Live Thread: Cavs vs Pistons
2020-01-07Rejoice, Cavaliers. You could be the Detroit Pistons. The Cavs definitely have their issues, but at least Kevin Love is healthy (knock on wood). Blake Griffin just had knee surgery and could be out the entire season. You may be annoyed with Kevin Love, a guy who can’t always control his emotions or frustration on the court, but he’s not a jerk who beat up his friend. Further, the Pistons are reportedly shopping mercurial center and pending free agent, Andre Drummond who wants to sign an exorbitant contract this off-season.
Kev did offer a mea culpa today. Here’s my opinion…
There's nothing to forgive. I mean I watched LeBron set a pick on his own teammate and then act like he didn't do it. At least Kev is honest. https://t.co/FcZ4j4Bv0f
— HoopsDogg (@oldseaminer) January 7, 2020
The Cavs are also missing Dante Exum who’s down with the flu, while Tristan Thompson will play. Larry Nance, Kevin Porter Junior, and Dylan Windler remain out. The Pistons are pretty banged up too missing the aforementioned Griffin, Markieff Morris, Reggie Jackson, Khyri Thomas, and Like Kennard. Should be a winnable game for Cleveland. They could use one.
NICE DRIVE SEXTON!
God, Love, stop throwing those passes away after rebounds…
awful turnover at the most inopportune time.
wide open 3 for Knight, all you can ask for, good possession just missed the shot.
btw great ball fake Love to open up Knight…. simple ball fake moves the defense, gave Knight the wide open look.
WOW, that was a foul on Detroit on Knight.. not called.
Lol…Cedi and Moondog help Love up…
bad shot Knight, 5 point swing there…. good timeout.
Worst thing about today’s game is the amount of ‘3 point specialists’ who have very little skill, can barely dribble, but can shoot 35% or better from 3…they are completely overvalued because the 3 is completely overvalued…
Nice. PR with Knight.
Delly had the snot fouled out of him before that turnover
Man are they moving the rock
That was a slick pass from Garland to Delly, just couldn’t convert…Garland looks really smooth, just needs to hone his game…
WOW!!! Knight got lucky, but great ball movement!!! keyed off by Garland and Cedi swing swing!
Lol
Great passing and. Knight gets away with. One
GARLAND WITH THE DEFENSE!!! GREAT PLAY!
MENTIONED EARLIER —WOULD LIKE TO SEE LOVE GO 30/ 15 TONIGHT —HAS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF DOING THAT———–TRADE PACKAGE TOMORROW OF LOVE / KNIGHT : )
STROLLED DOWN —SAW HENSON MIGHT HAVE THE FLU———HITTING THIS AREA TOO ON THE NORTHERN SHORES OF LAKE ERIE
Is it me or does the other team get the last bucket every quarter?
better fast break take from Garland, got the foul that time
” LOVE IS IN THE AIR ……………ONCE AGAIN “
LOVE AGAIN FOR THREE!!!!
Delly dime for a love triple!
LOVE FOR THREE! DELLY ASSIST!
Pretty possession leads to a love triple.
SO IS HENSON HURT —-DNP ????
Flu sounds like…
Love with the hypnotize and swish!
Kev drains a couple shots after a rough patch. Back up to 10.
LOVE PUMP FAKE THEN 3!
FYI —KEN WON THE 1ST GAME IN CHAPIONS OF JEOPARDY / I ANSWERED 7 QUESTIONS CORRECTLY–GO NOMAD/ GO CAVS : ) !!
LMFAOOO NICE NOMAD!
trash call ref… how is that offensive foul???
Drummond camping out in the lane the last few possessions.
Glad to see Garland taking the elbow J!
Out of half:
Garland missed 3, Garland TO, Sexton TO, TT TO, Sexton missed 2.
Ouch. Good battle from there. Up 9.
Garland with an awful shot/decision there…. just pull it back out and run a play for find someone on the secondary break.
