29 points. The Cavaliers blew a 29 point lead to the Philadelphia 76ers. This was an absolute embarrassment on the Cavs part. What started off as an amazing first half where the Cavs led 69-45.
Let's start with all of the bad before any of the positives.
Overreactions
Despite absolutely destroying the 76ers and outworking them in every way, the team over reacted to some of the slightest changes that Philly made.
Philadelphia started running full court presses and immediately everybody started freaking out. Once that started, everybody on the team that was not Donovan Mitchell and James Harden would immediately pass out into the most outrageous moves.
There was so many runs that the Cavs could have easily shut down with a timeout or a reset, that brings me into my next negative.
Kenny Atkinson Still Calls No Timeouts
To open the third quarter, the 76ers went on a 16-0 run and Atkinson did not call a timeout until they were outscored 28-11 in the third.…