Live Thread: Heat @ Cavs
2021-12-13Good evening CtB!
Tonight the fans are in for a treat, with the Miami Heat coming to town to face off against the Cavs in a early season playoff preview. The Heat will be without their best player, Jimmy Butler, but Kyle Lowry is an NBA champion and ultimate competitor. The Heat also have young stars Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro, both of whom with Finals’ experience and are looking to make names for themselves as All-Star/All-NBA players. Also, the Heat surely are trying to establish themselves as real championship contenders along with Milwaukee and Brooklyn. The Cavs have thrived in challenging opportunities, so the opportunity to usurp the team ahead in the standings seems like the perfect bait!
The Cavs will just be without young guard Collin Sexton, but will have all other hands on deck. Supposedly Dylan Windler had a great game in his Charge assignment, so it’ll be interesting to see if Coach J.B. Bickerstaff sees a chance to exploit that newfound rhythm.
This will be a classic “strength vs. strength” game with the Miami Heat’s top 10 offense going against the Cavs’ top 5 defense. In another contrast of styles, the Heat sacrifice size to put more shooting and offensive play creation on the floor. Can the Cavs’ size dominate the game? That’s really the only question because when they impose their will on the game, the Cavs play championship caliber basketball.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:00PM ET and the game will be broadcasted on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes… GO CAVS!
Good vertical help by mark. Ja kept on low hip.
DG TO JA AND THERE WAS A FOUL!
JA MIDRANGE!
GREAT DEFENSE< TIDE TURNING!
Cavs 6 in the power rankings. No more surprising teams. They need to bring it or they’re going to get schooled.
Yeah I don’t think they’re sneaking up from here on out.
lol cavs are so much better than we expected we get upset they’re tied
Monster block by allen to save a broke defemsive possession
JA makes an impression! Tied up!
PJ Tucker is not my favorite opponent
GET THAT WEAK **** OUTA HERE!
Defense to offense. Cavs basketball
ALLEN REJECTION!
DG FOR THREE!!!!
Love gotta hit treys if he is going to be in. Give wade some run for mobley. Miami playing tight on perimeter. Pretty physical and handsy. Trapping. Like the looks they’re giving the cavs.
Go inside more. Let Allen/Love go to work.
If they can get mismatches with a small on love ok with him posting. They’ll probably double any allen posts which means shooters have to be ready.
STEVENS BREAKS THE SEAL! GOOD PASS DG!
We’re getting crushed in the paint
This heat team is actually trash just out hustling the heck out of us.
Looks like herro knocked his knee.
Mobes playing all kinds of tight
Mobley short tonight. Bit off.
Best way for us to keep them from getting o boards is apparently force two heat guys to contest the ball lol
Got lucky as hell there. Wish we could get a dboard.
JB’s pissed LMFAOOOOOOO him and Love having a word
We need to get some rebounds!!!
Mobley maybe rushed that a bit. Followed and got a foul tho.
yup he did… but great follow up
There we go! An o-board for us.
I don’t want a 3PT contest vs Robinson, Herro, & Lowry.
Cavs missing good shots, they’ll start falling.
Fratello in the house.
love it!!!
Unless we up the intensity, this is a loss.
Again, I call for Stevens/Wade.
Derservedly behind after 1.
Wouldn’t mind seeing some wade over love tbh. Similar shooter but can defend a bit.
damn great defense and that bullshit goes in LMFAOOO
Miami has more energy, more desperate, locked in team. Cavs need to match it.
We aren’t very good at getting contested boards.
good job Mobley to draw the foul.
Offensive boards killing us
DG DEEP !!!!!
Needed that. Bail out.
Not getting as many shots in the lane tonight. Offense looks marginal when forced out to the perimeter and the roll is covered well.
early still…we’ll see how JB adjusts
Danger on this one. Losing the glass 14-7 and missing easy shots.
But not giving them FTs.
yup, outrebounding and outassisting been teh key all year.
Evan and JA have 1 FGA combined, problems on offense start there.
JA with zero rebounds, playing with no energy.
And that was a long 2. JA did get to the line.
Agreed that we need to go inside more.
Miami playing the roll.
if we clear the defensive glass we should be able to pull away slowly but surely
bad shot Rubio
Heat check from the kings game
RUBIO FO RTHREEE DG STEAL!!
Cedi blew a layup LMFAOOOO c’mon man get locked in.
GREAT DEFENSE RUBIO AND LOVE!
LOVE REJECTION!!!
ICE!!
I’f like to see more attacking inside. Dedmon is their only proven big. That is 2 fouls.
ICE BRINGING THE ENERGY!!!!! LETS GOOOOOO
Heat have 3 offensive rebounds & 5 points off them. Zip for us.
definitely not up to Miami’s intensity yet.
I feel like if a Morris brother (no clue which is on the heat) were in this game Jarrett Alan or Mobley would be getting techs at some point. Game has the chippy feel ripe for a Morris problem
I believe the dumb one is on the Heat…
bad shot DG, gotta finish 5 point swing.
Yeah this is a veteran NBA team that has gotten up for a game. I’m impressed with the young Cavs not being intimidated in the least
DG CLUTCH
D-glass could improve.
Miami came to play tonight, this is gonna be a tough one.
Yep. They are playing harder than us so far. Gonna need to bring it. Good TO by JB.
Might be a good game for Stevens to get some time. And/or Wade.
EVERY game is a good game for those two to get minutes or we’re gonna really suck come March
Cavs bigs are such smart passers…
JA TO LAURI!!!!! OUR BIGS CAN PASS!
Lauri to Okoro, great look!
LAURI TO OKORO!!!!!
nice drive JA
but Cavs just in a little bit of a stupor offensively… Lauri’s not winning his mismatch to start.
Heat are too small. Eventually that big Cavs wave is going to drown them.
Defensive struggle early.
Mobes — not bad at this game…
DG TO MOBLEY TO LAURI!!!! DAMN MOBLEYS GOOD
Lauri gotta shoot it, c’mon man they’re trying to get you going.
Lauri gotta go up strong.
great look Mobley tho
NATE ALL I CAN SAY IS IT IS A BLESSING THAT YOU ARE “ATTENDING ” AND NOT “SINGING “—–OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE A STRONG CASE FOR …….” MORE BEER PLEASE ” GO CAVS !!!
As a Florida resident, will actually be able to see this one live! A rarity.
hell yeah Danz!
You’re a machine, Chris Francis! Be late to start this one as I have a choir concert to attend. Go Cavs!
LMFAOOOO appreciate that Nate! Enjoy the concert!!!!
Good chance of a win tonight…get them while they’re there with this Heat team…
Go Cavs!
i’m hoping for another beatdown, all the homies hate the Heat.
Will have to catch the replay…hope it’s a classic. Enjoy!
That’s right Simmo!
“The dunk tank” 😂😂
https://twitter.com/dmansworld474/status/1470501771785261073?s=21
The Heat may have Bam, but not tonight. He is WAAAAAY out. Oladipo travelled with the team, so he is close, but is not returning tonight. In addition to Jimmy/Bam/Dipo, the Heat are also down a Morris twin, and Caleb Martin (health & safety).
Sexton the only Cav out.
Robinson actually making threes and Lowry & Herro will make this tough as competitors looking for revenge, but hopefully we learned our lesson from the Kings game and take this one.
Go Cavs!
Bam’s out? wasn’t listed on teh injury report but it was ESPN… that’s awesome!!! LFMAOOO
Thumb surgery. He is out like 6 weeks. That was why he missed the previous beatdown, too.
Never depend on ESPN for accuracy or completeness.