Bench amir rest of series: start Gerald and play high pace...

[crimcartel]

All of our big are finesse and soft.. horford is the only one t big some physical but CBS's philosophy is spread em out so horford is often asked to okay out of the paint... Best bet is to go small

Start green or brown and bring smart off the bench as 6th man

[C3LTSF4N]

Should just start Brown at this point.

[jambr380]

Should just start Brown at this point.

Yeah, I mean Green can hit an outside shot, but IT, AB, Crowder, and Horford also should be able to do that - emphasis on should. Brown is the complete package, however, and actually made Lebron look human on several occasions. His ability to drive to the hoop would also be quite useful.

[Jvalin]

All of our big are finesse and soft.. horford is the only one t big some physical but CBS's philosophy is spread em out so horford is often asked to okay out of the paint... Best bet is to go small

Start green or brown and bring smart off the bench as 6th man

I would start JB. What do we have to lose anyway? Give the rookie more playing time. He 's been terrific tonight.

[jpotter33]

Amir should've been benched ever since the Bulls series. I have no idea why he keeps getting put back out there.

Granted, in game 5 Amir actually looked decent and not like he was on his last leg, but literally every other game he's been hot garbage. There's no point in putting him out there for his size, because it's not like he's going to help against TT anyways.

Just concede the rebounding battle to them and go small. You're going to live or die by the three anyways, might as well put as much shooting out there as possible and go small. I say start Jaylen.

[JOMVP]

Smart, Bradley, Jaylen, Crowder, Horford. Isaiah would be more effectice coming off the bench as an energy and shooting guy this series. I know he wouldnt allow it, but I honestly think that lineup is the best one we got to matchup.

[SHAQATTACK]

replace Bradley with Rozier or Green .  we need scoring no t brick city .....he rarely shoots well in the first half .....and if IT is cold ...then we get blown out because nobody else can shoot decently

[RockinRyA]

At this point, I'd rather start anyone, including Young and Mickey, ahead of Amir. He has shown nothing.

[chilidawg]

Smart was effective against Thompson and Brown did the best job on Lebron.  I'd start Smart for Amir and bring Brown in as the first man off the bench.

[BudweiserCeltic]

replace Bradley with Rozier or Green .  we need scoring no t brick city .....he rarely shoots well in the first half .....and if IT is cold ...then we get blown out because nobody else can shoot decently

Not sure why you're bringing up the first half vs the rest of the game for Bradley, since it's just the opposite. He historically shoots better in the first half, particularly in the 1st quarter.

[GRADYCOLNON]

Isaiah needs to play off the ball more; he is holding onto the ball so much the offensive rhythm is broken.  I would start Brown and play him against Lebron with no switch just help in the paint.

The physical tone set by primarily by Smart and Brown looked to spark the few runs tonight.  If that tone is set early on Friday, the game will be a lot closer. So I would consider bringing Smart in earlier.

As for defensive rebounding, crash the boards and limit going for blocks.  This weakness isn't going away; the team needs to overcome by winning more 50/50 balls.

On offense, get into the paint.  Stop shooting threes early in shot clock.  Only shoot threes off drive and kicks or offensive rebounds; otherwise, get into the paint and draw fouls. Also, Isaiah stop holding the ball; instead he should be coming off picks without the ball and, then driving into the paint while the Cavs try to recover, so more players are open for cuts and corner threes.

As the saying goes: good offense leads to good defense.  So our offense can keep us in the game by limiting the transition offense for the Cavs.  Less switching will prevent the easy mismatches at the 1,3, and 4.  Isaiah shouldn't switch onto Lebron or Thompson and Horford shouldn't switch off Thompson or Love to pick up Lebron.  If we can limit those easy bucket scenarios, they aren't going to score nearly as much.