Welcome to the Chastown podcast, part of the Cavs Media Family,

and your host, Justin Rohn.

The Chastown is presented by Fubo, the official streaming partner of the Cavs. Watch over 350 channels of live sports and TV including a fan dual sports network without cable. There's no cost and no commitment. Try for free at FuboTV.com slash Cavs. Well, they say the two best words in sports are game seven, but in this case, I disagree.

The Cleveland Cavaliers were not able to take care of business at home in game six

and will now have to win a second road game this series against the Detroit Pistons.

No Carter Rodriguez on this podcast, and I am battling a little bit of a flu.

So if I sound a little more naisly than I

typically do, I apologize on the front end. We will get through this together. We will

overcome adversity just like the calves will need to in game seven. It was a disappointing start.

Right from the start, you could tell that Detroit was coming out with a lot of physicality in this game.

The ball denial was fantastic from them throughout the night.

They were really making those passing lanes and dribble handoffs, uncomfortable or sometimes not even viable.

They were doing a very, very good job in those situations of denying the basketball

and not allowing the calves to get to their spots.

And this is something that we've talked about pretty consistently, right?

Is are you dictating the terms of where you are going offensively?

Are you dictating how this game is played,

or are you letting the opposition do that for you?

I thought game six was the classic example of the inverse,

where the Detroit Bistons were out there, all denying like crazy,

playing with a lot of physicality,

and the calves weren't playing with the necessary force,

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