WEBVTT - First To Clinch 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:04.520 This crowd rises to speaking what Carl slam it out? 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:09.360 Carl left wing free ball perfect? 0:00:09.560 --> 0:00:11.799 Then he left block the shot at the rim? 0:00:12.080 --> 0:00:14.040 How with the left hand. 0:00:13.800 --> 0:00:17.320 And of fowl. Welcome to the Chase Down Podcast, part 0:00:17.320 --> 0:00:19.200 of the Caves Media family. I'm your host, Justin Rohan. 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:21.759 The Chase Doown is presented by Fubo, the official streaming 0:00:21.760 --> 0:00:24.000 partner of the Calves. Watch over three hundred and fifty 0:00:24.040 --> 0:00:26.960 channels of live sports and TV, including FanDuel Sports Network 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:30.040 without cable, There's no cost and no commitment. Try for 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:33.480 free at FuboTV dot com Slash Calves. There's no cost, 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:36.760 no commitment, and no chance that your Cleveland Cavaliers are 0:00:36.760 --> 0:00:37.800 going to miss the playoffs. 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:39.720 They became the first team. 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:42.600 In the NBA to officially clinch a playoff spot with 0:00:42.640 --> 0:00:45.080 their win over the Miami Heat. The winning streak is 0:00:45.159 --> 0:00:48.280 up to twelve games, and my co host is Carter Rodriguez. 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:49.520 Carter, how you doing, buddy? 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:53.880 That was seamless, brother, man. I I'm doing good. Uh, 0:00:54.000 --> 0:00:59.160 It's it's a really weird thing where you know, Justin, 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:01.680 I gotta say this team on as twelve game winning 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:06.479 streak might be slumping a little it's just this really 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:09.680 weird thing where you know they're not playing their best basketball. 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:12.600 And Mike Lucas, you know, kind of ask Kitty about 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:14.280 this as much in the post game, where he was 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:17.160 just kind of like, you know, I can't call it 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:20.240 a slump, but you know, it's not your best basketball 0:01:20.240 --> 0:01:23.959 over the last couple of days. And you know, I think, 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:27.800 you know, on one hand, obviously it's not crazy fun 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:30.119 that they're not playing their best basketball, but it's also, 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:32.920 in a weird way kind of fun because it's like, 0:01:33.640 --> 0:01:36.280 you know, normally, when a team is going through the 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:39.720 you know, the four and six, three and four and 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:43.119 they're not their sharpest, you just lose and you're really 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:46.759 grumpy about it. And instead, we just have this team 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:50.840 that keeps finding ways to win, you know, in all 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:55.320 these different ways. And I know that some people are 0:01:55.360 --> 0:02:00.000 sick of hearing the twenty fifteen twenty sixteen Warriors comparisons 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:03.360 with this team, but those teams did have a certain 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:07.280 air of inevitability to them, where it's like, no matter 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:09.680 how much the lead is, no matter how much you 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:12.160 fought back to take the lead, that they were always 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:15.720 going to be just lurking and waiting to knock you 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:18.800 out at the very last second, and every bounce would 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.960 go their way, every foot on the line would go 0:02:22.120 --> 0:02:28.560 their way, and it just kind of feels like this 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:31.560 Cavs team just has that kind of destiny air about 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:35.679 them that is really really fun, and it's got to 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:37.520 be really frustrating for the other teams. 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:39.720 It's got to be frustrating. Carter. 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:42.079 You know, I love you, buddy, but I think you're 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:43.720 missing the bigger picture here. 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:46.080 When we pass that win. 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:48.600 Over the Boston Celtics, we said, you know, that's kind 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:51.000 of the last real test. That's the last time we 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:53.640 play a real contender. The rest of the regular season 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:56.320 is going to be about trying some stuff, working on 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:58.880 things that you have to be ready for in the playoffs. 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:03.480 They will present to you a theory. The Cleveland Cavaliers 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:06.280 realize they don't have a lot of experience closing games. 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:08.840 The starters don't get to play in fourth quarters very often, 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:12.160 not a lot of experience coming from behind, you know, 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:15.079 So you know, you let these teams hang around you, 0:03:15.320 --> 0:03:20.200 You give yourself a challenge, you put yourself behind, and 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:22.079 then you come back and you win those games. That's 0:03:22.160 --> 0:03:23.480 very clearly what's happening here. 