Live Thread: Cavs @ Hawks
2016-10-10With the Tribe and the Cavs playing at the same time, we’re a little disorganized, so excuse the late post on the live thread. The Cavs are in Atlanta tonight, and no regular season starters are playing. Felder McRae, Dahntay Jones, James Jones, and Cory Jefferson round out the starting lineup, and expect the action to be intense with the Hawks’ starters mostly playing, and the Cavs’ camp personnel fighting for one or two roster spots. We’ll forgive you if you’re checking in between innings. Go Cavs! Go Tribe!
Tito would be wise to just send in Otero for the save… Allen looked shaky getting those last two outs…
That is what I was thinking. Of course, he might have had the jitters too. All in all, Tito seems to make the right call a higher percentage of the time than anyone. Except maybe Lue!
Ugh, McRae needs to use that baseline up-and-under move that R.J. uses.
I’m telling you, Markel Brown looks solid. He should get some more minutes going forward in preseason.
agreed
Michael Martinez and Rajai Davis are good defensive replacements… unfortunately, neither doing much with the bat here in the ninth…
Both struck out…
Watching Cavs/Hawks but no access here to the Tribe game. Keep the dual game commentary up please guys!
Can the Hawks starters really not beat our end of bench and camp invitees?
Well, Millsap is out, but yeah, they look wretched.
Do they make the playoffs?
NATE YOU REFERING TO THE CAVS OR THE TRIBE ( INTENSE GAME ) HA-HA
Wouldn’t hate it if the Tribe could get an insurance run or two here in the ninth…
Line out to Kipnis! Whew!
Kipnis! Great out.
MY “ALLEN HEARTBURN ” IS KILLING ME
Allen gives up the RBI single to Ramirez… ugh
Crazy intense game.
Crazy pressure on Allen… Neither he nor Miller looked as sharp as they did in Game 1… Wonder if time off was a bad thing?
Right. They are pitching longer than usual, then having three days off. This is very unusual for late inning bullpen guys.
Papi walks his last at bat…
” K SHRIMP ” DRAWING THE CHARGE AGAIN —–CODY ALLEN MAKES MY ACID REFLEX GO BONKERS !!
https://twitter.com/cavs/status/785650512691474432
Sounds like Cavs are hanging tough…
J Ram makes a spectacular play at third… and with two outs, here comes Cody Allen to face Big Papi…
JRam should absolutely be an All Star next year. I rate him as the MVP since he came back up a year and a half ago.
Sorry, Dustin, that was a strike.
Kinda surprised the ump didn’t eject him there…
HOW ABOUT JONES OVER DOUGLAS AND KEEPING LIGGINS
I’ve heard douglas is probably on the outs.
ONE COCERNING THING I HAVE NOTICED WITH MAMBA IS WHEN HE ISN’T SCORING HE ISN’T AS ENGAGED ON DEFENSE OR OTHER FACETS OF THE GAME —-NEEDS TO WORK ON THAT
I tell you what, McRae can get to the line.
His game is Harden-esque… that’s why I sometimes call him The Goatee…
Dahntay Jones looks sharp. And we know there’s no moment too big for him. I’d take him over Liggins.
The next six outs can’t come quick enough.
Great D by the Sox that inning.
I think they made too big a deal of the Mookie catch, but yes, pretty good D…
Jefferson is terrible.
I KNOW IT IS PRE SEASON —AND I AM A HUGE DELLY FAN BUT DELLY 40 MILLION—FELDER 2 MILLION —I DON’T THINK THERE MIGHT BE THAT BIG OF DROP OFF—- DELLY / FELDER
The defensive difference between Delly and Felder is striking.
McRae will be fine. Remember how few games he has as a pro. He just needs to stop being a chucker.
Maybe that’s just who he is though.
Andrew Miller throwing smoke!
HAVE TO AGREE WITH EVIL ON THE MAMBA EVALUATION ——SEE WHERE YOU MIGHT BE COMING FROM MIKE BUT IT IS ONLY 1 GAME AND AGAINST THEIR STARTERS AND PLAYING WITH NO STARTERS
Yeah, but he hasn’t played well when he’s been on the court with the regulars in the previous games.
Tribe looking sweet.
Miller got out of jams in the sixth and seventh… Probably going to have to be a repeat of Game 1 to get it done…
Has anyone else scored for the Hawks other than Dwight? Maybe that’s all he needed… just a matchup with a bunch of 6’8 backups…
Mostly watching the Tribe, but I gotta say, I’m a Jordan McRae skeptic. Just not sure he’s any more than a volume scorer on a bad team.
