Live Thread: Cavs @ Warriors
2017-01-16
Greetings, Cavs fans. Big game tonight… Cleveland completes its road trip tonight in Oakland where they look to sweep the Warriors in the regular season after wining their Christmas day battle, 109-108. The Roaracle will be roaring, and the Dubs will be looking for payback after their loss. Meanwhile, the Cavs look to keep up their integration of Kyle Korver into the offense, and to solve some of their recent defensive woes.
Most of the oddsmakers have the Warriors at +8.5, but it sounds like LeBron isn’t trying to amp this game too much, or maybe he’s trolling them softly with these comments to Dave McMenamin,
I don’t think we have a rival in our game today… we’ve had two great Finals appearances the last two years, but I had the same with San Antonio when I was in Miami. We weren’t rivals. And I think I played those guys more, so I wouldn’t look at it as rivals.
It’s brilliant passive-aggressiveness by the King, and I’m sure he’s trying to throw the Dubs off their game by amping themselves up again.
As far as Cleveland goes, they appear healthy, and it appears Iman Shumpert will continue to start for the Cavs until Kyle Korver is ready to take his place. I’m all for anything that minimizes Shump’s ballhandling.
Meanwhile, the Dubs are a league best 34-6 and winners of 12 of 14. They’ve a new big three this year with Draymond Green’s scoring falling to 10.7 points and KD, Steph, and Klay Thompson combining for 72 points and 12.7 assists. Kevin Durant is even averaging 8.6 rebounds and 1.7 blocks. But with Dray kicking in 8.6 rebounds and 7.7 assists, the Dubs certainly have a formidable big four.
Iman Shumpert gave away the secret sauce that the Cavs are using to guard Iman Shumpert: physicality.
Throughout the game if you consistently guard somebody that way at the end of the game, if they’re last five minutes isn’t as up to par, you feel like you did your job because you wore on him the whole game.
You just gotta stay consistent with guys like that because they have the ball so much that no matter what you do they’re going to get in a rhythm. You just gotta survive their runs they go on and hopefully you’ve done your job as far as getting in to him and applying pressure the whole game. You see the effects of that pressure in the last few minutes of the game.
I’m hoping the Cavs extend the same physicality to Kevin Durant. If they do, then they should win. My prediction: 112-110, Cavs.
MLK Day Massacre pt II
We aren’t moving the rock. 1 pass & shoot. Iso into a contested shot. Had some decent looks from 3. D needs LIggins.
This is like Game 5’in Cleveland only in reverse
Uh-oh. Actually down 15 at the quarter break after a review. Now they’re in trouble.
WE GOT BLOWN OUT LAST YEAR AND I BELIEVE WE STILL WERE NBA CHAMPIONS—–MEDIA PUTS TOO MUCH HYPE ON THESE GAMES ——JUNE IS A LONG WAY OFF—LEBRON REALIZES THIS ALSO —NO BIG DEAL WIN OR LOSE —BELIEVE A WIN MEANS MORE TO THE DUBS THAN THE CAVS AND SO FAR THE ENERGY / PLAY INDICATES THIS
Haha you are right nomad…but it’s still no fun to watch!
https://twitter.com/JasonLloydABJ/status/821168199206989825
2 days off to prepare defensively for this game and all the Cavs are doing is giving wide open looks to every single warrior player on the floor.
It’s kind of mind bugging.
Love and James a combined 2/10. Second foul on Irving sure did not help. And we miss JR
Kyrie’s dumb fouls put this team in bad position…and Love is non existent on both ends of floor…Frye just is not comfortable playing against Warriors….Korver trying hard but not hitting shots….Warriors appear 3x more energized than Cavs so far
Just takes a few straight shots for either team to go bonkers…but we ARE on game 6 on the road in a row. Hopefully just need a couple quarters…
When GSW gets loose, they are lights out. They are loose right now , up 14.
Cavs cold shooting returns…
Typical poor LBJ final shot.
But we’re down 14! Right where we want to be.
I never want him taking those. If Kyrie is in it should be him…otherwise he should be passing or going to the rim
Cavs just wanted a 14 point deficit to come back from I guess…
Ha! Beat me to it.
Honestly tho…has iggy ever had a bad shooting night against the Cavs??
Christmas Day…
Yeah but…since then he’s been unreal against us
James with 2-2 FT. Get untracked. As Frye doesn’t go afte the rock there. We got it, however.
Saw that. Frye stood there on the loose ball.
Korver needs to study Shumps shot?
Auto correct really doesn’t like Korver. Had to type it four times. Corrected to Norbutt one of those times.
Shump!!
Shump pull up three stops the run… something I never expected to write…
We aren’t even in their league right now. Our D & O have to improve a ton. Easy shots vs. tough shots is a losing proposition.