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:27.160 Brother, It's a what a year, what a what an 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:32.079 unbelievable season, our boys, Ziggy had. I think my favorite 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:35.400 Calves stat of the year, which is that if you 0:03:36.080 --> 0:03:39.680 if the Calves lost every game that wasn't a part 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:43.080 of these three game winning streaks, they'd still be the 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:47.520 three seed in the East. They have thirty nine wins 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:51.600 on win streaks this year. If the Lakers beat beat 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:56.880 New York tomorrow and and the Calves win their next one, 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:00.240 they would be forty games in win streaks. They would 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:06.240 be the two seed. Like It's an unbelievable number of streaks. 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:08.280 I mean, only the second team in NBA history to 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:12.960 have three win streaks of twelve or more. This team 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:18.200 is just unbelievable. What a run. I keep thinking about 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:21.760 like DeAndre Hunter and just what he must think every 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:22.679 day going to work. 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:25.360 I guess this is my new life. 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:28.800 I guess I just never lose ever again. It's got 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:30.920 to be a good feeling. And you know, speaking of 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:34.680 DeAndre Hunter, I was thinking about his addition to the 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:38.040 team and kind of how it's helped us throughout this stretch, 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:41.960 because I really do feel like he's solidified this rotation 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:44.880 We've seen a couple of games now where you know, 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:48.479 Donovan Ress, Mobiley rest, he slides into the starting lineup 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:52.160 and has helped contribute in so many different ways. I 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:55.599 don't think that what we have currently seen, you know, 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:58.560 since the Boston game, these last couple of wins, I 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:00.799 don't think it's too dissimilar to some of the losing 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:03.800 streaks that we've had this season, because those losing streaks 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:06.040 have been games that have come down to the wire, right, 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:07.880 Like you think of the Houston game where it's DG 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:11.680 missing some free throws, just a little mistake at the end, 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:16.599 Mobiley wasn't there. The Indiana game where we're up big 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:19.799 in the third quarter, they're missing some guys, we blow 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:22.920 that lead, and we just don't have enough to kind 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:25.560 of get back, you know, get our grip of the 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:30.240 rope back at that point. I think now, because to 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:32.920 your point that you've brought up several times, we don't 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:37.479 have any lineups that suck like. It just has insulated 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:40.680 us so much further. It has flipped the margin, that 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:43.080 very very thin margin that you know, some of those 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:47.080 very close losses that they've had, you know, didn't go 0:05:47.160 --> 0:05:49.880 in their favor. Now it's going the other way. Now 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:53.719 you don't have a weak lineup where hey, the starters 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:56.720 didn't really have it, which honestly, starting lineup wasn't very 0:05:56.720 --> 0:06:00.400 good tonight. They did not play well against Miami. In 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:04.200 the past, you may have that and then oh they 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:06.120 were able to pick on the bench line up and 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:09.359 build that lead. Now because you don't have that ability 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:12.200 as an when you're playing the Calves, it makes it 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:16.160 so much harder to actually build upon your successes and 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:19.000 put the Calves in a big enough hole that they 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:20.000 can't crawl out of. 0:06:20.560 --> 0:06:22.920 I do have to fact check you real quick. Justin 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:27.640 my turn, you mentioned Calves losing streaks, so I don't 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:33.120 I don't recall they haven't had one one of. 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:36.520 Those patches, those little patches you know of, like three 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:39.440 and five or whatever, like, Yes, a lot of those 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:41.000 have been very thin margins. 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:43.799 I saw an opportunity to tease that, Yeah, they've lost 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:48.279 two in a row only twice this year and three 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:51.040 in a row only once. Uh So, depending on your 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:53.840 your definition of streak, which I know can be uh, 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:56.320 can can can be uh. 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:58.320 No, it's definite, it's three in a row winning streak 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:00.600 or losing streak. It's three in a row. Major League 0:07:00.640 --> 0:07:03.440 has defined that, Carter, you cannot you can't refute that. 