Live Thread: Cavs @ Nets
2021-11-17Good evening CtB!
Tonight the Cavs take a trip down Atlantic Avenue in the New York borough of Brooklyn to take on the Nets, who are licking their wounds after a humiliating defeat at the hands of Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors last night on national television. Surely the Nets see this game against the wounded Cavs as a way to bounce back and get the foul taste of last night out of their mouths. For the Cavs, they’re trying to keep their heads above water until half of their regular rotation is available to play. It will be a minor miracle if they can keep this game in single digits (Cavs are a +9.5 underdog at the time of writing).
#Cavs Kevin Love is currently listed as PROBABLE for tonight’s game here in Brooklyn.
— Chris Fedor (@ChrisFedor) November 17, 2021
In a bit of good news, it sounds like the Cavs should at least get NBA champion Kevin Love back into the rotation. He can be a substantial boost to the Cavs’ struggling offense. The Nets are missing a few pieces of their own, including former Cavs Kyrie Irving and “Smokin'” Joe Harris. They could also be missing a pair of big men in Paul Millsap and Nic Claxton.
Taking in consideration last night’s performance, the Nets’ defense is vulnerable to rim pressure and rebounding. Unfortunately for the Cavs, they are missing three out of their four rotation bigs. The Cavs will probably have to compensate for the lack of size by launching threes and hitting them at the rate they did against the Celtics Monday night to have a chance to eek out an upset. Hopefully, the fans will see DG and Rubio getting to the rim frequently and spraying out to open shooters and they’re knocking the three ball down. Above all, hopefully the string of bad luck with respect to injuries is over… GO CAVS!
OH MY GOD LOVE YOU GOTTA MAKE THAT DG was a great pass
OH MY GOD Love just got refballed give me a break!
RAGE TIMEOUT NASH!!!! LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
RUBIO FOR THREEE!!! GREAT PLAY WADE!!!!!!!!!!
RUB3S!!!!
KEVIN LOVE WITH THE FINISH!!!!
Nets playing with their food…
hope they panic!!!
DG STEAL AND HUSTLE!!
my God, Love was wide open just missed. 5 point swing.
RUBIO!
bad decision DG, get the ball to Love, get him going. 4 point swing
GUYS ARE SCRAPPING ONE MORE PUSH LETS GOOOOOOOOO
LETS GOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
Wad3 !!! finnnnnallllly
THERE WE GO WERE PLAYING THE RIGHT WAY AT LEAST!
Brick fest
yeah good looks clanking
Coach Vanterpoole for the Nets is an impressive guy, not sure if he was ever connected to any head coaching jobs
It still seems weird to me that so many guys are ahead of Windler in the rotation. It just seems to me we’ve never really taken a good long look at the guy . Oh well
JUST GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS—WE ARE OUTMANNED —–PLAY THE BENCH –( WHAT EVER BENCH WE SO CALLED HAVE )—TRY AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT —–TACKO SHOULD GET AT LEAST 10—15 2ND HALF MIN’S
Meanwhile Giannis has 29/5/2 in the first half…
Make that 28, my bad…
Damn, might have to league pass surf LMFAOOO
Darius went 0-6 from 3 in the first half…
I like how aggressive DG is being, just gotta make them. Wanna see he and Rubio take 20 more shots in the 2nd half if they’re in.
James Johnson is in foul trouble, this is the break the Cavs have been waiting to exploit
Sorry not sorry im missing this one. Driving out of town.
Safe travels Nate!!
Good miss…
we’re on pace for a 124-82 Nets victory, think i might cut loose for the second half as well, safe travels Nate!
my league pass app is screwing up, i’m behind on the replay
Cavs now down 20, sad!
F, just got to the Nets rage timeout when they cut the deficit down to 11!
ah those were the good old days :P
THATS RIGHT!!!
DG steal and hoop! Rubio gorgeous ball fake and reverse lay-in! Cavs in control for at least a brief stretch here, closing the gap a little
DG looked more aggressive there, i liked that!
Nets are playing double bigs to take advantage of the Cavs’ injury problems.
Rubio bueno
did they take away Garland’s shot clock 2? seems like Cavs got to 31 twice, JB and Buck were in it w/ an official
JV vs Varsity. Man, I wish Mobley and Allen were healthy. This would be a battle.
they would have fun against this team
NETS 15 ASSISTS ///1 TO—–CAVS ARE 5// 6 —PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP THE GAME SO FAR
yup, completely out of our depth tonight… sucks!!!
our offense sucks so bad… a bunch of pointless action that doesn’t create mismatches.
GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT FOR THE CAVS—–SHORT NIGHT FOR ME
Nice drive Okoro, had Love mismatch down below that created the look
OH MY GOD, Tacko’s defender just doubled Rubio, Rubio tries to pass Tacko, Tacko never sees the ball coming.
WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THE SAME—WADE NEEDS TO HIT THOSE 3’S
ALL CONSIDERING THAT WAS A PRETTY DECENT QTR FOR THE CAVS —-WE WANT WINDLER !!
Defense was actually pretty good, no ball movement on offense is a major problem for the Cavs.
bounce passes in the paint seem to have a fail rate of about 70% for the Cavs in this game or so it seems
agreed LMFAOOO
When was the last time Dean Wade hit a 3?
Windler time now that it’s Q2
Forever LMFAOOOo glad he’s still trying though!
2-3 zone defense is working
Cavs clawing back into things after that lightning Nets run, would be nice if the free throws went down
THE HELL THAT”S A FLAGRANT!
CEDI! YAY!
Javon Carter is a turrible shooter
Carter with a WWF move on Kevin Love, sheesh
KLove looking good on offense so far, certainly needed
DG TO LOVE THERE WE GO!
Cavs left KD wide open for a corner 3 LMFAOOO
there we go DG!! keep shooting!
This SHOULD be an interesting game, but it’s going to be Globetrotters vs Generals due to injuries and nonsense…
Feel like DG you should this game for shooting practice.
100%
late whistle what is that?
DG and Rubio completely lost yikes
Okoro c’mon man
not good! He was literally the only good thing (offensively aggressive takes, decent defense etc) about the last real Cavs game vs. Nets way back in May.
LOL….JB loves him some Denzel…
RUBIO AND LOVE >>>>>>>>> KD AND HARDEN LETS GOOOOOOOOOo
KLOVE MISMATCH!!!!
No Cedi yet?
RUBIOO!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU JB!
JB needs to get a shooter in, either Love or Windler c’mon
RUBIO LETS GOOOOO!!!!! RUBIO LOVES NY!
Ricky over KD….Ricky has been so good…
Ed Davis doesn’t know the playcalls LMFAOOO
DG wide open shot doesn’t take turns it over.
gave up a fastbreak dunk to KD, yikes start
What’s going on in Cleveland this year? Between the Cavs and the Browns the injury situation is insane…
Don’t agree with this lineup but I get it.
Rather go with Windler or Cedi at the 3
https://twitter.com/ChrisFedor/status/1461116295886290944?s=20
Ed Davis starting….lol…
sure
This will probably be painful.
Just sit back and think of the early wins cushion…
that’s right!!!
TIME FOR THE CAVS TO INTRODUCE THE ” HAKA TRIBAL WAR DANCE “——CHECK OUT “GREATEST HAKA EVER ” ——HAD MY CROSS COUNTRY RUNNERS DO THIS BEFORE EVERY MEET
BEEN FOLLOWING THE CLEVELAND CHARGE—IMPRESSED WITH KYLE GUY—–I KNOW HE IS ANOTHER 6′ 2″ PT GD__( LEADS GLEAGUE IN 3PT SHOOTING )– BUT MAN HE HAS BEEN LIGHTING IT UP —-HE HAD 11 REB’S TODAY ——WOULD LIKE CAVS TO GIVE HIM A “TASTE ‘ UP HERE
KEVIN LOVE —OH YEAH I REMEMBER HIM HE IS ON THE CAVS GORRECT ??——SARCASM —BUT UNFORTUNATELY TRUE THE LAST 3-4 YEARS ——–SO HOW LONG DOES KYRIE SIT OUT —HOPING THE ENTIRE YEAR —SECRECTLY DURRANT AND HARDEN MIGHT BE WISHING THE SAME ——–DISCOVERED A NEW BEER ” MARKET GARDEN —FESTIVUS —HOLIDAY ALE ‘—OH YEAH—RIM THE GLASS WITH HONEY // CINNAMON AND …….’ MORE BEER PLEASE “—GO CAVS AND OH YEAH BEING ‘ PARTIAL OWNER ” NEWLY CHEESEHEAD”– GO PACKERS :-)
Start calling you President NOMAD!!! LMFAOOOOO
No I think KD and Harden are super pissed, KD hitched his wagon to a choke artist and a flat earther instead of Steph Curry LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO that’s pretty f******* hilarious when you think about it!!!
Cannot like this enough – it’s the perfect example of being bitten by poor character judgement. The chances of the those 3 guys and their drama syncing well on/off court were slim to none.
LMFAOOOo great point re: “drama syncing” !!!
Hitching your wagon yo some childish imbecile like Kyrie not a great decision, unfortunately Durant may be good enough to get away with it. But yeah, I doubt he and the Beard are any too happy with the Flat Earther/ Anti-Vaxxer…
I actually think last night proved KD isn’t good enough!!!
Nash and Kerr were playing playoff rotations until the game got out of hand last night… KD doesn’t elevate his teammates on offense enough, Steph is out of this world in elevate his teammates’ offensive play.
I remember KD in the playoffs last year…that’s when he may be good enough…
But he couldn’t get passed the second round as good as he was… LMFAOOOOOO