Recap: Cleveland 95, Boston 90 (or a consensus “top 3 favorite game of the year”)
2013-01-22
Kyrie loves playing against Boston; 40 points, including 11 in the last 2.5 minutes? All in a day's work.
Big day for the Cavaliers. First they trade a waiver-wire pickup for the entire Grizzlies bench PLUS a first round draft pick, then they pummel a reigning Eastern Conference Finalist. Also, based on post-game chatter, this game rates highly among Cavs:the Bloggers. I watched with company, so hopefully my attentiveness and recollection do this justice.
Cleveland sprinted off on a 31 to 27 first quarter lead. Kyrie was RIDICULOUS; 19 points on 8 of 10 from the field. Circus shots at the rim, pull-ups from mid-range, threes from deeeeep; Kyrie displayed the whole arsenal. The league’s soon-to-be undisputed best passing front court mesmerized with pinpoint dimes; Walton, Zeller and Thompson combined for eight first quarter assists.
Walton perpetuated his point-forwarding in the second quarter, including a set-up for a monstrous Tristan dunk. Luke registered five assists in his first seven minutes of play; remember, he’s a free agent this offseason, so the team better maintain cap space. Otherwise the quarter started poorly, as Waiters attacked but could not finish, and also rimmed-out an open three. Cleveland’s six points in the first six minutes allowed Boston to mount a 37 to 41 lead. Tristan Thompson scored eight of his twelve second-quarter points in the final six minutes though, to navigate the team to a 54 to 53 half time lead. He finished with 16 for the half; Kevin Garnett was jealous of how smooth Tristan’s shooting has become.
As usual, Cleveland limped out for the third quarter. Boston fueled an early run behind Jeff Green and Avery Bradley three pointers. They built a seven-point lead until Alonzo Gee decimated the Boston defense with filthy drive & dunk. Cleveland embarked on a 7 – 0 run, including an out-of-bounds play drawn up for their go-to-guy: with three seconds on the shot clock, the pass went to Tristan, who left Garnett grasping at air, and threw the hammer down! Cleveland trailed heading into the fourth by a score of 70 to 73.
The first nine minutes of the fourth seesawed back-and-forth, as neither team gained more than a three point lead. Then, the magic started. Kyrie drove and finished to give the Cavs an 84 to 83 lead. Next, Rajon Rondo inexplicably chased down an errant pass and saved the ball to Kyrie alone under the basket: 86 to 83 Cleveland. Kevin Garnett hit two free throws, but then off a Waiters assist, Alonzo Gee pump-faked and dunked to restore the three-point margin. On the ensuing Boston possession, Garnett received a veteran-vs-rookie phantom call, with Tyler Zeller’s clean block ruled a foul. Garnett hit both freebies and Zeller fouled out, replaced by super-sub Luke Walton.
The teams traded misses, until TT grabbed a d-board, handed it to Kyrie…and Irving went coast-to-coast! 90 to 87! On Boston’s possession, Rajon Rondo attempted to one-up his young counter-part, but missed…the ball was tipped, then tipped again, and Luke Walton snagged the clutch rebound! That man is everywhere!
What’s next? Of course, a Kyrie and-one; put this game on ice, tonight’s baddest man alive says the game is over. Cleveland leads by six with twenty-seconds to go and the rest is a formality.
A nice win for the team. Kyrie finished with 40 points on 74% true shooting, including 15 in the fourth quarter. Tristan finished with 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists worth of buttery-slickness. Walton tallied seven assists as the team piled-up 28 on 37 field goals.
Good game. Cavs rule. Celtics stink. Onto some notes:
- Kevin Durant still plays tonight, but Kyrie may very well end up the NBA’s best player today. That happens a few times per season, and is amazing for a twenty year old. With solid defense, what is his ceiling? Top-three NBA player?
- Waiters had an off-night, shooting 3 of 12. Five of his shots were at the rim, though obviously he couldn’t finish. He missed an open three and dished three assists with zero turnovers. One aspect of Dion’s role in the offense that frustrates me, is that when off the ball, he meanders away from the play. He is frequently 30 to 35 feet from the basket when someone else has the ball. The game turns into 4 on 5. He needs to learn / be taught about some action to perform when off-the-ball.
- Zeller played a relatively feisty game, featuring 10 boards, 3 blocks, 4 assists and plus-5 in 38 minutes.
- Did you know that Luke Walton’s effective field goal percentage is 47% in the first half and 32% in the second half? No? Just something I noticed.
