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[StatMuse] Cavs have lost 5 games in a row. They are 30th in defensive rating in that span. They were 2nd before.

  • November 17, 2022


[StatMuse] Cavs have lost 5 games in a row. They are 30th in defensive rating in that span. They were 2nd before.

28 comments

  1. Not enough is being said about the impact of Garland on the defense of the Cavs. He’s a traffic cone. Just like Ja and Trae.

  4. Idk why people are surprised, in the first 9 games they played the leagues best offense twice, of course they were gonna have a great defense then.

  5. They seem like an easy team for opposing coaches to scheme around because of how glaring the difference is between paint and perimeter defense

  7. I’ve wondered how this team would look long-term with Garland + Mitchell playing alongside each other. Can’t really say much yet still because Allen has also been out.

    My concern for that team is that we’ve never seen 2 undersized guards whose primary focus is offense work. Maybe Mobley + Allen are that good and maybe Mitchell has improved enough for it to not be an issue defensively, but these 2 aren’t quite Dame + CJ offensively yet, but have the same questions that need answering defensively.

    We’ll see what happens when they get fully healthy.

  9. I think the cavs should bring levert of the bench and start okoro. This will help you defence from your starters while giving you bench more scoring. Having levert start you have 3 not great defender who can be attacked. They should go all in on defence and let Mitchell and garland run the show on offence. They will still struggle to defend since it will be hard to hide both Mitchell and garland on defence but I believe you get a lot better.

  11. Hasn’t Allen been out? Their backup center is Kevin Love or Mobley at the 5 and they don’t have good wing defense outside of Mobley playing 4 next to a center.

  12. I’m starting to think the Knicks might have been right not to trade 3 unprotected firsts for a Brunson Mitchell backcourt. Would have been great offensively though.

  14. Lol and yet they beat the best team (record wise) in the nba twice. Early season is always funny. 66% of our losses are from the cavs.

  15. Seems like they’ve had a tough schedule to start but for sure seems like they need a 3nD wing or two.

  22. Anyone saying that the Cavs should start Okoro hasn’t been watching the Cavs. He’s been atrocious. The biggest reason for the collapse in my opinion is that Dean Wade has been out for three games and was limited in the two before that. The Cavs need two of Mobley, Allen, and Wade to be on the court in order for our defense to not collapse against competent teams. The lineup numbers back this up dramatically. Given that both Wade and Allen have had injury issues, it’s very important for the Cavs to start building defensive depth in order to not get exposed so hard. Also Caris isn’t the problem.

  23. Damn, the NBA hits you fast man. They looked like title contenders a week and a half ago.

  26. This is where I come out of the woodworks and say we would have been better keeping our picks, Sexton, Lauri, and Ochai rather trading for Mitchell.

    This stats supports my argument.

  27. People on here were literally crowning them a week ago lol. Maybe wait half a season before the hot takes start on how good these teams are

  28. Odd since I remember Spida going on and on about how he CAN and WILL play defense. Jazz fans said that it was the same old routine from him but Cavs fans couldn’t control their little chubbies.

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