Instant Reaction: Cleveland Cavaliers Sunk By Turnovers in Game 1 Loss to Detroit Pistons

About this episode

Danny Cunningham provides an instant reaction to the Cleveland Cavaliers' Game 1 loss to the Detroit Pistons, focusing on turnovers and player performances.

On this edition of Locked On Cavs, Danny Cunningham gives his instant reaction to the Cleveland Cavaliers losing Game 1 to the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night. Danny starts the show by lamenting the things that the Cavaliers didn’t do well enough, including turning the basketball over too frequently and not getting good enough play from Donovan Mitchell and James Harden. Next, Danny touches on the things that the Cavs did well, like slowing down Detroit’s Cade Cunningham and the play of Max Strus.

People in this episode

Host: Danny Cunningham

Topics covered

• Cleveland Cavaliers
• Detroit Pistons
• NBA
• basketball
• turnovers
• game analysis

Keywords

• Cleveland Cavaliers
• Detroit Pistons
• turnovers
• Donovan Mitchell
• James Harden
• Cade Cunningham
• NBA

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Organizations: Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons

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