Live Thread Cavs @ Pelicans
2021-12-28The Cavs travel to The Big Easy to take on the New Orleans Pelicans in a “Hybrid League Showcase” (h/t Adam Cathcart!). There was some good news on the illness/injury front, with Isaac “Ice” Okoro and Evan “the Professional” Mobley upgraded to questionable status before tip off. Unfortunately, the Cavs have lost their best offensive player, Darius Garland, to Health and Safety Protocols. Luckily for the Cavs, Kevin Love is playing some of the best ball of his career, and Ricky Rubio is never one to shrink from a challenge.
The Pelicans aren’t without their struggles with health missing a slew of key guys and of course superstar Zion Williamson. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has completed his full heel turn as a David Stern disciple, forcing this season through hell or high water.
Tip off is scheduled for 8:00PM ET and will be broadcasted on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, GO CAVS!
10-0. Down 2.
Danger Will Robinson.
Well crud
8-0 Pels run. Down to 4.
27/12/9 for Rubio.
Love missed a FT! Stop the presses!
Up 12.
Cavs D is going to win the game. They need to turn it on remaining time
Rubio has been freaking fantastic…
Yessir
Lauri doing dirty work
Mobley on the bench=pelicans run
Rubio, Ice, Wade, BF, Love to start the 4th.
If I didn’t remember who this cavs team is I would say this feels like a loss.
I was gonna say I got a bad feeling.
Pels score on 4 straight trips, including 3 triples. Down to 7. Valentine hit a big 3 else it would be 4.
Gonna need a lot of Ricky & Mobley in the 4th.
Could Anderson be a PJ Tucker type?
I’d love that. A loooonnggg way to go.
No. was available for a reason.
Nice work from Anderson & Rubio. Back up 13.
Anderson with the dime
Did not need that from Valentine. 3 freebies.
Make it 2 in a row.
Dang it Kev. TO out of a TO. I hate that.
Good TO. Still battling. Up 11.
Lot of fouling tonight. Big Finnish with 4. Mobley with 3.
Jones is killing us.
We have been very good taking care of the ball. Only had 3 or 4 TOs at half.
Mobes is so good…
CAVS NEED A 3RD QTR START LIKE THEY STARTED THE GAME —-MOBES MAKES SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENCE ON BOTH ENDS—–ICE SHOWING THE RUST
Okoro really had to going prior to COVID.
Somebody needs to help Ricky, Kev, & Mobley score. Markannen. Wade. Okoro. Valentine. Someone.
Every time I see Mobley,especially after being out for a while,I just shake my head.The potential there is gigantic.
Yep. That is one reason I am against trading pieces/picks for a win now move. I want to see the ceilings on Garland & Mobley. If both are All-NBA type guys, we just need solid guys around them. Not really another star.
Good close to the quarter. Up 10.
But Rubio, Love, & Mobley had to come back in to preserve it.
Mobley’s touch is so feathery.
Kev goes down like a sack of potatoes. Love it.
I take it back. I’d definitely rather have Sato than Pangos.
Soft touch. This game got interesting.
NICE AND 1 MOBES!!
TOTALLY AGRE WITH YOU WEST COAST
Mobley with 3 fouls really hurt us. The defense isn’t the same without him.
Trouble. Rubio, Love, and Mobley have been great and we are only up 5.
Rubio back in… thank god
TO. Missed 3. Missed J. TO. Missed 3. Missed 3. Missed 3. Missed 3. Missed 3.
9 straight empty trips.
I we are up 10 at half, I’ll be ecstatic. This group gonna struggle to score.
Seriously!
Watching Satoransky as he could be a low buy guy, but he hasn’t looked very good.
We restored order. But the Pels won’t let go of the rope. These guys are playing for rotation or roster spots.
Rubio the best player on the floor tonight
Making it look easy
Heading towards a triple double.
Wade great D
Nice finish for the Finn…
Pels getting back into this.
damn what a pass Rubio
TIME TO GET LAURI AND ICE GOING IN THIS 2ND QTR
Ricky to lauri as requested
Mobley 4-5, welcome back kid!
And the defensive presence
Jussst a bit outside
Still, up 19 and scoring 39. That is a great quarter.
Preach AC. THE SYSTEM
A little rest seems to have agreed with Mobes.
I think his hip was a factor before and is much better now.
So maybe a week or so off was not the worst thing to happen.He looks ridiculous tonight.
100%
Anderson is built like a middle linebacker
Love hitting layups from 3
Herbert Jones is a player.
Agreed. If they decide to blow it up, I’d take me some Herb Jones (or Josh Hart).
damn MOBLEY!!!!
Valentine is looking like a guy who wants to earn minutes… and he’s earning minutes
he and Anderson!
LOVE IS IN THE AIR!!! LOVE FOR THE ALL STAR GAME!!!
Although he has not played enough minutes to qualify (100 short), both his PER and Win Shares/48 are top 20 level. One is top 10.
PREACH IT JASON!
Jesus. They’re destroying these guys.
Damn the Cavs are good
Pels are missing their starting backcourt, I think (Alexander-Walker & Hart). Plus Ingram & Zion.
LOVE IS IN THE AIR—-CAVS PLAYING ” CAVS BASKETBALL “—-LOVING IT !!!
Love feeling it…
Great 7+ minutes for Ricky. 10/3/3 and a steal.
Missed a James Dean Wade, a Valentine’s Day, and a Rikki Don’t lose that number pic, and now Love is in the air.
Love is still in the air!
Herb Jones came to play for the Pels.
Rubio in the middle of everything for us.
God please make the Cavs resign Ricky
http://www.quickmeme.com/img/b9/b97675e5d8f27218c7576661c04108d9246449f74d44607847d7d80fc5b3cf79.jpg
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VALENTINE STAYING HOT—-KEEP IT UP !!
Rubio statement game????
Might be another Ricky game…
Rubio 5. Pelicans 0.
Nice defensive start
https://twitter.com/kelseyyrusso/status/1475989191859318786?s=21
Wow, that will help the defense!
YEAH ESPECIALLY SINCE SHUMP RECENTLY MADE COMMENTS ABOUT “LEBRON RUINING THE LEAGUE ” WHEN HE LEFT FOR SOUTH BEACH —–YEP— LEBRON JUST STAY OUT IN “CRAZY L.A.”
Might be ugly with no DG.
On the other hand, I enjoyed this delicious headline to a blog post at the SBNation Lakers site:
“Michael Beasley and Iman Shumpert want the Lakers to give them a call“
According to Shams, Cavs are signing Charge guard Malik Newman to a 10-day hardship deal.
For NO, Ingram is doubtful with Achilles soreness. Zion is out. Hart questionable with an ankle. Alexander-Walker, Marshall, and Alvarado are in protocols. Valancuinas likely a go.
Gonna be tough without Garland. We went 1-1 without him earlier, but Sexton was there to pick up the slack.