Live Thread: Cavs @ Celtics (#NewNumber2)
2018-11-30
This is gonna be quick, because I’m not at home, but wanted to get a thread up for you diehards on the last Friday night in November. Collin Sexton and the Cavs make their first trip to Boston in the regular season tonight, and the new #2 gets to face off against the old #2 (who is now #11). Kyrie would like his fans to believe (via his new Nike ad with his dad Drederick) that he chose the number because of his old man. That might be true, but it’s also true that #2 wasn’t available, because it was retired for Red Auerbach in 1985, when it was decided that Red was the second most important Celtic to Walter Brown in Boston team lore.
Anyway, here’s hoping the new number two does a number on the shamrocks tonight. Boston barely has their collective head above water at 11-10, a far cry from where most experts picked President Stevens to have them by this point in the year. They may yet recover, and probably will continue their most recent upward swing against the still depleted wine and gold. At least we’ll get our first look at Alec Burks in a Cavs uni…
Prediction: 108-102 Celtics.
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Fun for almost a half. See if we can dig in & get it to ten.
Starters just not getting it done.
Fantastic touch pass Cedi!!! Nance draws foul.
They got Cedi another open 3… just couldn’t hit.
Bad foul Sexton.
CEDI 3 as well!!!
CEDI RHYTHM J!!!
Not able to see the game–how is Burks looking?
Burks has looked good in limited action.
Then this game has been worth it…baby steps for this team.
Burks has been pretty good. A little smoother than Hood wirh the ball but not as sweet a stroke.
…which is why we have two Jazz players and not Mitchell or Hayward…
TT with double double, bench playing well. Kyrie clowning our defense.
WOW… bad defense there. Can’t give up that open 3 to Morris.
NICE PASS CLARKSON!!! BURKS DRAWS THE FOUL ON THE THREE!!!
Nice drive Clarkson, draws the foul.
Credit to Drew for yanking Sexton after that terrible possession.
Yep. Had to be done. He was stinking it up.
Clarkson blows the easy basket by rushing.
And not using the glass.
Everyone has been good or better (TT) tonight save for Sexton/Cedi, who have both been bad.
Time to go back to Harrison.
Terrible offense Sexton…. why not post Cedi up on Kyrie to get him going???
Sexton cannot buy one.
Nice drive Sexton, can’t buy a bucket in the paint.
Cedi and Sexton struggling from the field.
Sexton cannot make a layup. Cedi cannot make a jumper. Kyrie cannot miss. And yet…. within 2.
TT WITH THE CLEAN UP DUTY!!!
Two times in a row, Cedi goes over the pick on Smart… result, two made baskets in a row.
NICE KICK OUT TT!!! HOOD FOR THREE!!!
Great dribble drive Hood, but didn’t finish… may have gotten fouled.
MOVE THE BALL HARRISON… that was terrible… wasting the shot clock. Luckily he made a good decision passing to TT on the cut for the foul.
76ers doubling sad wiz 44-23
WOW… the bench came up HUGE so far!!!! Clarkson and Burks FTW!!!
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Enjoy family time NOMAD!
JC going off. Again
CLARKSON RHYTHM J!!!
Tie game on JC 3!
Obvious foul on Tatum not called.
Burks slashing & cashing.
GREAT PASS HARRISON!!! BURKS GREAT CUT AND FINISH!!! AND 1!!!!!
NICE PASS BURKS!!! CLARKSON THREEEE!!!! TIE BALL GAME!
Terrible Harrison post pass
Terrible post entry pass Harrison…. amazing how that’s consistently bad on this team.
Harrison, Clarkson, Burks, Nance, Zizic.
Harrison and 1. Within 1!
HARRISON WITH THE DRIVE AND FINISH!!!! Next time use the glass tho LOL.
GREAT DRIVE BURKS???
Nice end of quarter defense Nance. Clarkson misses the pocket pass for roll man. If they could play a little better defense, we’d be cooking with gas.
Down 4.
We take care of the ball better, have Sexton make a layup and someone besides Clarkson make a jumper, and we will have the lead.
Like the idea of feeding Zizic in the post, but that was really lucky they got the foul.
Zizic on.
Clarkson warming!
Terrible defense Harrison… terrible missed shot Burks?
BUT CLARKSON DRAINS THE THREE IN TRANSITION!!!
GREAT ONE ON ONE MOVE CLARKSON!!!
TT effective on O again tonight. Harrison on
Nice pass Harrison! TT floater!!!
Cedi really wanted to go left on that last play. Got bailed out.
We cannot make a jumper or a layup.
Hanging around, down 8.
Cedi struggling with the jumper early.
Good Sexton D on Baynes.
SEXTON TAKES THE CHARGE!!! THAT’S SOME TOUGHNESS!
Sexton, Clarkson, Burks, Cedi, TT.
Got that one and 1.
Clarkson & Burks in
GREAT PASS TT!!! GREAT FINISH SEXTON!!! AND1!!! TAKES CONTACT AND FINISHES OFF GLASS!!!
Sexton struggling at the cup. Missed 3 layups.
Nice kick out TT, but Hood misses three. No resistance on defense so far.
Hand down, man down Sexton… but, GREAT MOVE TT!!!
If we can make some shots, we are in this.
And TT, Nance, & Hood oblige.
WHAT A DRIVE AND FINISH HOOD!!! Great recognition of the mismatch!
NICE PASS SEXTON! NANCE FOR THREE@!!!
Nice defense Hood!
Nice dish Sexton, TT with the floater!
Man, another blown layup Sexton… seen that too many times this year. And now a terrible pull up because he didn’t want to get to the cup.
That looked like good defense from Nance, don’t know why they called the foul.
Nice drive and dish Hood! TT draws the foul.
Yikes… bad start. Sexton blows a layup. Terrible on ball defense from Cedi. Two terrible TOs from Hood.
Terrible D from Cedi. Should be sagging off Smart.
More careless O.
Go Cavs! Horford & Brown out.