Live Thread: Cavs @ Mavericks
2015-03-10
Our boys in wine and gold and sometimes blue travel to the land of shotgun shells and chicken fried steak for a matchup with the mighty Mavericks of Dallas. The Mavs beat the brakes off the LeBron-less Cavs at The Q by 29 points in early January.  This meeting should be a more competitive bout, as both squads are jockeying for playoff position. Dish.
Jesus the acting going on right now in Dallas…
JJ IS A FEMALE DOG.
Barea, not Jones.
Speaking of female dogs I am getting the Dallas local feed and they just showed some kind of dog show highlight sponsored by Krogers. What the hell?
JAMES FREAKING JONES!!!!!
James Freaking Jones!
Amare abusing Cavs inside like he still has two good knees.
Still wonder what would have happened if we had been willing to give up JJ Hickson for him back in the day.
That’s been debunked 500 times.
I have spare time.
Apparently… contrary to recent reports… “Amare is real…”
Crap call there.
The good news is that they aren’t jacking up a ton of three-pointers and actually have 10 points already in the paint. Bad news is that Dallas already has 16 points in the paint…
Not to sound like Cols but I think it’s OK. Mavs can’t play 48 good minutes against a team as good as the Cavs. This too shall pass.
@ChrisBHaynes: I’m guessing no video tribute for Brendan Haywood.
What would that be, a vine of his contracts?
energy was good to start then looked like cavs got super tired at end of quarter and couldn’t hit any shots….see how this next quarter goes
Mavs are honoring Marion but not Haywood.
Live thread comment of the year.
They probably thought Haywood retired.
Ha! Even LBJ is refusing to honor “Headband Worn Yo!”
Cavs just don’t bring the same energy and focus to their road games. This road trip could end up being a real long trip if they don’t focus the way they should.
Offense was doing alright… missed some open looks. Defense really needs to step up.
Seems like the Cavs have taken a step back defensively as of late…
asleep at wheel there at the end….lot of easy shots to basket the defense on pick and rolls is horrendous to say the least
What a joke of an end to a quarter… that may be one of the worst ones yet…
Well that was freaking terrible.
What the hell kind of finish to the quarter was that?
@mcten: James Jones checks in. Rick Carlisle yells to his team: “Shooter!”
What does he yell when Haywood steps in?
“Expiring!” I would assume.
Cavs really slowed things down for some reason late in the quarter…
15-4 Mavs run. Cavs offense is going Le-iso again.
It’s really frustrating. Going iso is a solid play every once in awhile but it’s totally hurting the rest of the talent on this roster. It’s really annoying.
They’re not going to call that foul, Bron…
LeBron needs to put back on the headband.
I didn’t realize Carr played for Dallas.
LeBron mental inability to consistently make FTs is concerning. We all know what can happen to him when he’s psyched out. He needs to figure it out already…
LeBrick at the stripe is back…
PUT YOUR HEADBAND BACK ON BRON!!!
Where’s Cols? I want to see some “Cavs are the best” and “Dallas will lose to us in 5 games” posts.
Don’t you mean… “Dallas won’t even make it to the Finals” posts?
Steve Smith giving Delly some flack for not bumping Dirk on the screen and roll that led to the layup…
NBATV ragging on Delly right now
Dallas stepping up their defense…. Cavs needing to step up theirs.
What poet does David Blatt quote tonight?
Robert Frost?
Emily Dickinson?
He’s already quoted Frost.
Weird Al Yankovic?
Cavs bench is really becoming an issue for them.
Love killing Cavs right now need to get him outta there and put TT in post and put in another shooter who can hit shots
Aminu in the lane for at least six seconds there.
Maybe this is why they don’t give KLove the ball in the post… he’s 0-4 with some easy misses at the rim…
He shouldn’t have lost all that weight. Nate Robinson would abuse him in the post.
Been saying that all year.
Ah… Nate Robinson… oh well…
Out of practice…. gotta get him consistent touches down there.
Man Kevin Love is earning that Max Contact tonight.
“Max Contract” – damn autocorrect
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ sarcasm?
Bench really playing poorly so far.
Love showing some nifty moves, but three second killed it…
I know…. TT with two bad plays in the early going.
Wow. Mavs flopping all over the place
Kevin Love with some low post touches. Cavs are definitely trying news things.
Its about time. KLove in the post is a very useful option.
Amar’e Stoudemire is still alive, apparently.
It’s the Knicks vs the Knicks.
Nice post by K Love and pass to Mozerati…. Mozerati poppin the clutch!
