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The Chase Down: A Cleveland Cavaliers Pod

Christmas Recap

The Chase Down: A Cleveland Cavaliers Pod

Cleveland Cavaliers

Sports, Basketball

4.7588 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Justin and Carter breakdown the Cavs heartbreaking loss to the Knicks on Christmas Day and take a look at why, despite the loss, it may show some real positive signs for the team turning this season around. As well as a discussion on late game execution, Evan Mobley's return, and more.

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0:00.0

Garland in the corner. He's got it.

0:02.7

Beansstand. Pow. With the right. And so big. To the basket. And thunders at home. Oh, Mobley throws it down. And Alan blocked the shot at the rim. Welcome to Chase Down podcast, part of the Cavs Media family. I'm your host, Justin Rowan. The Chase Down is presented by Fubo, the official streaming partner of the Cavs. Watch over 350 channels of live sports and TV, including

0:25.6

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0:31.0

slash calves. We are coming off a Christmas Day heartbreaker against the New York Knicks.

0:36.8

The Cavs played one of their best games of the season, but we're not able to hold on to their late lead. Joining me today to discuss it is my co-host Carter Rodriguez. Carter, how you doing, buddy? Oh, yeah, no. I'll tell you what, I found who the culprit is. Our Speller in the YouTube chat says, I was watching that game in my room. The Cavs were having fun. But when I watched in the dining room while having lunch, the Cavaliers collapsed. So that's on you. That's bad juju. You don't get up from the spot that you're sitting watching this team. I didn't know anybody was healthy and normal enough to think that, hey, what I'm doing in my day-to-day life,

1:12.4

it doesn't have an impact on this game. So I'm just going to continue with my daily routine.

1:17.1

I absolutely would have gone back to the room. I would have ruined, you know, friendships,

1:22.3

relationships, my, you know, my interactions with family. If I saw a change in how things were going, my paranoid brain would absolutely default to being unhinged mentally unwell fan.

1:36.3

As you should, as it often does for you.

1:39.3

You know, overall, I'm doing okay.

1:41.3

Kids had, you know, successful Christmas.

1:45.5

You know, the magic remains alive. I was really thinking about it, dude. We're only a couple years

1:49.7

left before, uh, things start getting understood. And I'll say no further in case anyone's

1:54.6

listened to this in the car. Uh, uh, but, uh, you know, uh, so, uh, trying to cherish every,

2:00.6

every, uh, Christmas I Christmas I have with the babies.

2:03.6

That's great.

2:04.3

And I hope all of our listeners, no matter who you celebrate with, no matter what you celebrate,

2:08.7

I hope you guys are enjoying your holidays.

2:11.2

The calves seem to give us a lot to enjoy in that Christmas Day matchup against the Knicks.

2:17.2

Honestly, I think it serves a bit of as a bit of a Rorschach test, honestly, in terms of

2:22.3

how people are digesting that loss.

2:24.5

Because on the one hand, it looked like a continuation of what we've seen from the

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