Live Thread: Spurs @ Cavs
2022-02-09Good evening CtB!
Tonight Gregg Popovich, Dejounte Murray, and the San Antonio Spurs grace the shores of Lake Erie for their season series finale against the Cavs. The Spurs are a team that plays far better than their record, with a neutral point differential in spite of a less than .500 record. They are also only a couple of of games out of the Western Conference play-in. The Cavs should expect a stern test from their Western Conference foe.
For the Cavs, the excitement is off the charts. Tonight will be presumably the debut of newly acquired “hometown kid” Caris LeVert. Also, it appears that All Star point guard Darius Garland will be returning from his multi-game absence with a balky back. There will be two goals for the Cavs this evening. The first one is obviously the win to stay in the hunt for the top seed. The second goal will be recapturing some of the offensive magic lost from the devastating Ricky Rubio knee injury. Don’t be surprised if LeVert makes a statement tonight with his game.
As for the game itself, Mr. Cavalier Austin Carr has the tale of the tape on the San Antonio Spurs:
Spurs-lead NBA in asts-27.9
Spurs-4th in fewest TO’s-12.7
Spurs-8th scoring offense-111pts
Spurs-24th-scoring defense-111pts
Spurs-9th-FG%-46%
Spurs-14th-(3)%-35%— Austin Carr (@MrCavalier34) February 9, 2022
These aren’t the Spurs of glory days past. The Spurs win these days with potent offense masking sub par defense. The game will be a classic contrast of styles between the Spurs firepower vs. the Cavs’ elite defense. Conversely, look for the Cavs to jump start their offense against the leaky Spurs’ defense.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:00PM ET and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, Go CAVS!!!!
Get the feeling the spurs don’t know where the threat is coming from…
AC loves his “invisible man” jokes.
CEDI TOUCH RAGE TIMEOUT POP!!!
Friendly rim for Cedi…
Love missed the dunk!
Defense getting stops, let’s extend this
Cedi great d
Great strip, Caris!
Special comments by Yoda
LEVERT DEFENSE!
LeVerting to Form!
Do we know yet if that is good or bad?
LEVERT FROM DEEP IN THE ROCK!
LeVert first bucket.
Shhesh, Love cannot hit anything tonight.
Mobley confident tonight. Extra day off doing wonders for young legs.
Rondo is playing really well again.
Love has to punish White.
I’ll accept Rondo threes while we wait for KLove to warm up
Rage on triple!
Rondo for the lead!
great pass LeVert, KLOVE blew his bunny
LeVert’s size helps with those entry passes.
agreed, 100%!
FTs keeping us in it.
It’s been a while since we could say that
Aside from those two three all bricks, that was a hell of a quarter by Mobes.
Down 1. I will take that.
That guy Murray tho…
Yeah, that kid can ball
Baller. Legit all-star.
OK. Lots of veterans on this bench. Lineup. They’ll do Allright.
RONDO BIG TIME PLAY!!!
LeVert scratches.
Need some stops
There ya go!
WTF was Rondo jumping at on D?
Spurs shooting over 50% & doubling us up on the glass.
big 3 Cedi!!!
Shooter gets FT miss.
I am officially pissed now.
Not enough action for Love. I think Rondo is kind of useless in this lineup.
Interesting to see Collins…he’s a mystery box, since he’s hardly played in years, but he’s a nice player if he can stay healthy…
lack of chemistry apparent with 2nd unit. gonna take time.
MOBLEY BULLY BALL
Crap continuation…
More subs: Rondo, Caris, Cedi, Love, Mobley.
surround Rondo with shooters i like it.
Tower city softball toss slam!
DG TO JA JUST LIKE OLD TIMES!!!
DG kinda sloppy. 3 TOs.
That is better!
LOL. Ice Outran the camera man! Then hit a big triple!
Ice for 7 straight.
DG, Ice, LeVert, Love, Allen.
WHAT A PASS LEVERT!!!! LETS GOOOOOOO
Icex2.
