{"id":452110,"date":"2025-12-17T01:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T01:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/452110\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T01:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T01:07:08","slug":"darius-garland-jarrett-allen-try-to-pinpoint-reason-behind-cavs-inconsistencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/452110\/","title":{"rendered":"Darius Garland, Jarrett Allen try to pinpoint reason behind Cavs\u2019 inconsistencies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Darius Garland, Jarrett Allen try to pinpoint reason behind Cavs\u2019 inconsistencies<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a>\u2019 most crippling characteristic of the season has been their inconsistencies. Whether it\u2019s effort-related, focus-related, or conditioning-related, the Cavs have a less-than-stellar 15-12 record in mid-December<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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On the other hand, Cleveland has plenty of time to figure things out, and advanced statistics suggest that the team has both a top-10 offense and defense despite what has happened to this point.<\/p>\n

Darius Garland<\/a>, Dean Wade, and Jarrett Allen<\/a> are the longest-tenured Cavs. They\u2019ve been through a lot for nearly five years by each other\u2019s sides, and Garland and Wade started their careers together in Cleveland in 2019. Knowing the trials and tribulations it has taken to get to this point<\/a>, a mediocre start to the year \u2014 barely into the winter season \u2014 shouldn\u2019t make them flinch despite the challenge in the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty frustrating. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s, like, the most frustrating I\u2019ve been through,\u201d Wade said after Tuesday\u2019s practice. \u201cWe did have a year where we won 17 games; that was pretty frustrating. With this much talent, and we\u2019re playing hard, doing the right things, it\u2019s frustrating to not see shots fall when they normally would. And I think that\u2019s the most frustrating part is we\u2019re doing everything right. We\u2019re taking the right process and doing it. It\u2019s just things aren\u2019t falling our direction right now and that is frustrating.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s the most frustrating thing I\u2019ve been a part of because we still have that belief. We know we have the talent to come out of this on the right side. So, it\u2019s frustrating, but we obviously know we\u2019re a better team than what we\u2019re showing. We\u2019ve just got to get some things squared away, go through a few things, fine tune some things, and I think we\u2019ll be back \u2013 we won\u2019t even remember this frustrating part.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Garland had similar sentiments<\/a> to Wade on Sunday evening. Following Cleveland\u2019s inexplicable loss to the Charlotte Hornets at home, he mentioned the constant tinkering by necessity and push-pull combinations that have kept Cleveland from putting together 48 minutes of its true brand of basketball. Garland feels it\u2019s about rediscovering their identity once everybody is back together.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this entire locker room is positive, even the coaching staff,\u201d Garland said. \u201cI mean, everybody\u2019s positive. We know what we\u2019re capable of. We know what we have in this locker room, and we just have to find it. It\u2019s not on them in there; it\u2019s really just on this 15 in this locker room. What we want to do, what we want to really achieve, and how do we get through this funk? Because everybody goes through adversity. We went through it last year in the playoffs. So let\u2019s go through it now and try to figure it out so we can take those steps into the right direction, where we really want to be at later on in the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of guys in and out, had some bad bounces here and there, people not shooting well,\u201d Wade added. \u201cWe\u2019re still out there, we\u2019re playing hard, we\u2019re doing the right things. It\u2019s just like, sometimes just things aren\u2019t falling. Loose balls going the wrong way, something like that. So, it\u2019s unfortunate, but I\u2019m not sure exactly where the inconsistencies come from. But, you know, it\u2019s early still. We\u2019ll get it figured out, get it squared away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Allen was the only one of the three to attribute the struggles to a lack of confidence.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI feel like we know we\u2019re a good team,\u201d Allen said. \u201cWe know that we have all this ability to do it, but sometimes we all get down on ourselves. Sometimes you question yourself. I think if we get back to how we were last year, where we\u2019re not questioning if we could do it or questioning how far we\u2019re going to take it, I think that\u2019s going to be good for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

When it comes to figuring out the \u201cwhy\u201d behind the Cavs\u2019 lack of consistency, this trio provided different outlooks. No matter how any of them cut it, Cleveland has to be better from here on out \u2014 or else things could turn awkward quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s still no excuse,\u201d Garland said. \u201cThe guys out there are more than capable of winning basketball games and really competing at a high level. So there\u2019s no excuses for that. Just gotta find the energy and the competition, the spirit all over again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019ve handled it well,\u201d Allen added. \u201cWe could have quit. You know, it\u2019s been a rough three, four weeks now about how our play has been, and we could have quit easily. We could have said this season might not be for us, but every single trial that we\u2019ve been through, we\u2019ve faced it head on, and I think we\u2019re going to continue to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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