Live Thread Cavs vs Nets
2016-12-23
Merry Christmas Cavs fans! Tonight’s Christmas present? The return of Kevin Love to the Cavs lineup. Kevin’s rejuvenation after his knee contusion is surely welcome news given the earlier revelation that J.R. Smith will be out for 12 to 14 weeks after surgery on his broken right thumb (Andre Liggins will start in his place). Brooklyn will be without Isaiah Whitehead (foot) and Trevor Booker (rest). Brooklyn is lead by Brook Lopez’s 23 points per game and their large collection of wing/guards: Sean Kilpatrick, Bojan Bogdanovic, Jeremy Lin, Joe Harris, and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, any of whom can score double digits on any given night. It makes it hard to focus on any one guy besides Lopez.
With the Warriors’ matchup coming Sunday, tonight has sandwich game written all over it. Consistent energy to start and finish every quarter will be key, as will be avoiding the third quarter malaise. Without Booker, Brooklyn should be thin on the glass, especially with Lopez gator-arming his way to just 5.5 boards a game this season. Maintaining the board dominance and focusing on getting stops should get Cleveland the win.
The way Shump is wearing his headband, I keep thinking Boobie is back.
Detroit down 3 late 3rd to GSW.
McRae remains hard to watch…..even in garbage time
Orange Mamba & JFJ & Felder.
Jeez, this i a butt whooping.
Let’s bust a 40! 8-0 spurt here would be a double up.
We don’t play tomorrow. Let some guys get their stats for 3 quarters. JFJ may run out of gas if he has to play a full quarter. Ditto Mike D & RJ.
Felder, McRae. Might have to rotate the others. Let Liggs play the 4th.
Joe Karris just got posterized.
LBJ from out of nowhere!
AGREE WITH BOTH OF YOU —-IT IS CLOSE TO BENCH TIME
Looks like the starters should be sitting the entire 4th quarter
OK, so. Let’s get to the bench guys so the starters can rest for the night.
Our most prolific shooters from deep (Frye, Shump, Ky, Love, James) are 3-15 from deep. We are up 35. Up 50 if threes are falling.
T.T. BRINGING THE ENERGY—FINISHING AT THE RIM SOOOOOO.. MUCH BETTER THIS YEAR !!
Missed this earlier. Congrats Brett!
https://twitter.com/cavs/status/812456388878356480
Never gets old.
LIggins from the corner.
Kyrie’s passing as well as I’ve ever seen him the past few games.
HAHAHA Lin just threw himself to the ground to pick up a foul on Liggins.
WOULD IT BE WORTH POSSIBLY PURSUING BOOKER
Nah. Cavs don’t have enough to get him and with Kev, Frye, LeBron, and RJ able to man the four in spots there’s no playing time there.
LeBron doesn’t get a flagrant cause he’s not a flopper.
Kyrie never dished so much when driving to the rim as recently. Love it.
Poor Teletovic. That’s not a flagrant though.
God, the passing. LEBron with a beautiful hockey assist to Kyrie on the cut who swings it to Love for a swisher from the left corner.
PISTONS UP BY 2 AT HALF —MAKE THE DUBS WORK !!
Nets missing Booker big time. Not that he’s amazing, but he’s at least a quality starter at the four (I have him in fantasy). Holy crap the dropoff is steep after that: Justin Hamilton, Gumdrop Bear, and Scola. I forget how spoiled we are.
THE ONLY NEGATIVE FROM BROOKLYN BEING TERRIBLE IS THE CELTS GET THEIR DRAFT PICK—YUCK !!
GRR. Man did Prokhorov and King screw that team up.
A 66-point first half, and the Cavs’ leading scorers are TT and Dunleavy with 12 each.
Love and TT combine for 19 rebounds.
Cavs up by 26 and Kyrie diving for loose balls. LOVE IT.
When LeBron is 45 he’ll be able to fall out of bed and get double digit points.
We are sucking from deep. Still up 27. 40 if we were shooting jumpers well.
Lots of O-Boards on those missed threes though.
Kyrie refuses a layup again.
John will get his wish. Should see plenty of Felder in the second half.
With Gumdrop Bear and Lin’s mane, the Nets have a Carebear and a My Little Pony.
Bench with 25 pts already. Must be a season high for a half. Some games we don’t get 25.
Some games we don’t get 5.
That sandwich is making me ridiculously hungry
We are checking out. Ty with a TO. Down to 23 from near 30 a minute a go.
Will Dunleavy finally play with confidence for the Cavs? The Cavs need him to get out of his slump with JR out.
Cavs getting casual with the big lead. Lue timeout.
Kyrie with just incredible bounce the last two games.
This happened earlier…
https://twitter.com/cavs/status/812467550994989056
And sharing the ball well.
This Nets team is really terrible, but cavs are playing well. They should trade Brooks. There’s no point in having him.
Im exsited
We are 4-14 from deep & up 24. It could be more.
Cavs Bench playing great: Shump, Dunleavey, Frye, and Jefferson really bringing it.
Ty with a Pop TO up 24. Dunleavy with 12. TT with 10. James 7. Love, Ky, & JR 5.
SO INSTEAD OF “THROW THE HAMMER DOWN——IT IS ” PUT THAT FORK AWAY “
RJ takes a foul as James cries to the ref (after we scored). We are up 26.
Kyrie should take the layup. Good dish there though!
This is something that doesn’t happen often (ever?): Cavs leading scorers after 1.5 quarters? TT with 10. Dunleavy with 7. James also with 7.
And now Dunleavy leading with 12 points!
THE ” GRAY BEARDS ” –R.J.—DONELEAVY SHOWING UP THIS QTR –GOOD TO SEE
Both of them looking frisky running the floor.
Mike D with a triple (missed the first one). Look who’s in!
I’d like to see us get layups on the runouts rather than triple tries. Old school.
I PT GAME IN DETROIT VS THE DUBS—HOPE THEY MAKE THEM WORK / PLAY HARD ALL 4 QTR’S
Good pass from Mike D there.
O.K. ANOTHER QTR LIKE THAT 1ST AND LET’S END THIS GAME AT HALF —REST SOME STARTERS ( ARE YOU LISTENING TY ) AND GET READY FOR THE DUBS ON SUNDAY
FWIW, when there is a guy on your gameday roster that has a torn ACL, some moves need to happen,
KLove not on from the field but 8 def boards
Shump with some O. TT star of the first. Cavs up 14.
Silly pass there from Mike D after a layup early.
Should have kept going to the hole
Jumpers not falling early. TT cleaning up the misses. If this lineup holds or ups the lead, that is gold.
Love & TT + 3 reserves: Shump, Mike D, RJ.
TT on the glass! Up 10.
Kyrie looking to dish more
TT may get a first-quarter double-double.
Let’s see if we get Dunleavy or Done-leavy tonight
O starting to click! Let’s put a hurt on these guys early.
Three assists for Irving already. Would be huge for Cavs offensive effectiveness if he can average 8 assists or so a game.
Almost pulled off an incredible reverse lob to TT. Really should have been a Brooklyn foul instead of a TT travel.
Liggins really crashes down well on D. Great second line rim defender for his position.
TT is an offensive machine! He’s on pace for about 60 points.
TT, Love and Liggins all active protecting the rim early. Both teams out of synch on offense.
Gumdrop bear!
Thanks a good looking sammich
Slyman’s!