Playoff Live Thread: Cavs vs Pacers, Game 2, #HeroBall
2017-04-17
After surviving game 1, the Cavs look to clean up some of the unforced errors that prevented them from cruising to a comfortable victory. Coach Lue mentioned that the initial half-court defense was fairly stout (in the second half, perhaps) but that the 50/50 balls were all going to Indiana. While not a must-win for either team, the Cavs as a franchise have apparently (per NBA.com) never lost a playoff series when they started 2-0 (I couldn’t find an example to disprove it).
The best thing for the Cavs is if Paul George really believes in alpha-dog hero ball. I say it a few times in game one, where he killed the Pacers rhythm by hunting for his own shot. The Cavs proven to be a very good team at cutting off the head of the snake in years past. The problem is if Lance Stephenson, Jeff Teague, and Myles Turner get going. I expect someone like Turner to play very well at home, so the Cavs don’t want to mess around to much tonight despite the 1-0 cushion. The Pacers were a much better home team than road team in the regular season.
We’ll see if Shump gets some minutes tonight and the Cavs draw up a few more plays for Kyle Korver in the half court. Follow along with us here!
Liking these playoff rotations so far. Wish we got to see Derrick, but still some solid rotations by Lue
And thats why facing the Pacers is better than bulls or heat. Defense
Cavs can get anything on offense they want….defense and rebounding are the worries but Cavs seem to have handle on it now…still think Cavs should drive to get Turner in foul trouble and lose a big
Love back early.
Good start for the James gang.
James Deron Korver RJ Frye. A play for Korver! Two!
FINALLY! A Delly Foul!
Yeah, Deron has done a few of those lately
Who doesn’t love a good Delly foul!
D-Will with the Delly foul to stop the break. Well done.
Good Delly foul by Deron…
12-2 run for the Cavs…
Good D by Korver
Attack the basket
No Shump again…
Cavs actually up 13-10 in rebounding in the first. But 5 offensive rebounds for the Pacers.
LBJ Korver give and go! Nice!
Got to rebound better
I somehow feel better about this 29 point first quartet for Indy. If we played a center from time to time, the glass issues would lessen. Lue dont like bigs or D.
We don’t have a center in our rotation, haven’t had one all year
I like how Deron and K-Love play when on the floor together
Quarter ended better than it started. Liked the love/Deron lineup.
Good spacing with Love, JR and Kyle out there…
Yep. Deron runs the offense.
Cavs have actually outrebounded the Pacers 13-10, but Indy has 5 offensive boards…
Even when they do corral the rebound, it’s like they are barely getting a hold of it with finger tips
Well…we didn’t play that well and we’re up 3. I’ll take it
Cavs rebounding stinks…its like hot potato when getting one…..just grab the ball and go or grab and pass….this Serapin dude shouldn’t be impacting a game
Held them under 30 in the quarter!! (Probably!)
Similar result to Game 1 in the first quarter…
Nice hop-travel by Seraphin
Deron is playing without Lebron, EG and Nate…Lue IS a Cavs the Podcast listener!
I like it!
Way to use the glass Deron!
Never seen such anemic rebounding. It’s like they have lead shoes on.
Glass is an issue. As is Irving Ky-jacking the O.
Nice
KLove again!
Our rebounding game is so far gone from where it was last year.
Rebounds killing them. Tavares should play when seraphin is in.
Ugh. I hate that call.
Come on, grab the rebound
So many offensive boards for Pacers…
You see that guy dancing on screen!!! THATS ENERGY!!
if Cavs just trap George and Teague Pacers are screwed….you then just give Ellis and Miles to beat you which I will play with those odds all night….George is key to offense get him off rhythm and having to pass all the time and Cavs should run away with this
Great d there. Agressive doubles with recoveries. Got a steal for a James dunk.
J.R. is working really hard on defense – that last possession he was everywhere
21-22 and I’m first to comment? :)
I guess not! :)
Sometimes you gotta refresh the page…
Great stuff
The Jordan dunk.
Wow! That was some crazy air LBJ got on that transition dunk
Both teams shooting very well again
LeBron on his way to another 44 minute performance. I can feel it.
Love is getting beat by Thad Young…is it a lefty thing? Why can’t he freakin keep him off the glass?
Crminy, Kyrie, it’s not gonna kill you to put your arms up on D once in a blue moon…
We may never know if it would or not…
Touche…
Damn! That was the best passing all night! Tough time for love to be out
https://twitter.com/twithersAP/status/854113958495760388
Yeah, you don’t usually so many baffled faces on the bench on that call if the ref was right.
JR SWISH!!
Paul George came ready to play…
He knows how to dunk the ball.
Still losing those 50/50 balls
Love already has more rebounds than Game 1 though…
Love for 3. Ky for 3. TT for 2. Good D. Ky for 2. Up 3.
Thad Young still getting the better of KLove on the glass…
Cavs adjusted out of the timeout – went away from the PnR
Nice strip!
Good to see Ky hit one!
KLove!
Not looking good early. Bit better effort on D. JR let PG13 loose for a couple triples.
I’m not the only one noticing this…
https://twitter.com/RuiterWrongFAN/status/854111683706589185
Bad D by JR that time…
I just love when a ref is going to make no call, then the player misses a bunny, and lo and behold, the mysterious whistle…
PG-13 still on from downtown… Kyrie still off…
2 quick TOs for Kyrie. One for James. Pitiful.
Is the scoreboard wrong?
Fixed it. A little early in the game for the scorekeeper to be hitting the sauce.
Here we go.
Sloppy turnovers….
Kev with two rebounds already…
Let’s go Cavs!
I was puzzled when I saw “14 feet” numerous times as the listed distance for C.J. Miles’ final shot. I said “21 feet” i think in my InstaCap. I just re-watched. It’s way further out than 14 feet.