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Cavs Steal One At Home, Now The Real Test Starts

By JR·2 min read
Cavs Steal One At Home, Now The Real Test Starts

TLDR: Donovan Mitchell flipped a switch in the second half, Cleveland evened the series, and Jeff D. Lowe is already begging the Cavs to do the one thing they never seem to do — travel well.

  1. Now for the gripe that won't go away. The home crowd, in a tied playoff series, somehow had visible patches of empty seats deep into the game — souvenir shirts still folded on chairs in the 3rd quarter. In the playoffs. There's no defending it, and nobody is really trying to.

    TJ
    TJ
    @TJHitchings

    Why are there so many empty seats at the Cavs game? Like a ton of these seats appear to still have the souvenir shirts laid out on them untouched in the 3rd quarter?

    TJ: Why are there so many empty seats at the Cavs game? Like a ton of these seats appear to still have the souvenir shirts l

    All of which sets up the actual referendum on this team. Winning at home when you're supposed to is the bare minimum. The Cavs' whole regular season was a love letter that didn't translate to road playoff basketball, and the only way the narrative changes is if it changes now. Jeff D. Lowe basically said the quiet part out loud after the final buzzer — happy with the W, but the only thing that matters is what happens in the next building.

    Jeff D. Lowe
    Jeff D. Lowe
    @JeffDLowe

    #CAVS WIN REACTION: It’s a win. Series tied. I am happy. By my word, go on the road and for one fucking time show off a killer instinct. Prove me wrong!

    Series tied, momentum nudged, and a roster that's spent months being told it can't close on the road heading directly into a chance to prove it. Cleveland got the easy one. Now comes the test they keep failing.

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