Live Thread: Cavs @ Clippers
2020-01-14Nance is back! He’ll be limited to 24 minutes tonight, but he’s stepping in while Kevin Love sits for rest. Ante’s still out due to illness, so maybe we’ll see Henson again? KPJ still out, but I saw something that said second week of February at the earliest. As for the Clips, no Paul George.
L.A. is disappointing a bit this year, currently fifth in a tightly packed (after the Lakers) Western Conference. There’s just a half game separating second through fifth. They’re just 6-4 in their last 10 games. The have four guys scoring at least 19 points a game (Kawhi, PG13, Lou Williams, and 2020 Cavs free agent candidate Montrezl Harrell). There’s a big dropoff after that and if Dante Exum can do better than the 20 minute one point performance he pitched against the Lakers, the Nance/Henson/Exum/Garland lineups can do some damage. I still expect a convincing loss as PBev and Kawhi will cause a LOT of turnovers.
Meanwhile, I’m enjoying the Grizzlies/Rockets game. Memphis might be my favorite non-Cavalier team. With human pogo stick Brandon Clarke, rookie of the year Ja Morant, J-Jax, and Jonas Valanciunas, it’s a super fun team. And yes, I’d still take Clarke over Garland, though ideally the Cavs would’ve moved up the second pick to grab Brandon who I fully expect to be a star inside of two seasons. So go Grizz. And go Cavs.
Garland and Sexton back to back tough 2s, no passing.
Sexton serving them up for Zubac…
Cavs scoring well, just can’t stop the Clips. One team will score 130 here. Probably not the Cavs.
yup… defense and rebounding killing the Cavs.
man Kawhi is ridiculous
DAMN CEDI!!!!
So happy for Cedi. It’s all coming together for him.
Showing what he can do. Damn good bench player or okay starter. Or “one of the worst players in the NBA” according to a psychotic occasional troll here.
Yup… he’s right in that fringe starter/best bench player range on RPM… and he’s 24/25 years old this season, just entering his prime.
what u doin Sexton
Freaking Cedi…
NICE DEFENSE SEXTON AND 1!!!
Bev knows Sexton is fast…
WTF??? and Kawhi doing Kawhi things right now.
Keep shooting those 3s, Collin…
heck yeah!
Nice finish Garland!!!
Garland heading for double-double
When Garland sits I get scared…
McKinnie pretty great so far
I’m really annoyed the Cavs are getting slammed on every drive and they called that garbage in Cedi.
This is a bad challenge. Use it when it matters.
At least they won it…
Henson is a breath of fresh air on this terrible defensive team…
FLOP!!! that wasn’t a foul.
Yeah. Cedi vertical. Clips getting away with 5x as much contact.
Well it’s partly his usage by coach, but damn Cedi has turned it all around from 6 weeks ago. Super impressed with him right now.
GARLAND TO CEDI!
defense is better with this group!
nice move McKinnie!
McKinne gorgeous euro legs there
Garland is good…
GARLAND PRAYER!!!!
Cavs right in this…
Garland got fouled at the top of the drive, he has to flop to get that call though.
Lol…DG bank buzzer 3…
Sensational!
Clippers D a real test for Garland’s O.
Garland got fouled. Thought he should’ve hit Exum in the corner, but I don’t think he had the angle.
Defense and rebounding are the problems right now… they’re getting good shots.
Why do they play the Australian open in the summer?
Mettle test
my favorite tennis tournament… watched Djokovic/Nadal in 2012 all the way thru.
6 hours – impressive!
GARLAND TO HENSON!
Great pass, Garland to close the quarter.
What a BS call… that should’ve been AND1!
WTF was that call. Green fouled him first.
Garland weaving thru traffic!!!
nice pass Sexton to Henson!
Yeah was way off on my pregame predictions. Forgot three of those guys were bench players.
We’re gonna miss Henson when he’s traded…
Or sent back to the bench
Oh he’ll be traded…
More a comment about his weird recent benching. Love to see him back next year if he can stay healthy.
I think the benching may have been to ‘preserve’ him for a trade, but who knows. I think everyone in the NBA knows what he is, and values him as such.
Nance overpassing again
That was some dumb offense from TT… move the ball.
‘Dumb Offense’ should be TT’s nickname…
Cedi was awesome that first 8 minutes
NANCE TO SEXTON!
oh boy, Sexton at PG… buckle up.
Nice finish, Sexton!
I like it when he uses his speed. mid-range floaters against tall timber not so much,
Can we get Delly into the mix to niggle PBev?
Matter/ anti-matter…I think both teams are frightened…
Haaa!
where’s the rebounding???
Sitting with Kev on the bench. TT is a great offensive rebounder, Kev is a great defensive rebounder. It makes them a good pairing.
Might wanna box out pbev
Please Larry, just grab those boards with two hands…
Strong move Cedi, got the call because of it.
Cedi doin everything
Wow, Grizz got it done.
nice finish Sexton with the floater.
Mcedi playing really well lately…
Zubac already with 3 swats… gotte get him out of the paint!!!
Alphonso!
GARLAND FOR THREE!
just two nevermind
This game will probably be Zubac’s finest hour…
So far it’s all low hanging fruit for the big guy.
Lol. Sexton.
Lol. Darius
Lol TT.
Osman aggressive
Cedi in Garland territory!
C3di!!
With Love out, this will be ugly, even with George also out.
Again with the GD Tedashii?
Angel Gray has been a very positive influence in Cavs coverage this season. It’s tough when you’re covering a losing team, but she’s been great. Just imo.
My wife HAAATES her.
Hard to understand why…she comes across as likable…
Didn’t she keep calling Jokic Nurkic during the Denver telecast.
Maybe? Don’t recall that…
She’s a team player and she’s beautiful
Grizz gonna take down the Rockets.
Collin needs to watch clips of Morant. Dominating this game with 28 points on 9-10 shooting.
He can watch him, but he can never do what Morant does…
Morant will be a better pro than Williamson.