- Did you know that in the last 17 games, Tristan has attempted 3.5 shots per first quarter, only been assisted on 29% of his makes, and converts at 42% effective field goal shooting? In the other three quarters, he averages 2.4 shots and is assisted on 46% of his makes with 55% eFG. You hadn’t noticed that? What game are you watching?
- Daniel Gibson returned to the line-up, but ummm, didn’t really do anything.
- Ohio State alum Jared Sullinger posted a double-double, his third in January.
Tom – And, off to the Monsters game tonight with my family. Last time we went, my (at the time) 5-yr old was asked to ride the Zamboni and was too scared! Maybe the cheerleader in skimpy clothes was a bit intimidating too………
I always try to watch the Cleveland sports teams on the TV with the kids. My 6-yr old always seems to want to know who our 1st best, 2nd best, etc, etc player is. Maybe I should teach him how to post on forums, as he is a whiz at the internet (scary in its own right…)
Dan – haha I’m looking forward to these kinds of experiences. And coaching. When I was that age I always enjoyed the players with the skillsets that I thought I could mimic. I think that’s a big reason why I was such a big Mark Price fan. It was like – hey I’m the smallest kid in school but I can shoot foul shots all day (7 foot rim at the time). i remember growing up loving Jeff Treadway and then Omar Vizquel because I had an awesome glove but no stick. maybe gives too much insight into why I… Read more »
Tom,
I went to Tribefest with the kids this weekend and have pictures of my kids with both onion and ketchup. Onion is always underrated…
KyrieSwIrving,
I agree with Tom *tearing up* – what is on the court is not pretty, although there is definite potential. There is a delicate balance between the two – reality is most games are tough to watch, although you watch a few runs up and down and see some really great positives.
Dan – that’s awesome. This world would be an infinitely better place if more fathers took their kids to sporting events.
Cols, you can take your commenting elsewhere. I have no interest in personal mea culpa’s for completely rational thoughts. Really, the CavsTheBlog writers think that a 11 and 34 team is failing? OMG! How Dare they! They didn’t simply KNOW that Tristan would go from a 10/8 on 44%/60% to a 15/12 on 50%/68% when Andy went out? What morons! In fact, they are so stupid you should probably not pay any attention to them and stop reading this blog, so that more intelligent writers can be graced with your “everything is going perfectly all the time” nuances. seriously though,… Read more »
Swirving I started tearing up reading your comment when I got to the part about “whats actually happening on the court” . :)
“I hate what Gee has done/become.”
…huh?
Kevin, Please stop taking my posts as a personal attack. My comments (although moderated and reviewed more closely by the writers) are more of a comment on ALL posters (and fans), not just the writers. The comments are not always replies directly to the author, but they may be a bit ambiguous at times. For the record, you are my second favorite writer behind Krolik’s initial work, so now can we all be friends? We’ll leave it at that. And, I am not right all the time (and no one ever is)… I admit that I thought (and I think… Read more »
Dan,
I never took your posts as a personal attack. We’re friends. I was just trying to untangle a web that I think occassionally presents itself. Just as C:tB occassionally distorted the meaning of the outcome of various early season games / sequences, I think the extent of that negativity has become distorted at this point.
Thanks for commenting. Go Cavs!
I always pick Onion too. Gotta root for the underdog
With all the back and forth on this, I guess there was no time for a new C:tb entry on what Lord Byron’s substitution patterns might resemble with the new guys in the fold Friday. Have we seen the last of Laidback Luke? Will Duke Ellington steal away minutes from Miles? Will Casspi finally take the job as the dude in the Moondog suit?
Good lord. I really wish there was a thumbs up/down option for comments. Since there is not, I will say I agree with scott wholeheartedly. And that I am getting tired of immature commenters who can’t let things go.
Whether or not you said what you say you said. Its nice to see people fighting to get to the front of the band wagon which I never left (not saying anyone here did). But I have to say I’m starting to get a nauseous feeling in my stomach like Cols could be right about LBJ coming back in 2014. It makes too much sense and I learned today that Gilbert would take him back. I’ll never root for the cavs again if this happens
David
You are right. Kevin, you are wrong. There was definitely a Tristan will fail theme here. There was also a Cavs are failing theme here. It’s in the tone of nearly every post from November and December.
Accountability. It’s a thing.
Cols,
I searched every post in December. I’ll try November next. Fail was used in the context of “failed to execute” and “a comeback being doomed to fail without Kyrie”. Bust was never used as a description of a player.
