Live Thread: Cavs @ Magic
2015-12-11
The Shumpman is lurking.
The Cavs are in Orlando tonight to take on the Magic. Last time these two teams faced off, the Cavs won. However, neither team really played defense. The Cavs shot 53% from the floor dropping 18 threes, while the Magic hit 49% of their shots. Kevin Love led the Cavs with 34 points.
The Magic have experimented with their starting lineup since the Cavs last saw them, sending Victor Oladipo to the bench for Channing Frye. Orlando has won five and lost just two since that move. Their starting lineup has a lot more room to work with since teams have to cover Channing out to the 3-line.
The Cavs are coming off a win against Portland and may have Iman Shumpert back in the rotation. If Iman plays, he will likely be tasked with covering the Magics’ Evan Fournier. Fournier scored 13 points in his last game against Cleveland and hit all three of his 3-pointers. The Shumpman (clink the link to reveal Shumpman) is ready to to swat Evan every chance he gets. Evan best hope the lights don’t go out in the arena, because that’s when the Shumping usually starts going down.
If the Cavs can stay focused, they should be able to over power the Magic’s defense and get an easy win. It would be nice to see Kevin Love and LeBron rest during the fourth quarter.
J.R. Smith will not play this evening. Kyrie Irving is still out, but traveled with the team and should be making his debut very soon.
Mosgov benching did him good. Playing good tonight!
Shump with the 3!!!!!!!!!
Timo must have had a double hand transplant since his last game…
Yeah he looks pretty good tonight.
Cavs still doing a great job of contesting shots to start the second half…
I don’t understand guys who hold their pose after a three… just go and get the rebound…
MDN moving without the ball…
And bricking his first free throw in the set of two, as usual.
Yeah, he really needs to work on his freebies… especially since his game is predicated on his drives inside…
Does Elfrid Payton have a cat on his head?
Elfrid… I can’t feel my face when I hit shots…
Fantastic defense by CLE… ORL shooting 39.5%, 22% from 3, forcing 9 TOs.
Feels weird rooting for Boston though.
Yeah… Olynyk still makes me angry… the giant doofus…
Rooting for Boston and listening to Heinsohn, it’s almost too much. I might settle for checking the score.
Seriously… maybe David Lee revenge game though…
Heinsohn is the original Mass-h***…
It was a riot when Tommy did some national games in the ’80s, and he’d end up getting the Celtics, since they were on national tv a lot then. Classic. Tommy points for Celtics all around.
Here’s that TD pass from KLove to LBJ…
Fantastic recognition there by KLove… saw there was a smaller defender on LBJ. And LBJ with the great catch and easy finish.
Whew! That finger roll was an all time highlight. Great half.
Warriors only up one after one quarter against Celtics….
Glad it’s not serious, but they finally have an injury to an all star for one full game…and they still have a loaded cast playing. Yeesh…
Cavs shooting 56%… 16 assists on 22 buckets…
K Love leading the team with 5 assists this half. LBJ and Delly with 4 a piece.
First triple of the season for Vuch… still pretty great half from the Cavs…
I’ll take defensive hustle and a double digit lead any day. We are setting the table for much less struggle come end of the game
Love what im seeing from LeBron. Wow.
He looks great. Love that they just continue to exploit it. Find something that works and just keep hammering them with it.
And even after getting hit in the thigh and having to go out for a few minutes… he’s 8-9 and 4-4 from the line…
LeBron is dismantling the Magic…
DELLY DEEP TWO!
KLove needs to find an easy bucket worse than Elfrid Peyton needs a good barber.
Elfrid going for The Weeknd look…
I know it’s an easy target but man… What is going on there.
Too much muscle for Elfrid.
Only thing not working so far tonight is KLove’s shot…
Agree. Austin thinks he’s aiming it.
Ninja gotta work on his free throws though…
NINJA with the nifty steal! Just couldn’t finish the break though…
Nice steal by Ninja.
Good energy tonight. Let’s keep it up.
LeBron is 90% from the FT line during the last 10 games.
The whole team has been markedly better the last 10 games…
Not only is this the return of Shump. It’s the return of Timo!
True dat…
Delly is moving the ball around really well… terrific to see Moz hold onto that pass into the paint!
Moz with the catch and finish in traffic! Off a Delly feed.
LOADED WOMBAT!!
This is proving interesting. The feed here in Australia is 10-15 seconds begind realtime. I am seeing your comments a few seconds before it happens. I think. Suspect EG has always been prescienct.
Prescient. Just bashing the keyboard here.
LOL… just finally got to leave work early and catch the game on TV… League Pass is always about 30 seconds behind…
Wow! That is quite a pass!
Delly fends off a big in the post without any help. So what else is new?
It’s just so awesome to behold though…
Absolutely. I’d love to see stats on those possessions. It’s amazing how often the big doesn’t even try to get a shot off.
Delly playing awesome defense on Vucevich…
Delly teardrop!
Shump’s first bucket of the season…
LeBron James, after working on that R thigh the last several minutes, is at the scorer’s table ready to check in.
This is an anemic lineup on offense
Mo’s gotta score in this lineup…
Great play by Shump!
Shump with the big play!
Oh dear – LBJ face says not good.
He’s never been afraid to show something hurts. He becomes one with the pain.
So true. Must he play with our emotions?
LeBron James limping to the bench holding his right leg. Looks like a cramp.
He got a knee in the thigh on that drive…
.LeBron come up limping near end of 1Q, massaging right quad on #Cavs bench.
Good start to the Q, but poor finish. Hope LeBron is okay.
LBJ getting sloppy out there now… and now he’s limping
Cavs have played tough d but have played either dumb or unlucky on offense. Would love to see shump score here
Individual defense is atrocious.
Who specifically? I mean it’s Shump’s first game in months, Mo is never gonna be good at D, and TT tends to have trouble with speedy bigs who can drive…
Cavs have had like 5-6 shots go half way down then pop out.
They’ll drop eventually though… liking their movement on both ends so far…
RJ THREE with the clock running down… Cavs needed that…
Cavs maybe passing a little too much on that possession…
Shump’s first point!
Bron is just RIPPING down boards tonight too…
SHUMPTASTIIIIIC!!
Shump is in the game! Welcome back Shump!
Shump is back!!!!!!!!!!!
MDN has missed a couple threes, but I like how his shooting motion looks…
LeBron I believe has 3 steals already.
Off to a great start…..wait, what??
The Cavs look ready to play tonight.
Timo looks more aggressive in the first five minutes of this game than maybe all other games combined… Good sign!
Love and Timo have nice chemistry.
LBJ throwing the hammer down in reverse! Delly has the court vision so far…
Delly with a great pass… and Mozzy’s got his stickum on tonight…
Good start. I like how Moz is playing.
DELLY Trey!
Interior passing! Looking like a different team so far tonight…
KLove with the floor burns!
NINJA three to start the game off!
MDN getting the start with JR out sick…