Free Throws...

So the Cavs recently, and really all year, have been struggling from the free throw line and it's really becoming a problem.

In the playoffs, the level of competition is much higher and margin for error is much, much smaller. So making free throws could mean either winning or losing games. Antawn Jamison is probably shooting around 20% from the line since he's come to Cleveland. I don't understand why he can't hit these, or anyone on the team for that matter. No one is making free throws consistently. We may be good for stretches of games, but we need to be solid at all times if we want to win it all this year.

Last night, we missed a ridiculous amount of free throws, which essentially gave the Milwaukee Bucks a chance to win the game. Had we made 85%, or just 80% of our free throws last night we would have been sitting on a 10 point lead in the remaining seconds of the game. Instead, we were getting sent to the line to try and make free throws to put the game out of reach, obviously not something as easy as it may sound for the Cavs.

Instead of laughing and joking about a big close-out 4th quarter, we were chasing guys off the 3 point line and watching Ilyasova and Salmons draining wide open 3's, and when I say wide open, I mean literally no one even on that part of the court. We basically won the game because LeBron bailed everyone out with a great steal to seal the win, but we all know that can't be that case every time down the stretch.

We have to clean this up because even though we are winning despite our free throw trouble and defensive lapses, it probably won't cut it in the playoffs. I have faith that the Cavs will right this situation in time for the playoffs, but it's definitely no joke.