Live Thread: Cavs @ Heat
2016-03-19Welcome to Miami, Cavs fans. Everyone is available to play tonight for Cleveland, according to Coach Lue and the training staff. Chris Bosh remains absent, as does guard, Tyler Johnson.
In Bosh’s absence, the Heat have been playing lots of small ball, with Deng and Joe Johnson as dual combo forwards. Johnson has been particularly scorching as of late, scoring 17 a game, with 53%/52%/83% shooting splits over his last five.
Deng is no slouch either, averaging a whopping 19.6 and shooting 54%/38%/94% over his last five games. Add in the eight rebounds, and it’s clear, Deng may get paid this summer as a small ball four.
Fortunately, the increased scoring hasn’t resulted in wins for Miami, just going 2-3 over the last five, and giving up 112 points per game. Be prepared for fireworks tonight as these two offensive powerhouses who are defense averse square off.
We are a team without confidence and without heart right now. And that starts with your Coach and in our case LBJ. I have no faith this team can win a 7 game series against any team in the east right now.
As Toronto creeps a half game closer to the first seed… Wins mean nothing when we are still spouting offgames like these every couple weeks. Was this because of the elevation, too? Miami is what, 6 feet above sea level?
IF MOZ’S CONFIDENCE WASN’T ALREADT RUINED I AM SURE IT WILL BE AFTER THIS GAME —NO PLAYING TIME—-I HADE TRIED MY BEST TO ” BUY IN ” TO THE TY COACHING CHANGE BUT SORRY IT JUST ISN’T HAPPENING —-WE HAVE NO COHESIVE ROTATIONS / CONSISTENT SYSTEMS /SCHEMES/ IDENTITY ON EITHER OFFENSE OR DEFENSE ——I ( LIKE ALL OF YOU ) WANT TO BE POSITIVE / SUPPORTIVE BUT HEY WE ARE CLOSE TO CRUNCH TIME AND WE ARE STILL THE SAME TEAM ( OR WORSE ) THAN WE WERE 2 MONTHS AGO —–JUST MY OPINION
Considering the inconsistency this team has shown since January 23rd, it might not happen this year. Not trying to be a doomsayer or discount us completely, but I never really expected Lue to be able to turn things around in half a season. They could learn some things in the playoffs though, even if they lose. Could help next year.
How did GSW collect so much depth. It’s insane. They have like 12 guys that are versatile and can shoot and defend, from every part of the floor. Way deep into their bench they roll out guys like Livingston, Rush, Looney, Barbosa, McAdoo, Clark. Like what the actual eff man
How do the heat keep lucking into these insanely good players?! Who the heck is Richardson? Why can he do nothing poorly
Better talent scouting?
probably.
I have to say the Cavs front office needs to invest more in scouting. It’s been very poor. Offseason additions last summer were horrible. And now how do we waste a roster spot on McRae. What in the world, McRae? Just cuz he’s a buddy of Lebron?…..please
Delly should be getting plays run for him to shoot threes. When he made two in a row and they didn’t look for him…id be livid as the coach.
On top of all of it, it drives me crazy how well, how seamlessly GSW now use Andy. Like wtf
And it took what, all of three games?
Almost 100 points in 3 quarters. Longabardi has officially and successfully installed the Phoenix Suns defense…
He has to go. This team has taken even more of a dive defensively than under the first few games without a d head assistant.
J Johnson was the guy the Cavs needed to get to the Warriors and Spurs level IMO.
Really, Cavs just needed to listen to and implement Blatt’s coaching. But he wasn’t hip enough to be Lebron’s boy, so there goes everything.
McRae and Frye in for Irving and James with 3 minutes to go in the 3rd. TT is the only starter left in the game.
I hope the let’s play Kevin Love at the 5 idea doesn’t carry up the Heat are getting all they want in the paint.
Meanwhile Varejao doing a good job defending in the paint against Spurs right now. Smh
Yeah this is bad. This is a team I do NoT want to face in the playoffs. Kyrie needs to take over right now
This could be an interesting eastern conference playoff year.
I’m out. Catch you later.
Why not try Mosgov at this point?? Losing anyways
Put up a picture of a trash can.
