Playoff Live Thread: Cavs @ Pacers, Game 3
2018-04-20
Well, we didn’t expect to be here, did we? The Cavaliers head to Indiana to face a Pacers squad that had shocked many by splitting the first two games of this playoff series. Now, as the series moves to Bankers Life Fieldhouse, a place where the Cavaliers have seemingly always struggled, the question is whether or not LeBron James‘s supporting class can step up and give The King some help. Things don’t look great, but if there’s one thing we know about the Cleveland Cavaliers, it’s to expect the unexpected.
thank god for larry nance’s hustle. jeff green ran the break like a middle schooler
Nice steal Green… NANCE WITH THE PUTBACK DUNK!
Good awareness Rodney!
Nice answer by the bench to buy LeBron a little more rest
Great steal by Green and great follow up jam by Nance!
Clarkson, Hood, Green, Love, Nance.
Danger.
This lineup is trash.
That’s what a possession looks like without a PG.
should be calderon…ugh…TYE!
we just gotta stop using clarkson as the ball handler. He’s a decent option at 2 guard. not a point guard
Yep. Green is the only real ball handling option with this squad.
At least we got some high post Love/Nance sets.
Clarkson bailed out by Nance & Love on that last one. Hopefully he starts to get the message.
Green at the 3 does offset his issues on the glass.
Great 1st quarter. D is on again. Huge block from LNJ on Lance.
Pretty balanced on offense. Hill, Love, & JR all chipping in.
Wonder what Lue runs out to start the 2nd?
Nice 31 pt quarter with just one from deep
solid first quarter…the defense is insane right now…pacers look too tight…cavs have to start putting them away here in 2nd quarter and not let any semblance of a comeback occur….fans completely out of it now…hope Clarkson and Hood can get some good looks and make shots
Cavs playing pretty high energy D right now, I’m not expecting that most of 2nd half…
Good quarter…still burned by the Joseph flop…but you put your arm out like Hood did, and you’re asking for a flop…
GREAT 1v1 defense there by Nance on Lance!
Don’t like this lineup. They better be lockdown defensively to justify 3 non-3pt shooters.
pacers used too much hand lotion before the game. and i’ll say this for jeff green…he hits free throws
note to self…say that AFTER the 2nd free throw
Except for that last one…
Nice flop Joseph…
only jordan clarkson can turn a probably steal in to a made three fro the other team.
Lot of turnovers by the Pacers…
Such a freaking flop…
are they still fining for egregious ones? cuz that was just hood stepping on joseph’s foot and so he fell backward
Fantastic defensive footwork by Hood!!!
Nice finish by Nance, That would have been a challenge for TT.
TT would have bounced it off the back of the rim, probably…
pacers look nothing like the team we just played twice. like…nothing.
Defense looks good… also they’re really working the ball inside… nice!
LBJ WITH THE SPIN MOVE AND SLAM AND ONE!!!!
JR playing Dipo well on defense…keep it up…
https://twitter.com/JasonLloydNBA/status/987474481022152705
2nd time I’ve seen Oladipo lose the ball on a shot attempt.
maybe didn’t sleep well. His feel for the ball just looks off even when dribbling.
They look so tight right now. Kinda shocked.
Is the ball slippery or something? Second time that’s happened to Dipo…
LOL noticed the same thing.
Hah, double dribble…
LBJ with some bully ball. Pacers look tight.
I’ll be thrilled when Lance retires…
Guys like Lance never retire, they just go to play in China for the rest of their lives…
Maybe Hill does know his role. Great start
He’s definitely come out aggressive…
Didn’t look like a foul… just Joseph losing the ball…
Agreed. Terrible call IMO.
NICE CUT KLOVE!
KLOVE nice elbow post up. Got Thad Young on the pump fake.
Cavs missing some easy and open shots/opportunities…
After all the early touch fouls, Lance runs over Korver but no call.
Interesting start. Much more energy from the cavs than i thought would be there to start…hopefully we can find a couple open threes for Love
Going to be hard to post/follow comments with the display issues :(
Hope Nate gets that fixed so, but if not, I’ll deal…
Good start so far. We need Love to get going.
Just tuned in… looking good!
At least it is nice to see Love with no wrap on the hand. Must not be a torn ligament as reported.
It was, but apparently he found wrapping it was uncomfortable, so he’s going without. A tear is just another wird for a sprain…he can play, but not ideal…
haha korver blocked oladipo cuz he does the same thing ever freaking time and korver reads scouting reports
Cedi for Korver, please.
Hill the Thrill!
so…why are the fans booing when stephansen rips lebron’s jersey after he already got called? Are they booing lance? are they booing the refs?
oh good lord cavs…why are you throwing passes so far?
I guess I missed the brawls in the first two games that prompted the refs to call it tight tonight.
two horrendous calls to force korver to stop playing good defense.
Missing bunnies… I might not be long for this game tbh
Unlike you EG !!
Has something to do with the formatting also… and I do still have work to do today…
Oh good…the refs are here to make sure the pacers don’t get too far behind at home.
All ball… sheesh
Love just has to make those bunnies. Cmon Kev
So… no goaltending on Turner?
Sloppy pass Kyle…
Hill getting himself involved…but please stay out of foul trouble
Well, I guess Hill’s role is to be aggressive since he’s from here…
Apologies, but with the formatting issues, probably no visuals tonight…
Describe what you find :)
Same lineup… although McMenamin reported that Lue is considering playing TT some… again, I give up…
If TT’s in… you can’t have Clarkson, Nance, or any non-sharp shooter out there.
uniforms a present from LeBron—ok cavs go get us all here at ctb a present—it is called a “w “
I hope I’m wrong but I don’t expect a favorable result tonight.
George Hill WTF. And before a critical playoff game
so evil who to blame on hill’s comments ( his role ?)—coach / player / both
Seems to me it would be coach…
Great tweet: “I’d be confused too if I was getting outplayed by Jose Calderon”
wish they would break out the ‘ORANGE UNIS ‘—-GO CAVS !!
Let’s try not fouling out in 20 minutes, George…yeah, I know a couple of them were cheapos…
George Hill just admitted on live television that he still doesn’t know what his role is… I give up…
Cavs going with the uniform pregame look…
https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/987465417349390343
Let’s go Cavs! (Cue “Flight of the Valkyries”)
Don’t worry Nomad, I’m with you on this one. I hope I’m wrong but I see it the same way you do.