Live Thread: Cavs vs. Magic (#Abracadabra)
2019-03-03
And… poof! It didn’t take much prestidigitation for the Cavs to turn back into a pumpkin after a few solid efforts in a row. All that was required was a bit of injury (Ante Zizic, Tristan Thompson) and load maintenance (Kevin Love), and the wine & gold conjured up a disappearing act last night, losing by 36 points at home against the Detroit Pistons.
Perhaps with Love back on the floor, the Cavs can pull a rabbit out of their hat against the visiting Orlando Magic tonight at the Q. Then again, the Magic has been putting on a pretty good show for the first time in recent memory, and are actually positioning themselves for a real shot at a playoff berth. They’re a surprisingly good defensive team also, ranking 8th in the NBA in defensive efficiency.
Prediction: The Cavs have a bit more effort up their sleeves for a while, but before you can say presto-chango, the Magic make the chance for victory disappear… 115-107.
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Holding the Magic to only 93 vs giving up 129 to the Pistons last night. Huge difference.
The Cavs’ best lineup really kicked this team’s butt.
Big win. 2nd night of b2b and in front of the home fans. This one was fun. People will want to buy tickets after this
Hate that call, Augustin initiated contact there
Me too. Leaned in.
Nance’s fantastic defense really made that Cedi steal happen.
When S3xton learns to give that up low while faking the layup he will be a holy terror
Team carrying Sexton here, hope he’s soaking up the lessons.
Cedi!!!!! First a great dish to clarkson and then a cold blooded shot clock Killer!
I really like this lineup right now
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/1102374468536750082?s=19
Love the Nance dare threes he nails.
Hate Sexton passing and standing still goodness
Sexton is killing me…get the ball to Love and make a damn cut dude…
Flopestein
Cavs outhustling.
Cedi finished his stroke on that corner 3 much better… he had two in the 3rd quarter he short rimmed because he was rushing his shot.
This is a pretty remarkable game…they have shot poorly but we have been contesting a lot of that
Nance with a sick steal and save leads to a K-Love pump fake three
Love’s pump fake is a beauty
Clarkson with a perfect Kobe assist to Kev.
ENTIRE BENCH IN THE + COLUMN—EVEN “STAR QUEESE ” : )
Wow. Who called all the damn points. I went upstairs to fold laundry and the Cavs were way up again.
Haha Chriss taking the ball into “never never land” both on O and D
Chriss is trash
Insane 17-0 run right now
Sexton is coming back in soon…hope he paid attention to what we did that worked
Cavs look like theyre havin fun again!
Getting to the free throw line should ALWAYS be a priority for us…we shoot great from the stripe
Y’all just got Sauced!
Delly launch!
Delly Tray!!
Nwaba is carving up their defense.
Delly with a ridiculous steal and pass to Nwaba to end the quarter.
What a find from Delly to Nwaba.
Clarkson is a tanking savant
CALL ME SENTIMENTAL / LOYAL /PROBABLY EVEN VAIN —-BELIEVE CHANNING DESERVES MINUTES EVERY GAME FOR REMAINDER OF THE SEASON—-WIN OR LOSE HE SHOULD PLAY !!
Ugh
Jordan Clarkson is blind.
Isaac is really intriguing. Could really become the next Pascal Siakam
It drives me nuts how many possessions Kevin Love has to go without touching the ball.
Hard to say thats not on Larry Drew…although I guess we can’t rule out young guys being dumb
Part of his game that he really needs to develop.. Sexton been great getting his own tonight but when scoring dries up, he has to learn how to run the offense to get other guys going.
How does Nance not get an and1 on that putback.
Just not physical enough on defense right now
Cavs up ten if Knight wasn’t playing
Collin doing so much of a better job of knowing where his teammates are and getting them the ball.
Damn. Sexton Ballin tonight.
Love Sexton’s first half shot chart
NATE DEAR WHO IS THIS STAUKAS GUY——-I THOUGHT HE COULD ONLY SHOOT ——–STAUKAS FIGHTING FOR HIS “NBA “LIFE —–GAINING ON ” STAR QUEESE ” ON WHO WE KEEP / SIGN—–WHICH CONTRACT IS MORE FAVORABLE
I’m so down on Chriss his contract shouldnt matter. He had an initial change of scenery burst and has done nothing but get worse since. Opposite for Sauce
queese turning into bad cheese..
This is why he keeps getting gigs. He can shoot, and he can jump.
when healthy.. cavs can really hang with most of the teams in the league (with the exception of the top tier.. re the usual elite supsects).. add zion and a functional body at #21.. get TT and henson.. may make some waves.. good stuff coming down the pike
If you’re the Magic, how much are you offering Vucevic this summer?
Also, I did not know Mozgov was on the Magic…
He still has another $16 million guaranteed NEXT year.
Hahaha LeBron giveth…
As does Jim Buss.
Just went cold from O there at the end of the second half, but still with a lead.
Nifty floater Cedi..
Bent arm. That offensive foul call was garbage.
Get Kevin Love more shots.
SAUCE WITH THE STANK ON THE DUNK!!!!!
Holy ****! where did that come from?
SAUCE!!!!
https://twitter.com/cavs/status/1102354560830464000
Sauce!
AC sometimes says the silliest things. Saying if you’re 6’10” you better make 90% of the threes you take or don’t shoot them lol
I mean. If that person existed, they’d just end the game of basketball.
Marquese Clank
Nice quarter. Bench played much better D that the starters.
Matthew with a Delly Bird!
Nice drive and finish by Sexton.
Well, Cavs playing well offensively at least. It would be nice if They’d get Kevin more than two shots.
REMINDER WHO THERE DEFENSIVE ‘GURU ” IS —-YOU PLAY LIKE YOU ARE COACHED
Great back to back aggressive actions by Sexton
EXCELLENT POSTS ” MY BUDDY BUCK ” —-DEAD ON !
Man. Cavs don’t seem much interested n D.
Nice ball movement by sexton followed by a dopey shot by knight.
i would love to see philly pass IND in standings, and celts need face IND in 1st round.. IND is tough, and may be able to take celts down in 7, esp w home court
That would be fun to watch.
Always enjoyable to watch another Celtic home loss. Hope Heinsohn enjoyed the action.
6 on Harden on the charge…CP3 will need to earn his money the last two minutes…
Harden showing Kyrie how it’s done. Rockets up 12.
celts 3-7 last 10.. a beautiful thing.. kyrie should be in full pout mode shortly..
i do hope he heads to knicks.. with ainge and celtics left holding the bag..
the bottom is dropping out of tatum..massive shrinkage goin on.. full costanza mode.. 5pts in 23m.. houston over bos 100-78.. i try to suppress the inner child, but sometimes it feels so good to let him out..
trade value in LA and BOS is droppin by the day.. not sure who NO is going to get for his brow-ness.. but the number of bodies required is going up..
Why you wanna step in and reverse jinx the Celtics?
when costanza shrinkage is occurring, jinxes are meaningless.. shrinkage is an unstoppable cosmic force