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:06.320 Well, an all time Cleveland sports movie should be the 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:09.440 one to uh to set the uh to set the 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:10.560 record at. 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:11.160 The end of the day. 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:14.440 But yeah, you're right, I mean, and uh we've talked 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:17.600 a lot about all the versatility that Hunter gives them. 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:20.160 I thought this was another a little thing. Do you 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:25.760 remember last year when they signed Marcus Morris and I 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:30.840 mentioned that it was nice having, you know, a forward 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:37.000 on the roster that wasn't just a three or at 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:40.360 the rim guy, right, you know, it felt nice just 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:42.920 to know that, not that you want to build the 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:45.400 whole plane out of it, but it was nice to 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:48.920 know that Marcus Morris could pump fake from the corner 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:51.960 if they closed out hard, he could pump take two 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:54.920 dribbles in and then hit a MIDI and like be 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:58.640 relatively comfortable with that in between game and like we 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:00.600 even saw that in the playoffs, Like, I mean, he 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:03.040 had a couple of really good games for us, just 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:05.720 being that kind of shooter, being that kind of in 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:12.920 between creator and watching this game where Miami is in 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:17.440 the zone, they're sinking way back towards the rim. Jarrett's 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:20.840 not having his most impactful night, coming off a night 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:24.920 where he was unbelievable against Chicago, which we'll hit on, 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:31.600 but instead you're just hitting Hunter in that soft pocket 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:34.840 and he makes the right call like three or four times, 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:38.280 and he's a guy who you want to rise up 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:42.480 for that open twelve foot mid range jumper, and like 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:45.840 that is one of the first times because like he's 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:49.800 been a really good cavalier so far, obviously, but Harris 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:53.920 and George hit threes, you know. I felt like, in 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:55.960 a way tonight was one of the first times we 0:08:56.040 --> 0:08:59.360 really saw that part of the offensive skill set be 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:03.040 reeling meaningful and be a little different than what we 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:05.160 had before. Is that Do you agree with that? 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:07.559 I do? It was one of my main notes from 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:08.040 this game. 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:11.720 I thought the fact that from the start, like Kenny's 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:13.880 talked about this in the past, where the two coaches 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:16.360 that run the most zone are he and Eric Spolster, 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:18.960 and dating back to when he was in Brooklyn, And 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:21.320 I thought Richard Jefferson made a really good point on 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:24.840 the broadcast where he was saying, the Cavs know exactly 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:26.880 how they're going to tag zone as soon as they 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:30.240 see Miami go to that zone, they have DeAndre Hunter 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:32.520 come up to the elbow. They had designated him as 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:36.319 that zone buster, and we've talked about in the past 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:39.400 how it was really important for Evan Mobley to hit 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:43.160 kind of that free throw line jumper, because when teams 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:45.560 are sagging off, when teams are going to zone, you 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:48.880 need to have that front court player that's consistently and 0:09:48.920 --> 0:09:52.040 reliably able to hit that shot. And I think it's 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:55.960 such a benefit to have DeAndre Hunter have that capability where, yeah, 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:59.679 DJ can get easy assists by just hitting him quickly there. 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.600 You know, the anchor of the zone isn't able to 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:06.840 come up in time. If they do flash up quick enough, 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:09.480 he has the ability to quickly kind of get that 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:12.160 first step around him and just wonderable to the basket 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:15.080 and finish. I thought it was a really really interesting 0:10:15.120 --> 0:10:18.160 wrinkle and just how confidently they would go to that 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:21.280 as soon as Miami would throw the zone. I thought 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:24.360 that that was really really noteworthy from this game. 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:27.280 I thought they also opened up a little bit of stuff. 