The Work Ahead
The Chase Down: A Cleveland Cavaliers Pod
Cleveland Cavaliers
4.7 • 588 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Justin and Carter discuss the Cavs letdown loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Breaking down how the game served as a reminder of the problem solving that remains for the team during the remainder of the season. They also take a look at some of the rotation experimenting that's occurring to discuss what has and hasn't been working, and what swing factors to keep an eye on.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Chastown podcast, part of the Cavs Media family. |
| 0:18.2 | I'm your host, Justin Rohn. |
| 0:19.3 | The Chastown is presented by Fubo, the official streaming partner of the Cavs. Watch. I'm your host, Justin Rohn. The Chasedown is presented by Fubo, |
| 0:25.5 | the official streaming partner of the Cavs. Watch over 350 channels of live sports and TV, |
| 0:30.2 | including Fan Dual Sports Network without cable. There's no cost and no commitment. Try for free at FuboTV.com slash calves. Since we last recorded, the Cavs got a quality win over the Charlotte Hornets, |
| 0:36.5 | but we're not able to keep their winning |
| 0:38.7 | streak going against the shorthanded Oklahoma City Thunder. |
| 0:42.4 | Joining me today to discuss it is my co-host, Carter Rodriguez. |
| 0:45.3 | Carter, how you doing, buddy? |
| 0:46.8 | Oh, I'm doing okay. |
| 0:48.0 | You know, I think I would define this as a pretty disappointing loss, to be honest. |
| 0:55.7 | Obviously, our first of the James Harden, Keon-Alice, Dennis Schrooter era. |
| 1:01.3 | But, you know, I would say it didn't feel unfamiliar, which I think is a big part of why it's disappointing because this is a team that uh you know while they |
| 1:11.8 | they fought their way back which is commendable and uh you know tied the game briefly took the lead |
| 1:17.4 | in the third quarter um they got run off the court to start the game they had 10 first |
| 1:22.7 | quarter turnovers um you know that's a that's a good game bad quarter uh for for for total turnovers. Um, you know, that's a, that's a good game, bad quarter, uh, for, for total |
| 1:30.2 | turnovers. Um, uh, just didn't look ready for, uh, the stuff that OKC is famously good at, uh, |
| 1:38.9 | and that OKC desperately needs, uh, in order to compete when they're missing all of their best players. |
| 1:46.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:46.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:47.0 | Honestly, I feel like this is a helpful and sobering reminder that with the James Hardin |
| 1:53.6 | trade, what we solved was an availability issue, right? |
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