Cavalier Film Room: Some People Call Him Marreese

One week ago, I was in awe of Kyrie Irving’s All-Star week. This week, he may not speak of the pompatus of love, and Steve Miller Band may have spelled it a little different, but we’re going to take a look at how Marreese Speights is giving the Cavaliers elements of something they haven’t had since Shaquille O’Neal walked out the door following the 2010 season: a bruising post scoring threat. Enough with the puns; let’s go to the film. In the newcomer’s first game, he helped rally the Cavaliers from a second half 20-point deficit to beat the Bucks at The Q. Speights had a couple of difficult moves in the post that gave the Cavs the lift they needed, all while playing the entirety of the quarter over Tristan Thompson. Tristan was having a stellar game with 18 points through three quarters, so that speaks volumes of the veteran’s effort and the decision for Byron to stick with him. We start early in the fourth with Luke Walton holding the ball just inside the three-point arc on the le...