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... the Bulls again Thursday. It's almost unfathomable, given the cage rattling after Monday's terrible loss to the Spurs, the positive practice Wednesday, and the obvious jumping off point for some momentum that a game against the Bulls after two days off represented. The Cavs look terrible right now, or as Kyrie Irving called it, "really, really ugly.". But, you know, Kyle Korver (who's been hurt most of this month) told me this is by far the worst travel month of his 14-year career. The Cavs will have played 12 of 17 on the road when March is over. I also think there is ample time to get right. And if the nonsense we see continues, there is still a fall-back option. Le Bron James and Irving are good enough to carry this team through multiple playoff series. Korver comes back healthy, and now there's a viable, game-changing threat coming off the bench. Those three were enough to push the Cavs through February with a 9-2 record. At some point, the other talented pieces on this roster (read Kevin Love and J. R. Smith) ...

Kyrie Irving Hints At Team Meeting As Things Have Turned 'real Ugly' For Cavaliers

... R. Smith were already on the bus. By the time the visitor's locker room opened inside the United Center following another loss - Cleveland's fifth in the last seven games and 10 th during a pitiful March - Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love, Deron Williams and James Jones were the only players remaining. That's because the team meeting, which Kyrie Irving hinted at, had already taken place. "Every journey's different," Irving said. "When you're in it, it absolutely sucks, when you're in a rut like this. We're taking steps forward. After the game we took a step forward.". When asked to clarify what he meant by that, Irving declined to share details. "Just in a way that a team should take a step forward when we're in a rut," he said. "I'll leave it at that.". It was around this time last year when head coach Tyronn Lue held a team meeting following an embarrassing loss in Brooklyn. That chat helped unlock Love and was labeled one of the turning points of the season. Earlier this season, James' tirade following a baffling loss ...

Lebron, Cavs End Rough March With 122-105 Win Over 76ers

... Sixers. "They played at a championship level," coach Brett Brown said. "They took their frustrations out on us. It looked like they had their mind set on fixing some things versus the 76 ers.". Richaun Holmes and rookie Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot scored 19 apiece for Philadelphia, which dressed only nine players after shutting down Jahlil Okafor and Robert Covington for the remainder of the season with knee injuries. The Cavs have been shaky for some time with defensive issues, injuries and inconsistency leading to questions about whether they can repeat. Following Thursday's loss in Chicago, the Cavs held a players-only meeting to clear the air. Cavs coach Tyronn Lue said the meeting would be meaningless if the Cavs didn't play better, and they finally did just that, blowing the game open in the second quarter by outscoring the Sixers 38-23. James had two dunks in a span of 15 seconds as Cleveland built a 23-point lead. Love knocked down a pair of 3-pointers early in the third and the Cavs entertained their crowd with a few alley-oop dunks while opening their lead to 32. James, who was pulled 90 seconds into the fourth, was in a foul mood following Thursday's game. He was on the ...

Cavaliers Debut The Quiet Space Sensory Room Aimed At Expanding Accessibility Inside The Q

... fans who endure sensory issues or challenges can now find a safe space inside Quicken Loans Arena designed to promote inclusion and a positive experience when they attend events at The Q. The Quiet Space Sensory Room, guided by experts from Kulture City, debuted Thursday and will be available for guests at all Quicken Loans Arena events, including Cavaliers, Monsters and Gladiators games. The room features calming paint tones, a textured wall, special seating and privacy away from loud noises and crowds. Quicken Loans Arena guests can now check out Sensory Bags that include fidget toys and other accessories to help soothe those suffering from sensory issues. Joe __link__. In addition, event guests can check out "sensory bags" at no cost which include fidget toys, weighted lap pads, noise cancelling ...

Can The Cavs Flip The Switch In The Playoffs

... the most capable in the bracket. Le Bron James alone ensures that, and through him the fact that no team in the East seems capable of keeping up with the Cavs’ physical, nuanced offense. Any tardiness from Cleveland’s defense might help to close that gap. Part of what made the Cavs so good over the past two playoff runs was how cleanly they read the pulse of the moment. Lesser teams were dispatched precisely when they needed to be. An amazing comeback against the Warriors was triggered not a moment too soon. There is some reassurance in that. The Cavs are a team of deliberate transformation, free from the precedent of the regular season in a way that others are not. No group of players has made more of the postseason’s blank slate than this one—particularly in the elevation of their defense. It wouldn’t be unfounded for Cleveland to hone its focus and impede every opponent in their playoff path. That kind of shift, however, seems further out of reach for this year’s teams than previous ones. Read between the lines of Le ...

