Live Thread: Cavs vs Raptors 2016-02-26 Off By Nate Smith Well, Iman Shumpert is GO! And the Cavs look to be at full strength against the Raptors, who are sporting a fully healthy roster as well. This probable Easter Conference Finals match-up looks to be a fun one! Go Cavs! Stat Stats: Joe Johnson’s New Year’s Resolution Recap: Toronto 99, Cleveland 97 (Or, the time Kyle Lowry was the best player in the Eastern Conference)
Delly Trey!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s so great to watch JR! He has played stellar d, hustled like heck, and made some crazy weird shots. He has gone from questionable head case to absolute stalwart in about one full season. Gotta be sure we keep him around
Jrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr swish
That was a slick play!!!!!
JR playing cornerback on that pass!
If LeBron can hit at 40% from 3, that would be great!
Unicorn! LeBron hits a 3.
Make your damn free throws. They’re free!
Must have just gotten the wind knocked out. Not sure why Toronto fans think it was on purpose
Looked like a hit dirty on LeBron. Of course with the lumber Scola ‘s been laying, I don’t blame him.
Raptors caught a break. Valanciunas looks to be injured, which means more Bizmarki
Poor JV. How long did he have to roll around in pain before a trainer came out to check on him?
I have no sympathy for that bastard. He took out Kyrie’s shoulder two years ago.
DeRozan is 0-10 tonight.
Finally they call a foul on that dirtbag Scola!
Dude is a blatant cheater. Would be nice if he were ON our team
He should work for Pat Riley!
Did JR get hit in the nuts?
No replay to clear it up…
How is that a foul on TT?!
So frustrating to watch….
Dude, what dirt does Scola have on these refs?
TT has borrowed Mozgovs mitts tonight.
Nice hip check by JR to keep Lowry away from the tip.
Lowery is such a flopper.
Cavs getting homered like crazy.
Refs screwing the Cavs this quarter and Scola is involved each time.
Entire starting unit with positive +/- except Kyrie/-3
CRaptors try to crap it up and we are up 10 now!
Flagrant on …
Scola is a dirty dirty twat!
What an awful call on JR Smith. Wow.
Scola literally locked his arm up. I anticipate a make up call coming.
What the hell was that? Scola just held him and gave JR a foul.
Ref’s gonna feel so dumb looking at that replay
Seriously. He’s lucky that wasn’t in the last 2 minutes to make the league post mortem.
LeBron is +16, TT is +6
Jefferson is -12, Frye is +5, Love is -1.
Delly is +13, Kyrie is -9.
The Miami Heat reached out to Marcus Thornton, however, he has informed the team he will sign with the Detroit Pistons (via @EthanJSkolnick)
Is this really happening? I just threw my neck out whipping
Need Kyrie to remember he’s a three point champ and friggin spread the floor a bit. We need room
Agree. KI looks he is sleepwalking this game. In this game, the ball has moved better with Delly running the point.
Delly seems to take ownership of the team the way Lebron does. He sees big picture well. Kyrie doesn’t think that way just yet. He’s twice as skilled as most pgs, but doesn’t think like Chris Paul. That’s his next evolution
Let’s hope this evolution occurs. I just don’t know if he will change, but KI has to see the better ball movement from the bench.
Damn it Love. Gotta make those dude!
Hahahaha that’s amazing
Assistant coaches giving up points.
About time they caught Jv in the lane
LeBron has missed some easy shots.
No doubt, but they were up 10 when he sat. That disappeared fast while Lue gave him an extended break. He returned, righted the ship and they are up 4 again. His attributes are beyond numbers, he’s a transcendent all time great. Let’s not forget that when he misses a few bunnies
Love shows disturbing tendancy to start strong on offense and defense, the get shredded on D and cold on O…Conditioning?
I think he’s conditioned to be generally ignored after the first quarter.
He gets looks. He’s 4-12. He’s just missing. Defensively his footwork and effort are there early, but he falls apart on pick and roll due to being slow.
Ty sent ki to the bench.
Bismack makes a sixth of what TT does, too. boggles my mind.
He deserves about a fourth at most…he doesn’t really do much
In case there is any doubt how good Lebron is.
Making BB an all star. Just terrible overall defense this quarter.
Make him shoot free throws kev!
Biyombo with 4 freakin’ dunks with 6 min left in the first half is absolute garbage. Do we not practice defense?
Biyombo has 10 points. If we don’t vastly improve on defense, we get embarrassed by GS in the FInals. Period.
Biyombo ALWAYS, even in Charlotte, has had great games against the Cavs. It’s not him. It’s good guard penetration. We need more Delly and shump this game is all
God, Kyrie. How can you be soooo bad in the pick and roll defense?
Big smack needs fouled hard
Need to body up Bizmarki
Bismack dunk! Sparked a raptors run. Also, Kyrie getting lit up by Joseph.
Kyrie is running fast around one pick but our shower is almost picking him a second time. Joseph is a really solid backup, man
Playing bad basketball without LeBron on the court. Kyrie and Love can barely run a pick play. Shump with a dumb pass to Moz’s ankles. Come on!
And playing trash defense. Pathetic.
Cavs not scoring much w Lebron and Delly on the bench.
Not playing defense either.
Gotta say, Frye has more in his tank than I thought. Will be good if he can really work hard on the defensive glass
Nice P&R with Delly and Mozilla!
Delly just thinks about basketball on another level. Waits out Lebron yelling at him to make sure shump gets going as soon as he comes in. Never fouls unnecessarily. Made Johnson shoot over his outstretched arms when he found himself out of position on d, and then fouls w four seconds left cuz we have a foul to give. Doing all of that in one game is a coach’s dream. Doing it all at the end of a quarter is so valuable it’s silly
Can you explain the LeBron yelling thing. Yelling for the ball?
Yes. Yelling for the ball. Not angrily but forcefully
All the things you dont see in the box score but like you said, “so valuable its silly”
Nice movement for nice looking buckets. Looking good Dropping Dimes!
Delly Trey!!!!!!!!!!
Deep Frye’d balls!!!!!
Shump scoring and Timo is nice start for bench
Nice recover by Bron, then nice pass to Timo!
Quite a shoulder into Love’s chest on that pick.
Yeah James Johnson, the MMA fighter, likes to get physical. That’s his game.
“Droppin dimes”, lol Like it better than the others
Wow JR gets the call
Surprised JR got a call!
JR gets a call!
I believe Toronto relies on getting lots of FT’s. So I’m not sure that’s a recipe for success in the playoffs.
I love the spin move to the hoop! Love is showing so many different skills. Like the start
Good start by the Cavs!
Love’3 didnt even hit the net it was so sweet
Love that shot by Kyrie he is so good at that
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