Cavs losing to short-handed teams?

Mavs without Dirk and Nuggets without Melo?

Is it that the teams are good with out their stars, or the Cavs (esp. LeBron) just overlook how good a team can be without it's big players?

LeBron's FG:
@Dallas: 9-23
@Denver: 12-28
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Also he played 40+ mins.

82 game season stuff like that bound to happen.

Combination of both. Also, both were on the road, and these teams' fans are loudest for the Lakers, Celtics, and Cavs.

I think LeBron James hasn't learned how to focus on games like this

I think LeBron is keeping himself for the playoffs...

lol, well that is good but playing 40+ minutes doesn't make sense if that's the case.

Loosing to bad teams but beating good teams?

I'LL TAKE IT

Losing to short-handed teams means losing to teams without their best player(s)...

Its kinda the same thing

Loosing to a dirkless Mavs is just as bad as loosing to Charlotte :/

But winning against teams like Lakers is impressive

Cavs overlook teams without their stars. They also overlooked sub-500 teams.

CAvs have lost 6 teams to teams with records below .500. The Lakers, i.e, have lost only once to teams under 500.

Cavs step it up against teams that are above .500 though. They've lost only around 4 times ti teams above .500, while the Lakers, for example, have lost 6 times.

Basically......Cleveland cannot overlook teams. They have to go into every game as if they were playing teams that were of high caliber. That is probably why they've let some sub-500 teams surprise them, and beat them.

Don't worry. We lost to a Blazers club missing half its roster.

Cobra wrote:

Cavs overlook teams without their stars. They also overlooked sub-500 teams.

CAvs have lost 6 teams to teams with records below .500. The Lakers, i.e, have lost only once to teams under 500.

Cavs step it up against teams that are above .500 though. They've lost only around 4 times ti teams above .500, while the Lakers, for example, have lost 6 times.

Basically......Cleveland cannot overlook teams. They have to go into every game as if they were playing teams that were of high caliber. That is probably why they've let some sub-500 teams surprise them, and beat them.

That describes the Wizards

We overlook subpar teams except the Nets (which every team can beat most of the time), we only show up against the best teams, and play 1000% against Cleveland at home.

CAguystukinNC wrote:

Don't worry. We lost to a Blazers club missing half its roster.

Yeap and because we played in the Rose Garden

I don't think we will pass good in the Staples Centre...