Unfair measuring him against mostly starters tonight though… he’s usually going to be up against bench guys if he’s on the court… And he’s never going to be the primary offensive option on the Cavs… Bad game to make the assessment IMHO…
Looks like John Holmes is stroking it from deep again… (metaphor implied)
Did Dwight just swiped the ball away from his teammate??
MAN ORANGE MAMBA IS ORANGE ” MARMALADE ” TONIGHT —–THINK HE ( HOWARD ) SPENT TOO MUCH TIME TRYING TO CREATE HIS IMAGE ( SUPERMAN ) THAN LEARNING THE GAME
I get the injuries he’s been through but he never really gave that dedication on the offensive side of the floor. Dwight of 2009 is Dwight of 2016. I got more fingers in one hand than his number of moves.
Are the Indians really contenders? Sorry know nothing about baseball
With their injuries, many thought they couldn’t be, but they’ve played well so far against Boston… And Toronto just swept the team with the best record in the AL last night… giving Tribe potential home field advantage for the rest of the playoffs if they keep winning…
I see. Wish them all the best. I just can’t really follow that sport. Too slow for me aside from watching home runs..
Man. Dwight never reached his potential. What could have been??
Great job holding them to one run.
AS FAR AS ” BIGS SURVIVORS ” I AM LEANING TOWARDS HOLMES
EG, you are missing James Jones trying to guard Dwight Howard on the block.
That’s hilarious! Damn!
Davis with a fantastic catch there.
Got Papi out, but sac fly makes it 4-2… Tomlin’s night in the books…
Uh oh… Miller gives up double to Mookie Betts… second and third with one out and Big Papi is up…
HEY GLAD YOU COULD JOIN THE ” BLOCK ” PARTY —–I KNOW HOW TO WAKE COLS UP —HEY COLS FOUND A NEW BEER —-NEW BELGIUM RAMPANT IMPERIAL IPA —WOW !!!
This looked good on Twitter too though…
https://twitter.com/cavs/status/785637814075478016
https://twitter.com/Indians/status/785637689148051456
Does muscala have the dumbest hair in the NBA?
I can’t see it, but I’ll say yes…
I think the real reason Ty gave the starters the night off is so they could watch the Tribe game in the locker room…
Hawks look terrible.
Feel free to lt tribe here. That Coco crush was totally unexpected.
And actually, I can’t even watch the Cavs from where I am… blacked out in LA on DirecTV…
Seems like I’m not alone…
https://twitter.com/JasonLloydABJ/status/785635797156237314
Nice flush markel.
COCO COMING THRU FOR THE TRIBE–GET TOMLIN THRU THE 6TH AND BRING ON MILLER / ALLEN
Sorry guys… Tribe pulling my focus right now
I AM A LIGGINS FAN —SAID FROM THE BEGINNING LIGGINS / BROWN WILL BE THE MOST COMPETITIVE IN CAMP
Nice D to close the quarter there.
Over the monster!
Coco!
I like Markel Brown. Seems more instinctive than liggins
Got split screen going with the audio On the Cavs.
LIKE WHAT I SEE FROM ” THE KID/KILLER SHRIMP ” NOT PLAYING LIKE A ROOKIE —-ON THE OTHER HAND I REALLY LIKE LIGGINS BUT SO FAR HE IS NOT HELPING HIS CHANCES TONIGHT —-AGREE WITH YOU NATE I AM TRYING TO DO MY BEST ” SURFING ” TONIGHT ALSO
Kay is streaky, but he shows me a little something every game.
Champ for three!
LIKE THIS HOLMES KID
May I liked that Holmes from bg who played for the Sixers. Loved him in the draft
I’ll admit, postseason tribe is trumping the preseason Cavs.
“KILLER SHRIMP ” SHOWING NO FEAR —–EVIL WHERE ARE YOU—- LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT JUST BE YOU AND ME AGAIN
IF ” KILLER SHRIMP ” CAN HIT THAT SHOT AT A SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT BASIS —LOOK OUT !!
O.K SO LET THE HAWK FANS HAVE THAT ” WARM —FUZZY ” FEELING —WE ALL KNOW ( AND THEY DO TOO ) THAT IT ” AIN’T HAPPENING IN THE REGULAR OR POST SEASON “
Oy. Cavs down 9-0 early. Jordan McRae trying to do too much.