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Live Thread: Cavs vs Raptors
2021-04-10As the Cavs are rounding into form and playing their best basketball of the season, its interesting to see their opponents embracing the tank. While the Cavs are missing Windler, Nance, and Allen, the Raps injury list is… extensive.
The Cavs might be missing Jarrett Allen but the Raptors injury Report is a whole other beast. They'll be without:
Pascal Siakam
Fred Vanvleet
Paul Watson
Jalen Harris
And Kyle Lowry and Rodney Hood are questionable.
I'm really hoping we can get this one tonight.— 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙥 (@CavalierRecap) April 10, 2021
It’s interesting to see the Cavs zigging when other teams are zagging, but, I am happy to see the Cavs win. Lets hope it continues tonight.
Great backdoor cut by Cedi
WEAKSIDE ‘D’ HAS TO “SHOW AND RELEASE ” ON THE PENETRATING DRIVES —JUST ENOUGH TO SLOW HIM DOWN LET DEFENDER CATCH UP /// GET BETTER POSITION
Love’s lack of foot speed exposed twice in a row.
HART TO CEDI GREAT PASS AND CUT!
Woof. ThY open cornwr three.
Can’t watch the game, but wtf?
Toronto can’t miss
Cedi and Hart only guys ready to play tonight.
dang it DG had Love on the pop, took a bad shot instead.
CEDI SHOULD BE RESTED —-TIME TO GAIN SOME MIN’S BACK FOR HIMSELF
Bringing the energy
dammit Love a tick late on the weakside help.
Cedi!
CEDI WITH THE DRIVE AND FINISH!!! WHAT A PLAY!
GREAT DEFENSE AND HUSTLE HART AND CEDI!!!!!!!!!!
GOOD DEFENSE OKORO DG! Nice finish DG!
Imoressive quarter by thr raps. Hope cavs can come back.
ALWAYS THOUGHT R HOOOD WOULD HAVE HAD A BETTER NBA CAREER THAN WHAT HE HAS HAD
Just play the 3rd stringers JB, starters don’t want to play tonight.
Guarantee Cedi/Thomas/Dotson at least compete defensively.
That was one of if not the most pathetic first quarters all year considering the other team’s active personnel. Pfft. 47 points. That has to be close to a team record.
As I said at the beginning, Toronto wasn’t tanking OG/Boucher clearly enough to beat the Cavs LMFAOOOO
How many layups or dunks did we give up 6, 7, 8?
IDK but that feels right
47 point quarter?!?! Holy shit
IT IS “KABENGELE ” TIME
THE DOG AND THE MRS NOMAD ARE ALREADY GETTING WORRIED
pathetic turnover Sexton what the hell.
WTF was that defense????? why is Hood wide open for 3?????
Delly took a pass on closing out, really not like him (although there was a body down low that hadn’t been picked up)
Yeesh Toronto certainly has more non-rookie or non-developmental nba players on it than the active okc roster did, but damn they’re still missing Siakam and Lowry.
nice play Love, now make your FTs.
That whistle was thin. Johnson had nothing going.
agreed.
two fouls for Okoro and Stevens (who is in because Okoro is in foul trouble) yikes!!
that wasn’t a foul crap call.
good defense Delly and Sexton.
then gave it right back LMFAO
Taurean
Cavs getting outrebounded 11-3, they might have negative energy instead of no energy LMFAOOOO
“PATHETIC DEFENSE ” OR “NO DEFENSE “
yes LMFAOOOO
Nice fight back with Delly turning up the d.
PRINCE “PURPLE RAINING ” THE 3 ‘S —-HAS REALLY BEEN PLAYING GOOD SINCE COMING BACK
GREAT PASSeS SeXTON AND HART!! PRINCE FOR THREE!!!
