This team is out of gas.

[Megatron]

KG needs to be benched for a couple weeks, he needs some rest hes clearly struggling out there, looks almost as bad as he did post-injury, no lift, extremely slow lateral movement.

As for Ray, he goes through month long slumps every year, I just hope this one doesent carry over until the Finals.

[Greenbean]

KG needs to be benched for a couple weeks, he needs some rest hes clearly struggling out there, looks almost as bad as he did post-injury, no lift, extremely slow lateral movement.

As for Ray, he goes through month long slumps every year, I just hope this one doesent carry over until the Finals.

KG had no lift on that block tonight? You realize he's had a double double in 9 out of the last 12 games right?

[RebusRankin]

Having 5 guys out doesn't effect things? Teams never hit a bad slump?

[greenhead85]

Ray needs to come off from the bench. Also, his minutes needs to go down to 30 mins a game or a little over less than that. Let him play along side West or Arroyo when he reports in the court. Start Sasha and let him do the early defensive task (to wear down) over the opposing team's SG.

[screwedupmaniac]

Guys, they do this every year about this time in March...they set cruise control and have trouble bringing their A game against subpar competition. They're bored. Just give it a couple of weeks...we'll be just fine.

[Bahku]

Not. This is a common March let-down ... happens every year, and every team goes through it at different times. It's amazing ... I've actually seen a larger percent of positive threads on the Cleveland sites lately than ours ... we are spoiled fans, and this Chicken Little over-reactionary stuff needs to go the way of the Great Auk. We are the best team in the Eastern Conference, folks, and trying to integrate a bunch of new players .... please, please, please give it some time! Consistency and cohesiveness does not happen overnight!

[greenhead85]

Guys, they do this every year about this time in March...they set cruise control and have trouble bringing their A game against subpar competition. They're bored. Just give it a couple of weeks...we'll be just fine.

If this is the case then we should give more PT to the second unit so they can better familiarize the team's plays and each player's strengths and weaknesses.

[droopdog7]

Guys, they do this every year about this time in March...they set cruise control and have trouble bringing their A game against subpar competition. They're bored. Just give it a couple of weeks...we'll be just fine.

The problem is that they are letting HCA slip through their grasp. While a lot of fans want to dismiss this, I think it takes us from favorites to not favorites. Doesnt mean we can't win but sure makes it harder.

[Megatron]

Guys, they do this every year about this time in March...they set cruise control and have trouble bringing their A game against subpar competition. They're bored. Just give it a couple of weeks...we'll be just fine.

The problem is that they are letting HCA slip through their grasp. While a lot of fans want to dismiss this, I think it takes us from favorites to not favorites. Doesnt mean we can't win but sure makes it harder.

This.

Plus it makes our road EXTREMELY hard.

Instead of going through Indiana Orlando then the scraps that are left from Chicago/Miami series. We now have to go through a tough Sixers/Knicks team, then Miami, then the Bulls and then the Lakers.

That road may just be too much to overcome.

[Yin]

A few losses, this team is old, out of gas, they don't care about HCA anymore.

The Clippers and the Sixers are much better than their record suggests.

[Bahku]

They shoot horses, don't they?  

[Celticjay]

Why not bring Ray Ray off the bench.  Green has been a starter his entire career, have him start and the 3 and have Pierce move back to the 2.  Pierce played the majority of his career their prior to Allen's arrival.  This would add a bunch of size and sorely need athleticism to the Starting line up.  Once Shaq comes back we would have a much bigger team.  Ray coming of the bench for 30 minutes of intense action would be better for this team no and long term. 

A bench of Ray, Baby, West and Kristic would be formidable and allow us not to lose leads.

Love Ray but if he isn't knocking down shots I'd rather have Green in there..

[Tai]

Can anyone imagine Perk still recuperating and no Krstic at this point?

Wouldn't have changed the result...lose by 1 point or 7 points or whatever...it still counts as only one loss. With him we would have one less player to integrate into our system....this is not a knock on Krstic..he played very well tonight...but I don't see why you have to bring up Perk every chance you get...most of the people here are trying to move on..why try and stir up a dying debate.

The point was we'd probably have ONLY KG and Murphy playing has bigs if the trade didn't happen. That's it. No Green either, so us going small means Pierce at the 4, increasing his minutes.

Call me back when our bench is back and we're still losing. Heck, call me back in the playoffs, since everyone is saying we won't be healthy till then.

[Tai]

Why not bring Ray Ray off the bench.  Green has been a starter his entire career, have him start and the 3 and have Pierce move back to the 2.  Pierce played the majority of his career their prior to Allen's arrival.  This would add a bunch of size and sorely need athleticism to the Starting line up.  Once Shaq comes back we would have a much bigger team.  Ray coming of the bench for 30 minutes of intense action would be better for this team no and long term. 

A bench of Ray, Baby, West and Kristic would be formidable and allow us not to lose leads.

Love Ray but if he isn't knocking down shots I'd rather have Green in there..

No thanks. Pierce doesn't need to be worn out by playing fast players.

[barefacedmonk]

Can anyone imagine Perk still recuperating and no Krstic at this point?

Wouldn't have changed the result...lose by 1 point or 7 points or whatever...it still counts as only one loss. With him we would have one less player to integrate into our system....this is not a knock on Krstic..he played very well tonight...but I don't see why you have to bring up Perk every chance you get...most of the people here are trying to move on..why try and stir up a dying debate.

The point was we'd probably have ONLY KG and Murphy playing has bigs if the trade didn't happen. That's it. No Green either, so us going small means Pierce at the 4, increasing his minutes.

Call me back when our bench is back and we're still losing. Heck, call me back in the playoffs, since everyone is saying we won't be healthy till then.

Read what I wrote. Does it sound like I'm trying to find a scapegoat for this game? I just don't like people trying to inject krstic and perk in every post after a loss...that deabte is dying and I think that's good. So, I guess I won't call you back...