As the team struggled to a 5 and 23 start, we wrote about things that are happening on your typical 5 and 23 team. Some articles or ideas were probably overboard, but much of the content dealt with the battles of a bad team.
In November, Colin referred to the failures of the middling castoffs on the team. That was the random older guys, not the youngsters though. The 26 point lead that was blown against the Suns was called a failure. Using Walton was described as a failure. Bust again never showed up as it relates to any of the youngsters. I didn’t search the comments. Again, I am not arguing that there was not negativity…there certainly was, just that the depth and breadth of that negativity is exaggerated. I do believe that. I will start the accountability though. I predicted that Tristan… Read more »
Thanks for filling in for me today, Kevin.
Jon
My opinion since the beginning of the year has been that the Cavs are heading in the right direction. That Chris Grant has drafted well and will probably make some trades and sign some free agents after the season to get even better next year.
I’ve been saying this since the beginning.
From the looks of things I have the better argument than the CTB (or some writers named Mallory) argument that we are doomed.
Instead of just popping up and leaving snide comments when it pleases him, I want Cols to write a blog so that he is held accountable for all of his opinions. Then we can hold congressional hearings every time we think he’s made a mistake or phrased something in a way that displeases us.
Kevin I definitely did not find the article negative, and my comment about why the thread shouldn’t be negative were about the commenters complaining. I agree that Tristan has been significantly better over the last month, but i don’t think it is “out of nowhere” or that it was “out of the blue”. And the fact that people kept trying to call him Tyrus Thomas, or ask him to average a double double immediately or project 15-12 as a career best for him is part of my point. For a 21 year old project big, looking for good things, looking… Read more »
David, Ok, we disagree on the suddenness of the change. In the last ten years, the guys to average 15 & 12 and 50% fg are Duncan, Garnett, Howard, Blake Griffin and Zach Randolph (once). In my mind, to reach that level of performance at age 21 is undoubtedly sudden. Were there a lot of people acting like this was an immediate possibility, or that peak performance significantly better than this was likely? Again, I am not sure if you are using “you” to mean everyone at Cavs:the Blog. My basic point is that “Tristan will fail” was not an… Read more »
Hey writers, stop responding to people who post only negative comments. You guys want to have constructive conversations that are never going to happen. So stop having the conversations. Know the phrase “dignifying it with a response?” Yeah.
I know, Scott. Typically I am the one preaching that message. Today, I got roped in. Really, it was just one negative comment that I should have deleted that started the whole thing. There were a couple people that inclined that either A) everyone at Cavs the Blog said Tristan was a bust, or B) Colin over-reacted to the Waiters pick. I though both of those ideas were distortions and I tried to clarify this. Those two commenters are not “people who post only negative comments”, so a response wasn’t particularly unwarranted. Eventually demands for letters of apology from everyone… Read more »
KJ
Yep. If the writers would just own up to the fact that their early season negativity was wrong this would be a better place. Instead we keep getting excuses.
Just say it, we were wrong about the Cavs. We were way wrong about Tristan Thompson. Go on, do it and then we can move on. Until that happens though why should we read opinions of people who were wrong?
David,
As far as the negativity of this thread; the article offered only excitement about the game. The first ten or so comments were similarly positive. Then someone called all the writers dick-riders, I defended us, and things sort of degenerated. I am going to start deleting those comments instead.
I do have a pet peeve when all of Cavs:the Blog is lumped into a single entity. To some extent I have lost track of who people are arguing with.
For example: yesterday was the best day to be a Cavs fan in awhile. There is just no reason for this thread to be negative. not one.
David,
I disagree and think it is relatively sudden. In November, Tristan averaged 9 & 8 on 44 / 58 shooting. In January, it’s 15 & 12 on 51 / 65. To argue that is not sudden strikes me as odd. Incremental improvement was there in November, but 15 & 12 on 51 / 65? That’s not a dramatic change? Six weeks ago that is pretty much a really good case scenario from Tristan in him prime, right?
My disappointment stemmed from when I wrote an article on FtS on November 21 calling TT’s advanced statistical numbers numbers the best surprise of the season. I wrote about 800 words talking about things I saw that TT had improved on, using both stats and my eyes. I have tried really, really hard to go back and find the post on here that had the comments about that article, but Mallory basically called it bullshit. He was specifically referencing my article, he pointed out Tristan’s PER at the time, said TT hadn’t improved AT ALL, didn’t address the substance of… Read more »
Guys, calm down. It’s pretty clear that Mallory stole Kj’s girlfriend or something, right? It can’t possibly be about basketball-related topics; no one hates anyone THAT much.