Moz drawing two quick fouls on Chandler… nice
Kyrie should start rocking a headband just to mess with people…
With wine and gold stripes — the Will Ferrell look in Semi-Pro.
MOZ-BLOCK!!
Just unlucky on the bounce…
I like the Cavs pushing the ball for early offense.
Yes… the way they should always play… IMHO…
I see the refs are sucking it tonight.
Dallas seems to be having a real problem using the glass in this one so far…
Love air-balls a short fadeaway. Rusty in the paint?
Great pass by K Love!!! LBJ for the easy deuce! Also, great in bounds pass by K Love caught Dallas sleeping!
It looks like the K Love and Mozerati can do some damage on the offensive end. JR and Kyrie locked in early with their shots.
9 of our 16 points are second chance points. 5 O boards so far.
Also, with the exception of the opening tip, all of our points have come off Dallas misses.
And even that was cause Dallas let the opening tip go out of bounds… I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before…
Parsons with his entry into the “flop of the year” contest… smh
Hey, Scotch, sounds like a decent number of Cavs fans in the house tonight.
The IRON CURTAIN… early and often
MOZ-JAM!!!!!! Putback DUNK!!
so a 7-0 run followed by a 10-0 run in the first two 1/2 minutes.
Followed by a 9-0 run. This game is like me after taco bells. Full of runs.
Taco hell is what you crave.
HAHAHAHA… WOW Joey B… that’s keeping it real!
The Mozter with the big flush!
Cavs being super sloppy with the ball and NOBODY is closing out on Parsons…
Kyrie had a nice bailout on that first possession with the three…
Cavs rocking the blue unis tonight!
@ChrisBHaynes: LeBron James is out there shooting without a headband, for those of you who were dying to know.
I just don’t know who LBJ is anymore without the headband…
I find myself surprisingly not too worried about this game, win or lose. I’d just like to see continued improvement.
A loss doesn’t kill us in the standings, and Dallas isn’t going to make it out of the west, so if we make the finals, we won’t see them. I’m more interested to see how we measure up against San Antonio.
Moz vs. rejuvenated Chandler will be interesting matchup tonight.
I thought about the bigs match up in this game as well.. I’d like to see Love make Dirk work on defense.
Dirk never works on defense. Love can’t really defend him either. They will likely neutralized each other’s contributions, both directing each other to Moz/Chandler.
I kinda hate it when the Cavs are on NBATV
I’m in the house in Dallas for the game tonight. Here’s hoping I bring the karna
Nice!!! I used to live in Ft. Worth for a couple of years… I had A LOT of fun in the DFW. #CtBKarma!
Yeah I am living in DC but flew down to see the game with my pops. Very little energy for the game in Dallas for some reason
Nice… I hope you get a great game with the pops!!! Well, Dallas is a Cowboys town… and I don’t necessarily understand it, given that Cuban tries his hardest to field a winning team.
Scotch representing #C:tBKarma!
Can’t catch this one – but I’m at the Charlotte Airport and a dude in an 80s Logo Cavs T-shirt just walked by. I, in my Cavs polo, gave him a shout
HAHAHA… nice!!! Safe travels, Tom!
Talent recognizing talent!
Other than Houston a few days later, Dallas was the next to last team to beat the Cavs at the Q. Time to repay the favor…
Revenge tour, Lone Star edition??? The Cavs owe the Spurs one too!!!
We can hope, although I think with the way the Spurs are playing lately, they’re going to be harder to beat on their home floor. Tony Parker has re-discovered his game and Kawai has been great as well…
They did look sharp on Sunday!!! Mills and Ginobili had good games off the bench as well. And Tiago Splitter has broken back into the starting lineup and seems to have re-gained his confidence.
I know you’re about that positivity though, HAHA!
Not to mention that Budenholzer learned everything from Pop, so chances are he uses something similar to try and contain them. This week will be a good litmus test to see what Blatt has learned from the Houston and Atlanta losses…
Great point, EG… I remember that Finals LBJ had against the Spurs when he was with CLE the first time around. It paralyzed LBJ.
Mavs have seemed pretty beatable lately, but for sure they’ll be up for the Cavs tonight. Going to be a tough one, but I think the Cavs pull it off 105-99.
CLE is a 4 point favorite tonight, with an over/under set @ 201. Smart money is decidedly on Dallas covering/winning, and the under. I’m gonna agree with EG, taking the Cavs 101-99.
Seems like, outside of the recent Parsons and Chandler injuries, that Dallas looks much more beatable since the Rondo trade. I bet they’re hoping they can get it together for the playoffs. Losing Brandon Wright seems to be a bigger loss than they expected?