Live Thread: Cavs @ Raptors (#WeAreBack)
2018-10-17
If you haven’t read Nate’s ode to our Aluminum Anniversary… make sure you check it out here at halftime.
Meanwhile… are you ready for the 2018-19 NBA regular season?! Because, it’s finally here! The future is now for your Cleveland Cavaliers. Time to find out if Kevin Love can become a Terminator… if Collin Sexton can be the next John Connor to save the franchise from a bleak existence… or if this year is just an introduction to an oncoming post-apocalypse.
The wine and gold trot out a starting lineup of Love, Cedi Osman, Tristan Thompson, Rodney Hood and George Hill. They’ll face a slightly different looking Raptors team than they faced in the Eastern Conference Finals last year. Toronto adds a potential T-1000 in Kawhi Leonard (replacing DeMar DeRozan), to start alongside OG Anunoby, Serge Ibaka, Danny Green and Kyle Lowry.
Not many give these new Cavs much of a chance against a Raptors team that should contend for the best record in the Eastern Conference (Cleveland was a 13 point underdog for this one). Yet, what chance really did Sarah Connor have of taking down SkyNet?
Prediction: With LeBron gone, the Raptor machine gets some revenge on the team that terminated them from the last few playoff series… but the scrappy Cavs make it interesting 112-108.
Catch all the action from Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, starting at 7:30 EST on Fox Sports Ohio. And, as always, come back and comment below…
GO CAVS!
Who’s having fun? Damn I love this.
Offense looking solid getting shots and good looks …it’s early but team looking solid
Been very good on the glass. D & O.
Whenever I see Fred VanVleet’s name I think of Fleet enemas. You’re welcome.
LoL 🤣 🤣
WTF…. Lue with a great lineup IMO…. it’s jarring!!!
Hahaha I’m baffled too.
He’s still playing Lebron too many minutes, imo.
LOL
He also is matching ZZ to Jonas. Good moves.
Nice o. Just missed an open shot. Sure sexton had some nerves.
Good close out by Korver…
Sexton makes George hill look like a tortoise
Young Bull!
Even and Love can’t make a shot.
Collin Sexton has never missed an NBA free throw in his life.
Sexton with some juice!!! DRAWS THE FOUL!
Nice effort YB!
Two nice plays, sexton
Cavs doing a great job hustling for second chances…
Huh? That’s considered a foul?
Cedi looking good. TT still sucks on O.
Ugh TT!
It’s early, but it looks like TT has regressed, if that’s possible.
CEDI WITH SMART PLAY!!! GOT THE MISMATCH AND FINISHES!
I like the fluid rotation by Ty…
Cedi looking like a monster!
So weird to see Kawhi on this team…
KLOVE BEASTS IN THE POST!!! AND 1!
I want Love to get the scoring title this year.
Think the Cavs can hang with the starters but the bench worries me.
Love with a MAN’S And One!
CEDI STEAL>>> COAST TO COAST!!!!
Wow Cedi!!!!
Osman coast to coast after the steal!
The night stalker!
Good to see Hill aggressive… nice shot.
Raps definitely seem like a team you can play ZZ against well…
Cedis stroke looking like Korver had a hand in things.
Nice shot by Cedi. Glad to see Lue putting Zz out there early.
Biggest guy we got to deal with Jonas.
Solid start for Cavs…little sloppy for both teams but it’s first game
nice to see Cedi step into that 3
CEDI THREE!!! Great looking shot!
Cedi!
JEDI!
Korver too.
Zizic = first sub!
Stuck on 6 for a while. Mostly good looks. And some good work on the O glass. Gotta cash those in.
Great ball fake KLOVE…. two shots!
sloppy ball. Tristan right-elbow extended iso….
This just in…TT is never to get the ball entered to him in the low post. Even against guards he is awful
I believe that was in appoximately 2009
Hood looking good…
Nice ball fake by Cedi, but can’t finish.
Cedi got fouled. Less TT more love.
Yep. Love may have also on one. Kev with a lot of dribble drives so far. Getting good looks.
Cedi with a 3!
We have not trailed at any point this season.
Fun while it lasted.
Nice move, Rodney.
HOOD WITH RUNNING HOOK!!!
So much K Love
It’s all HOOD!
NICE TIP HOOD!!! NICE PASS TT!!!
WE GOT THE LEAD!
GREAT PASS KLOVE…. Hood’s gotta hit that.
ARCH—–THE “PROVERBIAL—-TBD ” BY HOW THE CAVS ARE—OR ARE NOT PLAYING / BEING COACHED —-SINCE IT IS THE 1ST GAME ——CAN SEE AT LEAST 3-4 “COLD ONES ” BEING CONSUMED
Two possessions, two KLOVE touches.
Go Cavs!
2 straight possessions for Klove
JASON ALSO —TY HOPEFULLY “PORTRAYING ” AN NBA COACH ——-“ZZ” @ LEAST 15 MIN’S —-
So much for Raps going small. Siakam & Jonas start.
Truly loathe these dog and pony show player intros. Is this a sporting event of a Madonna concert?
PREACH!
Doncic v Ayton gonna be interesting later tonight.
Gonna be a long night. Hope we get some glimmers.
Minnesota Kev. Stat sheet Cedi doing it all. Hood with some semblance of a floor game. Clarkson not being a black hole. And of course something from Sexton.
LET THE “POST LEBRON ” ERA —BEGIN—AGAIN !!——LET’S HOPE WITH MORE SUCCESS THAN LAST TIME
How many ales tonight Nomad?
LET’S GO
Welcome back! That Nate story about Strawberry quick was an absolute classic!! I was laughing my butt off.
haha – that was me, but thanks!
Dang! Sorry, I’m from Canada.
Is Nate really Tom in Canada?