Kyrie Irving played very well despite injuring his right shoulder in the second quarter and finished with 29 points but the rest of the Cleveland Cavaliers other than Alonzo Gee's 19 points were ineffective on offense and defense as the Milwaukee Bucks crushed Cleveland 121-84 at the Q.Milwaukee led by 27 at the half and it got worse as the game went along.
Not much else to say other than on to the Garden tomorrow night against the Knicks...
Swashbucklings
1) Kyrie Irving was more than a match for Brandon Jennings and without Irving,Cleveland could have lost by fifty.
Irving hit 11 of 20 from the floor and sat out the entire fourth quarter with a right shoulder sprain that he said was injured in the second quarter.
It was smart keeping Irving out of the game in a meaningless game,although I might have kept him out of the third period,if he was injured in the second...
2) Milwaukee shot over 56 percent from the floor.
It was not just jumpers either,although the team drained ten of sixteen from beyond the three point arc, as the Bucks drove the lane so effectively that I swore I saw Bango the Buck drive the lane and lay in a finger roll or two.
A lot of bad interior defense on this night from the Cavaliers...
3) Other than the two players mentioned above,only Tristan Thompson bothered to play in the loss.Thompson scored 15 points and finished with eleven boards with nine off the offensive glass.
The most encouraging point for Thompson was his move off the offensive glass with a light touch putback.
Earlier this season,Thompson would have went for the slam because that was his only viable option.
Thompson is making strides in his offensive game and adding weapons to a limited arsenal..
4) Antawn Jamison gets lots of criticisms in the Cavalier press for shooting so often and being a selfish player.
On this night,Jamison showed his selfishness in an opposite manner as Jamison looked to be be saying "you want to criticize me for shooting so much?,I will not shoot at all".
Jamison played thirty minutes,shot just four times and finished with two points on the night.
Ugh.
5) With the likely end of the season for Daniel Gibson with a severe foot injury,the Cavaliers signed Lester Hudson to a ten day contract.
Byron Scott had wanted a player addition to the team to help the depth and to be able to run practices.
Hudson did play in the blowout against the Bucks and scored two points.
6) Cleveland lost for the sixth game in a row and ninth in ten games.
If Kyrie Irving misses substantial time,the Cavaliers might have seen their last win for quite a while...
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