The problem with the starting lineup is they don’t run any plays for anyone other than DG or Allen. It’s too predictable.
Missing Markkenan
Yep…just high PnR over and over…
Mobley immediately better with DG on the floor.
Good TO.
Time to get LeVert, Love, & Cedi in there.
JA wasn’t ready to shoot, needs to get aggressive.
Blatant double dribble by Murray. Unreal d though.
MULTIPLE EFFORT DEFENSE LOVE IT! GOT SOME JUICE!
Thi k they’re happy to have DG back.
A stop and hitting the o-glass!
MOBLEY HUSTLE!!!!! GREAT PASS DG!
Nice take Mobley
Spurs have scored on 5 straight trips.
Cavs no energy on defense at all.
DG CLUTCH
We needed that!
Offense struggling.
Spurs not.
WHAT A FINISH DG!!!!
So nice to see DG out there…
damn good look Mobley just missed.
good look DG, just missed.
good pass DG, JA gotta handle that.
Hey. Thanks for getting the LT, Chris.
of course!
uncle buck is streaming via sling.. koby got uncle buck.. what do y’all think of those apples ? looking forward to levert going for 35
2 non-Cavs tidbits:
1) Bulls at Hornets. Gooo Bees! If they win, we could be a game up on the Bulls with a win. And the Hornets would pull within a game of the 8th place Nets.
2) I am hoping the Knicks make a short-sighted win now move. If they did not suck so bad, I think there is a legit shot the Nets could finish 11th.
lol my God i love it how we all love the sh#tshow going on in Brooklyn. Down with the Flat Earther!
Imagine being KD, arguably the best hooper on the planet, and hitching your wagon to a moron and flake like Kyrie…
I have no sympathy for SockPuppet.
Great talent, but not a leader. He HAD to join Curry/Dray/Klay to win.
haha! love it.
lets go Cavs!!!! just got a DG10 jersey for my 39th, so pumped to rep it on the 26th home game against the Wiz!
Lol…Lebron’s mouthpiece McMenamin said earlier tonight that a Laker team source told him Russ has to go, “we gotta rip the bandaid off”. Typical Lebron/ Klutch crap. Hope Laker fans have enjoyed this circus.
LBJ’s dumb @$$ is the one who wanted him there in the first place. He is a terrible GM. He threw Caruso, KCP, DH, Green, and Kuzma under the bus after they helped him win a title.
He is reaping what he has sowed.
W(ho)TF would trade for Russ? If LA adds a sweatener (2027 first) plus a real player? Maybe?
Yeah I don’t see them moving that contract unless the Kings come calling.
Only guy they’re getting for Russ in a trade is Wall, and the Rockets better squeeze the Laker next available 1st if they try to do that. Per McMenamin, Lebron would have to sign off on a Wall trade. So glad I don’t have to deal with that crap anymore, other than mocking it.
LeBron the GM: the gift that keeps on giving!
agree with Jason. LeBron has done things so smart, other than being a GM, where he started bad and got worse. he must think the “three stars” theory is the only way to go, to think that getting Russ was a good idea. young Russ would have been problematical, and old Russ is an anchor.
Per Fedor:
Starters: DG, Okoro, Wade, Mobley, Allen.
LeVert a go but will come off the bench.
Goodwin also a go.
With Pangos gone, do you think we sign Goodwin? Or wait for buyout candidates?
I like this decision from JB.
Make LeVert earn a starting spot.
yup, and I suspect he’ll be in closing lineups anyway.
Maybe not right away.
If we need perimeter D, I can see 2 of Okoro/Wade/Stevens closing if the other team has 2 explosive guys that JA/Mobes cannot check.
absolutely
I just hope DG is OK and not rushing back.
This is going to be a tough one.
Gooooooooo Cavs!
He’s been out awhile and after seeing celebrating on the bench, I think they were just being cautious LMFAO
Good point. His back looked pretty good!