Nice take Delly.
he slammed into his fellow Aussie Baynes on the screen, is obviously feeling pretty good physically as he is is old cannonball self, great to see
Sexton finally gets a whistle. I think on those two bad drives earlier / swats are him thinking he’s going to get the call even if he gets annihilated
poor pass Delly, Prince was open, but didn’t throw it to the right spot.
nice pass Sexton, Hart just couldn’t finish.
Raps on pace for 50 point quarter.
stil haven’t missed a shot from the field…. pathetic defense.
Hartenstein clean block and a Hood brick finally slowed things down a little bit, but sheesh this is bad
good look Prince, just missed.
NICE DEFENSE DG!
DG ice cold to start, two good looks, couldn’t get either to fall.
GREAT PASS PRINCE! nice finish Hart!
Wade wide open, just missed.
nice help defense DG, no one else wanted to help.
LMFAOOOOo Sexton stuffed again
OH NICE CUT DG YOU HAVE TO FINISH THAT! Nice pass TP
Bembry is a St. Joseph’s alum, like one (ahem) Delonte West
for real? he’s damn good competitor.
Cabs didnt take this team seriously. Now thwy have confidence
Raptors looked really bad in their last game (not a blowout but), clearly the hungier team tonight. Hartenstein is in and gets whistled in his first 20 seconds….
DG LOVE TWO MAN!!!! EASY MONEY!
That foul was thin.
Raps have not missed a shot LMFAO
Nice fake.
Cavs defense sucks WTF.
DG BALL FAKE!!!!! WHAT A PLAY!
HOCUS–POCUS MOVE BY D.G. WOW
highlight reel material!!!
WADE HUSTLE!
Some nice passing, but DG missed Wade on the pop for 3.
Great possession out of the timeout for a nice change of pace
whoops was referring to the first offensive possession I think — the Love freethrows
Yikes, Toronto playing with force. Agree with CLF about the stuff at the rim, bad decision
yup, Toronto competing and the Cavs thought they were just gonna waltz to a W.
Wade uncharacteristically weak defense, and Sexton getting stuffed at the rim is very on-brand…. rage TO JB.
Okoro foul number 2, no!
day late and dollar short defense from Sexton.
nice cut and drive Sexton!
no weakside help defense again on the GTJ drive.
Sexton missed a wide open Love on the pick and pop.
great two man Wade and Sexton.
Where’s the help defense Sexton????
follows it up with a silly shot.
easy money Love!!! Sexton was open on the cut, I like Love acknowledging that with Sexton after the fact.
CAN’T WAIT FOR A.C. TO “BUTCHER ‘ KABENGELE’S NAME —-WILL “CLF ” IT
Poor AC LMFAOOOO
Thanks for the LT Nate! A K-Love double double would be nice to see. In the inevitable trip down memory lane, I was trying to remember what the Cavs got in return for the Rodney Hood trade to the Blazers back in 2019, seems it was two guys who were more or less immediately cut (?) as well as two second-round pics in 2021 & 2023 which Koby Altman took about four months to deal in order to get Kevin Porter, Jr. https://www.prosportstransactions.com/basketball/DraftTrades/Future/Cavaliers.htm There was about one Cavs game in November 2018 where Hood and Sexton both went for 20+… Read more »
IT HAS TO BE ROUGH ON THEM LIVING // PLAYING IN FLORIDA ALSO —-THINK THAT IS STARETING TO TAKE ITS TOLL
PREDICTION—WE WIN TONIGHT TO MOVE AHEAD OF RAPTORS —LOSE TOMORROW TO FALL BEHIND AGAIN
sounds about right NOMAD!
Not being aired on a network locally here tonight, but I think the Cavs win this. Raptors have been pretty bad lately with all the absences.
damn you are getting absolutely screwed.
HOPE SOME RAPTOR ‘PISSES ” SEXTON OFF AGAIN —AND HE GOES ‘BONKERS ” !!!
not sure if they’re necessarily embracing the tank, they probably just feel Anunoby and Boucher are enough to beat the Cavs LMFAOOO