NBA · Week of May 4–10

Cleveland Cavaliers

1-2 this week · 52-30 overall · @ DET, vs DET

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Misery Index · Miserable · ▲ from 62

The week, game by game

Each game's fan misery, from first comment to the next game. ● marks a blowup.

  • Tue, May 5L 101-111@ DET90
  • Thu, May 7L 97-107@ DET97
  • Sat, May 9W 116-109vs DET46

The emotional rollercoaster

Fan misery across the week, every six hours. Up is worse. Dashed lines are games.

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Worst game: Thu, May 7, L 97-107 @ Detroit Pistons

In-game fan misery, every 15 minutes.

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What fans said

  • “Any team but the Cavs gets like 12+ more FTAs vs this pistons team.”

    u/heliosflama1234▲ 236rage

  • “Allowing Duncan Robinson to be relevant after we played that bum off the floor is disgraceful”

    u/SocialistAvocado▲ 236rage

  • “Harden dragged us back to a tie game tonight but then mobley forgot how to play basketball.”

    u/gen_wt_sherman▲ 215frustration

  • “Slow start, no effort, huge deficit, make a comeback, choke it away, chuck up endless three pointers and brick them all, lose the game. Classic Cavs. This team has never been clutch and never will be.”

    u/turtleboy95▲ 198rage

  • “They wouldn’t have won 2 of the games without terrible missed called at the end of 2 games. Boohoo”

    u/Commercial-East4069▲ 152rage

  • “STOP TURNING THE BALL OVER JAMES!”

    u/ScarletAndGreyDaze▲ 137rage

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