Live Thread: Cavs @ Raptors
2021-11-05Good evening CtB!
Tonight the Cavs are across the border in Toronto, Ontario for an important early conference matchup against the Raptors. Some thought that the Raptors would really miss Kyle Lowry, but they’ve come out of the gates strong with a 6-3 record. OG Anunoby, Fred Van Vleet, and rookie of the year candidate Scottie Barnes have led their team’s great start. The Cavs will have their hands full on the road.
For the Cavs, Isaac Okoro has already been reported out for the game due to his nagging hamstring injury. There has been no news about Kevin Love or Lauri Markkanen, so it’s safe to assume they’ll be unavailable as well. Dylan Windler and Dean Wade were excellent filling in last game against the Portland Trail Blazers so it would be reasonable to expect some minutes for the duo tonight.
The question for the Cavs tonight is, “Do they want more?” 5-4 is a good record to start, far better than the expectations heading to the season. But do they want to be more than a .500 team? Do they want to go to another level? Or are they really just satisfied with being a competitive team? Beating a team such as Toronto on the road would be a real feather in the cap in this early part of the season.
The Cavs are six point underdogs at the time of this writing, and the public heavily siding with a Toronto cover. Tipoff is at 7:30pm ET and will be broadcasted on Bally’s Sports Ohio/Great Lakes… GO CAVS!
We cannot board.
Miss Love a lot
Lot of TOs and missing a bunch of 3s, but the D has honestly been good enough to keep them in it
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/1456780033255780363?s=20
ALLEN WHAT A PLAY ON DEFENSE!!!!
CEDI NICE TAKE!
RUBIO FOR THREE!!! good pass Sexton!
Sexton.
Sexton should be benched if he dribbles more than 3 seconds…
WOW, LMFAOOOOOO IDEK what that was
That was unfortunate decision by wade. Wrong angle for that pass.
WADE WITH THE KISS!!! Get Sexton off the court, just pounding the ball doing nothing
WADE WITH THE DEFENSE!!!!!!!
That zone has been absolutely worthless every time jb has used it. Forget about it. Leads to an open shot every time.
Evan and Jarrett only reason the Cavs in this one.
DG defense !!! lets go!!!
SEXTON TO THE CUP!
MOBLEY!!! DG glad you got him the ball!
holy shit the hell is this shooting?
Back to normal.
Mobley stops the bleeding…
Looks like the three point shooting is cold this qtr. raptors d scrambling tho. Impressive on their part.
WHAT IS SEXTON DOING????????
didn’t call the switch at all, Garland caught unaware… garbage defense by both.
ah it’s just Fred Van Fleet, no harm if he heats up
LMFAOOOOO
Defensive Rotations are a bit sloppy
Raptors D awful handsy
FFS another 5 second. Basically unacceptable at this level. JB sucks at oob plays. Good god.
HOLY SHIT SEXTON PASS THE BALL TO A BIG
Rubio late on closeout
too much passing, Mobley or Wade gotta look for a shot to take.
Tremendous crosscourt pass by cedi. Windler just missed the most wide open corner trey he may ever have
DG WHAT A FINISH!
this Banton kid has been a problem for the Cavs
great skip pass Cedi, Windler just missed.
Barnes has a barrel chest
Rubio is pretty decent at the no jump nash layup.
Crazy ending to the 1st. Rubio could have taken that but recognized Cedi would have just enough time. The way cedi has been shooting a decent risk that paid off.
Cedi needs to shoot 60% on threes the rest of the season.
C3DI!!!!
MAYBE THAT IS A GOOD SIGN—THINK WE ARE GOING TO NEED “SCORING ‘ RUBIO TONIGHT —-THINK SEXTON IS HEADED FOR ONE OF THOSE “FORGETTABLE ” GAMES
CEDI BUZZER BEATER!!!!!!
Just in time! Didn’t think he would get it off when Rubio passed to him.
DG/Rubio/Cedi/Windler/Mobley lineup looks good again!
Rubio hits his first field goal in two games.
RUBIO FLIP !!!
Rubio hesi!!!
Holey Mobley on the rim protection.
Ricky rooks the rookie for a trip to the line.
damn Rubio just missed the easy layup
Sexton no match for Anunoby in the post
Hand down, man down.
mama there goes that man!!!
WINDLER TO CEDI FOR THREE!
Nice to see Cedi back on track after a rare miss…
LMFAOOOO thats right!!!
Sexton extra Sextony tonight.
great minds… LMFAO
Sexton very chucky and not making a damn thing
WOW, Anunoby just owned Allen there
Yeah
Nice fake.
Jimmy Dean Wade.
great pass Rubio Cedi just missed.
AC mentioned it, but that was about as hard as I’ve ever seen Sexton try to avoid picks…
WADE DRIVE AND FINISH!!!!
great pass DG!!! Allen drew the foul.
SEXTON HUSTLE!
Wade with some great defense!!!
Tough make for Mobley over Barnes…
MOBLEY BULLY BALL!!! BACK DOWN AND FINISH!
Yezus. Cavs lucky to not be down only six.
Time for Rubio…
and Cedi and Windler!!!
That was brutal, Collin.
Sexton completely owned with that turnover
Let’s hope the Cavs can hold Gary Trent Jr. to under 44 points on 17-19 FG shooting (7-9 on threes), which was his ridiculous line last time these teams met (it was also the ‘Kevin Love gives up’ game, but we don’t talk about that)…
LOL Mobley!
AND ONE!!
MOBLEY LMFAOOOOO
3 points baby
Really don’t want to see 25+ turnovers tonight…
Mobley hacked
disastrous start LMFAOO
Just shoot it, darius
yeah, what a useless pass, literally nothing there.
WIN OR LOSE —HEY IT IS FRIDAY NIGHT —-PIZZA / ” MORE BEER PLEASE ” / AND NO GRANDKIDS– ( THAT “STORM ” ARRIVES TOMORROW NIGHT ” )– SO AS OUR FELLOW BUCKAROO HAS POSTED –I WILL ” BE IN TREATMENT TONIGHT ‘ …….THE ONLY THING BETTER THAN BEER……IS ANOTHER BEER …..GO CAVS !!!
NICE!!! GO CAVS!!!!
Just cracked open an ice cold container of my favorite beverage. Just hope the Cavs are competitive if they don’t win. Also, Barnes should be fun to watch, even if he’s putting up a triple double…dude is a fun player to watch.
A lot of people reading their press clippings today in Cleveland. It feels a lot like the Lakers game where Cleveland laid a bit of an egg.
the sharps agree with you!!!
I’d love to win this one, but I’m betting it’s an L.
oh definitely, but im willing to be surprised by a cover!!! LMFAOOO