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:28.959 You know, they where. 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:34.520 Fiji made a really tight quarters pass to Hunter when 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:37.240 they were in the middle of a switch and Davion 0:10:37.360 --> 0:10:40.440 Mitchell kind of got caught on Hunter's back hip. I 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:43.199 thought that was a really nice like, you know, because 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:47.160 teams are going to switch their bigger wings onto Darius 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:50.160 and try to gum up the rhythm. So if you 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:52.400 can slip those actions, if you can just get like 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:57.600 a little bit of gap space between and get Hunter 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:00.439 the ball with a little bit of runway towards the hoop, 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:04.160 I think that could really pay dividends. And you know, 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:07.600 me and you have also talked about how I don't 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:09.719 think you know, neither of us feel like Hunter is 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:13.360 the best playmaker. What's really nice about this Calves team, 0:11:13.360 --> 0:11:15.080 and we've said it a lot, is like it's just 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:17.400 not that hard to play good basketball with this Cavs team. 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:20.600 So he I mean, he found MOBILEI on that alley 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:24.240 oop where I was about says, maybe he's ever thrown 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:27.760 that that might be an initiation moment of you, you 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:31.440 finally arrived as a Cleveland Cavalier. You found MOBILEI trailing 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:34.599 in the dunker spot for a lob, right like that. 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:37.640 You're you're right that that was such just a you know, 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:41.199 an instinct play from him, uh to to find Mobile 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:42.760 in that spot in a big moment. 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:45.480 It was really really nice. 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:48.320 I liked what we got from DeAndre Hunter, and again 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:51.480 we saw another example of hey, Jared's not having a 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:55.880 good night. Miami's playing really small. You know, Bam is 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:58.480 anchoring them at at six' nine and they have a 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:01.360 bunch of. Wings jared's not having a great. Game so 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:05.720 let's close with With, Donovan, Darius, Max, DeAndre And evan 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:09.760 like having that flexibility to, hey someone doesn't have it. 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:14.160 Going we can close this. Way and particularly when you 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:16.680 look at the teams that they've played, recently a lot 0:12:16.720 --> 0:12:19.960 of them are, downsized, right and some of that, is you, 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:22.440 know just the availability of who they've had on their. 0:12:22.520 --> 0:12:25.280 Roster you look at the injury reports For chicago And, 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:28.480 miami it's. Extensive there's not a lot of kind of 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:31.680 choices or levers for those coaches to. Play so for 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:34.560 them just downsizing on, necessity The cats are. 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:36.120 Like, okay we have an answer for. That we can 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:36.800 go to that pretty. 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:46.480 Easily, yeah they they have so much roster. Versatility they and, 0:12:46.840 --> 0:12:49.360 like downsize is probably not even the right word Because 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:50.839 hunter is his, biggest most power. 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:53.119 Forwards fair, point. 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:56.520 You, know they're still playing a pretty big lineup out 0:12:56.559 --> 0:13:00.640 there and they can you, know they they can still 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:02.560 gum things. UP i, thought you, know they won this, 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:05.520 game not with their. Offense they want it on the 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:09.360 defensive end of the. Ball they they made timely stops and, 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:12.760 yeah it wasn't. Pretty uh you, Know donovan gets stripped 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:14.160 By Kyli, anderson. 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:15.960 Who terrific defensive play by. 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:18.160 It JUST i just Love Kyle anderson's. 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:18.440 Game. 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:24.760 MAN i just think he's such a. Winner both love. It, yeah, 0:13:25.160 --> 0:13:27.040 YEAH i think he's a. Winner and, like you, know 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:29.680 it showed in his. MINUTES i, mean seven to eleven 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:33.800 and seven for him in just twenty six. MINUTES i, thought, 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:37.000 uh you, know so The calves didn't finish, perfectly BUT 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:39.000 i did think they like they locked in and got 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:42.440 stops at the right. Time they they ran guys off the, 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:45.800 Line they made guys take that extra, step and, LIKE i, 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:47.880 know like this is LIKE i don't, know maybe a 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:50.840 little silly to, say but you, Know Duncan robinson steps 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:54.120 out of out of, bounds and you know part of 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:57.000 that is that The calves were like really pressuring that. 0:13:57.120 --> 0:14:00.160 PLAY i, mean you, know like they were made and 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:04.320 they were Making miami. Work, true by the, way any. 