Live Thread: Grizzlies at Cavaliers, 12/13/16
2016-12-13Alright folks, let’s see if the Cavs can keep their run of strong play going against a very, very depleted Memphis squad on the first leg of this home/away back-to-back against the Grizzlies. I’m looking to see if Liggins can keep a rotation spot now that J.R. is back, if J.R. can start finding his game again, if LeBron’s MVP-caliber performances over the past few games were a pleasant blip or a sign he’s cranking up the intensity, and Kevin Love staying hot. Keep it here after the game for my recap.
UPDATE: Kyrie is apparently sitting tonight out to get some rest — he did look like his legs weren’t cooperating with him last game. DeAndre Liggins will be starting in his place, which should be an adventure. Part of me hopes there will be some #FELDERWATCH news tonight, but more than likely it’s just going to be LeBron making all the plays.
Man… thought that Lig three was going down… great to see him active on D tho!
SHOULD HAVE PUT THEM AWAY WHEN WE WERE UP 22 IN THE 1ST HALF
JR has cooled off. Love with a triple gets it up to 16. Let’s push this up to 20+ so everyone can get some rest for tomorrow.
I like that JR has been putting the ball on the floor tonight. He’s very skilled and can be doing more creative work on offense
MOVE THE BALL —IT IS A SIMPLE GAME —-13 AWAY FROM THE MAGICAL ‘ ASSISTS ” NUMBER –GO CAVS
Hate this offense. Single pick iso mismatch at top of key. Jacking up contested threes. Not efficient.
Although, they did make a couple…
KLove with no hesitation!
Hope I didn’t jinx JR…
LBJ just measuring…
If Tony Allen is the “Grindfather” maybe Liggins can be his “Grindson”
That’s pretty good EG
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Nice to see that KShrimp got some run earlier…
Liggins with a nice strip. And Love with one as well.
Liggins has amazing hands on defense
Playing against his mentor Tony Allen…
Kev is good at drawing fouls this year…
ABOUT TIME EVIL –WE MISSED YOU –YES SWISH HAS RISEN
Sorry, work ;)
Don’t get sloppy here. James with a TO to start each half. Dang, two open 3’s missed.
Wow! Looks like JR’s out of his slump!
What’d I miss?
LIGS WITH 4REB’S /2 ASSISTS / 2 STL’S AND SOLID “D”–I CAN LIVE WITH THAT FROM A ROTATION PLAYER
So far he’s better than delly
KSHRIMP WITH SOME HALFTIME / FACETIME WITH ALLIE WHO TOWERS OVER HIM
When we get lazy, Memphis makes a run. They keep attacking. From 22 down to 15 since James re-entered. Still, I’ll take it. It’s a game again now. Love & JR with 17, James with 15.
Kinda sloppy there the last couple of minutes.
Yeah, not a great finish to the half. Think we should have posted the last few possessions since they were in the bonus instead of trying the pick and pop three or four straight times. Memphis closes out really well on those.
Boy Love has become a monster.
JR with another triple and 17 for the game.
Fantastic footwork by Love on that pivot. And he finished strong lefty. Really impressive stuff.
TIME TO GET “THE GRIZ BURGERS ” READY
These are excellent minutes due to us keeping the lead and even expanding it while LBJ sits.
JR still hot. Good to see. Lets push this to 20 at half and then KO them to start the 3rd.
The grizzly guy lol
Liggins needs to shoot that.
Oh, Shumpert. That’s enough dribbling from you.
K Love post game has been fantastic this year. He seems much more physical. Not getting pushed out and getting much deeper.
Totally agree with you. His confidence is sky high right now.
Great move, KLove. More echoes of Minny.
Also two straight great defensive stands on ZR postups by Frye.
Whelp. LBJ got the and 1 but they could have called about 4 other fouls on the grizzlies during that possession.
Sometimes I have this fear that without Lebron we’re a lottery team. We’re not that bad, right? Or, he’s not that good? Or just stop, right? Just stop thinking about it?
I think the entire playbook and roster revolves around his presence. Without him they would need time to adjust. Not a lottery team, but not a contender, either.
This is the lineup we need to get the KO with. Shump + JR, James, Love, & Frye.
Still, at least we went inside. JR has returned.
Shump, JR, James, Frye, RJ. First FT miss of the year for JR.
Frye with a real nice stop on Zach!
How many times is Fred going to say “Fizdale”?
600
three straight scoreless minutes
Fantastic d by Frye on that Zach postup.
Yeesh. Five straight bricks.
We need to chill on the triples. Keep attacking the rack.
We have a quota to reach. I believe they have to shoot 25 threes a night.
