Live Thread: Cavs @ Heat
2021-04-03The Cavs are back in Miami, where they haven’t won since Shaq was a Cav. In the Cavs’ previous game against the Embiid-less Sixers, Cleveland looked competent for a half and then collapsed when Kevin Love hit his minutes limit as they raced towards a 20-point loss with a lot of mind bending rotations including Collin Sexton playing in garbage time. I’m pretty skeptical that the Cavs are trying to field their most competitive teams. With Larry Nance Jr. out for an “Illness” for the second straight game, Jarrett Allen missing his second straight with a concussion, and Dylan Windler out due to a knee, the Cavs are down to 10 active players, including minutes restricted Kevin Love and Matthew Dellavedova.
The Cavs also elected not to sign Quinn Cook after his second ten day contract ended. With Delly back in the fold, and Quinn not exactly looking like a world beater, it’s certainly not surprising. With 13 roster spots, I’d love to see a flier on Emmanuel Mudiay, and to get Lamar Stevens’ two-way converted to a full NBA contract.
For Miami, Andre Igoudala, Gabe Vincent, and KZ Okpala are out.
GREAT STEAL OKORO
WOW Cedi just airballed that.
damn nice drive Cedi, just can’t finish at the rim.
AROUND THE WORLD TO LOVE FOR THREE!!!!!!
that was one of the best possessions of the year so far as I am concerned!
LOVE HUGE THREE!!!!!!
Great comeback. Impressed.
PRINCE WAS MUGGED AT THE RIM!!!! WTF REFS????
HIS ARM WAS SMACKED!!!!!!
nice look ahead pass DG, Sexton no wiggle or euro step.
DG with some lazy defense there, keep your head in the game.
got em a bucket.
great hustle Love extra possession.
https://twitter.com/cavs/status/1378508863545167873?s=20
Also, Gonzaga game about to tip…two minutes or so…fyi…
Oladipo seems kind of useless, tbh. Getting repeatedly smoked on D.
not good, legs might be shot already.
Sexton out after that foul
Sexton is fast, unfortunately didn’t pass out to Love on that charge…
strong take Sexton!
Still missed swing pass.
yeah, was gonna say he had Cedi wide open on the cut but, I get why there was less than 100% confidence in that play. But agree, rather see correct process over result.
Missed the cut. Had Garland open before defense had recovered too.
damn that’s two options LMFAOOO bet DG was a 3 too.
Really hate those “if it doesn’t go in, I’ll call the foul” calls…
GREAT PASS CEDI! NICE FINISH LOVE!
First points…..
NICE CUT SEXTON NICE PASS LOVE!
finally dicing the zone.
Love’s passing and Sexton moving without the ball is a good thing!!!
plus one on that, fully agree
NICE FASTBREAK DG AND CEDI!
honestly nice by cavs to cut it to 9. Holy crap 36 point quarter for Heat though.
Delly with an awful mistake, give DG the ball to run the play.
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sure or Prince LMFAOOOOO
my lt is bouncing. I keep putting the wrong pic on the wrong comment.
LMFAOOOOOOO all good, honestly it was a legit point!!!
TP fallaway threeeeee
PRINCE FOR THREE!!!!! wild play design
Man, Prince keeping them in it…
dude is playing with real force tonight – wish Delly would have sent it his way on that final posession but perhaps his spider sense indicated that Hartenstein had a bank shot due
They saying it hit the rim on the oop? Nice D.
DELLY TREY!!!!!!!!
man his shot looks worse than ever LMFAOOOOOOOOO
Miami callers hate his shot too
LMFAOOOOO I guess word is spreading around the NBA!!
was watching the Sixers TV crew last game and they said ‘it is painful to watch’ the Delly trey but what the hell
LMFAOOOO they’re not lying!!!
Delly hones his three into a Curry like weapon, obviously…
LMFAOOOOOOOOO
what the hell??? why is it heat ball?????????
Wtf just happened? 24 sec violation and then they take the ball out???
how is that a foul on Hartenstein?????? He was in position????
pretty cheap…
Horrible foul call on hartenstein there
no kidding!!!! total garbage!!!!
