The Cleveland Cavaliers were unable to follow up their win on Monday in Charlotte with a win in their return to the Q and lost to the Golden State Warriors 105-95 after a poor final period.Antawn Jamison led the Cavaliers with 19 points with Kyrie Irving adding 18.
The Cavaliers take a few days off before hosting the Chicago Bulls on Friday night.
Swashbucklings
1) The Cavaliers looked dull on both the physical and mental parts of the game.
Back to back games after a seven games road trip can do that to a team.
That is not an excuse,but the team had to be far under optimum performance levels.
2) However,considering the condensed schedule for this season,all teams will have to fight through the fatigue barrier at one time or another and as such-better teams will deal with that better than others...
3) Semih Erden finished with 14 points and showed some good moves in the low post,especially in the first half.
Erden will be given a ten game or so audition by Byron Scott to see what Erden has to offer on a team lacking size down the middle.
4) Turnovers-as in too many of them.
23 in this loss.
If the Cavaliers want to compete night after night,the turnover numbers need to be at least around the league average if not lower.
That is simplistic,but true for a team of this level...
5) Love the Golden State Blue and Gold uniforms.
Looks like the NBA is moving towards the classic look in unis and most of them get our thumbs up...
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