Live Thread: Rockets Vs Cavs
2021-02-24UPDATE: Victor Oladipo is starting tonight in his 12th game for the Rockets. P.J. Tucker is also starting.
The Cavs grabbed a last second win against the Hawks less than 24 hours ago. Lamar Stevens, a rookie who probably wouldn’t see the floor for most other teams in the league, caught a pass from Collin Sexton while barreling towards the rim with 4.1 seconds left to play. He finished it with a strong dunk to put the Cavs up 112-11. Stevens had eight points, four rebounds, two assists, and two steals.
Collin Sexton finished the night with 29 points and five assists, while Dylan Windler balled out going 5-5 from 3-land for 15 points along with five assists. The Cavs shot the 3-ball wonderfully in the win going 15-28.
Trae Young went 9-27 for 28 points for the Hawks, and he wonders why he didn’t make the All-Star team. He also had 12 assists. Kevin Huerter went 4-8 from deep for 22 points and grabbed four steals.
The Cavs will look to push the Rockets to their ninth straight loss this evening.
Cleveland is without Kevin Love, Andre Drummond, Matthew Dellavedova, and Larry Nance Jr. as of now. The Rockets are without Christian Wood and Victor Oladipo, Eric Gordon, and P.J. Tucker are questionable.
Collin misses Windler for the 3, takes a step back contested 3. God, his point guard skills…. are just non existent
So frustraing.
ALLEN HUSTLE!!!
Cavs are struggling on offense without DG.
Darius “43” Garland…
Mcgee on a poster.
Lot of blocks from Hou wings. Nwaba. Brown. 2 on McGee.
??????? MCGEE GOT HAMMERED CALL THE FOUL!!!!!!
I miss Nwaba. 2 blocks and a triple.
so no Stevens minutes tonight?
It is the JB, contributing to wins, system for playing time.
Sexton pretty awful tonight. Why did he stare a that loose ball.
Nwaba best player on the court for Houston.
Fortunately that means they’ll limit his Minutes.
Prince wide open in the corner Sexton doesn’t see it.
MCGEE GREAT TOUCH PASS WINDLER FOR THREE!!!!
WOW WONDERFUL WINDL3R
WINDL3R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Realized I was posting pics noone could see.
“Pics no one could see” was my favorite Everything but the Girl song…
Windl3r!!
don’t like that read from Prince get it to Sexton on the break.
ESPN HAD A SEGMENT —( DID IT JUST FOR NATE )—ON TRAE’S SO CALLED PATTEN MOVE DRAWING FOULS —“PAPER MACHE ” TRAE
MCGEE WITH THE FUNDAMENTALS!!!
WINDL3R FEELING CONFIDENT RIGHT NOW—–FINALLY —-GREAT TO SEE —ENJOY WATCHING HIM PLAY
we are defending tonight!!!!!!! Allen and McGee dominating the game defensively.
“DEFENSE–DEFENSE –DEFENSE “—-MAN GOING FROM GIVING UP 32 /GAME 1ST QTR TO 17 ———“MORE BEER PLEASE “
that’s right NOMAD!!!!!!
Celtics down 40-27 after one, with Trae with 17….lol…
LOVE IT!!!! Celtics trying to get Cade
ler
CEDI WITH THE RAZZLE DAZZLE!!!!! WTF?!!!
Cedi with the super slick sick move???
passing was late Sexton was open.
WINDLER FOR THREE!!!!!!! GREAT PASSING!
Good Lord Windler fired that up in a hurry. LOVE TO SEE IT!!!!
Windler, quick release!
GREAT DEFENSE RIGHT NOW FROM THE BACKUPS!!!!!
Prince good shot, just missed.
WINDLER ON THE BREAK PRINCE WITH THE PRETTY FINISH!!!!!
Wade’s rebounding extremely helpful to open the game.
good start so far. man the Rockets Gs sure brick a lot of shots
Pretty ball Movement on that Cedi 3
GREAT PASSING!!!!!! Cedi be ready to shoot c’mon man!
GRAET BALL MOVEMENT!!!! CEDI FOR THREE!!!! WIDE OPEN!
DG WITH THE FLOATER!!!
Wade a couple of rebounds, but scared to shoot the 3. Can’t be on the floor unless he shoots the 3.
WADE FOR THREE!!!!!!! LMFAOOOOOOO
ALLEN DOES IT ALL !!
ALLEN FOR THREEE???1/1/111
Allen with the 3, again!
WHERE’S SEXTON and OKORO for the rebound????????????
