Live Thread: Cavs @ Thunder
2018-02-13A lot has changed in the few short weeks since Oklahoma laid a 148-124 embarrassing beat down on Cleveland on their own court. The Cavs have swapped out six old, tired, or useless legs for four brand new shiny pieces of what they hope is an NBA Finals roster. With the additions of Rodney Hood, George Hill, Larry Nance Jr., and Jordan Clarkson the mood has drastically shifted in The Land. Oh, and the Cavs won’t be forced to put a hobbled, overly proud Isaiah Thomas on the court.
LeBron is back to looking like he enjoys being the best basketball player on the planet and its lead to three straight wins, including possibly one of the best wins of the season against the Boston Celtics. Tonight should be a much better measuring stick for where the Cavaliers and their new guys are currently as the Thunder aren’t slumping and, as stated earlier, are fresh off of pummeling Cleveland in their last match-up. Cedi is still in the starting lineup and everyone else is available for this match-up. Hopefully the defense is much improved and Cleveland can get an exciting road win against a tough team. Go Cavs!
Nice D by Cedi on PG. Too bad we couldnt snag the ball.
Really slow pace thus far!
JR is our offense right now. George a great fit for the thunder. Hope he stays.
Great lob by Hill!
Shoulda had Hill shoot that tech…
Maddening when he insists on shooting T’s with better shooters out there.
Hey! Taximike! Where you been?
Why is. LeBron shooting that?
LeBron loves missing those freebies!
Russ gets a Tech!
The Pipe!
TT sucks so far
Yeah he’s lost!
Good god Adams is such a good lob thrat
http://www.nbcsports.com/washington/sites/csnma/files/2016/06/22/ap_16172666669516_0.jpg
TT HAS to keep a body on Adams…what else does he do?!
Exactly.
Okc running an illegal D every play.
Cavs looking a couple steps slow tonight for whatever reason. TT needs to man up
Yeah TT has no business playing against Adams.
LeBron got caught watching.
Adams on pace for 40 OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS.
Thunder really play fast seemingly. Adams o boards could be a problem.
That has been the mayor issue so far.
Cedi trying hard. George is a tough cover. Ok set really good screens. Adams may be the best in the league at that. He is so so wide.
Let’s hope our bench can outplay theirs.
https://twitter.com/cavs/status/963585126964719616
WHY NOT PUT “ZZ ” IN THERE FOR COUPLE MINUTES ….JUST TO SEE …IT CAN’T HURT ….JUST SAYING
He’s get devoured!
Truly. ZZ is not an NBA-caliber player.
No defensive rebounding at all. Come on TT, you have one job.
George is kind of physically abusing Cedi so far, but he’s gotta take his knocks to get better…
He’s got a lot more length than Kyrie did…
And he is a more explosive player.
Adams is so good. Man could we use an Adams.
Zizic could be that… who would know?
If the Cavs had Adams with the rest of this roster, I think they’d have a decent ahots at the Warriors…he’s a beast…
TT can’t even box out Adams.
Maybe put in Hood for some offense.
top priority buyout–get a BIG
steven adams is a large large man
Fast start for James.
Gotta sub in Nance to try and neutralize Adams…
Can’t see anyone other than LeBron holding their own against Adams, and he’s not going to do that in February.
How’s Nance gonna do better?
Cedi short arming a bit…
Melo got extremely lucky there…
CEDI’S YOUTH AND STRENGTH ( LACK OF RIGHT NOW ) SHOWED ON THAT DRIVE BY GEORGE
He got push off.
Adams showing why we need a real C.
How many of those guys are in the EC… or on GSW?
When’s the last time a buyout big made an an actually impact in the playoffs? I don’t think we could get anyone who makes any difference.
The rim loves Cedi…
Love how Cavs pushed after a score there…
PG getting away with a lot of contact offensively. Two possessions in a row he’s wiped Cedi out
Cedi gets one to drop.
RUBBER RIM! USED THE FORCE!
Adams is jusst Godzilla against the Cavs…
Man. Adams sets menacing screens.
Would have been a good game to start Nance against Adams…
Man TT overmatched by Adams.
Will make hay against their bench…
Good hands Cedi!
“That was great defense by Carmelo Anthony”. Cmon man, that sentence makes absolutely no sense.
This is gonna be a hell of a game.
How long does it take to call a freaking jump ball? Which should have been a travel anyway…
Swish!
JR!!
That look isn’t not working KG.
My comments isn’t aren’t working either
The half hoody?
Yeah
Nice moment with George and PGeorge before the game…
https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/963581844485636097
https://twitter.com/cavs/status/963581085530587137
Looks like his pop.
Okay… I’m officially sick of this new Geico commercial with Washington crossing the Delaware Turnpike…
Spurs Nuggets could be a fun game…
turn the volume off the t.v.—turn radio up –listen to CHONES —-GO CAVS !!
Cedi cover boy for Shaqtin!
Didn’t take long for them to replay the Cedi Shaqtin’ dunk…
https://twitter.com/mcten/status/963559749886279680
https://twitter.com/mcten/status/963577154217889792
He would have hit a clear double if he had just cut IT and Rose, and made no other moves…
What’s up with Baron’s hat? Must be cold in there?
Laura picked it out for him.
Burn!
Blech…’players only’ announcing…
Ugh. Players only.
LOL… you hate that
Chris Webber and Isaiah Thomas (the elder) are the freaking worst.
Thomas is awful…Webber can be tolerable with a good pbp guy…
Webber probably disappointed he can’t talk about Shump’s wife, or yet again maybe he still will.
I’m just hoping the “new Cavs” can make this game a competitive one. The Thunder always play better against the teams with the best players like GS, Rockets and Cavs.
One thing is for sure if the Cavs can’t have a bad start like they had the last time these 2 teams played each other.
Let’s Go New Cavs!!
from..celticsblog.. ” this-cleveland-beating-is-hard-to-take-as-a-celtics-fan ”
I would like to know one thing..
How the hell did Cleveland send out trash and receive treasure? No one will give us table scraps, but Cleveland got FOUR players of quality. We are supposed to be the team with all the assets. Any one of Cleveland’s new “fab four” would have been a major step up for the Celtics. Clarkson and Hood are solid gold ! Now I know how the rest of the league felt when Danny did the Billy King deal.
by Johnnyeff on Feb 12, 2018 | 12:32 AM reply
Yeah, it’s real simple, ‘Johnnyeff’…your GM won’t trade any of his abundant ‘assets’ unless he feels he’s completely screwing the other team. Plenty of teams would have traded with the Celtics if they were offered any sort of equitable deal. Hope I cleared that up for you, Johnnyeff.
Exactly. Ainge, although trying to look out for himself and the team, is not willing to end up “Even” on any deals, he wants to WIN them all. Because of that, Celtics’ fan got nothing whatsoever by the trade dateline. Good!!!
Will be interesting to watch Hill defend Russ.
Sounds like they’re going to try putting Cedi on him a lot also…
LETS GET IT! Cavs not going to lose rest of the season!