Nice to see Sexton firing some open 3s…
nice pass Love! nice cut and finish Sexton!
Nice finish Sexton.
nice pass DG… nice finish Love! just tuned in, looks like beside Sexton hijacking shots, Cavs playing some great offense.
Nice pass, DG.
Snell threes are just hyper annoying…just go away…
Do these guys not get flu shots?
Provides only partial protection.
Great to hear Zizic is both being rewarded for his great game on Sunday and that he’s taking advantage of it.
Cavs almost went 60/50/90 that half.
59.1% FGs. 50% 3s. 88.9% from the line.
Knight 10 pts, 3 dimes, 4-5 & 2-3 from deep.
Cedi 14 on 6-10.
Kev 9/5/3 on 4-5.
Garland 10 pts on 3-4/2-3. 1 dime, 1 TO
Zizic: 5 & 5. 1 stl. 1 blk. Team high +15.
Delly: 5 dimes, 0 TOs. And a triple!
YB: 0 TOs.
Pretty good half….I remember last Pistons game where Pistons were raining 3s…Love has looked pretty engaged, to his credit, and I think Garland played pretty well. Cedi was running and finishing like a Jedi. His airballed 3 was about the only blemish.
Cedi doing the kind of stuff that he’s good at tonight…
Starters back with a 15 pt cushion.
Er. 12.
Cedi with the flush on the break!
Pretty cool to see Zizic bullying like this…
Agreed. Is Henson hurt or did coach just go with a bigger body tonight/reward Ante for the last game?
Not sure…good question…
Think he was felled with the flu.
Delly Trey! Is that like his 2nd of the season?
The Cooler checks in.
Great start to the quarter. Knigh, Wade, Ante. Loving it.
KNIGHT UPPING HIS TRADE VALUE —GO CAVS !!
Ante playing like a man.
Love Wade just getting the ball and draining it….wish more Cavs players would just do that, just catch and shoot…
YEAH MARK IT DOWN NOW– DRUMMOND –20/20
5 offensive boards for Drummond in the quarter. Yikes.
Drummond has a double double after 1.
He kills us. Big Cs who actually try hard (Drummond, Adams, etc) eat us alive.
Nice half.
We are missing 3/4ths of our wings (KPJ, Exum, Windler). Gonna be a lot of 3 guard stuff tonight.
Kev gets a shot 9 minutes in!
Knight with a triple.
THERE HAVE BETTER BE SOME QUALITY MIN’S FOR ” MY MAN ANTE ” TONIGHT
JASON I LIKE THAT –” THE INFERNO ” ——–REALLY THINK THERE WILLBE A LOGJAM / ” CREATIVE TANKING ” FOR ” BOTTOM ” 5 SPOTS ………….OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR
Not that the O is not humming right now, as Detroit calls a rage TO, but 0 shots for Kev with an inexperienced PF against him is just dumb.
Throw him the ball, let the refs do their thing on unkbown vs all-star, get us in the bonus. Get him out, and expose their lack of PF depth with Blake out. How is that NOT the gameplan?
Sweet tip slam, TT!
Kev nice stop but an horrific outlet.
Have not done one in a while, Wins:
8 = Hawks
9 = GSW
10 = Knicks, Cavs
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12 = NO, Wash
13 = Pistons, Bulls
14 = Kings, Suns, Wolves
15 = Bees, Blazers, Grizz, Spurs (PO)
TT with some spring.
Pretty reverse. Sitting at a bar in Green with an Aussie bartender. So Delly should have a good night.
Sucks the Inferno does not get a chance to explode again. Nice that TT is back.
Play Wade!
Gettable game. They shaky without Blakey.
SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT DANTE—-WAS EAGER TO SEE HIS FOLLOW UP PERFORMANCE FROM THE OTHER NIGHT —MAY WE GET A ‘W” IN TONIGHT’S .. ” M.A.S.H. MARQUEE “