Whipped in Washington-Cavaliers lose 91-78

The Cleveland Cavaliers dropped below .500 with their third loss in a row,this one to the Washington Wizards 91-78 in Washington.
LeBron James and Kyrie Irving each scored 22 points as the top scorers for Cleveland.
The now 5-6 Cavaliers host the Toronto Raptors tomorrow at Quicken Loans Arena...

Swashbucklings

1) What an awful evening.
36 percent from field,6 of 27 from three point range.
Bad offense.

2) What an awful evening.
Allowed 49 percent shooting to Washington,showed a general lack of interest on the defensive end and few showed the mildest effort in a comeback when Washington went stone cold in the fourth quarter.
Bad defense

3) The Cavaliers played the Wizards even in the second half,but that didn't make the offense any better.
LeBron James and Kyrie Irving did each score 22 points,but they needed 37 shots to do it and the third leading scorer? Anderson Varejao with just 10 points...

4) Kevin Love is struggling.
You knew that already,but tonight it was glaring with Love hitting the magic eight ball.
8 points,8 boards and 8 shots from the field.
Love looks lost in the flow of the offense and has begun to get into the habit of floating around the three point line,looking to launch three's.
The problem with that is that it then takes him out of position to rebound.
As always there will be expected growing pains,but this is going to need to be fixed.

5) The Cavaliers did not receive one point from the bench until just under four minutes to go in the third quarter and finished with just nine points on the night.
Tristan Thompson with four,Mike Miller with 3 and an especially bad Dion Waiters,who scored two whole points in 22 minutes of play!

6) What a waste of time of watching.
I can excuse losses and on the road to a good Washington team,that's excusable.
It's how you lose.
Lazy,lightweight and lousy.
Let's hope for a better effort against Toronto....