Ah, what a frustrating game. DG was quite bad, tons of stubborn unforced turnovers. He not only isn’t playing up to speed, he isn’t reading the game with the right pace. Of course, he just came back from an injury so I’m not gonna be too harsh on him, we know what he’s capable of.

I wish I saw them coming out of the gate as the team that played the Warriors, which to me was the perfect example of what the Cavs can do, but they didn’t.

Don was also off this game, and I have to credit the terrific OKC defense. I posted last night about his rim numbers this year, and although he was still good there, he got blocked a number of times due to the length of their defenders. The three wasn’t hitting either, so there’s really not much else to do. You could see it when he tried several snatch backs like he always does and the defenders wouldn’t budge. But that’s fine, a mid game happens.

I don’t wanna comment on everything cause I don’t have the capability, but yeah I feel like this OKC team is just as bad of a matchup as the Knicks for us. They have size, effort, and defense superiors to us.

Onto the next one, Go Ca=s

This road trip might get bad.

I think what I worry most about is our lack of intensity and competitive fire. Luckily Allen was somewhat aggressive during the game but after missing his 3rd FT of the first quarter he started laughing.

I’m not saying these guys should be miserable constantly but we can’t just depend on being a “good vibes” team. We aren’t going to Ted Lasso our way to a championship.

I’m not saying it has to come from JB… in fact I think it would be most effective if there was some accountability amongst the players. But I’m not sure you can force that without a coaching change to shake up the culture a bit.

When LeVert is the top scorer in a game, that means JB was desperate.