What was the Cleveland Cavaliers’ BIGGEST ISSUE in its loss to the Boston Celtics?
Jaylen Brown scored 23 points and Jayson Tatum had 20 in his second game back from a torn right Achilles, lifting the Boston Celtics to a 109-98 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in a battle of Eastern Conference contenders on Sunday afternoon.
Brown also had nine rebounds and eight assists as the Celtics built an 81-55 lead in the third quarter, sweeping their three-game season series with Cleveland. Tatum scored six points in the fourth, finishing 6 of 16 from the field in 27 minutes.
Payton Pritchard added 18 points and Baylor Scheierman had 16 points and 10 rebounds as Boston moved within three games of East-leading Detroit. Neemias Queta grabbed 11 boards.
Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points and Evan Mobley had 24 points and eight rebounds for the fourth-place Cavaliers, who had won a season-high seven straight at home. James Harden had 19 points and 10 assists.
Cleveland, which is 22-9 since Dec. 29, pulled within 94-86 midway through the fourth on Jaylon Tyson’s 3-pointer. Pritchard answered with a 3-pointer and tacked on back-to-back hoops to restore the Celtics’ double-digit lead. | https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401810776
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They seemed defeated and just shrugging the whole second half. I don’t understand why them getting scored on isn’t a motivating factor to push harder?
Frauds as usual
Jarrett Allen arguably been their best player for over a month now. Dam right he was missed yesterday!!
@16:00 Bull! I dont care! I dont watch the nfl! Save it for ur nfl segement!
@21:00 omg bull! I dont know who that is. I dont care.
Enough with the 'make or miss league ….'. Every basketball league is a make or miss league. It's what basketball is.
Only Cavs fanbase overrate marginal players. Celtics shut merill off because he one dimensional. Start Jaylon Tyson
Regular season being a waste is idiotic take. Most championships are won by top 3 seeds.
The longer Evan is a Cav the more I regret not picking Scotty Barnes at 3
Celtics 3-0 vs Cavs, what yall mean it’s “1” game, yall telling me yall trust “James Harden” 🤔
So far Houston Boston okc and Toronto have our number. I'm not to worried about Toronto, Houston won't make the finals. We got to find a game plan against Boston and Okc, idk what the hell to do against them. How would y'all game plan against those teams?
lol
Let's see how this goes when they have Allen back.
Dan gilbert has to be the most incompetent person in human history this is just so weird to know someone THAT stupid actually exists
Baylor schiermann has a broken thumb for Celtics. So James had no excuse
I can’t take five minutes of bull… He is the worst… Get him off the show
Cavs get criticized for do it in the playoffs. Outside of Tatum and brown the other guys on Boston was not a factor for that Boston team that won the finals two or three years ago. Outside of white none of those guys haven’t proven anything to say that’s something to worry about in the playoffs. To be honest I think Boston will be knocked out in the first round.
13mins on the money
The Cavs don't play well in afternoon games. Idk what it is, in terms of rhythm, but it's to the point that I just pencil in a loss if it's at 1/330.
Does the fact that they had several days off hinder their shooting?
They stopped being aggressive. Cavs had a TERRIBLE shooting night but they just insisted on keeping keep shooting 3s.
The coach needs to include slashing plays going to the basket for any and all players on team who get to the basket. We need more than just Donovan slashing. We are easy to defend because we are a 1 or 2 trick pony ,swing the ball around the perimeter and take an open 3 point shot or thanks to Harden and Allen we now have true pick and roll option. You can't include Moby in the pick and roll because he sets weak paper tissue screens and when he does receive the ball on the roll ,he stops rolling as soon as he catches the ball and wiggling around trying to perform😮 post up moves. My niece laughs everytime and calls him Mr Wiggles 😂. So at least it's entertaining but I wish he was more successful at it.😊
Knicks fan here but mostly importantly I’m a NBA fan and watch league pass daily. My take on the Cavs if they are really lacking wings and Harden will be a question mark in the playoffs
No Allen = no win. If he was in Boston would have to focus more on interior defense, making the 3s much easier.