Live Thread: Cavs @ Pelicans
2020-02-28ZIOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN IN DA HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!! This should be fun. Cavs have won 3-4 and unlocked actual size and flexibility in the lineups. Meanwhile the Pelicans are just three games out of a playoff spot with the Grizzlies and Trailblazers flailing ahead of them.
Leading the way for the flock of Pelicans, Zion Williamson and his 23/7/2 nightly line with a 61 TS%. Yowza. Brandon Ingram’s 25 a game and Holiday’s 19 don’t hurt either. They are definitely a big three that could be giving opponents nightmares for years. This feels like a big scoring game for both teams, and I’m predicting that Jru’s experience is the key to a 122-120 Pelicans victory.
Out for the Cavs: Drummond (calf strain), McKinnie (heel), and Dante Exum (ankle). Out for the Pels, Kenrich Williams (back). Go Cavs!
Don’t call it a comeback!
Because they left a long time ago!
Garbage play by Sexton there…
HAHA nice touch rookie!
Would like to see our guards turn the tables this half and run it down their throats. Garland always wants to probe, probe, etc, etc…
yeah, Garland needs to attack or move the ball… keeps getting caught probing.
outrebounded by 15 LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO
I’m seeing 8.
oh their graphic might be wrong, i see 8 too on ESPN
Jrue Holiday looks like such a stud but his teams are always garbage.
Very good defensive guard. Pretty solid offensive playmaker and good slasher with an acceptable j. If you replaced Bledsoe with Holiday (similar type of guard) the bucks might set the Win record for the regular season and sweep the playoffs.
Yeah, it will be interesting to see if he, Ingram and Zion get another season together, esp if Zion loses 30 pounds. Ingram seems to have decided to stop being a clown.
Ingram was clearly the steal of that trade despite all the picks. Really impressed with him this season. I hope Holiday stays. They don’t need more picks.
Something I wonder, not that there is an example tonight, but is Zion’s shooting elbow angle perhaps due to the size of his biceps and triceps? As in, I wonder if at his current release point, if he literally can’t have it closer to 90 degrees with the ball starting relatively in line with his left eye.
The half time band is almost as bad as the Cavs defense.
Just outhustled really. No one interested in stopping Ball.
Yawp
Being down by just 15 seems like a miracle.
it is… they’re technically still in it LMFAO
More them than us. Had a pretty good shot to get it to 10 but couldn’t quite finish strong.
DG bad shot… hunt the 3 at the very least, glad he still challenged that shot at the end of the clock.
Zion still relies a ton on athleticism in the post. Great drop step but not too many other refined moves.
Yeah, he can get a LOT better…scary…
Cedi got bullied by Ingram.
NICE DEFENSE TT!!! Zion getting frustrated, forcing it!
He definitely has had issues at times with real length in the half court this year when iso posting.
awful defense Sexton… needs to start taking his matchup seriously.
Love got bailed out there with the foul…Zion was playing solid D…
Pels might have gassed themselves a bit.
Sexton seemingly playing with his head up since the original rising stars snub.
Cavs found some defensive pride in the 2nd quarter.
Amazing what a little pride does.
13 point lead. Pels should be up by 30. Good run. Get it to 10 by the half and suddenly it becomes interesting to start the 3rd.
NICE BREAK SEXTON! DG FINISH!
Somehow Cavs are within 13…
Love with another hook shot… keep going to it.
smart shot Collin… not a smart shot Garland… CEDI WITH THE DEFENSE!
WOW, wide open love, in and out
nice pass Love, nice finish Cedi, should’ve gotten an and1, NICE DEFENSE DG!
Cavs resting LBJ tonight?
:(
Resting since 2019
Honestly this would be the type of game we’d give no f*$#s about in the latter part of the lbj 2.0 era and probably would get blown away in.
Totally correct. Regular season was like extended preseason in that era.
Btw, NO is clearly not a bball town. Look at that crowd. With the hype surrounding Zion they should be selling out that arena.
Cavs looking like they left it on Bourbon street, they have nothing.
