Live Thread: Cavs vs Knicks 2015-12-23 Off By Tom Pestak Whoops. Â No Melo, Cavs at full strength. Â Let’s talk about it!!!! The Point Four-ward: Happy Kyri-days! Recap: Cleveland 91, New York 84 (Or, ’twas the game before Christmas…)
DOES LEBRON GO “BEAST ” MODE IN THE 4TH —KYRIE DONE FOR THE NIGHT ?
Will Kyrie take over?
Stop Porzingis, win the game. What a player
C’mon bench. You have to do better than this. No excuse
James was scoreless in the third quarter. So far it’s a duel between Porzingis (23 points) and Love (22).
NOT THE CRISP GAME I WANTED BEFORE HEADING WEST FOR THE CHRISTMAS DAY SHOWDOWN —-STILL LEARNING ADJUSTING TO DIFFERENT ROTATIONS —WON’T PUT ALOT OF STOCK IN EITHER OUTCOME ON CHRISTMAS DAY EXCEPT HOW MANY ” EMPTY ” ALES LAYING AROUND
That Delly/TT pick n roll is devastating.
Second unit playing so well with this small ball line up
game this tight. Prefer RJ in
This is another bizarre Knicks game that they play better without Melo. Not shooting the 3 so hot tonight. Kinda weird Jr hasn’t even taken a 3 tonight
JR has been gun shy about his shot for the vast majority of the season… it’s weird when a born gunslinger is gun shy.
Also, they’re just not shooting well in general tonight… maybe except for KLove.
Wish TT had that shot Lopez just took
JR-Love nice action. JR with the bounce pass off the dribble as Love rolls to the hoop.
This had been our best line up before Kyrei
This is def an adjustment for everyone now that everyone is healthy
Portzingas is good at basketball!
Love continues to play well. I hope this carry on the next game. I really want to see if we can negate or outplay GS small ball with a Love lineup
LeBron needs to stick with the post.
JR the defensive whiz rotates nicely and knocks away a Knicks entry pass.
Seems like we are no taking enough shots from anyone else not named Love or Lebron
2 GUYS HURTING US / PORZ AND WILLIAMS –CLAMP DOWN ON THEM TO START THE 3RD / PUT THIS GAME OUT OF REACH —-MOZ WITH ONLY 7 MINUTES / 1ST HALF ? ————-JUST A HALFTIME ” LITTLE THROW AROUND ” WITH BOTH SACRAMENTO AND MEMPHIS STRUGGLING —WHO WOULD YOU RATHER PURSUE RANDOLPH( MEMPHIS ) OR GAY ( SACRAMENTO )–
Man…neither but if I had to choose, id take gay on this particular team. So long and has become a good teammate
Definitely take Gay… he’s 5 years younger, has length/athleticism… he’d be an awesome stretch 4 in small ball…. or scoring 3 to ease LBJ’s burden.
Seems like rather than Mo being the odd man out, Blatt has chosen to go small in the second unit and Andy is the one riding the pine. Will be interesting to track the rotations as the season moves along.
Likely will be different from night to night. Blatt doesn’t show favoritism toward any one player. He’s a match ups guy
Mo’s the best scorer on the bench… no way he’s going to be “odd man out”. If they go bigger, it’ll be RJ who loses minutes…
I actually think they’ll use this small ball 2nd unit. It puts the 5 best players on the court, although you could debate RJ vs. AV.
Both benches 15 pts each.
Tom- I tried to put up two posts also but they disappeared into the ether. Not sure if it’s because I’m using a new laptop?
It’s amazing how much ground Shump is able to cover on defense.
Damn Porzingas! He’s really good.
He’s 3-3 from deep.
Love him… Needs to improve his shooting though only 43% FG and 30% 3ptFG on the year… but his stroke is pure.
NEED TO GO ON A LITTLE 12-0 RUN / PUT THIS GAME AWAY AND GET OUR OTHER PLAYERS SOME MINUTES
JR, Delly, TT and Mosgov need to give us more on offense
LOVE IS UNCANNY WITH THOSE LONG PASSES –HOW HE PUTS IT RIGHT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE DELIVERED —AGREED LOVE IS THE REINCARNATION OF BERNIE
They are making this game so much harder than it needs to be. It’s got to be the addition of new players and lineups. They are clearly the better team but should be blowing the Knicks away
Exactly, the whole team hasn’t been together until tonight.
