36 percent shooting and yet another huge hole to dig out doomed the Cleveland Cavaliers comeback attempt in Orlando in a 102-94 loss to the Magic.Alonzo Gee led Cleveland in scoring with a 20 point evening off the Cavalier bench.
The Cavaliers return home to the Q this evening and will be hosting the defending NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks at seven thirty...
Swashbucklings
1) Not a great shooting game by the numbers,but it was even worse watching the game,I bet the Cavaliers left 15 points at minimum off the board with misses within seven feet of the basket alone.
Awful...
2) The game was frenzied and sloppy as featured in a second quarter run that looked more like a seventh grade intramural game with both teams running up and down the court missing drive after drive and followup shots as well.
3) The bright spot was Alonzo Gee ,as noted above,finishing with a team high twenty points including three bombs from behind the three point arc.
Gee is high energy off the bench,so I can see why Byron Scott keeps him there,but he meshes so well with the Varejao,Irving unit in the fourth quarter that I would like to see more of that unit on the floor..
4) Kyrie Irving finished with 18 points,but did it on a 7 of 21 shooting night.
Irving was the main offender of the drive to the basket,flip up a shot and no good club.
Playing out of control a bit is part of the maturation process..
5) Good thing that Alonzo Gee had such a strong game because Mychel Thompson played thirty minutes without scoring a point.
That is pretty tough to do with that much floor time,but Thompson managed with an 0 for 6 game...
6) I know Luke Harangody will always be a slow defender and he will never be a huge board banger either,but he can shoot the basketball and on this team,that is a skill that is helpful.
Harangody may never be more than a situational guy,but I would like to see more of him when the team needs outside shooting to loosen up a defense...
Photo Credit;Gary Green-Orlando Sentinel
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