Live Thread: Cavs @ Pelicans
2017-01-23
The Cavs appear to be right on schedule for their annual midseason lull, as they have lost four of their previous six. A year and a day ago, former coach David Blatt was fired for the teams lack of enthusiasm, and in a large part from their fresh Martin Luther King Jr. Day beatdown at the hands of the Golden State Warriors. A year obviously doesn’t make much of a difference, but the title changed every perspective for the team. If LeBron, Kyrie and Kevin took a week to banana boat it up in the Caribbean for maintenance, I can’t imagine too many of us would be upset with it.
Alvin Gentry says "it doesn't look good" regards to Anthony Davis playing tonite (Charley horse). Team will decide in the next 15 mins or so
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) January 23, 2017
The Pelicans enter the matchup a disappointing 17-27, and a game and a half out of the eight seed in the West. Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry downgraded Anthony Davis to doubtful for the contest as the quad contusion to he received against the Nets hasn’t healed as quickly as hoped. If Davis sits, former Rocket Terrence Jones will most likely start in his place. If that’s the case, this seems like an ideal night to rest LeBron.
Tune in to Fox Sports Ohio for the late 8:00 start, and dish in the comments section below as the Cavs play against a former version of themselves.
Galloway ballin
Garbage call on the Lig charge…
Don’t look now, but St. Weirdo has 27 and the Heat lead the Dubs 98-93 with just over two minutes left…
30 now!
3on Waiters!
Ohmigod. Kyrie Irving set up the hesitation at the three line with a pull-up three last June. Then with the slithery finish in the lane.
Cavs turned the tables that quarter 36-24… LET’S GO CAVS!
19 points in the third quarter!
Uncle Drew to the rescue!
KI has brought it on both ends this quarter. MTQ
Schreiner loves Galloway. That was a big three he hit, but Shump with a ballsy answer.
SHUMP!
Love doing that annoying fake and pull back he was doing last year instead of going up strong with the three ball…
Montejunas straight jacketing Love under the hoop before the rebound…
Need some threes from Korver, KLove, Frye, RJ, etc…
How exactly was that in the act of shooting?
I’m anxious to see how the defense will be when Frye comes in.
If he comes in. Lue looks. Like he’s sending a message
If I’m not wrong Frye should have entered for TT but it’s kind of interesting he hasn’t.
Lue may be tired of the statue defense
Terrence Jones might be added to the all star roster after this game.
Lol. LeBron’s defense on Jones (or lack thereof)
I’m not sure what defense LBJ was playing there on Jones…
10 point game… be nice if it was a 5 point game going into fourth…
LBJ launching lechuck specials I when the Cavs are in he bonus and Kyrie is rolling… Just criminal. Fortunately Kyrie redeamed with the and 1.
Ky should do more of that…
Jones is maybe more deliberate than KLove on offense… but Cavs not forcing him to pick the ball up enough…
Lot of homer calls for the Pels.
Cavs in bonus. Keep attacking with Kyrie.
Holliday is a pretty good shooter…
He is streaky and tonight he has it going. But again the Cavs can’t let teams get into early leads .
What an outlet by Love on the should-be and1
Too much complaining about calls. Refs haven’t been bad
Pels score 70 w/out Davis in a half. Our D is awful. You can’t just play for 6 minutes & win games.
It’s been problematic since they swapped Ligs for Shump in the starting lineup… rotations have been all off…
It puzzles me how that’s not a foul when Jones’ knee landed on TT’s back…
TT moved under him
Playing with some more energy to start this half…
Great D, TT!
Cavs gonna be okay
Ugh. Hope Kyrie is OK. Go get concussion test.
Hope Ky is okay
WELCOME BACK EVIL —IS THAT COLS ( LONE HAND UP ) GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK—BUT I AM LEAVING FOR ” GREENER PASTURES ” ( INTERPRETATE THAT ANY WAY YOU WANT )—–GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK CAVS —TY HOPE YOU DON’T GET FIRED OVER NIGHT
Ha… yep, sorry. Have had some extenuating circumstances… Might still be a little sparse
Missed first half… I believe second half will be better…
The Cavs miss Delly purely from the “giving a shit” department.
MAN MEDIA IS GOING TO HAVE A FIELD DAY WITH THIS TOMORROW—-TRADES / FIRINGS / WILL BE FLYING —LET ME SEE A SHOW OF HANDS WHO THINKS THE CAVS WILL COME BACK AND WIN THIS —–O.K. COLS PUT YOUR HAND DOWN
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Cute. What’s this from?
