Live Thread: Knicks at Cavs
2020-02-03The Knicks are in town looking to extend their one game win streak against the Cavs. New York pulled off an upset against the Pacers on Saturday.
The Cavs are coming off a terrible showing against the Warriors where they somehow forgot how to play basketball and lost by 19.
Kevin Porter Jr. had a solid outing though and put up 19. Kevin Love had 14 points and 11 boards, while Colin Sexton posted his fourth straight game with at least 23 points. Nonetheless, the Warriors cruised to an easy victory hitting 18 3s and getting 39 assists.
At a certain point in the season, the stats of individual players stop mattering. The Cavs may have hit that point, so let’s hope they can grab a win tonight and get one of the stats that leads to a Championship. Or, in this case reminds a fan base they are really a professional team in the NBA.
Stop press, apparently Simmons just hit a 3.
Ha, turns out it was a dirty internet rumour.
Cavs giving up the pretense of playing defense, but at least they’re shooting well!!! 10 3s, 15 assists!
Gotta rebound and play SOME defense and taking care of the ball on offense would be nice.
Sexton tries to go two for one and airballs a floater that he catches himself, somehow doesn’t get called for a travel, and then misses the putback.
Jesus, Collin. That possession was an utter disaster.
What a flop by Payton.
BALL MOVEMENT GARLAND 3!!!!!
Sexton’s 4th assist this half!
I’ll be happy if his assists outnumber his shots that are blocked.
he’s played really well on offense, he’s a disaster on defense tho.
If it’s good enough for Kyrie….
LMFAOOOO … it can work, but Sexton will have to get orders of magnitude better on offense!
OMG Love great flash post, but gotta make that easy shot for him.
Great possession. Beautiful bucket for Darius
Have been enjoying LNJ’s shooting this last few weeks.
SEXTON TO NANCE FOR THREE!
awful defense Sexton… AC on the money.
Garland wide open 3, missed it. Sexton with the 3!!!!
Kev with terrible body language again as Sexland is chucking.
damn cedi, had the idea, but awful execution.
THAT WAS A FOUL ON PORTIS!!! these refs are awful
Argh. Sexton chucking.
Tuning in, looks like Cavs avg TOs are on pace.
Any significant news I’ve missed?
no defense, but they’re fun to watch.
Not really. 17 points for love in the first
Will probably miss a lot of first halves for the rest of the season. Means I’ll miss KLove’s good play :)
Nice dish, Dante!
EXUM TO NANCE!!!!!!!
Nice pass Sexton!!! WHAT A FINISH LOVE!
Pretty finish, kev.
Sexton gave it to exum too early. 5 point swing.
Nice ball fake Sexton beats Smith off the dribble.
Smith makes two good plays then two dumb ones.
WOW SEXTON STEPBACK 3!!!
WOW… Smith just put the moves on Sexton.
Smith is a putz
At least he’s defending.
Garland way too sloppy with the ball.
HAS KLOVE ‘S TRADE VALUE JUST INCREASED ——-MOST OF THE TIME AFTER A HOT 1ST HALF / REALLY COOLS OFF IN 2ND HALF —WE SHALL SEE
O boy, Smith and Garland going at each other!!! I like it.!!! AND SMITH AIRBALLS!!!!!!
good defense Garland, terrible call!!!
nice pass KPJ, Henson gotta be ready for it.
damn, bad turnover Garland never see that… getting pickpocketed in the backcourt.
also, Exum in for Delly, gets the offensive rebound!
GARLAND FOR THREEE!!!! GREAT BALL FAKE!
Henson hook shot!!! KPJ with a smart play didn’t force the tough shot.
all ball, Cavs getting robbed on 3 calls!
Garland open, just missed.. glad he took it tho
NANCE TO KPJ FOR THREE!!!!
great defense Nance!!!
some beautiful offense and non-existent defense LMFAO
LOVE TIP IN!!!
nice read Delly, bad pass.
