Cleveland Cavaliers Pregame Scribbles

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9. In their two victories in Cleveland, the Cavs held Boston to 94 points and 40 percent shooting. As coach Tyronn Lue mentioned: “We like where we’re at. We like what we are doing defensively.”

cheap air force 10. Now some common sense: Want to play better defense? Put more defensive minded players on the court. For a while, Lue was playing Kevin Love at center, with Jeff Green and LeBron James at the forwards. Tristan Thompson wasn’t playing much, and Larry Nance Jr. was forgotten. cheap air force

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13. James on Thompson: “Tristan has been everything to our defense since he got back into the rotation. he takes the 1 on 1 defensive challenge. he has meanness and toughness about him. he will guard anybody. That’s not saying they won’t cheap adidas score off him, but he’ll always take the challenge.”

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15. For a while, Lue was in a period where he thought he didn’t need both Thompson and Nance. He was more interested in smaller, quicker lineups. But that also led to soft defense. But tonight, they will need both big men.

16. They also will need their guards, especially George Hill. When their point guard scores at least 10 points, the Cavs are 6 1. The one loss was in Game https://www.mzbredshoes.com 3 of the Indiana series. He then missed three games with injuries. When Hill is on the court and scores fewer than 10 points, the Cavs are 0 5.

cheap jordans from china 17. Hill was horrible in Boston, scoring eight points in 61 minutes, shooting 3 of 8. He had only two rebounds and one assist. It’s as if he was lost. In the two wins at home, he scored 13 points each time, and averaged 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists along with playing dependable defense on Boston point guard Terry Rozier. cheap jordans from cheap jordans china china

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