It's not really scoreboard-related. It's the approach they were taking early.But they did turn it back on after they fell behind by 9! And then they turned it off again. Ugh.
There's more to defense than this BUT my "oh crap they aren't playing with intensity tonight" antenna goes up immediately when the CAVs ball handlers aren't being harrassed in the half-court (I prefer 3/4 court defensive intensity with the bench advantage Boston owns)
I especially want Jrue, Jaylen, & Co bodying/bumping/getting up & under CAVs players the moment they touch the ball. Force the Refs to whistle them for a foul.
My concern started in Q1 last night. I pretty much raised the white flag on their D somewhere in the 2nd half
need to pick up the on-ball defense.
lackadaisical, just letting the CAVs comfortably get into sets
expect much better defense from Jrue
have they pressured the ball once on D?
picking up D under the 3pt line is pathetic
shitty defense all night
just cut and paste G2 Miami thread here
36pt Q3 for the CAVs
and Jaylen gets beat back door
I just don't understand why Jrue & Brown aren't getting physical with Dono or Garland or Strus when they initiate from the top, they are standing 3' away letting them operate
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