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LeBron demoralized after Cavaliers’ latest setback
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LeBron James looked at the evidence after Saturday’s demoralizing loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder and came to a devastating conclusion: The Cleveland Cavaliers aren’t a very good team right now.
The Oklahoma City Thunder steamrolled Cleveland 148-124 on Saturday to drop the Cavaliers to 3-9 since Christmas Day. The 148 points allowed match the most the franchise has ever given up in a regular game.
“I’ve never in my basketball life gave up 148 points, not even probably playing video games,” James said afterward. “They got everything that they wanted. Inside, outside — they had it moving. ... It’s just a really bad, really bad loss on our part.”
James also isn’t feeling too good about his team’s chances of reaching the NBA Finals for a fourth straight season.
“Playoffs? We can’t even start thinking about that, not the way we’re playing right now,” James said. “We could easily get bounced early in the playoffs if they started next weekend. Haven’t even began thinking about the postseason.”
The recent struggles have sent the rumor mill into high gear regarding the status of coach Tyronn Lue. James has always been in Lue’s corner and the team’s ineptitude over the past six games — losses of 34, 28 and now 24 have occurred during the stretch — hasn’t changed his sentiments.
“I would hope not, but I really don’t know,” James said of whether Lue’s job could be in jeopardy. “I don’t know what’s going to happen with our team. I have no idea what conversations have been going on. Me personally, I’ve been trying to stay as laser-sharp as I can to keep my guys ready to go out and play.”
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