ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Cavaliers 2/3/2018

Defensive rating improved by 0.3 by this game, love it.

 

Does anybody have a cavs logo with a gun emoji. Cause that was soul crushing. Almost makes me not want lbj with all that quit in him lol. Ok I want him

 

RYNO SAYS. . . .

 

Trade value maybe rises!!

 

My trade value is back baby

 

Cut Ariza .. Green does get trigger happy sometimes though when he hits a few buckets.

 

"maybe i really should go to houston"

 

When Ryan Anderson hits his shots and is active, the Rockets can not lose

 

Can someone post the whole post game with Lisa salters and cp? Didn’t hear it

 

What did he say?

 

Pretty pathetic effort from the Cavs these days, too easy. It's like clubbing baby seals

 

JR Smith lead the Cavs in scoring with 12 points . Wonder if that's some kind of record low.

 

Let him. He's shooting ~40%. Take a few attempts from Gordon who shoots 8 attempts a game but only 32%.

 

Cabs look old, lethargic combined with a cancerous so called leader

 

Imagine if Ryno morphs into Clutch City Robert Horry in the Playoffs? Don't think any team could beat us.

 

the only complaint i have is that MDA still put Harden in 4th Q while we were up 30...

 

Dudes got heart. No surprise Bill Simmons said he was well-liked and a locker room leader for the Celts last season.

 

Time to blow up the Cavaliers after 120-88 loss to Houston

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Cleveland simply is noncompetitive against the NBA's elite. It's not supposed to be that way for a team that's gone to three straight Finals and has LeBron James. But it is.

Cleveland has lost eight straight on national TV since Christmas, and has lost by at least 24 points now four times since Jan. 1. This isn't a network problem. It's an opponent problem. The Cavs are finding themselves on the wrong side of inferior too often.

Cleveland trailed by as many as 35 on Saturday, and this wasn't even the most lopsided loss this season. Houston tied a record for a Cavs opponent with 19 3-pointers (in 51 attempts!).

At halftime, coach Tyronn Lue told ESPN/ABC's Lisa Salters his Cavs were "soft, weak, no physicality, no toughness, no grit."

The details of this one don't really matter. The Cavs are facing an existential crisis.

The trade of Kyrie Irving to Boston for Isaiah Thomas and Jae Crowder has been a disaster. Thomas, who was 5-of-13 shooting Saturday for 12 points, is nowhere near the player he was before hip injuries knocked him out of last year's Eastern Conference finals against the Cavs.

He can't shoot and score like he used to. This team does not have the defensive-minded players to make up for his deficiencies on that side of the court.

But this mess is by no means Thomas' fault. He didn't ask to come here, and as he's pointed out, the Cavs were pretty bad defensively before he played his first game on Jan. 2.

James has always been the tide that lifts all boats. He hasn't lifted much of anything lately. James posted 11 points, nine rebounds and nine assists in 31 minutes Saturday, shooting 3-of-10. It's the second time this season James has only scored 11 in a game.

James averaged 23.5 points in January and the Cavs were outscored by an average of 7.1 points while he was on the court.

The big picture here is if the Cavs prove to not be a championship contender, if they fail to reach the Finals with no real signs of getting back there next year, James will probably leave again in free agency.

Then again, Gilbert is already spending $177 million on this team now, James is here, and the team is nowhere close. Yes, the Cavs still sit in third place in the East, but that's thanks solely to a stretch in November when they won 18 of 19 while playing the league's second-easiest schedule.

Since Christmas, this team is 6-12. Kevin Love is out for two months. The body language is bad and the tension in the locker room is worse. The roster pieces don't fit. Lue started the second quarter with Thomas, Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose, Kyle Korver and Jeff Green on the court.

That's three point guards, one shooter, and 31/2 poor on-ball defenders.​