The Cleveland Cavaliers are slipping again. This time there is a clear reason for why they’re slipping. Defensively, they’re the equivalent of a kid rolling themselves down a hill. The Cavs clearly don’t really care about seeding because they know if they’re on point they will breeze through the Playoffs.
But the thing is that they haven’t consistently been on point all season. Recently it’s been because of their defence and head coach Tyronn Lue is taking full blame for it.
“I take full blame for that,” Lue said. “We’re trying to do some different things and now we just got to get back to the basics and get back to our foundation.” Lue said there is time to reconstruct the defense because what they’re returning to they “did it all last year.” “We did it the first half of this season and it’s just getting back to the basics and doing what we’re accustomed to doing,” Lue said.
Sounds like their training sessions will be very important at this time of the season. You need to be on point for the Playoffs, Tyronn Lue probably knows that. And maybe the Cavs can get consistent at the best time. Would fatally shut down my bold prediction at the start of the season. (I said they’re not making the Finals and I’m sticking to it.)
