- Donovan Mitchell and Jarrett Allen did not play.
- JBB's ridiculous adherence to 8-man rotations had the team unprepared for 3 quarters of basketball
- Darius Garland went NUCLEAR in the 4th. 51 pts total, 10/15 from 3, ridiculous from the field. The first player (ahead of Embiid) to cross that number this season.

129 is the most points given up by the Cavs in regulation, due to that abysmal 1st half. But they only lost by 5, when they were looking to lose by over 20.

Some things learned:
The Cavs REALLY need a wing opposing teams can't cheat on. The biggest Ls in the draft are Dylan Windler over Keldon Johnson, Okoro over ... a number of guys (but NOT Avidja, like some say).

Right now Isaac Okoro is ValuTime Ben Simmons. He did have a better game than usual against Minnesota, and even hit a 3 pointer. He and Lamar Stevens actually slowed down the onslaught from the Wolves shooters, which opened the door to Darius going off. But this season so far has been disappointing overall for him.

Donovan Mitchell is better on defense than people think.

Jarrett Allen is indispensable.

Kevin Love (his worst game of the season) gets far too many passes for horrible defensive habits.

Bickerstaff needs to let go of playoff rotations earlier in the season. Dangerously getting to Thibodeaux levels with running players into the ground.

It's early in an 82-game season. Raul Neto and Lamar Stevens are on the team for a reason. Ditto for Mamadi Diakite. Need to see what those guys have.

the Cedi/Lopez duo needed to be switched out late to Mobley/LeVert. Probably would have won with those two in.

Cedi had a quiet 14 but the defensive habits are just ...

Hopefully Koby figures out how to consolidate the wing position. All the best fits are expensive af.