Live Thread: Cavs at Blazers
2014-11-04https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnaZBRumpg4
West Coast action tonight, game starts at 10E/7P. The game will be on NBATV in addition to the local Fox Sports Ohio. If you haven’t already checked out Cory’s “The Case for The Decision” do so now – great read.
For some pre-game reading that touches on both teams, check out this work from Jacob Rosen at WFNY.
I’ve scoured the news reports to learn if Will Cherry traveled with the team, or is active tonight against the Blazers. So far, no luck. If anyone knows, chime in below.
Send in your predictions, we’ll keep a running tally of the winners (closest total points with the correct winner). I’m going with 104-98 Cavs.
Geez. Blake walked three times in the corner.
STOP SHOOTING KYRIE!!!!
Blatt’s TT over Andy fetish is annoying.
PASS THE BALL KYRIE!!!!
They needed that Love 3
that escalated quickly. man Waiters is making me crazy.
Take the effing starters out , Blatt.
Does LeBron get an assist on that Aldridge basket? Jesus
Gotta say that I am not impressed with Blatt so far. Know it is a tiny sample but the floor spacing the offensive sets, game management, and out of bounds plays have all been pretty piss poor. That says nothing about the D rotations. I don’t want James Love or Irving playing more than 36 minutes a game period, especially not this early. The offensive ball movement and player movement in the half court sets seems pretty ineffective and more often than not, non-existent. I hope this is a symptom of the players still learning the system but the sets… Read more »
Yeah. He seems to have little knowledge of who is good at what.
Sloppy sloppy basketball
Jesus h. Horrible turnover.
Has DIon made a shot tonight?
KLove couldn’t guard my mom.
More of the same. Come on Blatt adjust!
Really Dion?
ISO ISO ISO – I hate the ISO
wow – couldn’t have a worse start to the half…geez
And that the Cavs are cheating off Lopez too much.
To be frank this offense’s biggest problem is that Andy isn’t getting enough touches.
Very few run outs and fast break points. Only 3 at half. Kyrie not having good night so far either.
Pretty ugly offense by the Cavs. They got bailed out by early hot shooting. They really need to figure out spacing and start getting comfortable playing together. Way too many “OK I’ll shoot now” plays and then plays where someone should be stepping into a rhythm J but decides to pump fake and reset.
Also rotations. No one has any idea of who is one the court with them.
Terrible last possession of the half. Endemic of the offensive problems of the second quarter. Shots stop falling and passing gets abandoned. Kyrie with cardinal triple sin of walking the ball up, dribbling out the clock and then launching a 35 foot hero ball three.
Blatt’s rotations have officially reached the ” WTF?” stage.
yeah they’re all over the place.
Liked LeBron’s energy and Varejao’s shooting. After that…it’s been ugly.
Too much TT. Not enough Andy.
Agree with Nate. Waaaay too much dribbling, not nearly enough passing. Disregarding the offensive sets.
Gross J by TT
IT’S CHRISTMAS TT!
haha – pass bank in by TT?
Too many first option shots. Just move the ball.
Haywood sighting!
He’s like Jason Smith all over again
Love is getting smoked by the geico caveman.
Cavs offense is very weak right now. Just lots of talent.
TT playing pretty good man defense on LA though
Hate this lineup with LeBron at the 2. he’s the only defense on the court
TT having a forgettable shooting night
Nice double team on LaMarcus
At least Blazer bench can’t make a shot tonight
KLove so good in the post. Such an offensive threat
Marion finally having a good game.
LeBron looks so much quicker/stronger tonight
Bron with the volleyball assist to Marion
Pretty ugly offense by the Cavs – but geez, they are talented. Nice to see LeBron in the post
Marion! Man that’s such a weird looking shot, but love that he’s hitting that corner three
Oy. Bench is ugly. Too much Tristan. Get Andy the ball.
Ugly series of possessions to start the second quarter
Man, I hate this split screen garbage. We don’t care about your T-shirts man!
LBJ still having some un-LBJ like difficulties finishing at the cup
LeBron looks a lot more explosive tonight. Taking it to the rim with authority (even if they’re rolling out right now)
Nice finish by Delly there
Delly! Nice recovery to end the quarter
Cavs finished the quarter with solid Defense – forced Blazers into a bunch of contested Js.
Delly time!
Also the first “who is Miller guarding?” moment of the night.
Figures Kyrie would break the string (since he’s on my fantasy team)
Cavs very efficient so far!
Wow… this is insane!
MIKE MILLER SIGHTING!!
That seemed like it should have been a charge on Batum
Cavs mostly doing 2-man stuff, but GEEZ. Talent alone is going to carry them against bad teams.
40 point quarter? Cavs are a blistering 8-8 so far.
Love is HEATING UP.
122-118 Cavs because nobody seems to be missing a shot on either team.
Nice start for Varejao here.
Might have to revise my score prediction. No defense being played yet
Agressive LeBron to start!
200-0 Cavs. LeBron breaks Wilt’s single game points record. All the people I voted for win. I win the lottery. All my ex-girlfriends tell me they were wrong. An uncle I never knew I had dies and leaves me his fortune.
But seriously, I think it’ll be close. It mostly depends on how healthy LeBron is.
I’m going to go with 109-95 Cavs. The former Rose Garden is a tough place to play, but I think KLove will go off on his home turf. 27 and 17 for KLove. 25/8/6 for LBJ (hopefully in 38 mins or less). 19 and 9 for Kyrie. Fingers crossed we see some decent minutes and production from Miller and Marion tonight.
Cavs win this one going away. Love is going to be a monster.
LMA is going to get into some trouble because of the Cav’s trying overcompensating to protect the mid-range area. Hopefully Damian Lillard continues shooting it cold from the three cause it might be open tonight. I’m really interested to see how the Cavs cover LMA. Will LeBron up his D tonight on the Big dude.
I’m predicting LeBron has 37 points to go with 8 assists, 9 rebounds, 1 block and 4 steals tonight because he isn’t actually over the Lillard tweets
Cavs win tonight, 111-92.