The Cavaliers lost their second consecutive game Tuesday night, and LeBron James is not happy.
"We haven't done anything," he said (via ESPN) after losing 104-99 to the Pistons. "We didn't win anything. We lost. We lost in the Finals. So that's enough motivation for myself. I think we need to understand that. Like, we lost in the Finals. We didn't win. And the team that beat us looks more hungry than we are. So it shouldn't be that way."
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The team that beat them is the Warriors, and they moved to 12-0 Tuesday night with a win over the Raptors. The Cavs aren't trailing too far behind with an 8-3 record, but that's not good enough for James and his teammates.
Coach David Blatt said the Cavs need to "toughen up" and James echoed that by saying, "We're too relaxed and too nice." Tristan Thompson made a similar statement, saying the Cavs are "playing soft."
It's clear the Cavs are frustrated with the way they're playing. James wouldn't single anybody out, but he clearly feels like the team isn't giving its all every single game.
"You can't play down to the competition at this point because we're not better than no one in the league," he said. "We got so much work to do at this point. We shouldn't feel entitled. That's what I continue to say.
"We're not entitled to a win. We're not entitled to being the Eastern Conference champions. That's last year. It's a totally different year, and until we figure that out, we're going to continue to put ourselves in positions to lose basketball games."
The Cavs face the Bucks on Thursday. Milwaukee started Clevleand's two-game skid.
