Cleveland Cavaliers succumb to three-point shooting variance

You can't win every game. But you can play Every game with a winning process. The Cleveland Cavaliers did not use a bad strategy against the Orlando magic – but they could have found alternatives when it became clear that they were on the wrong side of the math game.

The Cavs entered this game as the best three-point shooting team of the NBA. The magic occurred as the worst. Nevertheless, Orlando scored 13 three-pointers at more than 40%, while the CAVs were only 10-40 shootings with 25% under water. If this is not the perfect example of the extreme variance in today's NBA, I don't know what it is.

So it is no secret that even the best teams in the league will have bad shooting evenings. Overcoming these performances by tidying up the few Things are how you become a 56-win team like the Cavs. They had no problems beating opponents, even if their three-point shot is absent. That was not the case today. Let us find out why:

Cavs did not estimate the possession

The most important thing you can do if shots do not fall is the most important thing you can do. If the edge of the fault is already smaller than usual, you can give yourself the opportunity to be successful. The Cavs did not do this tonight and turned it over seven times in the third quarter alone.

Their collapse in the third quarter was the turning point. Orlando forced the cavaliers into three consecutive sales when they simply tried to bring the ball onto the half court. Each error led to an immediate basket for magic. Cleveland finally crossed the timeline on her fourth test, but this possession ended with a difficult three-point shot from Donovan Mitchell, who missed the brand.

This was a topic throughout the game. Mitchell shot 9-28 from the ground when he tried to work back from a groin injury. In the course of the game, he pressed and pressed with five templates and three sales. Darius Garland and Ty Jerome were also careless with the ball and combined eight sales and only five templates.

“I think the biggest, we just didn't do exactly as we were,” said Mitchell after the game. “Some of the looks were open and we just missed it, but some of them were inflicted themselves.”

The sloppy selection and even worse handling of the ball made it impossible for the Cavs to overcome their 10-von-40-three-point shooting. A more responsible approach for the execution of the crime would have given you a better chance.

The trickle-down effect

One advantage of the double-batch line-up of the cavaliers is that it gives an alternative if three-point shots do not fall. Evan Mabley and Jarrett Allen are two of the most dominant edge -finishers of the league. But the cavs were now without Mabley. And all of the effects are dulled when the radius value fails so drastically.

This game started with tears for everyone. He raged on the edge and Orlando had no answer to him. But during the day, Cleveland's three-point shooting became an obvious weakness. Orlando was able to successfully pack the color – and no one in the cavaly could break it. Everyone made only two shots in the fourth quarter.

Cleveland's offense is a power package and a sensitive balance. She doesn't spam with three hands to play the system like the Boston Celtics. The cavs practice better than any other. But when half of this evaluation disappears, the other becomes more difficult.

In the second half there was a handful of sales when Cleveland tried to force everyone in color. The magic could plunge in these attempts without thinking so much that the area is vulnerable. The only thing that could have changed was a defiant reaction of the shooters of the Cavaliers. We always waited for a cavalanche that never came about.

Diploma

There are no comprehensive conclusions from this game. Especially not when Mabley didn't even play.

The cavaliers have already shown us everything they have to show in the regular season. They are at a historical pace and have consistently proven that they can beat everyone in the league. The only thing left is to do in the post -season.

A bad shooting performance is nothing to worry about. Cleveland's sloppy offensive execution Today we have no reason to get used to. It is always worth pointing to the areas you can improve. Taking care of the ball and maintaining a balance between the inside-out gate is your way to win, even if you don't shoot the ball well.

“It's all part of it as a collective,” said Mitchell. “You know, we learn from it and get better.”