Kyrie Irving and the Cleveland Cavaliers had a stinker on Monday night.It happens throughout the course of a long NBA season, but it has been happening too frequently for the defending NBA champions lately.If the actions of their point guard are any indication, though, at least the team is ready to do something about it.Irving scored eight points on 4-of-13 shooting for the Cavs in a 103-74 loss to the relentless San Antonio Spurs. Kyrie missed both of his 3-point attempts and his one free-throw attempt in the road loss, where he was frustrated on the night by being locked up by Danny Green.So, despite workers doing their on-court post-game routines of taking down equipment with ladders and what not, Irving hit the court at the AT&T Center in San Antonio to get some extra shots up after the game, in which San Antonio led by 33 at one point.After playing just 26 minutes in the blowout loss, he should've had plenty of energy to put in the work.

Monday's debacle for Kyrie came just nine days after he dropped 46 points on the Los Angeles Lakers, and the eight-point output snapped a streak of 21 straight where he had scored 21 points or more.

So, there's probably not much of a reason to panic on the former Duke point guard's end. Maybe he's just going through a quarter-life crisis?

However, at 47-26, the Cavaliers are now in second place in the Eastern Conference, trailing the Boston Celtics by a half-game.

Kyrie wasn't the only one who struggled in the game, as LeBron James took an elbow to the neck in the third quarter and didn't return to the game. He's expected to play on Thursday night against the Chicago Bulls.

The Cavs have lost three of their last five games, and are 6-9 in March. With two games left in the month, the defending champions will finish with a losing record in March.

The Cavaliers have nine games left on the schedule, including an April 5 showdown at Boston, which suddenly looms very large.

It's all Eastern Conference opponents left on the schedule, which is good news for Cleveland, which has been the beast of the East since LeBron arrived back in Ohio two seasons ago.

Kyrie's one-game shooting hiccup isn't a reason for Cleveland fans to panic, but the team's ugly play lately might be.

But at least they're showing urgency in trying to solve the problem.