Hard births exposed in frustrating loss for marbles

The Cleveland Cavaliers crawled into an intuit dome with confidence, the vehicle is high after the dominant first quarter that saw them fall the sparkle of 45 points against Los Angeles Clippers. It was an opening for a statement, showing sharp, unrelented and effective two-way dominations. However, just like in Previous Cleveland trip Anti-Orlando magic, offensive and defensive momentum disappeared into thin air.

For the second flat game, the criminal offense fell apart when most of that matter. After their explosive start, they pronounced only 74 points over the final three quarters, including a small 17 in fourth. Even worse, their defense was scattered, Allowing clips to dictate the tempo and controls the final phases of the game.

The numbers are damned. Max Strus did his share, scored 12 seconds of points at 5-for 5 shooting. Other sales? Poor 13-for-39 (33.3%) from the field and 1-for-17 (5.9%) of three. It simply will not reduce this, especially for the name of the name.

“Give them a loan, but we have to get better” Donovan Mitchell Received. “You want to continue this is one of Those Things. You have to continue Things Out and You’d Rather This Happen Now. This Is A Continuous Learning Process. Not Hanging Our Heads. Understand We Have To Fix Some Things and Be Better. “

Donovan Mitchell and the cave crumpled in the clutch clutch

If it was ever night, Cavs needed their star player to lead them out of the mud, that was it. Still, Mitchell couldn’t deliver when Cleveland was needed the most.

This marked the second straight game where the CAWS franchise could not deliver the crushing time. Against Orlando, Mitchell shot 3-for-12 in the fourth quarter. Against Los Angeles, he was even worse, going 1-for 10 in the second half, ends only five points in that move. The coffe was changed 23 points when he was on the floor in the second half.

Some can indicate recent injury to Mitchell as an excuse, but the truth is that it came to its places. He had space and created opportunities. Sorry, unfortunately, they just didn’t fire. Concerned, while the offensive fights are bright, CAWS’s defense, the strength of the season, was equally to the curve.

Cleveland’s defense was also a concern against Los Angeles

Los Angeles recorded 54.8% off the field and 45.7% of three, with ease of cutting through Cleveland’s defense schemes. At the time when the final buzzer sounded, four players on the turbor crossed the 20-point mark:

• Kavhi Leonard: 33 points, 12-out of 19 shooting, 5-from 6 from deep
• Ivica Zubac: 28 points, 20 rebounds
• James Harden: 22 points
• Bogdan Bogdanovic: 20 points, perfect 8-for-8 off the field

The domination of color teeth was particularly alarming. The machine is Cleveland in there, which led to the plus-20 advantages for knickers. Cages simply did not have an answer to its size and physiculation.

“They played great,” Cavs Head Coatech Kenny Atkinson Received. “Elite performance of making shots from them and poor defensive performance than us. Our lack of discipline, then honored, we did not work small things. Do not survive in the atmosphere of the playoffs.”

This is not just a frustrating loss. Instead, it’s more about manner Cleveland loses. LOVE is a recent 16-game power, longest in the NBA season, is built to suffocate defense, balanced scoring and unruly energy. However, in this last slider, these pillars are crashed in the worst possible time.

The question is not talent. The classes have proven to belong to the Elite NBA. But in the last two games, they ended up and drawn and drawn down the shares. With just so many games, the watch ticked.

“(We care about us,” Darius Garland said. “Just Keep Trying to Get Better, and Get Ready For The Playoffs. That’s Our Mindset. That’s what we’re looking forward to. Just Tighten Up The Screws. And Know Everything is under a microscope right now since we have been on our run. Two losses. It’s basketball. Everybody loses and everybody wins. Is what it is. “

Given a few games to move on this trip, Cleveland will need to prove that these collapses are nothing but temporary growing pain. Is not a sign of the problem forward. Because there is no other chance in the playoffs and the furnaces cannot afford these errors.