ON THE JOB TRAING / BEST / QUICKEST WAY TO LEARN
Yep, glad Felder is getting some run tonight. He also, despite being overmatched physically, has shown some aggression on d in the last few possessions. I don’t mind the fouls if he is pestering the guards.
Nice D from Felder giving up 10 inches to Harrison. And James goes to the hoop (again) and good things happen (again). Cavs +17.
That’s more like it, King.
And another. Let Felder run the offense. (I kid, sort of).
That’s his job. Needs to learn it. Right time for growing pains is December.
Ugh, three straight bad LBJ possessions. Come on King. Stop fooling around.
FT shooting still an issue. Who else jacks up a 3 after missing two FTs?
Kobe, if he ever missed two FTs in a row.
Maybe just dunks LBJ.
Yeah not sure why he jacked up those off balance threes on two straight possessions, unless maybe somebody on Memphis was talking trash.
Just had a flashback to that complete dismantling of Memphis in 2015. Remember LBJ in the corner taking a free throw dribble because the Griz just ran out of rotating?
JUST TUNING IN LIKE —” THE RETURN OF THE SWISH “
Felder out there!
Felder + Shump, RJ, Frye + James.
Man, is Dunleavy out of the rotation or what? Nice swipe from Shumpert.
Kay Felder ready to ascend to the rotation tonight.
I’m in firm ‘show me’ territory with Felder. Not expecting much from any rookies, especially undersized rookies.
The Love + Shump, JR, RJ, & TT lineup was a positive the last two minutes of the half. Shump hit a 3. Love a 2. TT a 2.
Can’t complain about putting 32 points up in a quarter against Memphis no matter who their missing.
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If J.R. is feeling it everybody can just get on the plane to Memphis now.
Grizz have had some penetration early. Yeah, Kyrie not there helps the defense. So far this year, I’d rate Love’s play ahead of Irving’s for the #2 spot on the Cavs.
I’d agree with that. But its close. Kyrie is just such a ridiculous scorer. He doesn’t do a lot in other facets of the game, but damn he can put the ball in the hoop.
Agreed. Kyrie is a top 5 scorer in the league in my view. Among perimeter players & wings, anyway (Curry, Durant, Harden + 1 ).
I’d go along with that. Love has been great so far. He’s looked like a guy that you’d trade the top pick for.
Like how they have responded to the mini Memphis run and their physicality on d. They have gotten some strips and have banged with Memphis on the block.
Always a mystery why some guys who have played basketball at the highest levels their entire lives can look like peewee players when they try to do anything with the ball. Thinking Liggins here.
NBA players are massive human beings and they know how to bump the offensive player at the right time to disrupt their dribble. Liggins is not a skilled ball handler so it’s going to affect him, especially a physical team like Memphis.
Lack of dribble penetration when Kyrie sits is glaring. I suspect having Frye out there will change things.
It seems like its going to be an ugly game tonight. Let’s see if we can outgrit n grind them.
Man, is Kyrie not eating right or something? Take a page from LBJ and JFJ. There is no way he should be needing rest at his age and playing the minutes he does, particularly since hid effort on D isn’t really up to part. Maybe Lue is sending him a message by saying, “you’re not in shape enough to play”?
Not in shape? He played in the Olympics and came into training camp the best he’s ever looked!
Kyrie is in probably the best shape he’s ever been in.
Didn’t stop him from getting tired legs. If it was Delly, you’d bury him. #hypocrisy
He does look pretty fat out there…
Obese I’d say.
At the Q tonight to bring home a winner. Sure easier with Gasol out. Irving’s rest day announced after Gasol. Related? Surprised the Griz didn’t want all their ammo for this game. Maybe James rests tomorrow
Do it Mike!
We need to attack the hoop tonight. No Gasol in the middle. James and Love need to do damage inside. TT too.
Kyrie getting rested as well. Liggins to start in his place.
Grizz w/out Gasol tonight (rest). Also w/out Conley, Parsons, and Carter (I think). Any team with Allen & Randolph is going to try hard.
PER AMICO HOOPS / GASOL IS OUT
Hope they either rest LBJ in the second game or they limit his minutes to around 30-32 tonight no matter the score and how the game is going. I really think this team should be willing to sacrifice some games this regular season to rest James more. Of course, if James wants to play 40+ minutes every other game, he is going to. However, I would rather that be his decision as opposed to Lue riding him for big minutes. Not sure which is the case, but if it is James wanting to play more I don’t have a big… Read more »
I think the plan is to rest him a lot more in Jan/Feb/March so he is ready to go 110% in the playoffs.
James decides when to rest or not. Also, he’s been in chill mode it doesn’t matter.
Did I see Gasol is out?