ICE ON FIRE—– D.G. RIGHT IDEA –GO CAVS !!
GREAT PASS DG!!!
Okoro finally got the rebound, nice look DG, bad execution.
Idk. I don’t know if Sexton was ready or it. That loomed like maybe just too good of a pass.
Sexton definitely should’ve caught it, but the pass was inaccurate so if he had caught it, it would’ve messed up his rhythm to the basket.
Great entry pass, Garland.
ALLEN REJECTION!!!!!!
Allen might get ten blocks tonight…
Allen is the the best player on this team.
no kidding!!! glad people are saying this!!! LMFAOOOOO
Sexton not ready to shoot the 3, gotta be ready to shoot that corner 3.
ALLEN HUSTLE!!!! nice hustle Sexton, rare rebound!
Sexton not ready to shoot the elbow 3 either LMFAOOOOO dafuq man
Shoot it, Ice.
nice team defense!!!
nice pass Sexton, nice cut JA
that first possession was ugly LMFAOOOO JA post up???
wonder how they’re gonna manage DG’s minutes…. played 43 last night.
Probably ‘manage’ him to another 43…
LMFAOOOOO i mean, they kind of need to, but no way he’ll be effective the whole time
Prince gonna play backup PG is my guess
I had a suspicion about that… can’t disagree with that move.
I really dislike the Dylan Thomas intro. It’s dumb and dated.
LMFAOOOOO i just googled what the hell that was LFMAOOOOOOO
https://twitter.com/ChrisFedor/status/1364734587121852418?s=20
Shouldn’t have bitched about the officiating, now they’re gonna troll him!
WAS WONDERING THE SAME JASON —DON’T THEY HAVE UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO WAIVE ???
Well, they can waive anybody, anytime. No deadline for that. But if we waive Wade now, we still have to pay him. As would a team who trades for him. He counts on the end of season cap now.
We kept Wade past the deadline. Hus deal is guaranteed for the rest of this year.
So, our bench is likely: Cedi, Windler, Prince, Stevens, and McGee. With large doses of Garland/Sexton plating with 4 of them.
“LET’S DO TWO “——-THIS IS FOR YOU NATE —–( NOT GOING TO HAVE A REPLAY OF LAST NIGHT )——IN CASE WE HAVE A DUPLICATION OF A GREAT GAME // FUN ON CTB ———-GOING TO GO TEND TO “KISSING THE DOG AND PETTING THE WIFE ‘ RIGHT NOW ” :-) GO CAVS ……BE BACK SOON GUYS // KEEP THE BEER COLD AND THE CAVS HOT !!!
Talking tanking: amongst the teams that stink, here is where they stand on remaining SOS:
Minny: 4th toughest
Detroit: 28th toughest
Cavs: 21st toughest
Rockets: 5th toughest
Wiz: 20th toughest
OKC: 13th toughest
Sac: 22nd toughest
Nets & Jazz with the 2 easiest remaining slates.
Getting healthier combined with a relatively soft schedule means we move up the standings a bit. I think.
https://twitter.com/SpinDavies/status/1364728886945325059?s=20
This is a tank battle. I’d bet hundy on Cleveland tonight.
Dipo starting hurts us. Is Gordon gonna play?
I would not take that bet, but I don’t hate it LMFAO
With Dipo and Tucker starting, Rockets have a good chance of winning.
Sounds like Wade’s starting again tonight…. good move by JB, albeit a bit late… IMO he should’ve been starting Wade a few weeks earlier when Nance went out for the sake of role integrity.
Would’ve been OK with starting Stevens too, but Windler/Stevens has been a great pairing that I wouldn’t want to break up.
We should attack the hole relentlessly tonight. Is Tucker gonna start at C?
Also, we should give Ice some credit for Young’s 9 for 27 game.
One of his best defensive games…. 3 blocks as well.
Prince also a go tonight.
If Dipo, Tucker, and Gordon are no-go’s, we can take this. Heck, maybe if it is just Gordon or Dipo.
Cavs waived Bolden and signed 6’5″ guard Brodric Thomas (6’11” wingspan). 4 year guy in college. High IQ. Played a touch for the Rockets. Got waived. Signed from G-League.
https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2021/02/cleveland-cavaliers-sign-brodric-thomas-to-two-way-deal-will-waive-marques-bolden.html
Wow, Rockets have lost 8 straight? Not sure how I hadn’t noticed that. If no Gordon or Tucker, I like the Cavs chances. I have a feeling at least one of them will play, though. I look for Allen to have a big game.