The Cleveland cavaliers have won a game. I repeat, the Cavs have won a game. To the sporting folk, this is huge news.
Only significant in the regular season given that they have lost the previous 26 before it. That's 26 straight losses. To put it in perspective that ties/beats the longest losing streak in an major USA sport: Football (26), Baseball (24 games coincidentally lost by fellow Cleavland-ers Indians), MLS soccer (19). The Cavs losing steak is truly pitiful. I personally feel bad for them.
I've worked for a major NCAA college football program, and one lose was painful enough. 26 straight would be utter punishment. That means 26 times before this the men on that team have walking into the locker room looked each other in the eye, and had to deal with the worst feeling they now. Some fresh to the game didn't know how to process it. The losers of the team accepted it. It was the rare few that couldn't look anyone in the eye because the of the sick feeling in there stomachs resulting from each individual loss.
It finally became too much that individuals stepped up for the betterment of the team. The Box Score and highlight say it all. It was the work of a few that helped the whole group break the streak.
Thanks for learning.
With the talent of NBA players and coaches these days, it is mind boggling that even a team as bad as the Cavaliers could lose so many games in a row. With the common inconsistent play of teams these days (everyone has their bad games where they shoot poorly or turnover the ball too many times), they had to have been thinking, "someone's gonna have a bad game against us soon, right?" I guess not.
ReplyDeleteI am glad that they were finally able to pull one out for their city. As a football player in high school, I played for a less than stellar program and I have to say that even though I never lost more than five games in a row, they definitely get harder with each consecutive loss. There is no man in sports I hate more than LeBron James so I wish Cleveland the best of luck in the future.