Well the Cavs luck has run out. I don’t mind if the Cavs lose but if they get blowned out it would be great for the Warriors mentally speaking.
Love and Frye not a dynamic defensive duo
In other news, game starting to get away from the Cavs here with a couple minutes to go in the first.
Make a shot, James.
Why in God’s name is LeBron running the offense from five feet outside the three point line?! What happened to getting to the block and passing to shooters…
Now it is embarrassing on D
I know that there is a big game underway, but I just noticed that JaVale McGee is sporting a *braided* rat tail.
CAVS WITH ONLY 1 ASSIST SO FAR —THE DUBS HAVE 9 —SHOULD TELL YOU A LITTLE OF WHICH TEAM IS MOVING THE BALL ( AND ALSO MAKING SHOTS )
Def just shots. We are moving it a lot
James misses a layup >>>> Curry 3. Down 10. We are now where we deserve to be. Love & Frye passed up open 3’s last possession. If Shump can’t hit a shot, I’d like to see Liggins.
I’d almost rather James Jones
LBJ has missed two lay ups. Defense atrocious. Not sure what’s going on but it seems they do not care. Which is fine. Just let they young guys play, at least.
Pretty sure we lose by thirty tonight. We don’t appear to want to close out shooters besides curry and Thompson…and they are hitting
Royce Young: I feel like I haven’t seen Iman Shumpert hit a three since like 2013;
Frye in.
ALOT OF TIME LEFT —BUT NEED TO START TO GET SOME STOPS
Maybe Cavs should just leave a defender at that spot on the left wing beyond the arc…
korver with a 3 and TT with a FT. Down 18-14.
Hey, LeBron. Try scoring the ball.
GO TO KEEP IT CLOSE WHILE WE SETTLE IN
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8E-sRLIAAA4mcf.jpg:medium
IT WOULD BE NICE IF T.T. CAN HIT THAT LITTLE JUMP HOOK CONSISTENTLY——-HOW ABOUT SOME ‘D” CAVS
THERE’S Kyle Korver!
Well, at least I don’t have to spend my night watching this game. Ended early.
Geez, JoeyB. They aren’t even down 14 yet.
Cmon Joey not that bad
Good play from Love there.
Shumpert HAS to hit those.
Kevin Love looks like he cares at least…
KLove has to be aggressive and attack quick.
Andy not even dressed tonight.
Great James pass even though Korver missed. Love with the and-one follow.
Maybe the new scheme is to leave the Warriors so wide open they choke? Working so far.
2 quick fouls on Irving. Could get ugly.
Love and 1!
Ugh. Korver. You have to slide over there.
KD fouled Kyrie on that TO. Lucky this is only 9-4. GSW should be up 10+ with all the wide open looks.
Cavs lucky to not be down by 15
Our misses haven’t been close. At least we aren’t down 12-13 with this slow start
Cavs are lucky they are not down by double digits early. The Warriors do a great job defensively on KLove.
Strips, TOs, & bricks so far. Should be a lot worse.
Agree. Not looking good right now. Either Cavs don’t care, or Warriors are better. I tend to think its the former.
Maybe their main goal tonight is to not get Lue fired.
Cavs looking really sluggish tonight
LOVE THAT QUOTE FROM ” THE WIZZARD OF WESTWOOD ” HAVE USED IT OFTEN !!
That strip by KD was a foul.
Kyrie 1 on 1 with KD is one of the matchups where he’s not gonna have an advantage.
Cavs are in too much of a hurry on offense. Be quick but don’t hurry, as Wooden would say.
When did Durant get quick hands?!
To be fair, you look quicker when you’re allowed to foul.
Not 100% sure the Cavs care about this one as much as we think they do.
Last of a 6 game West Coast trip? Yeah, I don’t think they care that much. I think they’re happy to let the Warriors out work them tonight and just go home knowing we won’t have to see them again unless and until the finals.
Poor D (3 open 3s & a layup). Poor O.
Don’t know if setting up corner threes for Iman out of a timoeut is a recipe for success.
GS getting wide open shots so far
Cavs offense looks lethargic. Did they practice?
Here we go again with the slow starts.
I can’t stand Draymond’s face. It’s like someone mocking you nonstop.
HEY WHERE IS EVERYBODY — THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR —–SO HAS THIS BECOME A RIVALRY ( LEBRON SAYS NO )—-PREDICTION ( HOPE I AM WRONG —DUE TO LONG ROAD TRIP AND MOST OF ALL BECAUSE THE NBA WOULD LIKE A REGULAR SEASON SPLIT )—-DUBS 117—CAVS 109 —PLEASE NO REPEAT OF LAST YEAR