Live Thread: Nets @ Cavs
2015-11-28
The Cavs pulled out a tough win last night against the Hornets. Tonight, they face the lowly Brooklyn Nets, who have won just three games this season. Only one of them was a road game. The Wine & Gold have yet to win both games of a back to back. This is their best chance to do so.
Let’s play a game. Can you name the starting five of the Nets? If you aren’t a die-hard NBA fan, you’re going to have a tough time doing so. Right now, Jarrett Jack, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Thaddeus Young, Joe Johnson, and Brook Lopez hit the floor first for the Nets.
The Cavs should have no problem grabbing a win tonight. The Nets have just two players that would see the floor on the Cavs, Lopez and Jefferson. Every other player on their team would have a hard time just making the Cavs this season.
Brook Lopez is a very talented scoring center (20.1 PPG), but he is a below average rebounder and rim protector, despite getting averaging 2.1 blocks. He gets just 8.3 boards a night . If the Cavs run a small ball lineup, whoever is at the five will have a second Thanksgiving feast courtesy of Lopez. And, Lopez is already sorta in the Cavs’ pocket, as he is quite friendly with the Moon Dog.
This is dirty pool @cavsmoondog. I hope you all choke on that popcorn. #IThoughtWeWereFamYo #ForAllTheEdMikans pic.twitter.com/oCRXoKiKlD
— Robin Lopez (@rolopez42) March 18, 2015
Hollis-Jefferson is a rookie and likely the only player Brooklyn has with any upside. He’s shown that he’s a capable wing defender and will hopefully develop his scoring skills as he ages.
I’m picking the Cavs to win, 123-99.
Remember the Nets almost beat the Warriors.
Jason Lloyd @JasonLloydABJ 1m1 minute ago
#Cavs have been using lineups very similar to 4Q rotation that locked up Hornets last night. Except Love included this time
And now Love is out…
Delly shooting 20%. We need Irving back.
What about Mo???????
Mo is fine. But nights like these we have offensive zero Delly off the bench. Need more firepower.
This game has turned into a defensive battle to the death.
Officiating is awesome again tonight.
Love has it going from 3 tonight.
Bad pass by Delly there.
Way too many turnovers, but let’s put down the clamps on D and close this one out
What the what? Foul on Love?
Have a giant handprint on my back from Tom slapping me there after the Delly trey.
Delly with his Steph Curry impersonation.
Cavs passing too much.
That’s why Delly needs to just take over! :)
Wayne Ellington is living is exile from the Herculoids.
Cavs have a lot of passing turnovers. 5 in the 3rd quarter.
Cavs can’t control a lead.
HOPE WE DON’T BENCK HIM ( KEV ) IN THE 4TH
They looked like hungry piranha’s festing on Young there!! WOW! Is he alive?
KLOVE with like 4 3’s this quarter or what? We need to get some stops in a row man, we scoring now but they scoring too
Now this is da Cavs I know, playing defense and hitting good looks
Shots starting to fall! K-love heat check in the Q!
“Making layups from 23 feet, 9 inches!” – Fred
Love on fire with his third straight three
We’ve got the lead!!!!
Tom’s favorite lineup in…
@mcten: That last play another example of how far Delly has come in the last year. He barked instructions at LeBron, set him up for a slip screen
Officiating this game.
Does Moz realize he’s 7 foot? Slam that ping pong ball.
DOes Mosgov believe he has tiny hands??
Some questionable passing tonight.
Little chippy between Mo and Jack
Ex-Cavs going at each other getting double techs.
Needed that!!! Love
Good thing we have Mo
Mo could help his cause a little more by not being a saloon door to the paint.
Brooklyn tricks you into taking okay shots because you make one pass and you’re sort of open.
I am SHOCKED we are not up by 10.
Shooting like garbage. 39%fg%, 3P% 18% and FT% 54%
That last # is just gross. We’re gonna be the first team to win a title with sub 65% free throw shooting for the year
Cavs cut it from 12 to 6 at the half. Jack has 8 assists, 8 points.