Cavs Aren't Only Team Ready To Rid Themselves Of March Sadness

... Well, not so much. Cleveland will wrap up its March schedule Friday night at home against the Sixers. The Cavs have limped through the month at 6-10, witnessing the collapse of both their defense and their four-game lead in the race for the Eastern Conference’s top seed. Their margin for the month is minus-4.5, which is seventh worst among all NBA teams. Cleveland, though, is not the only team with some gripes for the March schedule-makers. One of the teams challenging them in the East, the Wizards, might have had an even tougher slate of games in March, with a tight 18-game schedule, tied for the most games of any team this month. They’ve had to play 12 of those on the road, including two junkets through the West, and have had the same number of back-to-backs as the Cavs. But the Wizards have proven resilient. They’ve gone 11-6 ahead of Friday’s game in Utah, and have had a scoring margin of plus-2.2. In all, eight teams will play more games in March than any other month, and 12 others will tie their month-high game total. Some teams ...

Are The Cavaliers Still Nba Finals Contenders

... erratic supporting cast. And while Boston potentially having homecourt advantage in an East Finals matchup is no joke, the East is still very much set up for the Cavs to make it all the way. Le Bron has no true individual rival in his conference, and the Celtics—who seem to be peaking at the right time—are still an unproven bunch. Playoff basketball is a whole different animal, and every NBA champion this decade took some pretty tough losses before climbing the mountain top, the kind of losses and games the Celtics haven’t even played in yet. And if James personally takes on the defensive challenge against Isaiah Thomas, Boston could come to regret not adding another one-on-one scoring option at the trade deadline. James Harden's Case For MVP In Seven Charts. All of this is to say the Cavs should have a relatively easy road to the Finals compared to teams out West, and then they only have to find a way to play out-of-their-minds defense for one series. It’s not ...

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Former Cleveland Cavaliers Gm, Nba Pioneer Wayne Embry, 80, Made A Difference In Nba

... Dayton, which was a national power at the time. Although Embry was a second-team All-Ohio player, he wound up at Miami (Ohio). Dayton wasn't interested in recruiting him because of the color of his skin. As a kid, Embry had a job working construction on a house in Springfield. The homeowner brought out a glass plate of sandwiches, which he threw away after Embry ate off it. For a stunning 60 years, people in the NBA have known Embry as a man of high personal character. He had it when he entered the league, just as he had it when he entered Tecumseh. Greeted in his first days at Tecumseh with taunts and derision as its only black student, Embry wanted to quit, instead stuck it out, and soon became popular because he was friendly and funny. He became respected because he was strong and tough. Embry was not embittered by snubs because he came to believe in what he calls the "80/20 philosophy.". "If 80 percent are good, we can't let the 20 percent ...

I Was Protecting Lebron

... and knock down Bron," Irving said. "I was like. I gotta do something, I've got to protect my brother. A lot of late hits on Bron, a lot of guys trying to get one over on him. It's over for that, it's over for that.". Said James: "He was protecting me from getting shoved. It's about it being a brotherhood around here and not letting anything happen to each other.". The play seemed to set a tone for the Cavs, who jumped out to a huge first-half lead and broke their three-game losing streak with a 122-105 victory. The team had meetings in the locker room following losses in San Antonio and Chicago earlier this week. Prior to the game Friday, coach Tyronn Lue indicated it was time to stop talking and to start acting. Irving, who had 24 points, appeared to look for an opportunity to send a message early in the game. "The guys talked last night, a good talk amongst themselves," Lue said. "Now we have to play. We've had enough talk over the last couple of weeks.". Irving's aggressive reaction seemed to surprise Anderson, who said neither his play nor Irving's was dirty. "He was just protecting his teammate. I think he saw Le Bron went down. He fell, and it was kind of ...