Live Thread: Hornets @ Cavs
2020-01-02The Cleveland Cavaliers start out the new year in the friendly confines of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse as they host Michael Jordan‘s Charlotte Hornets.
The Hornets had surprised a bit by hanging onto playoff contention early in the season despite a terrible point differential. The bloom has begun to come off the rose a bit, as they have lost six in a row, a streak that started with their loss to the Cavaliers December 18th. During that game, the Cavaliers were in control throughout, only to squeak out a win after a furious Hornets rally cut Cleveland’s lead to just two points.
The Cavs have done a good job of playing well against opponents with similar talent levels. They are currently 9-5 against teams under .500, and three of those losses are to an Orlando Magic team that is still currently the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference. The team should be healthy tonight, but the first game after a road trip is often a bit of a trap.
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Those Porter herky jerky drives get me irrationally excited…
It’s very rational!
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/1212914445552369666?s=20
WHAT A PASS GARLAND!!!! and I LOVE how Garland ran that offense that possession! KPJ also being smart with the ball, not doing too much!
Hornets having a few impatient plays, Cavs catch a break
WHAT A PASS EXUM TO HENSON!
Sweet feed, Dante!
DG looking pretty smooth…
My favorite lineup 8s in.
And they get a stop
Lots of energy that quarter.
Good, competitive game. Late to party.
It looks to me as if we are not really playing 5 subs at once any more, or very briefly. Instead kind of mixing & matching subs with starters. Is that accurate?
Think it is the right move.
Tt & Love seems to be paired, Henson & Junior too. Importantly, Garland & Sexton are being kept apart.
defense really was awful in the 3rd quarter, combined with some regression to the mean for the Hornets.
Nice energy there. Really like the focus of getting Sexton to be a play finisher instead of a play initiator.
about the only thing wrong with Garland’s play is bricking 3 wide open 3s this game…. 6 assists, 1 turnover, +15 plus/minus
LNJ MIDRANGE MONEY!! Nice read Garland.
Sexton great rhythm on the PnR pass to Love…. Love a little sloppy, but nice clean up work!!!
LOVE TO SEXTON GREAT CUT AND FINISH GREAT PASS!!!
wow i hope KPJ is ok… tough landing.
Sexton dunk off the Love pass…he certainly has some athletic flashes…
Love and Delly some nice finishes to bring some balance back.
bad shot Sexton, first bad shot i can remember in the quarter.
Great drive and finish Cedi!
Nice find, Cedi.
Fantastic two man game Cedi and Love!!!
SEXTON 3 BALL! glad it’s back!
great pass Cedi, that was an ugly miss from Garland…. he needs to be ready to shoot that.
Cavaliers have to mark Terry a lot closer than they did last time around
Bad turnover Cedi…. shoot it or pump fake drive.
Cedi with a beautiful backdown. Garland with a kyrie-esque finish.
WOW GARLAND WITH THE KYRIE FINISH!
That’s what my wow was for lol
LMFAOOOO BOTH WERE WOW!
WOW TOUGH FINISH CEDI!
Wooooow
Garland missed the Love on the cut to the basket, but some great passing otherwise, Cedi had an open 3 he probably should’ve taken.
Wow, DG circus shot…
GARLAND TO LOVE!!!
nice finish Sexton, tough shot!
The regular challenge is younger players finishing out the game with discipline. Great effort so far, minus the turnovers.
Yup… they’re playing great defense and offense tonight, just have to finish it.
Why doesn’t he have more shots? https://twitter.com/cavs/status/1212901185931431936?s=20
strong move by Garland!!! finish with the kiss!
That cut through by Sexton cleared the Lane for Thompson. Nifty find by Garland.
Garland to TT what a read and pass!!!
Wow, strongest move by Garland all year…he looked like an NBA player there…
Sexton with a nice steal and OK finish. Should’ve hit cedi in the left corner.
nice attack from TT.
Nice pass DG to TT…liking that…
C’mon TT, gotta catch and finish that… wide open, good pass from Sexton.
TT should’ve kicked out to Love on the post double, wide open at the 3 pt line.
nice cut and finish Sexton, great pass Delly!
Zeller proving once again moving screens are totally cool
Cedi 3 ball!
just tuned in for some nice plays by Garland and KPJ with the backups. Box score reading, Cedi’s having a nice one so far. Sexton with 3 turnovers already is not ideal, but 2-2 from 3 is a welcome sight!
I like Exum with DG or Sexton about 700 times better than DG and Sexton together…
Bench unit taking hornets to the cleaners
Playing faster in this 2nd quarter and looking good
Loving this lineup! Exum, KPJ, Garland, Nance, and Henson!
DG feeling it…
Garland hit that one from Kansas!
Woooooooooop!
KPJ smooth move to thebucket, D not taking him seriously
Ill advised drive by KPJ, but the shot somehow went in…
Are you not entertained? Living on the edge :)
Dante!!!!!
Henson on hope that helps the bleeding
Less speed, more handle please Colin.
Also, less speed, more thinking…
Nice to see sexton’s shot coming around.
Sexton hesitates to take a three point shot, ends up in Delly’s hands… Not a good trade off.
Delly brick ugh
Easy paint points for Charlotte so far, gotta plug the leaks
Love with two nice looks for Cedi for layups…
Brilliant play! Cedi to Love to Cedi!!
Wow, the rare Sexton 3…
Love to have a big game (wishful thinking here) and Cavs win by 8. Go Cavs!
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/1212856307620941825?s=20
Some teams at the bottom have been olaying pretty well lately. NO, NY, GSW, and the Cavs (5-5 in last 10).
I still think losing Clarkson is gonna hurt.
Hornets take this one.