How the National Media is Viewing the Cavaliers Recent Hot Stretch – Sports4CLE, 2/6/24

How the National Media is Viewing the Cavaliers Recent Hot Stretch – Sports4CLE, 2/6/24

This is from CBS sports.com uh NBA Power Rankings so they go Clippers number one Cavs number two Thunder nuggets and Celtics the top five Donovan Mitchell is averaging 33 points seven assists five rebounds over the last week Moy has averaged 16 points nine rebounds five assists in the three games that he has

Played um Sam the other thing about Moy and the thing that they were alluding to with playing him together is the the thought is that they are two bigs that don’t shoot terribly well Evan MO is starting to shoot the ball a little bit better there’s there’s a little bit more

Touch on things and and you can see um he’s been working on his shot yeah and you know he does he does seem more comfortable uh not just shooting three-pointers but and he doesn’t have to take three-pointers I I I know that a lot of people want him to

Look the Cavs made 23 three-pointers against the Kings which tied their season high and Evan MO didn’t make any of them and they have still won by 26 so he doesn’t need to make three-pointers what what he’s doing is stepping out a little bit further from the basket uh

You know that 15 12 to 15 foot range and if he feels comfortable knocking those down that will go a long way and he does he just looks like it’s clearly that he’s not only been working on that but is now to the point where he’s had enough repetitions in that range where

He feels like hey you know I’m confident taking this shot I’m not second guessing myself maybe he was doing a little bit of that earlier in his career so yeah I mean you know and Jared Allen look everything outside of five six feet is a mystery but that’s okay as long as Mo

Stepping out and hitting you know a couple of those 12 to 15 Footers because again you’re talking about a team that made 233 pointers and a win against a really good Sacramento team just picked them apart C just picked them apart and I think that what’s important is uh you

Know you utilize those big guys underneath the basket even if they’re both down there at the same time and spread the court with your Shooters and that’s that’s what the Cavs have been doing offensively yeah and again as long as Moy can come out and draw a body away

You open up that for your guys that take it inside

Dave Bacon and Sam Amico respond to CBSSports.com’s latest NBA Power Rankings.

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