Probably my favorite thing about this blog, and what I think sets it apart from other cavs blogs out there is the intelligent discussion that normally takes place in the comment section.
However, over the past 1 to 2 months, a few bad (read ignorant/obtuse/shallow and selfish) eggs have turned reading the comments into a game of Russian Roulette.
We get it guys, the writers were wrong about everything, they generally suck ass, and you hate them. The horse you’ve beaten is no longer recognizable. You win. Please exercise your economic vote and take your web traffic elsewhere.
Thanks Richard. I was going to say something similar. As general ground rules: If a reader doesn’t like one writer, they can choose not to read that writer. Our names are at the top of every post we publish. If you don’t like all of us, well I don’t know what you are doing here. You are a masochist. If you disagree with any writers opinions, obviously argue your counterpoint, but keep the commenting civil. Spirited discourse is what makes the comment sections worthwhile. At some point, it is fine to disagree though. Discussions & debates can be left at… Read more »
And Kj, I wasn’t talking about your comment as delete worthy. When people come on and call Mallory a valley-girl though, or all of our writers dick-riders (like a comment earlier in that post), that is completely unneeded.
just kidding ;)
8th seed here we come!
The Cavs beat an exhausted Portland team coming off of an overtime game the night before and a Celtics team that is in free fall and can’t get back on defense. Why the C’s didn’t take the ball out of Kyrie’s hands at the end of the game was beyond me. It was really terrible offense and defense by the Celtics who didn’t defend, rebound, or shoot worth a darn. Let’s not start licking each others’ oblong frozen desserts just yet.
And that is the point. STILL you writers make excuses instead of owning up to it; maybe even poke some fun at yourselves about it, we all laugh and move on in the optimistic glow of what we are seeing. Instead, you keep digging in trying to prove that somehow what nearly everyone was saying wasn’t true or using the most crass of rationalizations. We understand from game-to-game there will be teeth gnashing and some over-exuberance. But context was lost far too many times and that was/is a problem. Yet, this is not really about us; it is about you… Read more »
Kj, Which rationalization was most crass? Technically, I’m not sure who you’re talking to. We do this alot though. On a certain post, I am the writer doing most of the commenting, then you make a critique that isn’t particularly addressed to anyone, then I respond, then you say, “it’s not you, you’re cool”. And then a couple of weeks later, we do it again, because you address your comment to everyone and reference general ideas, and I think “is he talking to me? Should I respond? Maybe the comment is directed to me. This is confusing.” If you’re talking… Read more »
Mallory
Take ownership of your failure for once. You were wrong about the team, especially Thompson, but probably also Waiters and Chris Grant overall. You and Scott Raab had an entire crybaby podcast where you discussed how everything sucks. It’s OK, you were wrong. No big deal.
Nate,
I think it’s more likely we’ll be looking at his PER on the San Isidro Spanish league team. He could be the third best player on their team
KJ –
Early on in the season Tristan wasn’t much better than Tyrus Thomas. I don’t really know why everyone on here is playing the “I told you so” game. No one wanted him to be bad – we’re all absurdly happy he’s suddenly turned it on. Be happy too, and move on.
In other news, thanks to several awful airlines, I missed the entire game last night (and spent at least 5 hours at the airport!) I would miss one of the best games of the year.
Nate
Nice Bob Dylan lyric. In other news, no one cares about Casspi.
Bill: look for Casspi to post a 16.5 PER for the next 3 years in San Antonio. I’ve never seen a more tragically misused player.
Really good game… I just wish they would’ve played Casspi more. You never know, he could make a great 8th man one day
“When… your gravity fails and negativity don’t pull you through. Don’t put on any airs when you’re down on Rue Morgue avenue. They got some hungry women there, and they really make a mess out of you.”
Kj,
When you say you hate what Gee has done/become, are you focusing on his offense? Because his defense seems as good as ever.
This is why the negativity of the blog early on this year was so stupid. Overreacting to early games and the first so many games of Tristan’s and Dion’s career.