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:07.680 Thoughts do you think they would have. FILED i don't think, 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:10.960 so because you, KNOW i. DON'T i didn't feel like 0:14:11.000 --> 0:14:16.280 fouling up three worked crazy well for them Against gosh 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:16.719 was It. 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:21.160 Portland, yeah it was a full eighteen. SECONDS i kind 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:22.880 of felt like they were going to play it. Out 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:25.320 it didn't look like they. Were they were scrambling to 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:27.920 foul in that. Instance it didn't look like it to me, 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:31.520 either WHICH i was because because when you think back 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:34.200 to That portland, game they fouled on the catch, right 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:37.360 like we're playing you uptight where we're going to foul 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:38.840 you on the. Catch we're not going to allow you 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:40.520 to get a shot. Off we're going not going to 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:44.200 make the same mistake As Detroit. Duncan robinson caught the. 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:47.320 BALL i think he even dribbled once and then turned 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:50.040 and shot right like he happened to have stepped out of. 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:53.200 Bounds but when you look At portland. 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:53.840 As there was right. 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:58.080 There, yeah the foul occurs in that time if that's 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:00.680 what you're intentionally. Doing so don't think they would have 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:03.600 in that. Spot but you, KNOW i think it's it's 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:05.560 a good. Win LIKE i agree with, YOU i do 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:07.960 feel like they're in a bit of a. Slump some 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:10.760 of that, is you, know individual guys being in a. 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:13.880 Slump we'll talk About darius in a, moment BECAUSE i 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:15.880 think that's obviously going to be a big part of. 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:18.560 It we talked about all season how when you look 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:23.080 at the, numbers the offense goes With. Darius so When 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:26.720 darius is playing poorly and he's shooting, poorly you're going 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:29.000 to have some regression on that offensive end of the. 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:32.600 Court BUT i think it's a good win Because, miami 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:36.040 no matter who they have, available you know that that's 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:37.600 going to be a team that's going to play really. 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:40.080 Hard they're going to be really well, Coached they're going 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:43.360 to have a game plan ready for. You and you, 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:46.760 know The cavs are eleven and two this. Season on 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:49.080 the second night of a back to, back that's an 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:52.240 incredibly encouraging. Sign their only, losses. 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:54.600 Especially on a night like tonight Where miami was did 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:56.120 not play, yesterday. 0:15:56.600 --> 0:16:00.320 There are only two losses are both examples of that 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:03.240 where the other team did not play the night. Before 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:06.040 and guess who they? Were very try hard Teams The 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:09.960 Miami heat and The Houston. Rockets, yeah those are teams 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:12.200 that can get, you BUT i believe on the road 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:17.080 for BOTH i believe so, yeah The calves being in 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:19.840 this spot WHERE i think The houston one was at 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:22.360 home matching now THAT i think about, it but this 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:25.320 is another one of those indicators of them being an 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:29.880 incredibly good. Team really really good teams take care of 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:31.840 business on the second night of a back to back 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:35.240 or in three and four, situations really really good teams 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:37.680 win on the. Road The calves have the best winning 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:41.000 percentage and the best record on the road this. Season 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:44.560 the second place team is The Boston, celtics and that's 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:46.720 noteworthy that The caves are better on the road Than 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:49.520 boston Because boston the better road team than they are 0:16:49.560 --> 0:16:52.440 a home. Team so not only do The cavs have 0:16:52.480 --> 0:16:54.520 the best record in the, league not only do they 0:16:54.520 --> 0:16:56.840 have a great record on the second night of back to, 0:16:56.920 --> 0:17:00.000 backs not only do they have the best road, record 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:03.040 they're just, really really damn good in every single way 0:17:03.080 --> 0:17:05.800 you look at. It they have an elite offense against elite, 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:08.679 defenses they have e leite defense against the elite. Offenses 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:11.760 this team is really damn, good AND i don't think 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:14.119 it's a coincidence that they were the first team to 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:14.879 clinch a playoff. 