Prince sighting!!!
beast mode
Butler walked then passed to himself. SMH.
Delly shut his water off on original post-up.
Hartenstein could be a player down the line, although I have some doubts about him being ‘the next Jokic’, as a Nuggets fan claimed when the Cavs got him…
LMFAOOO a lot of silly Denver fans out there.
good God, what a pass Butler.
PRINCE LOOKING FRESH NOW! AGGRESSIVE TAKE AND HUSTLE!
Cavs getting run now. AC talking about the Heat have a hard time getting in rhythm with Cavs down 14 in the first.
he is a master of irony!
WHAT A MOVE PRINCE!!! great ball fake, drive and finish!!! and1!!!
Got him in the air for a bird too, if he wanted 3 FTs…
would love to see our guys do that more! that play is there a lot!
Nice move and finish by Prince…
woof. Wade went to the right side for no reason, why he got blocked.
nice drive and finish Hartenstein!
nice read Sexton, Wade cold offensively.
not a great pass Hartenstein, but Okoro should’ve caught that still.
Bill Buckner esque there
LMFAOOO yes indeed!
wow great pass Delly, Wade with two good looks, couldn’t finish either.
Hartenstein moves pretty decently on offense.
Okoro playing confident
Robinson red hot already.
Finally switched to Cavs game…
OKORO CUT AND FINISH!!! STRONG MOVE!
got fouled too
Nice finish Garland. Follows it up with a bad pullup.
Wade wide open, just short armed that one.
Sexton is popping outa his skin.
Trevor Ariza coming from being buried on the Thunder to the starting lineup on the Cavs is… weird.
awful shot DG, gotta be more selective than that.
Also don’t drop your head & jog back, leaving oppoonent unmarked for the easy bucket.
100% correct
DG NICE STEAL AND FINISH!!!!
great pass LOVE!!! great cut and finish Sexton!!!
nice pass Love, nice cut Okoro
??? awful pass Sexton, get the ball to Love on the mismatch in the post???
and gets backdoored for no reason on defense LMFAOOOOO
Woof terrible offense against zone, but nice recovery by love on D. Cavs struggling against Miami Zone: a tale as old as time.
they seem to be having a hard time passing anywhere other than around the perimeter
LOVE DEFENSE!!!!
bad defense Sexton LMFAOOO
Sexton gets up for Oladipo it seems like.
Guess I was wrong on injury report. Looks like Iggy isn’t in the injury report.
DG!!!!
TWO MAN LOVE AND DG!!!
boom goes the dynamite
they seem to have real chemistry this year…. good to see DG with that for our two best offensive players.
what is the story with Nance? hope he is back in vs. San Antonio
Ill, but not covid. Or so it’s reported.
thanks
I don’t know, was wondering too.
Feel like Cavs are always playing Oladipo :)
LMFAOOO you’re right!
every time I see Duncan Robinson I think of John Beilein, like Dr. Frankenstein and his lost monster
gotta love Austin Carr’s no-nonsense analysis on why it is important to guard Robinson: “he is known as a three-point shooter”
No Kelly Olynyk tonight, hidden bonus there. will be interested to see new look in Miami lineup
nice, a lot fewer dirty plays tonight!!! LMFAOOo
I would love to pay for League Pass if it didn’t suck. NBA needs to figure this crap out. They could have my money, and they don’t.
Oops, meant this reply to below…
yeah, the blackout restrictions are awful.
Just the worst time of the year where I live. One Fox channel carries Bluejacket games, the other Reds games, and Cavs get aired when they get aired. Interminable Reds postgame right now. I’m sure Gonzaga will tip before this postgame is over.
man that sucks, and League Pass doesn’t help you at all SMFH
Just complaining about that too, ugh!
JB give Stevens minutes he earned challenge tonight
Love and Wade together will be fun, but I expect this to be a lashing. With no Allen and Nance, hard to expect any wins against NBA teams.
Go Cavs! Really enjoyed the first half of the bout vs. the Sixers, hope Kevin Love remains en fuego and can get more good minutes in, Delly also, it’s a different (and better) team with those two making things happen.