Not just a trash can…
http://livingontheedge.typepad.com/living_on_the_edge/images/2008/05/14/dumpster_2.jpg
Yep about the size of it!
Game was lost when we had no answer for a center. Bad things always happens when you force Love at the 5 from the get go & force it for that long. Tristan had trouble too.
Just throwing this out there: When the Cavs were down 6 after a stretch of good play but then LeBron bricked that terrible iso 3, does that have a psychological effect on the rest of the team? When your best player does something like that, is it like a closer blowing a lead in the 9th?
I’m not saying that’s the only reason they finished the half trailing by 21, but the whole team seemed to go flat after that.
Seriously??
Here we go again on the turnovers
Wade turned my mind away from my anger on Love
Man, I freaking hate the Warriors so much. Every time I feel such a visceral yearning to see them lose
CONCEDE THIS GAME—REST LEBRON ( POSSIBLY OTHER STARTERS )—COME BACK STRONG NEXT WEEK/ REMAINDER OF THE SEASON
While I agree with sitting LeBron for the rest of the game, the “come back strong next week” sentiment feels like a New Years’ resolution–the kind of thing you say to convince yourself that not trying to correct things NOW is okay, because you WILL try tomorrow. The Cavs don’t offer any resistance to dribble penetration, and it kills them because their rim protectors are not good enough to compensate for the flimsy perimeter D.
EVIL NOT WITH US SO WE CAN’T EVEN CALL UP THE ” PANIC BUTTON “—–WILL RESERVE THAT FOR PLAYOFF TIME ANYWAYS —BUT MAN WHAT A ” ROLLER COASTER ” RIDE THIS TEAM TAKES US ON ——GETTING CLOSER TO THE “REAL SEASON ” AND MY CONCERNS GROW MORE ON A DAILY / GAME BASIS –NOT ONLY WITH THE WAY THE CAVS ARE PLAYING BUT ALSO HOW OTHER TEAMS ARE PLAYING —RAPTORS / HAWKS / HEAT
http://www.ctrack.co.uk/images/panic_button.jpg
JR smith took one shot?? Inexcusable.
Cavaliers lead by 4. That would be Virginia over Butler.
Tony brothers is an actual jerk. He hates the Cavs man. And heat players literally fall over and get fouls called.
holy smokes, Duncan is coming off the bench.
One of the ten greatest players of all time, willingly buying in
Not getting a good feeling on this game . Lue did a horrible job on match-ups. Cavs are completely out of sorts. No excuse!
And again the Cavs getting outplayed. The Cavs think they are just going to get the W by playing hard for 5 minutes.
To me this is a coaching issue. The Cavs need a coach that can make them play the right way night after night.
This is hard to see again.
It is. It’s like no one did their homework preparing for this game at all.
Tony Brothers hates the Cavs. It’s never a good game when he refs.
How is delly supposed to box out now?
We are not playing NBA championship ball at all. Do we have Bryon Scott as a coach on defense.? I don’t understand Mosgov having the cooties .
Typical Tony Brothers officiated game…
No idea what he saw there that he thought might have been a flagrant. Just a hard blockout by Delly with his backside.
To me, when I played, that wasn’t even a foul… just a good box out.
Like they coach it, for sure. Just a little harder than usual. If Dragic hadn’t bounced into whoever the other player in the neighborhood was, it would have looked like almost nothing.
I don’t know when Lue will learn. We always play like garbage in these situations. If we are going to play this poorly just rest the starters…
This is awful. Just awful. Bad defensive matchups
NO MOZ SIGHTING ( EVEN AGAINST WHITESIDE ) IS THE END OF THE ” MOZ ERA “
Lue going with Irving, Delly, Shump, JR and LeBron for the final couple minutes of the half.
Love and TT both on the bench with 3 fouls before the half. Cavs going super-small?
Delly rattles home the corner 3, er, long 2.
