Game Day: Cavaliers (25-15) @ Suns (20-20), Sun 1/8/23

[Split T]

Was maybe our best rebounding game of the season

[Wally_West]

Was he outcoached tonight?

Lol

[JeremyG]

Was he outcoached tonight?

He's been consistently outcoached when it matters most.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Isn't that the case for every coach except the one who wins the title?

[JeremyG]

Isn't that the case for every coach except the one who wins the title?

Nope. I would argue that Willie Green and Ty Lue outcoached Monty, they just didn't have as much talent. That's 4 out of 6 playoff series that he's been outcoached if you're keeping count. He's also been outcoached at the end of close games in the regular season this year. Talent can mask a lot of bad coaching.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Be specific, how was he out coached?

[Aztec Sunsfan]

Absolutely nobody missed Ayton tonight lol.

Come on man, be fair, you know Jeremy G and all of his Twitter burner accounts absolutely missed Ayton big time…

[Shabazz]

DongCheeze58008 was pretty miffed.

[JeremyG]

Absolutely nobody missed Ayton tonight lol.

Now do tonight.

[Split T]

Our first loss this year when Ayton doesn’t play

[Mori Chu]

Absolutely nobody missed Ayton tonight lol.

Now do tonight.

Do you think we would have beaten Denver tonight on the second night of a back-to-back if Ayton were playing?

[TOO]

Absolutely nobody missed Ayton tonight lol.

Now do tonight.

Is a lazy Ayton worth 30 points? Didn't think so.

[JeremyG]

How quickly you guys forget the games where he carried us to victory.

[Split T]

Which games did he do that?

[JeremyG]

Which games did he do that?

See what I mean?

A couple that immediately come to mind are the back-to-back wins after Thanksgiving with Booker struggling, when Book said he wanted whatever DA ate for Thanksgiving.

[Split T]

Three best games of the year were right there. 25th, 26th, and 30th of November against Utah, Detroit, and Chicago.

One key, those were the only games all year he took more than 6 free throws. My question is why hasn’t he played like this all year? His best 3 games came in a 5 day span. That’s strange.