Daily Archives: January 25, 2021

Cavaliers fight hard, fall short vs. Lakers

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The Cleveland Cavaliers put up a tough fight but were just no match for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Absolutely no one will fault the Cleveland Cavaliers and the effort they put forth in their 115-108 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers Monday. Cleveland refused to give up and fought all the way to the end, but were just not able to put together enough to come out victorious.

There were a few times early that is looked like a repeat of Sunday night’s dismal performance could be in the cards, but that was not the case. Instead of rolling over and accepting this loss, the Cavs rallied and pushed the Lakers to the edge. Ultimately, LeBron James was the difference for Los Angeles as he dropped a casual 46 points on the Cavs.

Big game ‘Dre

Andre Drummond led the Cavaliers in points and rebounds with 25 and 17 respectively. Drummond putting together games like this is essentially the expectation this season. The Cavaliers big man has been a consistent source of scoring and rebounding that has made an impact for Cleveland so far this season.

Streaky Cedi

If there is one thing that everyone knows about Cedi Osman is that he is streaky. There are times where Cedi can be red hot and others where he is ice cold, tonight was the former. Osman made 5 of 7 three-point attempts and was instrumental early in the 3rd quarter when the Cavaliers cut into and eventually took the lead. Osman was Cleveland’s second-highest scorer with 20 points.

Spotty Sexton

As per usual, Collin Sexton made some incredible plays and drained a couple three-pointers. The only issue is that this was a volume shooting effort as Sexton went 6-17 from the field. This was tied for Sexton’s worst shooting performance this season which was a loss against the New York Knicks in December. Things should look up for Sexton once his running mate returns to the starting lineup.

Garland rounding into form

This was expected to be the last game that Darius Garland comes off the bench while working back from injury. Garland played 26 minutes and was impressive in his limited minutes. The other half of SexLand finished with 11 points on 5 of 10 shooting and 5 assists. Once Garland is reincorporated back into starting lineup it should make a huge difference for the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers will look to snap their two-game losing streak when they take on the Detroit Pistons Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.

Nets interested in Kevin Love

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The Brooklyn Nets have expressed interest in acquiring the Cleveland Cavaliers veteran big man.

There was a new Kevin Love trade rumor that emerged Monday, The Brooklyn Nets have shown interest in acquiring the 32-year old veteran according to Jason Dumas.

This is in addition to already looking into acquiring JaVale McGee. Brooklyn is looking to fill our their roster after making the blockbuster move that resulted in James Harden becoming a Net. McGee would solve some of their defensive issues and Love would not necessarily move the needle all that much in that department.

Kevin Love has missed the majority of the season after a calf strain in Game 2. At this moment in time, Love is still within the re-evaluation window for his injury.

Moving Love would allow the Cavs to distribute minutes to their younger players and allow them to develop properly. One player of note who has stepped up during the absence of Kevin Love has been Larry Nance Jr. Nance has taken the starting role and ran with it, possibly leading to Cleveland exploring trades in involving Love. If Cleveland does trade Love, Nance could go from temporary fill-in to regular starter.

Cavaliers no match for Celtics

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The Cleveland Cavaliers had no chance against the Boston Celtics Sunday night as they were on the wrong side of a 141-103 blowout.

It was a long night for the Cleveland Cavaliers as they were no match for the Celtics in Boston. Fresh off back-to-back wins against the Brooklyn Nets there was hope for a game that would at least be close. What this game showed is that Brooklyn was a team dealing with a lot of roster turnover and their defense is really bad right now. What Boston showed is that they are a team that was truly ready for the Cavs.

The fact of the matter is that the game was over pretty much from the start. Boston began the game on a 11-2 run and from that point the Cavaliers were pretty much done. The Celtics lead grew to 17 points by the end of the 1st quarter and the rout was on. By halftime Cleveland found themselves down 22 points, leading to what would end up being a second half that was far from competitive.

Cleveland found themselves down 103-62 with 4:41 left to play in the 3rd quarter, their largest deficit of the game. The Cavaliers would cut the deficit down to 25 points, but that was as close as it got for the remainder of the game.

At the end of the day the Celtics are a substantially better team than the Cavaliers and this loss is not necessarily all that surprising. Cleveland is a team that can compete against some of the better teams from time to time, but they will still play games that are far from competitive. Maybe the team was feeling themselves a bit after their two straight wins over Brooklyn. Perhaps they were looking forward to Monday night’s matchup against LeBron and the Lakers. Either way this was a rough game from start to finish.