2023-06-09 10:02:00
Scoring, young youngsters who show themselves to their advantage, a locked racket (except at the right time) and a somewhat null finish: the Cavaliers season was one to be congratulated for the spectacle offered to the orange ball followers. Even if in the end, we had not seen a band of friends as melancholic as that of Guillaume Canet.
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What TrashTalk predicted
48 wins according to friends, just three shy of the Cavaliers’ regular-season 51. Very clean. The target is adjusted close to reality, even if we would have preferred a postseason a bit more accomplished than pre-season expectations. We did not necessarily give Cleveland in the second or third round, the Eastern Conference being increasingly relieved, but this elimination by the Knicks, 5th, is – when put in context – a real disappointment.
What really happened
Regular season full of waves, not linear for a penny, in the excellent sense of the word. Cleveland fans weren’t bored: an eight-game winning streak to kick off the season, followed by five losses to cushion, then a four-game winning streak. JB Bickerstaff’s group worked for a long time to repair this alternating current. There is still work to do, but the balance sheet of 51 victories for 31 defeats is the best since… the 2016-17 season. Yes, Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland did as well as LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love. A sentence that puts into perspective the end mess in the Playoffs.
In terms of individuals, the show was largely ensured by the performance at 71 points by Donovan Mitchell in a reception for the Bulls. Historic, the term left our mouths without permission, at the same speed as one of the Cavs fullback’s circle attacks in what is — and will likely remain — the biggest mark of his career. Because an evening with 71 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists is also not an evening to put into perspective. Because there’s no questioning Chicago’s defense, honest to video, and that 71 points is the best scoring performance in Cavs history and one of the 7 greatest all time. Yes, of all time. After that, one can wonder regarding the severity of certain judgments once morest him. Dono’s past season is his career best. The Cavaliers have passed a course. Damn flute, the road trip once morest New York mitigated the hype.
Darius Garland, Dono Mitchell and Evan Mobley were regulars. So much so that the last named finished, at just 21, on the bottom step of the podium in the race for Defender of the Year. But now, behind them the 82 games that “count without counting too much”, the executives seemed to be at the end of their course. Only two marks above 30 units in the series once morest New York (Garland and Mitchell). A stat which – in the event of a just-oiled collective – might seem trivial, but which above all testifies to great fatigue in the ranks of Ohio. Including on the bench, where JB Bickerstaff did not shine with his choices and his use of Evan Mobley.
But now, the season is better than the previous one, and the next one will undoubtedly once once more take the path of improvement.
The Cavaliers season in a few articles
picture of the season
The image speaks for itself. Jarrett Allen was over in the Playoffs, it’s assumed but it will have to be remedied next year at the same time.
He carded: Donovan Mitchell
Evan Mobley? Why not, but already highlighted compared to the one that we hit a little too easily.
To draw up a fair and watered-down analysis of Donovan Mitchell’s season, it is necessary to take a step back. Yes the guard was missed once more at the most important moment of the season, diminished to his mere status as the 13th pick in any draft by the audacity and talent of Jalen Brunson. But now, Dono will be “only” 27 years old in September and has just had his best career statistical season: 28.3 points (career best) at 48% shooting (career best) including 38.6% at 3-pointers (equaled career record) and “only” 2.6 lost balls per game (lowest career average). Added to this consistency over 68 regular games is a historic performance: 71 points in a reception for the Bulls, an evening symptomatic of the illness that affects friend Mitchell. This guy is an arsonist. Pyromaniac who still has to learn to gauge his efforts between the regular season and the Playoffs. « Time flies » some say, but four All-Star selections in six years rarely precede nothing. « Time flies » so, but Donovan Mitchell will probably be there when it comes time to accomplish what he moved to Ohio for.
We were waiting for him and we are still waiting for him: Ricky Rubio
The Rubio malaise. Back from injury on January 13, following a one-year break, Rubio has not regained his level. The Spaniard has two more years of contract in Cleveland. His most recent remarks brought him closer… to a return home. Come on, a last dance more flashy than the past?
“I am starting to consider my return. Going home, to Barcelona. – Ricky Rubio, in the podcast the cassock
Statistics
…And what’s next?
Caris LeVert is the top priority to extend, and J.B. Bickerstaff will play its place at the start of the next regular. The group seems to appreciate it, be careful not to put this chemistry in the background under the guise of questionable tactical choices. It happens, but it remains the face of the Process.
Sources : Basketball Reference, ESPN.
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