I forget, some movie from last year I think…
I think it’s more likely than not we win
I WOULD TAKE A “L” AND SIT STARTERS REST OF THE GAME
GOODNIGHT —-NOT GOING TO RUIN A ” GOOD NIGHT” WITH THE MRS NOMAD ——NO NOT READY FOR “PANIC BUTTON “—HOW ABOUT ” PISSED OFF BUTTON “—-A.C. IS BESIDE HIMSELF AS ALL OF US ARE ( EXCLUDING COLS )
Wow. Lue has never had a better reason to sit the starters
Nice play to finish the half.man was that brutal though.
70 points in the first half to who? Oh yeah, the Pelicans. Unacceptable for this team. I’m tired of the “they are just bored”, excuse.
TT has been useless on the boards on both ends. Is he wearing boxing gloves?
I guess LeBron forgot Jones had 17 in the first quarter.
Play defense! Down 14 to the Pelicans!? I’m losing my patience. This just isn’t fun to watch.
Hahaha. Can’t believe the Hawks got a first rounder for Korver. PJ tucker could’ve been 10x better.
He’ll turn out alright I think. Just need Lue to actually mess with lineups
Maybe. He’s worse than James Jones right now.
I was just going to say what Nate did. JJ shot has been good and his D is no worse than Korver
As usual. So pessimistic. Cavs easily make finals
Lue has to abandon that Korver, RJ, Fry, liggins, LeBron lineup. It is so garbage.
Or he could use it and see if it gets better during these meaningless games?
Uh…
Lue must not have watched last game’s tape
” PLAYERS LAYING DOWN ON TY “—MIGHT AS WILL GET THAT RUMOR STARTED ——“LEBRON FORCING GRIFF TO MAKE A TRADE ” ( LOVE FOR CARMELO )—LET’S GET THAT ONE GOING TOO
What NBA player is the best at getting his team ready for the playoffs? Hint. It rhymes with bebron yames
Man does Frye suck. Pels were seeking him out.
” TIME TO GO BOWLING “—–OUCH HARD TO WATCH
Playing gritty. But not making shots.
Playing something that sounds like ‘gritty’. Apparently ‘gritty’ is the current Colsbot Propaganda Office term for ‘terrible’. Hey, the Suns play ‘gritty’ every night.
No. He’s mocking us. He thinks gritty means bad offense.
I think it was EG who compared Cols to iraq’s Minister of Propoganda who claimed they were defeating the “infidels” as the US army was in Bagdad
AC being rightly tough on the Cavs. His in depth analysis: ” Cut the crap.”
Okay, Lebron, we get it. Take your two week vacation. See you in February.
Lawd
Just a reminder that LBJ has made the finals 6 years in a row.
AGREE ALSO WITH JB—–SPURS /DUBS —EVEN WHEN THEY BRING THEIR ” B ” GAME STILL COMPETE AT SOMEWHAT HIGHER LEVEL
Spurs and frauds also don’t make the Finals 6 years in a row.
Lue should bench the starters.
Why
Our defense has need plain awful for far too long on. JB you are right that Kerr and Pop’s teams just don’t suffer from poor effort like this.
They also don’t make the Finals 6 years in a row like LBJ
TIME TO LIGHT A FIRE !!!
WE CAN TURN THE “SWITCH ON ” WHENEVER WE WANT ——-WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SWITCH “ON ” MORE OFTEN
I don’t know how Popovich and Kerr does it but Ty Lue just doesn’t has the leadership to obtain a good effort from his team.
I thought the reason replacing Blatt with Lue was mainly that he has players’ respect, or was it?
bored
I think you have said the Cavs are bored in every game this year.
Soft and unaggressive to start. We are playing like it is a scrimmage. LeBron jacking up another 35 ft three not good.
Our D is awful. 8:00 left, we have 1 stop.
Let’s go Cavs.
LET’S PUT THIS GAME AWAY EARLY !!
Davis out tonight.
WOULD BE GOOD IF A.D. DIDN’T PLAY—- MIGHT BE A GAME WHERE ( HOPEFULLY ) CAVS COULD REST THE STARTERS / PLAY THE SUBS —GO CAVS —-EVIL ARE YOU GOING TO JOIN US TONIGHT —MISS YOU MAN !!