Ha beat me to it
TT got bodied up by Zion, couldn’t finish. Then nobody even tried for the rebound on the defensive end
Yep. Just totally checked out. Hit up Bourbon street way too hard last night.
Team has zero heart. Cavs didn’t even try to get back.
This is a righteous clowning…
ANTE ” MONEY IN THE PAINT ” 9/10 LAST 3 GAMES
Get it to 10 before half.
Nice finish DG. NICE FINISH TT!
nice finish Love, nicer ball movement Pels
Love me some Zizic and Delly. #championship
We’re the Washington generals in this game.
yup, against a sub.500, average team.
This is mental preparedness. People know what pels do.
LMFAO that’s true
Porter awful turnover then pouted about it.
Layup line. Yeesh.
Delly bad turnover, LNJ late pass on the break, 4 point swing.
Nice finish KPJ
“NO BLOOD NO FOUL ” WAS THE CREDE I LIVED / PLAYED BY
I hate this reckless flagrant bs. Ridiculous. What would these guys have done in the early 2000s or mid to late 90s? Or tackling in the lane in the learly 90s/late 80s.
And it’s 3 FTs. Need to eradicate the 3 FT BS on that crap…NBA really needs to address it, it’s killing the game. Other than for the FT fanatics out there, I suppose…
Yep
HEY WELCOME TO THE “LIVE ” EDITION INDENON ——-DON’T FORGET ABOUT THAT 6 PACK ” CTB INITIATION ” FEE : – )
So…the Cavs won 4 of 5 and thought they had arrived?
Pels not even that good of an offense, they just play fast LMFAOOO
Ha! Single story for this game. Transition d. I think we’re very fortunate Simmons was not playing for Philly. So many practice layups for the pels. Zion didn’t do anything impressive. Just leaked out. Same for most of the rest of the pels.
Yeah, Cavs are maybe the worst transition D team in NBA history…and the Pels love to run…game over, man…
NEWS FLASH/ ZION IS PRETTY GOOD
Yeah. But he really hasn’t done much this game. Just beneficiary of horrific transition d and good outlets.
CLF DID YOU SAY 110 OR 210 PTS : – )
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO IKR???
Cavs are helpless in the face of good offensive players…
CAVS ‘HOLDING ” THE PELS BELOW 80% SHOOTING ————BEILEIN READY FOR THE “HALFTIME FILM SESSION
LMFAOOOOOO 43 points!
Nice finish Sexton, nicer finish Holiday
LMFAO a missed shot turns into a layup every time this first quarter
NICE HELP DEFENSE TT!!!
Lazy closeout by TT on Ball is just the most recent of 50 defensive lapses so far.
This defense is embarrassing LMFAOOO
Love has to finish that hook shot over Holiday… that’s embarrassing.
His % of makes on those has always seemed low…
Doesn’t have a great hook. Never has. Hands too small I think. Always been better at drawing fouls and little turnarounds.
WHAT A PASS KPJ!!! NANCE WHAT A FINISH!
WHAT A PLAY LOVE!! TOOK THAT CHARGE!
Bad shot Sexton, didn’t get back on defense. Pelicans abusing Cavs transition defense, they’re all lazy.
two bad plays in a row by the kids, left Cedi in a lurch
Love should’ve shot that layup… wide open too much passing but TT with a beast move should’ve gotten the and 1!
BS CALL… ridiculous…
Love good look, gotta make that… led to that contested 3 early in the shot clock next possession, not a good shot.
Love sweet J
Really striking to see the difference between Beilein and Bickerstaff press conferences. Beilein is a basketball genius, knows everything about the game in terms of fundamentals and strategy. Bickerstaff’s emphasis is entirely different, he focuses on team chemistry, intangibles of basketball… things like effort, energy, unselfishness.
DOES HOLIDAY “EAT ” UP LOVE AGAIN
LOL good call back NOMAD!
Major test for Cavs’ defense… hold this team under 110 would be a win IMO
HOW MANY TIMES WILL ZION “THROW THE HAMMER DOWN “–I -SAY 4 WHICH WILL EVEN GET A.C. EXCITED
How many times will Zion block Sexton on drives? My over under is 3.