Knicks are a decent team. Should be in the playoff hunt this year. Cavs still finding rhythm, chemistry. In March, this game would be over by middle of the second quarter.
Love is having a good game here. How about Shump with 8 pts?
I think it’s pretty obvious who the best QB in Cleveland is for the past 16 years…KLOVE!!!!
Tom, I got a random ‘Your comment is awaiting moderation’ on a family-safe, link-free comment…
JR starts a nice transition sequence with a defensive trap, going to the floor to secure the steal.
Is the 3 the weakest part of JR’s game right now? What a topsy-turvy world.
Lebron really? You are trying to be too cute about it all. Play simple.
So far in this game, one could argue that Kevin Love is the cornerstone of this offense.
Cavs shooting lots of threes, but at weird spots and times. Good game to build chemistry cuz I’m not worried about losing…but Lebron doesn’t seem to know where anyone will be right now. Hard to set them up for easy spot up shots
WE DON’T HAVE ANY ASSISTS THIS QTR ( AFTER 10 IN THE 1ST ) LIKE TO SEE THAT BALL MOVING AGAIN —I KNOW SHUT THE HELL UP NOMAD / GO DRINK SOME ALES !!
Lol no…you are right. You EARNED those ales!
JR with another floater.
ANOTHER FLOATER FOR J.R.?!
TT got fouled, still got the rebound. Fred said TT wants to use his legs more in his freebies. All the Cavs could use that advice…especially lebron
T.T. JUST WISHING HIM A ” MERRY CHRISTMAS ” ——K .LOVE GOING FOR A DOUBLE-DOUBLE / 1ST HALF
Lol at Amundson screaming in TT’s face.
Yeah, what the heck was that, and what did TT do to earn his half of the double technical, other than be in the vicinity?
Ok, I see TT was jawing too. With a smile on his face.
It’s Kevin Love in the post, I DO DECLARE!
He looks to be fitting in quite easily tonight, in just Irving’s second game back.
Cavs at full strength is just so beautiful to see.
I’m boxscore watching… looks like offense is humming, need to tighten up the defense on the 1st string NYK unit.
Shump looks outstanding.
Excellent to hear, Tom! And he’s still knocking off rust!!!
SHUMP LOOKS SO MUCH MORE CONFIDENT ON HIS JUMPER THIS YEAR / SMOOTHER ALSO–LOVE THE 10 ASSISTS IN 1ST QTR
These guys are going to be very dangerous when Blatt can platoon the whole squad every five minutes. Btw, 12 baskets on 10 assists.
Dude.
Shump stroking 3s. Delly 4th in the NBA in 3 point FG%. The Cavs will ahve DEFENSIVE lineups with spot up 3 point snipers.
And TT to chase down the misses.
Mo, Delly, Shump, RJ and TT on now for the Cavs. Delly ended up with Porzingis on him and hit a 3.
I hope that’s the permanent 2nd unit…. Fantastics small ball lineup with offense and defense.
That was some manic one on three or one on four by LeBron.
These guys are going to be very dangerous when Blatt can platoon the whole squad every five minutes.
Ben talked about this – the Cavs have been so much better (Love and LeBron) at sealing in the post. They are generating easy baskets that they never got last season.
LeBron got that position so easily, awesome to see
Dirkzingis looks too confy
Delly’s vision has grown exponentially since the playoffs
It’s all those eye exercises. His eyes were out of shape.
his eyes sucked and now they suck less
Folks it’s tonight’s first Rimshot! :)
Mozgov has his groove back. I assume this means he’s going to devour an entire pizza after the game.
IF HE DIES HE DIES
Clyde on the Moz jam: “From Russia with hostility that time.”
Mozilla brings the heavy artillery!
MOZILLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Irving with a high-octane spin, though Lopez blocked his shot. Definitely nothing gimpy about that.
I love kyrie’s head up!!
When did J.R. add a floater?
He hit a crazy one against Boston
Yeah he’s doing much more of that lately.
Porzingis struggling coming in, so of course he drops his first shot with confidence lol
Nice patience pick and and roll with Mozgov leads to Kyrie 17 footer
Lance Thomas reminds me of Billy Thomas and Lance Alred. Remember those days?
Lebron cmon man…remember timo can’t catch those lasers…go up high on the vreak
Kevin Love with 2 strong rebounds
Love opens with a baseline J, then hits a 3 in transition.
KLove with first 5 points.
K Love with a quick 5. I heard the Cavs parodied the Miss Universe awarding with Robin Lopez and Moondog.
Classic.