INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- In the latest controversy to strike the Cavaliers, coach Tyronn Lue couldn't find Derrick Rose in the fourth quarter of Friday's 115-108 win over the Pacers.

Rose, as it turned out, drank too much water.

"Hydrating," Rose explained. "I think that a lot of people hydrate. It's one of the reasons Lue got mad at me yesterday. I was in the bathroom. I didn't know he wanted me to come back in the game."

Only this season, and only in Cleveland.

Rose played one of his best games this year against the Pacers with 14 points, two rebounds, and two assists on 6-of-8 shooting in 15 minutes.

If you're looking for a controversy here (tongue in cheek, kind of), Lue said Rose didn't play in the fourth quarter because he was tired.

If it was actually because Lue couldn't find Rose, and if Lue was going to put Rose in the game in the fourth quarter, that may have meant reduced or no minutes for Isaiah Thomas in the fourth.

At any rate, Rose was good when he was on the court Friday. Thomas mostly was not, and LeBron James had a simply strange game -- becoming just the third player in 15 years to have a quadruple double in points (26), rebounds (10), assists (11) and turnovers (11, a career worst).

Lue said he showed the Cavs film of their turnovers and poor shots from not just Friday's win, but the last several games. Cleveland plays again Sunday against the Detroit Pistons.

Thomas shot 5-of-13 with five turnovers Friday, and was booed in the fourth quarter.

"We've been showing them the last few games," Lue said. "Just, our turnovers lead to transition. Teams are so much faster, we turn the ball over we can't get back, we can't get floor balance, and it hurts us on the defensive end."

Thomas defended his shot selection Saturday, saying "If somebody's worried about that, what did you trade me here for?

"To not shoot? To not find my rhythm? To not be Isaiah Thomas? I can't be anybody else," Thomas said.

(See everything Thomas said Saturday)

Lue said Thomas' problem shooting is "timing."

"A lot of times he jumps to shoot the ball and then he passes it," Lue said. "That's going to come from playing. He had a long layoff and we need him to be aggressive, need him to score the basketball. But shot selection is important. You gotta understand and see where shots are gonna be."

Lue also said he didn't think Kevin Love bending over to hand the ball to Thomas after a rebound Friday in a mocking fashion was a "big deal."

"Kevin said they just both jumped for the ball, just gave it to him because IT was trying to rebound the basketball," Lue said. "You know, get out of my area."