GUYS TRISTAN’S PER IS ABOVE 15 FINALLY WE’RE ALLOWED TO LIKE HIM
Kevin, you conveniently ignore what is said in the podcasts, and do you think we make this stuff up? CTB lost their shite over the Dion pick. You and i were about the only new defending it early on. Mallory said TT was Tyrus Thomas. Hot Sauce, as always (damn yr a good poster), gets it right. Furthermore, Kevin, you know it is a FACT that people on other Cavs blogs have commented how negative the tone of CTB was/is. So, do not try and paint this as just a few weirdos on this comment board… Btw, I am no… Read more »
Kj, I don’t conveniently ignore podcasts, I just can not “Control F” them and search for “bust”. If the blog lost it over the Dion pick, I guess it was in the comments. In order to make whatever case I am making here, I don’t want to re-read 172 comments. Within two hours after the draft, an article was posted supportive of the picks. I understand there was “negativity” and it was not well received by all, but I do think that as a whole, the depth and breadth of the negativity does get exaggerated. To detract from my content… Read more »
one of the best aspects of last nights game, for those of you watching it on TV, was that the loud, typical annoying celtics fan next to fred and AC, being SHUT UP by our victory! i wanted to rub it in his face so badly, i hope those at the game made him eat his words
Kevin, I am not attacking C:tB writers, I am sorry you took it that way, but you have to admit that the comments when he was drafted when it seemed like everyone here wanted anyone BUT TT (especially big-V) takes away from any fact that anyone here supported/defended him for a long time. And, that continued mostly up through this year when Andy went down with injury. And, this is also directed at the posters, not necessarily always the writers. Although, Hot Sauce makes a good point, that the “silly” comments/opinions do detract from some of the excellent content and… Read more »
Dan, I didn’t take anything as an attack (ok, may NotAFan’s comment). Regarding the immediate aftermath of Tristan’s selection, my reaction piece ended with a paranthetical: “Welcome to Cleveland, Tristan. Hopefully any doubts only drive you to become a better player.” The day after that, I posted a “glass half full reflection” that discussed what Tristan did bring to the table. Three days after the draft, Colin wrote an article that wasn’t purely critical of the pick. I can’t find it right now, but I recall that after a few games into last season, John Krolik ran a recap with… Read more »
Kevin – The example of Colin over-reacting to Waiters and then evolving his opinion is an instructive one. While its true his opinion has evolved, it remains true that his initial opinion was really really really silly (btw, I am the one who dug up the quote on this one and pointed it out ;)). I think one thing you guys under-estimate is that your silly opinions detract from your more nuanced opinions, and they tend to linger in the readers’ minds. This is not unreasonable. The fact that Colin reacted in such a silly way to Waiters’ pick is… Read more »
Hot Sauce, Colin’s initial opinion was literally 15 words. Plus it was barely an opinion; cookie, rump, corpulent eight year old. It’s not like the 15 words were, “This is a horrible outcome and the entire management should be immediately tarred and feathered.” That night, him and I posted like 2000 words discussing a variety of in and outs on the evening’s draft, but the one-liner about a cookie gets mentioned at least once a month. If relative non-opinions like this linger for months and define the blog’s credibility, that’s harsh. I know this is just one random example that… Read more »
TT’s improvement and Zeller’s failings as a shooter are intertwined. TT has a hard time shooting because he is completely opposed to putting the ball on the floor. Because of this, opposing defenders can close out with no worry of a pump fake and drive. TT, while he is absolutely no threat to shoot, will put the ball on the floor and get to the rim, thus forcing opposing teams to guard him out to 18 feet. Additionally, his passing continues to grow by leaps and bounds each game. He can even drive and dish. My favorite play of the… Read more »
Rob-
You are right, Zeller has not been able to hit that outside shot- but I think it will come. He looks very smooth in shooting it with a quick release off the catch. Your comparison to big Z is a viable one, but remember….Ilgaskus didn’t really hit that shot with any consistency until his 5th or 6th year. Give it a little time.
I also echo your comment on TT’s defense on Garnett, who ended up shooting 5-of-13 from the field for the game. You can credit Zeller with some of that defense as well.
TT looked very comfortable in space last night. Even dribbling between his legs a couple of times. Garnett was really playing off of him. If only he had a 10-15 ft jumper….not complaining though!!!! It did look like he touched the ball less in the second half. Partly because Kyrie took over in the 4th. But also because of the recurring 3rd quarter stalls. Are they because of Byron’s coaching? Personally, I think it’s because the players have trouble adjusting on the fly, due to inexperience. Did anyone else notice Shaun Livingston getting a few minutes at SF? I wonder… Read more »
Longtime Cavs fan here but since moving from Cleveland have not been able to watch many games. However, got to watch last night a couple observations/questions: Zeller: was he able to make the 15-18 footer at UNC? Seems like he is able to get that shot in our system, yet I think he was 0-3 or 0-4 last night? If he can’t make that shot with consistency (a la Z) I am not sure how he can be a productive player… Livingston: just 1 game sample size, but really liked how the offense looked when he was on the floor.… Read more »
The only ones down on TT’s game were the lame bloggers here at CtB….Now they are all dick riding, no suprise there!
