I felt the Cavs played hard tonight. The problem was that midway through the 3rd they were shooting 3's at a 3-23 clip including 1-11 out of LeBron, Kyrie, and Love.The Cavs have taken a vacation until the playoffs start. They clearly don't give a shit about the rest of the regular season with the way they are playing defense lately.
They are still incorporating over half of their rotation into the mix while everyone else is in full swing. Love and JR Smith are rusty and in training camp shape returning from their injuries, Korver missed two weeks and has never played with Love or JR prior to last week, Deron and Derrick Williams have never played with Love, JR, or Korver, etc.
NBA team defense in todays game requires all five defenders to be on the same page. When one is out of position it leads to an offensive play that makes the entire defense look like.......well, what the Cavs defense has looked like the past month.