LOVE WITH THE DEFENSE AND BULLY BALL!!!
DELLY TO NANCE TO LOVE!!!! Great read by all of them…. Delly saw Love get the seal on his defender, got the ball to Nance for the passing angle!!!!
Love open 3, just missed.
nice pass Love, Sexton just missed.
terrible call, great defense Henson, he was vertical.
nice finish Sexton!
trading TT for Nance has really enhanced the offensive side of the ball with this starting lineup. Nance’s passing and shooting really help the flow.
LOVE IS ON FIRE!!!
travel by Randle, no call LOL.
Sexton got lucky, made a tough shot when he really missed a rhythm pass to Nance who was wide open at his spot.
AS ALWAYS GUYS –( THAT ARE WATCHING )—THANK YOU FOR THE POSTS AS I FEEL AS IF I AM WATCHING THE GAME ——-SO FAR THERE IS ” LOVE IN THE AIR ” WHICH RECENTLY HAS BEEN RARE
awful defense Sexton, caught ball watching.
Cedi rebounds, initiates offense, leads to Love 3!!!
CEDI NASTY STEPBACK 3!
the shot looking good Sexton!
great defense Love. decent energy from Cavs.
WHAT A PASS GARLAND! TO NANCE!
Sexton bad turnover, picked up his dribble, jumped to pass to nowhere.
nice take Sexton, beat his man on the drive.
beautiful offense, Love 3!
DG with the assist… great pass, on time, on target.
nice take to the cup Cedi
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/1224483044557512710?s=20
Also, just listening to Lowe’s pod with Windhorst right now, and Windy surprisingly noted that one of the teams interested in TT is the Wiz…
give us Bertans and call it a day lol
the ESPN RPM data really put things into perspective about this roster and it doesn’t run contrary to my eye test. TT ranked 57th out of 65 total centers in the NBA and remains an offensive black hole. Love ranked 58th out of 94 total PFs in the NBA and Marquess Chriss is ranked higher. Cedi ranked 59th out of 86 total SFs in the NBA and is trending in wrong direction the last month. Sexton ranked 69th out of 87 PGs in the NBA, at least his offense has improved? Too bad he’s literally one of the worst defensive… Read more »
On a bad team, everyone’s RPM is gonna stink, at least if you play big minutes.
bad teams are comprised of bad players LMFAOOO
https://twitter.com/realcavsfans/status/1224472470599688195?s=20
I’m watching. Missed the Cavs this weekend. (though I am glad I missed the game).
SO WHO IS GOING TO BE THE ” VICTIM–SACRIFICIAL LAMB ” THAT ACTUALLY WATCHES THE GAME AS MOST OF US HAVE DECIDED TO ‘ABANDON ” WATCHING THIS TEAM AND JUST POST ON THE BLOG …………….” MORE BEER PLEASE ” ——–MAYBE WE DO A “LOTTERY SYSTEM ” FOR EACH GAME AS FAR AS WHO HAS TO TUNE IN TO WATCH : – )
IS THIS T.T.’S LAST HOME GAME —I AM THINKING IT WILL BE –HOPING THE FANS RESPOND ACCORDINGLY——YES TO PURSUING CAPELLA FOR A FAIR PRICE —NOT SURE I WOULD GIVE UP A HIGH / LOTTERY PICK —-NEXT 2 DAYS —AS USUAL SHOULD BE INTERESTING ——-KLOVE MIGHT AS WELL GET USED TO WEARING A CAVS UNIFORM AND BE PART OF THE REBUILD PROCESS AS IT APPEARS THERE ARE NO TEAMS REALLY INTERESTED IN HIM / CONTRACT —-WOW HOW THESE CHANGE SO QUICKLY IN THE NBA
Doubt it. He makes too much.
Windhorst was saying from what he was hearing that the offers for TT were 2nd rounders and trash. That may change, but I kind of doubt the Cavs do that. They’d probably re-sign him over that, but it really depends on what sort of contract he’s looking for.