Preseason Live Thread: Cavs vs Pacers 2018-10-08 Off By Nate Smith Cavs take on the Pacers tonight sans Love, Nwaba, Hood, and Clarkson. The Pacers are missing Evans, Thad Young, Cory Joseph, and Edmund Sumner. Preseason Recap: Cleveland 113, Boston 102 (or, Smith Memes and Smart Steams) Preseason Recap: Indiana 111, Cleveland 102 (or, We Wanna Be Just Like You, Dad)
Larry’s gotta let that go. Giving them points 90 feet from the bucket.
Stop pickin up dumb fouls, Larry!
Good D by Sexton on Collison…
Hill passed up a point blanker. Smh.
Nice dribble hand-off, Larry.
Too many kickouts to nowhere…
” FREE ANTE—BONZI “
Dang, Cedi out with sore ankle.
Ouch… Cedi won’t return with ankle soreness…
Dekker reminds me of a 1950s TV cowboy…
Looks like his name should be Butch.
Or Woody…
Nice move dekker to pick up a foul.
No idea why they keep sticking Dekker on Dipo…
Kyle looks slower in D than ever.
He is what 38? I mean….not much you can do about it. He still has a time hands and decent positioning at least.
LNJ knocks it down like his dad…
Tyreke is a great addition for Indy…
What a weird career arc that guy has had. Looks like a star as a rookie. Then people realize he is a bit overrated. Then loses maybe some athleticism. Then finds a perfect role as a super scorer off the bench for a few teams. Getting a three point shot sort of turned his career around.
Sabonis giving us some help missing the bunny and then turning it over
Nice blow-by by Colin but he needs to take one more dribble and reverse there.
Yeah been his issue since summer league. Stops his dribble to soon. Affects his finishing.
So close to a few more Kenny GIFs…
That was decent D by Dekker that time…
Good run by this vet group…
Cavs d sloppy this qtr
If the Cavs wanna keep Holland, they could cut Dekker for Bonzie. Haven’t seen anything he does well so far.
Cue Kenny!
Swish playing backup point tonight. A couple nice passes!
Hill rolls one in…
Hill with a layup!
What’s with these terrible long twos!
Fourzus
Twozus!
Again!
Still see mostly one on one from the offense.
Personnel dictating that at the moment…
True. Imagine, hoping, things look a lot different with love.
Sabonis looks good.
Preston looking totally out matched. This is good for him but he is really raw.
Preston is just too deliberate with his decisions….
That should have been a no call on TT. Amazing block. Sometimes I miss actual interior defense. The league doesn’t want that anymore though.
Cedi should be playing more. His development matters.
He’ll be playing plenty in the RS.
Someone run a pindown for Kyle already.
Sexton having issues penetrating seemingly against collision/dipo
Indy is a tough defense…
No doubt. Just pointing it out. Collison really has pretty great lateral quicks.
For sure… hoping that Collison is Sexton’s floor comp…
GREAT steal and pass by JR!
We switch way too easy on D. Korver on Sabonis 2 times in a row.
Nothing worse than letting yourself get run off your spot from three, step in and rush a long two…
Assuming that was at jr.
More at Preston and Taylor…
Yeah. See that. My stream is behind.
Two observations. Dekker has a crazy awkward release on his j. No wonder he struggles from deep.
Hill cannot penetrate. Got totally stopped by an Indy big on an isolated switch.
Too many long twos early in the clock.
Preston should use the glass…
TT returns the STUFF on Sabonis!
Nice pass from JR there.
Good to see TT get up on that dive to the hoop… JR being a willing passer in this new offense could be a surprising by product…
Good recovery from us.
Dekker got STUFFED
Yeah, that was BRUTAL
Tyreke just took 5 steps on that break…
I hate the 14 second shot clock after an o board. The game has been sped up enough.
It also really favors high pace teams. Teams that have methodical half court offenses will be at an immediate disadvantage compared to teams like gs.
Or like the new Cavs….
We’ll see. Not convinced the pace is maintained. Also they should be working on a methodical half court offense to offset not having an elite shot creator/penetrator.
That’s what Zizic is for…
Ha yeah if he ever sees floor time in the regular season.
Me too. Just dumb.
Dekker. Gotta finish left
Early Ike Taylor…
JR’s shot looks pretty today…
Hill 0-4
Swish!
LNJ dribble drive!
Pacers are the more aggressive and experienced version of what the Cavs are trying to be…
Nice board and put back by 16…
There are going to be some nights where we really struggle to score.
I do not like Hill & Sexton together (though I get trying it). I fear for the 2nd unit.
Why no Love?
Out with a sore foot… precautionary
Gracias.
With LBJ gone to the WC… a sneaky good argument could be made for Dipo as the best player in the EC…
Not that sneaky
Many would probably put Giannis, Embiid, Kawhi and maybe even Kyrie ahead of him… Just saying
Why is Dekker guarding Dipo?
Hill went from being invisible… to visible and awful…
If George Hill isn’t going to drain wide open corner threes… he needs to be dealt to SA immediately…
https://twitter.com/cavs/status/1049438115914428416
Vic with a walk before that foul.
The Indians lost on Columbus Day!
Last time you’ll see the Chief Wahoo logo on hats or jerseys too… ironic
I feel like this Pacers team is the spirit animal of the new Cavs…
Cedi!
Well, I guess this is our chance to see Collison v. Sexton and compare…