Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson sends pointed message to team about playoff fate following win over Orlando
Following the Cavs’ 136-131 win over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night, Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson had a different message he wanted to deliver.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — There was no celebration speech. No water bottle dumping for a virtuoso individual performance. No music booming through the locker room.
Following the Cavs’ 136-131 win over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night , Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson had a different message he wanted to deliver. No yelling. No berating.
Just a straightforward reality check. “I told the team in the locker room, ‘If we’re going to play defense like this, we’re going to have a short playoff stint,’” Atkinson relayed Tuesday night. “Right now, we have a mentality that we’re just going to outscore people.
We all know when it comes to playoff time, it’s not going to be that easy offensively. If we’re giving up 132 points, 128, I don’t know, seems like every game, we’re not going anywhere. ” More Cavs coverage Guardians season predictions; a plan to stop NBA tanking; Jarrett Allen, the Cavs’ most pivotal player?
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