This was the other steal and transition hoop…
https://twitter.com/CavsNationNet/status/711347094536200192
A moment ago before the Heat exploded for 14 straight points, Kyrie did this:
https://twitter.com/CavsNationNet/status/711346968078000128
LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER –WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER TO SIT LEBRON ( BACK/ BACK —PLUS HIS ” MENTAL STATE ” VS THE HEAT SUCKS !! )
HEAT KILLING US ON THE BOARDS—18-8—–JOHNSON WAS A NICE PICK UP FOR MIAMI —-COULD BE A DANGEROUS PLAYOFF TEAM—-BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF BOSH COMES BACK ( IF MIAMI ALLOWS HIM TO COME BACK )
And just like that Lebron screws us on offense and we’re back down 12.
An iso clock-killing 3 that fails to draw iron, followed immediately by a pair of Heat 3’s.
Lebron keeps demanding the ball before sealing his man off.
Rj is killing it this game!!
Two straight steals and scores, 9-0 run for the Cavs.
Defense figuring a few things out. Dragon is still really good
Kyrie goes high off the glass over Whiteside
https://twitter.com/CavsNationNet/status/711344465437433856
Kev should score 30 on threes tonight. He’ll be open
A tenth of the way there:
https://twitter.com/CavsNationNet/status/711345055827632128
Sick play on the inbounds. Lebron and Irving on the same page finally
Sweet:
https://twitter.com/CavsNationNet/status/711344465437433856
Here’s the right vine:
https://twitter.com/CavsNationNet/status/711344867255959552
That’s a bullcrap foul on Tristan! Whiteside got tied up with his own dang player
Time to deep Frye them Cavs. Kyrie needs to be looking for him
MIGHT BE A GOOD DECISION RIGHT NOW TO SIT LEBRON THE REST OF THE GAME —I’M O K. WITH THAT
We need to get whiteside in foul trouble
Cavs looking up at Hassan like…
http://thepinksmoke.com/images/cj199.png
“You’ve got to be standing exactly still” when setting a screen, says Miami Heat analyst who apparently has never seen an NBA game before.
Id say its safe to assume KI is back to feeling his old self.
https://twitter.com/CavsNationNet/status/711341940172783616
Not a great showing thus far. Lebron has been isolated at least 3 times already with little to no ball movement.
That pick n roll between |Irving and James though is a beauty. 2 points per possession so far!
James steals and finishes past Wade.
https://twitter.com/CavsNationNet/status/711340951080411136
DELLY MISSED LEBRON ON THAT PICK/ROW —–SHOT FAKE THE BIG GUY
James with the spin and the strength.
https://twitter.com/CavsNationNet/status/711339048665796608
Starting to think it was a mistake not to rest LeBron tonight…
Love to the bench early with two fouls.
Let’s hope the Cavs bring it….go Cavs
I’m sitting out too. But I’m recording to watch later.
‘GOT GRANDKID DUTY ‘ LIKE I HAD LAST NIGHT ( HA-HA—KNOW YOU ARE NOT OF AGE FOR GRANDKIDS YET ) HOPE WE CAN “WIN ONE FOR THE EVIL “
Gotta sit this one out fellas… got a prior engagement. Should be a good test for the Cavs on the second night of a back-to-back against a Heat team that can score a bunch… Still think the Cavs should be able to pull this one out… 118-114. GO CAVS!
GOOD GAME BETWEEN KY / INDIANA —–GOTTA LOVE MARCH MADNESS—READ THE ARTICLE ON LOVE—-AGREE — NOT SURE IF KEV HAS THE MENTAL FORTITUDE TO PLAY WITH LEBRON—–HE IS ALWAYS PLAYING ” LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDERS AND AFRAID OF MAKING A MISTAKE ( PISSING OFF LEBRON )—-CAN’T PLAY WITH FEAR OF FAILING / MAKING A MISTAKE —BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN AND YOU WILL PLAY TIMIDLY —-THINK THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN KEV ( LEBRON SITS AND KEV GOES FOR 23 / 18–NEED I SAY MORE )——GO CAVS —WITH A SOMEWHAT EASY SCHEDULE NEXT WEEK COULD AFFORD TO… Read more »
#Cavs will start small tonight; projected starters: @KyrieIrving, @TheRealJRSmith, @imanshumpert, @kevinlove, @KingJames.