Live Thread: Cavs @ Rockets
2015-03-01
Sorry for the delay guys!
LeBron is back and looking to take down another MVP rival in The Beard…
Cavs look to get back on the winning track (even without Kyrie). Going to be a challenging one today against the Rockets… I believe the Cavs will ride another strong performance from LBJ to victory…
Prediction: Cavs 115-111. Fire up the comments!
Hubie’s right. Love made that post-up way harder than it had to be.
Hubie is right… don’t know why Love went with the fade-away there…
Harden gets away with a lot of traveling.
They blow the whistle every time Harden drives. Such garbage.
Why is Moz not playing??
Extended rest? TT playing great
Cavs got lucky there… then finally refs call an over the back on Smith…
Delly just let Beverly by him… like a matador.
Nice… ran that play for Love to get a post touch.
Not sure why the Cavs are trying to go small with James Jones instead of playing Moz more. Houston can’t stop the Cavs inside. Exploit that
I agree…. they were dedicated to going to Moz in the post.
Totally agree… WHERE IS MOZ?
Oh… here he comes now…
They heard you, Moz back in.
Get that weak stuff outta here!
TT proving me wrong! What a SWAT!!
TT says NYET!!! IRON CURTAIN EXPANDS!
TT nice hands to make that catch from LeBron. Then the MASSIVE swat!
Great drop pass by LBJ to TT!
Terrance Jones with an offensive foul.
Offensive foul and then they call us for the defensive foul. Unbelievable. These refs SUCK.
Got to get Moz back in there… TT is getting man-handled…
I think TT heard you. What a block!
Looks like the rest is really helping LeBron
Smith is short on his shots because he’s slightly fading away and not following through.
JR seems way short on the side threes today…
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LeBron gets mugged every single time he drives. I can’t believe the refs aren’t calling these fouls.
That’s happened his whole career… I don’t blame him for asking for calls all the time.
James jones has found his shot.
That beard dance is the weirdest celebration I’ve seen since the Andy Wild Thing wig night…
HAHAHAHA…. that was super lame, but so is Houston.
Harden looked practically Amish on his way to the game today with his broad rimmed black hat and his beard…
james jones is crazy dude can hit any 3 pt shot and barely plays haha…and nice tap of loose ball by jr smith to lebron for throw down
James Jones is the guy who actually found the fountain of youth in that phone commercial.
Totally! He’s been looking particularly spry lately!
GREAT tap by JR! and the easy JAM by Bron!
Nice hustle play by JR!!! LBJ FOR THE SLAM!!!
That was a SWEET tip pass to LeBron for the dunk. JR Smith is the man!
The CHAMP delivers the blow!
JAMES FREAKING JONES!!
Josh Smith STILL takes bad three pointers…
He also walks every time he touches the ball.
literally took 4 steps to hoop and then got bailed out by refs…unreal
He hasn’t improved his game at all… just living off of his athleticism. Waste of talent.
Bron really hung back on that one… waiting for an outlet pass?
Terrible call… looked like a travel by Smith.
These refs are awful.
They’re having a tough time stopping the Rockets in the middle without Moz-erati in there…
Better shot from LBJ there…
Houston has a bunch of players I hate: Smith, Howard, Terry, Beverly (although I’d probably love him on my team), Harden
Harden and his flopping is the worst!
Totally agree with this… Harden should lead the league in flopping fines…
delly has such an ugly shot you would think he would work on outside shooting since he can’t drive much or dunk…wouldn’t most white players do that haha
When Mike Miller gets up off the bench, he moves like my 55-year-old, sore-hipped self.
He does look stiff!!!
Defense slipped as the quarter progressed. Gonna have to step it up on that end.
Delly leading the team in minutes and has yet to record a point, assist, rebound, steal or block. But don’t worry, he’s contributed two turnovers.
I understand the need for a distributor, but he’s not a good one and we have LeBron. I don’t understand the benefit of playing him so many minutes.
points off turnovers big difference in game here…rockets have i believe 8 or 9 and its 3 point game….cavs just need to relax move ball around and they’ll be fine…looks like refs aren’t giving harden his silly flopping fouls
Good defense there from Shump… and then to quick on the trigger for the end of quarter three…
Gonna have to clamp down on D again after this first quarter.
I agree… need to make them feel it. They have no post player to guard, except Smith, and he usually prefers jacking up threes.
TT should’ve received the ball on the switch in the post.
Delly really killed the Cavs with those lazy passes. geez
Bad ISO possession there by LBJ…
How much action is ABC going to miss today while giving us hero shots after baskets?
That inbounds play was Delly’s fault…
Love to see them getting Love the ball in the post.
How about a travel call refs? smh
Are the Cavs tempting fate with the blue unis today?
Nice decision to post up LBJ on Harden.
The Champ is in the game…
WOW! LBJ with the steal and the THROW DOWN!
MOZ-ERATI is my new favorite nickname for Mozgov…
I like that one too… very creative!
Love just owned Smith right there.
I LOVE Shump’s audio on the sidelines! MOZERATI!!
I’ll be interested to see the Cavs adjustments with the Rockets playing so small
I agree…. I think Cavs will match up and go small, and I kinda like their small ball lineup.
solid start by cavs…silly passes leading to turnovers hurt them but game is tied about to take lead with love’s free throws….gotta exploit that matchup between him and josh smith
Do we see more of LBJ in the post or at point today?
We’re seeing both so far.
If Love keeps playing like this, then I could see LBJ going from the point and going for the triple-double today…
Would certainly be fun to watch. I can’t stop hearing about what Westbrook has been doing, ’bout time it happens over here.
Love should have the advantage against Terrance Jones and Josh Smith. Jones is undersized and Smith is undisciplined.
Now he drew a foul… LBJ making sure Love gets the post touch!
KLove with the sweet drop step and up and under!
Love in the post… taking advantage, I like it!
Great post move by Love!
The clear path foul is the strangest rule in the NBA
It really is… although I’m glad it went in the Cavs favor there… JR deserved that basket…
I think it’s done solely for entertainment purposes: i.e. fast break jams.
Might get a clear path foul on Ariza.
How was that not a continuation for JR?
Foul happened before the catch of the pass.
Ariza took like three steps on that lazy stroll to the rim after the steal…
Houston favored by 1. Over/under @ 206.5.
Smart money is on Houston and the under.