Cavs didn’t just lose, they were an 

embarrassment. Where was their 

toughness? – Terry Pluto

CLEVELAND, Ohio – For the Cavs, this wasn’t simply a playoff loss in Orlando. It was a debacle, an embarrassment and a game that brought up the question of their toughness.

…the Cavs seemed overwhelmed by the Magic’s energy and intensity.
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How intelligent are NBA coaches? I don’t know the answer. On one extreme you have Erik Spoelstra? On the other Joe Mazzulla. And J.B. Bickerstaff?:

 

“They set the tone,” said Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff. “They played with a sense of urgency. This game is about the need to set the tone early.”
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The 🚀 DID set the tone early, 6-0, 10-3. They led by 1 after 1, by NINE at HT. So what is Bickerstaff talking about?

And what of sports pencils IQ? These excerpts are all by one man, the Man from Pluto. He quoted Bickerstaff incomprehensible comment, and then follows it with,

Perhaps the worst thing that happened Thursday was Orlando missing its first nine shots. By the middle of the first quarter, the Cavs had a 10-3 lead.

Ballgame, the Cavs seemed to think.

They thought wrong.

Which is directly contrary to the point he vouched for from Bickerstaff. (?)
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They thought like a team with no interest in defense, no inner grit to bounce back once Orlando found its confidence.

HOW TO EXPLAIN THIS?
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Donovan Mitchell…seemed distracted, not driving to the rim or pushing the pace. He seemed to have his leg or something bothering him near the end of the second quarter of Game 2.
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…the Cavs...seemed frozen, unable to react to the first time they were challenged in this series.

? They lost by THIRTY-EIGHT in G3. What do you mean today was "the first time they were challenged?" This article made me question the intelligence quotient of Cleveland's coach, Cleveland's lead sportswriter. This article didn't make me question the intelligence of Cleveland people.