On a new episode of Locked on Cavs (Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023) hosts Chris Manning (@cwmwrites, DIME on UPROXX, SB Nation’s Fear the Sword) and Evan Dammarell (@AmNotEvan, Right Down Euclid) talk about the Cleveland Cavaliers losing to the Miami Heat 100-97 despite Evan Mobley having a strong night all over the floor.
This episode was produced by Jake Stephens. The intro music is from our friends at Astral Radio.
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14 Comments
I love what you guys do and wish I could! But here is how I feel about my Cavs. First game of the season Darius was hurt and we lost. D Mitchell was pushed over to the point and LeVert was thrust into the starting lineup. My fear was that they would play great without Darius and once he returned from his eye injury we would have to fit him back and we would be inconsistent the rest of the season. I don't want to believe that Darius is the weakest link but if you watch closely at key moments of a game Darius seems to look shook when longer bigger defenders guard him or when a game gets tough sometimes he jacks up bad shots or turns the ball over at key moments not to say he's the only one in close tight moments that makes mistakes but he is the point guard. The Cavs are 22- 22 with Darius and 9-0 without him D Mitchell numbers are amazing without him and the best ball they have played was the 9 games he missed. The pecking order has to be Mitchell,Mobely
Darius needs to look for his shots more when D Mitchell is on the bench and LeVert played his most effective Ball when he was in the starting lineup with Mitchell. Look at the numbers in the 9 games Darius missed our defense and offense was actually better. Now we're trying to figure out how to fit him back in the starting lineup next to D Mitchell the Cavs can win without Darius but they can't win without D Mitchell.
Is it me or we were robbed everytime we had a +5-6pts dif.? Fouls and 3pt% is a joke on both ends
Shoot less 3's and get Allen & Mobley more shots and they win last night
What game was ya watching? Okoro had a good game? He made several bonehead plays, passing the ball to Mitchell when he was still in the backcourt, several turnovers, stepping out of bounds late in the game down 3, he stunk and JB pulled him out after that. His defense wasn’t all that either.
Honestly my expectations were that we were going to lose last night's game because I thought Mitchell was coming in less than 100% and lately we have been playing down to weaker teams. But as I watched the game I didn't think it would be in the fashion that we lost. Miami was so stale to start the game and all it took for them to change momentum was one timeout. We can't play down to weaker teams and we can't lose focus when we jump out to an early lead. Basketball is a game of runs but ya'll gotta do better when you take the lead and get a vice grip on momentum. IM NOT A PRO BUT I COULD TELL YOU JIMMY WAS GONNA PULL FROM HIS FAVORITE SPOT AND YA'LL LET HIM HAVE IT. Foul the other team make them earn it from the stripe when you lose momentum call a timeout ANYTHING but don't crumble JFC
Mobley should never b shooting 3 pointers period Miami was counting on him shooting out there!! Can't gamble like that
I thought Donovan turned down a back to back opposite corner 3 … passed out less to a DG turnover.. later 4 point play .. Allen seemed tired. Evan seemed like he missed stepping up bigger
Carmelo Anthony on a 10 day! Also center replacement for Robin..
Melo really could be a vet that’s be perfect for us this year.
This team really stinks. We were better last season and w/o the trade.
Dude they dnt understand Caris LaVert smh
It's funny how u guys treat an Okoro 5 pts and 4 assists night like a Cedi 29 pt game but anyway. JB got outcoached. Why would u shorten ur rotation to put more pressure on ur Starters that is limping in the game? It's time to put Wade in at the SF now. He is the best two-way player u have on the roster that fits with our core 4. Okoro shot and confidence has improved but it's not enough. Opposing teams r just not guarding Okoro forcing the Cavs to play a 4-on-5 offense, especially the way JB is running the offense putting so much pressure on the SF to hit the corner 3. Our 2nd unit should be Rubio, Okoro, LeVert, Osman, and Love. In this unit, JB can take advantage of Okoro's athleticism on offense, mix-match Osman & Love's mins with Frobley, more minutes for LeVert backing up Wade, as well as mentoring the minutes of Rubio & Love to play them back healthy. The way JB lives is worth Okoro's faults on offense, he should be able to live with Osman and Love's faults on Def, especially with Frobley and Wade helping on Def.
There was a reason Indiana wasn't great when Caris is there. If we taught him to be somewhat effective on defense we can do the same with Hardaway or Beasley.
Cavs shouldn’t have traded Lauri Markkenan He’s the reason Cavs had so much success before the injures, Cavs had good perimeter defense last year because Lauri 6’11 at SF then Okoro 6’5 at SG his REAL position made it hard for opposing teams to score, that’s why they had multiple winning streaks last season, Now they have two 6’1 guards in the backcourt which makes it Very Easy to defend them, A MIDGET BACKCOURT will NEVER work, Cavs traded their future just to be worse than last year 🤦🏼♂️