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:17.880 Spot, YEAH i mean they're eight games up on the 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:22.320 forty four and eighteen boss In. CELTICS i, MEAN i, 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:25.280 know it's. Funny you would THINK i would get bored 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:28.200 of reading all the different ways just to basically say 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:30.640 that The cabs are fifty two to, ten And i'm 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:33.719 not getting. Bored i'm having a lot of, fun just 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:37.160 like looking at all these different contextual, things looking at 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:41.000 this team's, raw this team's, record because, AGAIN i just 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:44.640 think it's really really. Special there's just there's so many 0:17:44.720 --> 0:17:46.720 great things that are happening with The, cavs and sometimes 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:48.280 it's hard to keep track of them. All that's why 0:17:48.280 --> 0:17:51.000 tools like zoom Ai companion are so. Important because only 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:53.480 you can do your best, work Zoom Ai companion can 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:56.720 help you do the, rest like automatically taking, notes answering meeting, 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:59.600 questions and helping you respond to your. Coworker available at 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:02.679 no dish cost with eligible paid. Plans we're happy with 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:05.280 zoom Ai. Companion do you have anything else do you 0:18:05.320 --> 0:18:07.840 want to talk about on this game before we move 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:09.600 to The chicago, Game BECAUSE i got a couple takes 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:10.320 from The chicago. 0:18:10.400 --> 0:18:13.520 Game the only other thing THAT i kind of had 0:18:13.680 --> 0:18:17.199 noted with this game and something That i'm going to 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:18.959 be keeping an eye on IS i found it was 0:18:19.000 --> 0:18:22.920 interesting That kenny changed up the substitution. PATTERN i think 0:18:22.960 --> 0:18:25.400 that's something that we really need to continue to keep 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:28.399 an eye on of when he uses guys because we 0:18:28.440 --> 0:18:32.240 don't have a big sample of everybody being. AVAILABLE i 0:18:32.240 --> 0:18:35.320 thought it was Noteworthy Dean wade And Isaac ocrro check 0:18:35.359 --> 0:18:38.280 in in the second. Quarter like Normally Dean wade is 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:41.719 a first quarter. Sub this, game he opted to go 0:18:41.760 --> 0:18:45.119 With Sam merril And Ty jerome And DeAndre hunter coming 0:18:45.119 --> 0:18:47.359 in off the bench, first and then it Was isaac 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:48.359 And dean subbing in. 0:18:48.400 --> 0:18:51.280 Together in The chicago, game. 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:54.320 It Was isaac And Javonte green checking in, together which 0:18:54.359 --> 0:18:57.880 was just, Like, hey we're going to throw defensive nightmares 0:18:57.880 --> 0:18:59.959 at you and they're going to be, really really. Active 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:03.960 BUT i ACTUALLY i thought That isaac And dean gave 0:19:04.000 --> 0:19:06.920 them really good minutes when they checked in in that second. 0:19:07.000 --> 0:19:10.000 Quarter they really started to get some stops, there and 0:19:10.040 --> 0:19:12.639 that's when you saw them build up that second quarter. 0:19:12.720 --> 0:19:17.080 Lead SO i don't, know we don't have enough information 0:19:17.200 --> 0:19:19.280 to really get a sense of what the rotation is 0:19:19.320 --> 0:19:21.719 going to be when they're fully. Healthy BUT i just 0:19:21.800 --> 0:19:25.119 wanted to kind of highlight that and just something for you, 0:19:25.160 --> 0:19:27.679 know us and our listeners to keep an eye on 0:19:27.760 --> 0:19:28.359 with these future. 0:19:28.400 --> 0:19:34.240 Games here's another rotational. Thought enough more no center lineups getting. 0:19:34.320 --> 0:19:37.399 Run there was a stretch Where dean was playing the, 0:19:37.440 --> 0:19:41.640 Five DeAndre was at the. Four you, Know jared only 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:44.600 played twenty five minutes tonight obviously just wasn't really his night. 0:19:45.960 --> 0:19:50.800 Overall but like part of me, wonders, because like in the, 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:55.320 past it's been a very by necessity, lineup like either you, 0:19:55.359 --> 0:19:59.679 know someone's, hurt someone's in foul, trouble you, know whatever 0:19:59.720 --> 0:20:04.560 it may, be, uh or it's the team is just 0:20:04.600 --> 0:20:08.240 playing horrific basketball And kenny wants to try. Something those 0:20:08.280 --> 0:20:13.280 are been like the three precursors for the no center 0:20:13.320 --> 0:20:16.919 on the floor lineups for The. Cabs part of me 0:20:17.040 --> 0:20:20.480 wonders If kenny is thinking a little bit more long 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:26.040 term about that and getting them some extra run for 0:20:26.160 --> 0:20:29.280 a playoff, run you, know because who knows If jared 0:20:29.359 --> 0:20:31.399 Or evan is going to miss a playoff game and 0:20:31.440 --> 0:20:33.919 you want foul trouble or get in foul trouble or 0:20:33.960 --> 0:20:38.119 whatever it may. Be and you you don't, want you, 0:20:38.160 --> 0:20:40.959 know those five, some especially With hunter on the, floor 0:20:41.240 --> 0:20:43.880 to be really getting their first run in those. Spots 0:20:43.880 --> 0:20:47.000 so just just an idle thought of whether that's you, 0:20:47.040 --> 0:20:49.080 know it's hard to know Because jared didn't have his 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:52.000