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If the Cleveland Cavaliers front office wasn’t already convinced it had 2k20 mt for sale to make several significant moves at the trade deadline, Saturday night surely forced its hand.
The Cavaliers, bad defensively all season, were abject against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night at Quicken Loans Arena. The offense wasn’t bad but it would have had to have been superhuman to overcome another terrible effort on the back end. The Thunder put up 148 points via every conceivable means. Carmelo Anthony hit mid-range jumpers all night for 29 points and added ten rebounds. Paul George sank three-pointers for fun on his way to 36 points. Russell Westbrook drove to the rim for 23 points and 20 assists. Steven Adams bullied the Cavaliers underneath the basket for 25 points and ten rebounds. The Thunder’s “Big Three” became the “Big Four” against a Cleveland team offering very little resistance.
If the box score sounds bad, the reality was even worse. The Thunder found favorable matchups all night against Isaiah Thomas, while the lack of a true rebounder showed up starkly against Adams. Dave McMenamin of ESPN called it, “One of the most inept defensive performances in Cavaliers history.” LeBron James was also blunt. "Playoffs? We can't even start thinking about that, not the way we're playing right now," James told ESPN postgame. "We could easily get bounced early in the playoffs if they started next weekend. Haven't even began thinking about the postseason." Thomas was most brutal of all. "In Boston we were a much better defensive team," Thomas said in quotes reported by Bleacher Report. "We tried harder. 2k20 mt I don't think we trust each other right now."