Live Thread: Cavs @ Heat 2017-04-10 Off By Nate Smith No Lebron. No Kyrie. Kevin Love’s not in the starting lineup. The Cavs seem resigned to the second seed. Podcap: Atlanta 126, Cleveland 125 (OT) (or, Failing at Failing) Recap: Miami 124, Cleveland 121 (OT) (or, the Joy of Losing)
Get them in the bonus early.
Two much needed hoops from Love.
Cavs just not allowed the same physicality the heat are.
Another layup
Another TO.
Great play to get KEv a bucket.
Really? Are they going to give away another game?
4th quarter magic. 2 TOs & 2 layups & a triple for them. Amazing yet entirely expected. Think we hold them under 40?
7-0 run. WTF is going on?
damn. Tough to see is winning. So many guys out of gas
Turnovers just absolutely killing the Cavs this game. You can forgive Deron who’s making most plays, but the non-Deron TOs have been especially brutal.
If nothing else there is a legit reason for Lue to use a couple of these lineups for defense.
Aargh, that’s the third guy they’ve gotten wide open under the basket this game and have gotten no points out of it.
Great end of quarter defense by the Cavs. Loved how Korver and Love forced him to take an extra dribble.
F you Miami. Cheating refs and ridiculously lucky crap
I bet it was his cav.
No. I don’t think he got it.
This year has been insane
I bet he stepped on the ref’s foot.
Liggins would be so GD helpful right now… FELDER FOR TWO! …and twisted his ankle.
ARGH. Just take your time, and isolate, Kay! Go right.
Great move, But Deron needs a blow.
GET DERON A BREAK, COACH!
WTF is going on with this officiating? Moving screen and Whiteside in the lane for 8 seconds.
Good for Deron. Show some fight. The Cavs are absolutely getting jobbed on calls this quarter.
On a scale of pulled your own tooth to Leaving Las Vegas, how hung over is JR right now?
I’m seeing Bradley Cooper in the Hangover… There’s probably a tiger walking around one of their hotel rooms right now.
Another phantom call. Shump got air.
I’m terrified Lue isn’t going to sub anyone again.
Maybe he feels they are playing with a nice flow but I agree with you.
Those last two turnovers were absolutely atrocious. WTF are Shumpert and JR doing? Just make the easy play.
Both should be benched. Let the players that actually want to play play.
We have a lot of low BB IQ guys. Shump, JR, TT, & Kyrie at times all do a lot of dumb stuff.
This is a fun game to watch
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/851596338861133825
Haha nice.
Cavs defense has some to be desired but they are hitting their shots and shooting well….Heat have lot of random dudes that can hit 3s
A couple guys shooting out of their a** too.
Good call on the goal tend. Same one LeBron should have called on him last night.
Why Swish?
JR looks more hung over than usual.
NBA has got to do something about the jumping sideways to get a foul. It’s ridiculous.
JR is totally checked out today.
Lue! Be more than dead plz!
Shumo blew the last two plays
Hard to imagine a worse way to spend $40M
It’s been a looooonnnggg season. We are so old. I can’t help but think we’ll be good in the playoffs with the rest
Fouling is a good strategy against this team.
Dwill walked, but still, the Cavs are playing pretty smart.
Deron is doing great…would like him to look for JR and Kyle more…but with his limited game at this point he’s playing solid. Loved it when he ran Richardson off a three even tho rich made the two.
Ugh. Turnovers.
Derick should play more.
Unfathomable that Coach Lue can’t seem to get that.
Well, it would be unfathomable if Lue was a logical, clear thinking coach. As it is, the unfathomable is the norm.
Love can destroy this team
Derron giveth, Derron taketh…
But mostly taketh
Unfortunately so. I had hoped he would have been a better acquisition but it doesn’t seem to be the case. Biggest issue is Lue’s continued desire to play him alongside Shump. Ugh…
Shump shouldn’t play unless he fixes his attitude. Remember the Wildcat lineup? WTF happened to that?
I just don’t think Lue has any plays or lineups in his repertoire. He just stands on the sidelines with a beffudled look on his face.
This better show Lue he’s got a coaching problem
Great first quarter. Derick Williams playing good defense and everyone moving on offense.
Interesting… we’ll see Cavs
God I hope the Cavs embarrass LeBron, Kyrie, and the Heat tonight.
Don’t forget Coach Lue.
Kay playing well.
per ESPN, Sanders has 2 PF in 2 min?
One was a bad call. The other was a flop by Tyler Johnson. He looked OK other than the Cavs trying to throw him bouncers at his knees.
Birdman sighting!
Sanders good on D still lost in o.
Something sad in the fact that Kyle Korver is the best at fighting through screens on J this team.
Two passes at sanders’ knees
Man. Forgot how long Sanders was.
Cmon man Larry stuffed that shot waaayyy before there was any contact. I’m so sick of Cavs getting hosed…if the heat shoot 30 free throws Is writing a letter
Ball don’t lie
Holy moly! You mean our team can still survive when LeBron and Kyrie aren’t on the floor?! Quick! Someone send TLue the tape!
There is something perfect about tonight being viewer appreciation night, and the prize being an iman shumpert signed basketball
I’m tweeting that
Please do
Nice thing about this game: we should see if Sanders can give them anything.
Deron!
Cavs looking competent so far.
How weird would it be to win this one? :)
Alright gotta shake off the Atlanta losses. No fun to be had there. Cavs will likely lose this one going away…but there will be interesting opportunities for frye and love and Jr to see if they can find some rhythm.
Not so far. Playing well.
OK, I gotta mention this because it’s clearly a chronic issue…..We NEVER win the opening tip!!! What gives?!
Channing versus Whiteside might not be the best time for this discussion.
Kevin Love starting, apparently.
Fine. Maybe even better for them to sit and rest their bodies while getting more pissed off waiting for the playoffs to begin.