just call it all on injuries and have to make a assessment based on results and in a 7 game series. I got the rockets.
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Release the hounds!🚀🚀😏
I’ve been saying it for weeks, this team is a bunch of frauds. I knew the garland choke would rattle this team. Worst choke in nba history. Game was gifted to the frauds and brick lord garland couldn’t clutch up. Cavs are done for, 2nd round elimination.