Ugh. Terrible half. Some of those calls though.
Mmmmm not so sure about that call……..
I hate that cheap….blerg. Delly or Andy would do the same thing tho.
THEY HAD BETTER GET USED TO IT……..NOT GOING TO CHANGE !!!
That was a horrible call against Mo.
Between the silly calls and the Cavs getting the best shot of every single team in the league is must be hard for the Cavs players to keep poised.
HEY DAVE HOW ABOUT A LITTLE ACTION ON YOUR PREDICTED SCORE —CAVS 123-95 —–EVEN CLF ‘S 105- 95 LOOKS IN JEOPARDY ( I KNOW THEE OF LITTLE FAITH — BUT -MAN THIS IS NOT CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL / EVEN MINUS 2 STARTERS )
Damn that Lopez is fast
Cavs need to get over not getting calls and just play. Especially Lebron. It’s messing with his zen.
Exactly. …I agree!!
Is it just me or have they been complaining to the refs a lot more this year? Not just LBJ, but a lot of the team.
Hehe Mozgov looked really funny running after that ball .
Kinda like a T-Rex dribbling and running
Moz flashing the point-guard skills with the nice bounce pass to Love for the layup.
Cavs with a 5-point play around a botched routine inbounds by the Nets.
Here we come folks!
Nice little run to get back within 5!
Mo keeping them in the game.
Cavs only have 3 assists compared to Nets 10. Yes, we have missed some open shots but gotta get the ball moving to get some more high percentage looks and some flow on the offensive end.
we’re hesitating on threes right now. Lots of pump fakes and drives instead of just raining them down. Confidence seems real low
How da hell is Nets shooting 83% on the road? We need to defend our home court better
Mo Williams is defending like he has never seen a give and go before.
Okay now it’s Mo Time!!
Usually Nets isn’t a team TT historically does well against when they have healthy Bigs. But he’s holding his own there a little
Sir cc has a hot dog cannon.
Andrea Bargnani is so tired of playing professional basketball!
TT bails out a poor possession with a one-on-one move for a lefty hook. But then next time down he misses two uncontested tip-in attempts.
Delly defending a big in the post is worth the price of admission. He draws a rare 5-second call on Bogdanovic.
Rough quarter. some great defensive plays by James Jones and Richard Jefferson to keep it from being worse.
When Blatt inevitably invites you two into the locker room for the first half recaps…really get on them about enjoying themselves. They look miserable.
Nets by 7 after one period. Jack has 6 assists. Cavs cold shooting.
Would be shocked if we aren’t up by 10 at halftime. Shots will start to fall.
SO IS LEBRON GOING TO HAVE A ” HALFTIME / SCOLDING / MEETING ” ?—C’MON CAVS !!
Midrange Mo is heating up. Cavs down 3.
Klove with three nice defensive plays already. Hopefully he is taking the benching last night to heart.
Please , let’s see Mosgov have a good game!
I was noticing that Tristan, Mosgov & Delly always have ongoing black eye shiners from playing so tough. They never heal.
Just watch one of my least favorite players, Jarrett Jack, have his GotY tonight. If it starts looking that way, maybe Moondog can use a crowbar on his kneecap.
CtB in the Q! Tom Pestak and I bringing good karma.
Awesome. Raise the roof.
Nice seats on the rail with nobody in front ! Bring home a win.
great to see. Hope to get you all take on the crowd and those things we cant see or feel from the screen
See how many Delly chants you can get going!
I hope LeBron goes for 40!!!!!!!!!!
Good evening CtB! YOur numbers for this evening:
CLE is a 9pt favorite over BKN, with an o/u @ 200. In a rarity, both the line and the o/u are split 50/50… if there was smart money, it would probably be on CLE to cover.
I’ll take CLE to cover, 105-95… GO CAVS!
Would love to see LBJ sit or at least not have to play the fourth. He’s putting in a lot of minutes due to all these injuries and its going to catch up eventually.