Admittedly, I have not watched much in the last month, but what I saw int eh first half from TT was not what I had seen the previous year. He moved while dribbling! He created his own baby hook shots, moving TO the rim! He looked like a completely different player. Don’t give up on him… It seems most people have been pro-TT in the last month here, but prior to that, everyone called him a bust. I by no way am saying he’s anything like Dwight Howard, but other good players who play PF/C do not seem to develop… Read more »
Dan, How many times did someone call Tristan a bust at C:tB? Based on similar accusations earlier this season, I searched a month of content (not comments, that would have been exhaustive) and found zero instances. Obviously writers have expressed concern about various aspects of his game, but I don’t know that anyone gave up on him (i.e. bust). NotAFan, We can keep things civil, right? I haven’t read the entire internet, but I assume that other people also expressed concerns about Tristan. I don’t recall many predictions of 21, 9 & 5 games being on the immediate horizon for… Read more »
Occassionally some readers indicate that C:tB has a narrative. This always seems silly to me, as I am almost sure a variety of opinions get expressed. We probably publish 50000 words a month, from six writers.
I think some readers have developed a “C:tB narrative” in their heads…that we all thought Tristan would be in Europe next year, the Dion pick was stupid, the re-build is a disaster, etc. These supposed themes get exaggerated, while frequently various shades of the discussion were detailed.
One instance I can think of is Cols always refers to Colin saying on draft day, after the Cavs picked Dion, that “the world disintegrates like a cookie beneath the rump of corpulent eight-year old.” But by September, Colin declared Dion as likely to be his favorite player. Each of us says alot of things, with developing opinions over time.
Cavs are 6-9 in their last 15, and 10 of those games were on the road. I know 6-9 is not going to blow anyone away, but for a team this young with such little depth, it is pretty impressive.
If Speights can give us some minutes, I think we could end up playing close to .500 for the rest of the year (we have a ton of home games left). That is not good news for our draft position, but I think it is great news for the development of the players currently on the team.
Kyrie = Ridiculousness
Went to the game…had a frigging blast! Nothing better than see all of those Celtics fans leaving with a sad look on their faces! Luke was AWESOME! Tristan is definitely developing into a good ballplayer…not trying to do too much, hitting the boards, playing defense, and taking whatever the other team gives him. Cannot believe how much his offensive play in the paint has improved in the last month! Good times are definitely ahead for this squad. Cannot wait!
Rich, he has been playing great all month, but I saw him having more willingness to put the ball on the floor last night than he has most nights. It seems to work for him.
Where do Tristan’s quarterly stats come from?
R,
I sorted using basketball reference:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/plus/shot_finder.cgi?player_id=thomptr01
TT needs to take notes on how he played tonight? Like have some of you totally missed the Cavs the last month+? This is how he’s been playing every night.
This was a good a$$ game, to anyone that got the chance to watch it…. TT was on his game (needs to take notes on how he played tonight). Irving….. Did his clutch Irving takeover, like he does (wish he didn’t have to, but it sure is fun to watch). Dion, kinda his regular type of night (not as good as he has been, not as bad as he has been)….. I know I mentioned TT already, but dang, he was getting at it tonight, and thought it was worth another shout out. Funniest Box Score Sats of the evening…..… Read more »
That was such an awesome game. Great team defense and the offense looked great all night
Shout out to Dion for a key play…he stuck his nose in there and battled two C’s to tip a crucial defensive board to TT, who dished it out to Irving in those closing minutes. Good defense by Gee on that lst shot also…had he put a hand up PP would have gotten that foul call. Great game by the beloved hometowners.
Yay! Great win. Whew! I don’t normally do this but I did check out Celtics blog . The commnets on our players were very interesting. They love Kyrie, impressed on TT’s improvement and worried on Gee’s defense against them. But the most intriguing series was Luke Walton . Ha HA. The were bewildered, somewhat angry and disgusted on the effectivness of his play against them. And for most of the time (if we’re really honest) Cav fans kinda have the same feelings. Lol But it was different this time. And after reading the rants; I appreciated Walton much more.