Live Thread: Cavs @ Pacers
2022-02-11Good evening CtB!
With the NBA trade deadline now passed, the Cavs travel to the Crossroads of America to take on the Indiana Pacers. The Pacers have completely overhauled their roster, of which the Cavs were beneficiaries with the acquisition of Caris LeVert. There’s simply no telling what kind of team Indiana is at this point with all of the new faces. They were a team who were average on offense and below average on defense. Yours truly is a big fan of the Tyrese Haliburton acquisition so it’ll be interesting to see Coach Rick Carlisle continues to develop the young talent.
For the Cavs, Darius Garland is out again with a nagging back. Hopefully it’s just load management rather than a persistent problem. In DG’s place, Caris LeVert will get the start. This will be a great opportunity to get Caris more comfortable with the team as a point guard and the ball in his hands more, which is when he’s most effective especially as a pick and roll maestro. Also, bench dawg Brandon Goodwin could see some action as well.
#Cavs newbie Caris LeVert, back in Indiana and playing his second game with Cleveland, will start at point guard in place of injured Darius Garland (back) tonight, sources tell @clevelanddotcom.
He will join Isaac Okoro, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen.
— Chris Fedor (@ChrisFedor) February 11, 2022
Tip off is scheduled for 7:00PM ET and will be broadcasted by Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, GO CAVS!
Freaking love watching Dean Wade get better and better
Caris smooth let’s goooooooo
Down to 10.
5:30 left. Let us make a bigger dent in that lead.
Setting new goal: 6 by halftime.
Wade bouncy!!!
here we go!
Back to 10…
perfect type of game for levert to assert himself..
He bitadzed on the pump fake.
Love gotta bird!!! Great pass caris!
That was a tough entry pass
Yup timing, touch top notch there
So far I like LeVert.
Caris attacking and looking to score, not as timid
What a finish caris!
this is a good test for the cavs.. the pacers obviously have a chip on their shoulders.. and have some new help
An infusion of excitement, for sure.
Haliburton is wonderful. Hield can shoot. Duarte nice also.
Duerte a young man’s error right there.
Clear path helps.
They fouled the right guy for clear path.
Rare stretch here with no Allen or Mobley on court.
KLove the renaissance artist of drawing fouls
Mobley needs to have a three dribble rule, either shoot it or pass it after that.
Love, Cedi, & Rondo ballin’.
Cedi the jedi!
God. Rondo. Take the wide open layup.
Yeah bad decision there felt like a run was mounting
I hate when guys do that. LeBron used to sometimes as well.
Nice crossover, Cedi.
YEAH OUR GOAL SHOULD BE TO GET IT TO AROUND 10–12 PTS BY HALFTIME —HARD TASK TO ACHIEVE
Mobley 2 fouls already.
AGREE WITH YOU CLF—-ABOUT MOBES
Cediiiiiiii
HALIBURTON WILL BE AN ALL STAR IN HIS TIME WITH THE PACERS
And some all NBA teams.
yes NOMAD bro.. a hell of a pickup..
Mobley has been out of rhythm for awhile sheesh
Mobley has completely lost his purpose with the ball. Timid as a teacup
Agreed. It is becoming more than a blip.
Try to get it to 10 by halftime.
How Mobley Couldn’t put that in from Rondo’s outlet is head scratching
Gotta slow the pace down – Indiana pushing it on turnovers and missed buckets
47 pt quarter for Indy. 70% FGs, 80%+ 3s. We had 7 TOs.
Scored 28 behind Kev’s 10.
Holy crap. 10/12 from 3point. Got to grind. No way Indy can sustain that
Hield can get absurdly hot. Haliburton is a VERY good shooter.
Yikes! Stop turning it over.
47…haha…that’s absurd. Will be a fun comeback
I don’t think so.
WOW HAVE BEEN WATCHING MY MAN JESSE WATERS PRIME TIME—-OUCH WTF HAPPENED
47 points in a quarter…. yeesh
funny how reality can show up when you least expect it..
1 quarter, dude. long game.
i am all in on this team.. love em.. they just need consistent snipers.. everyone needs as many as you can find or develop..
Think I recall you saying pretty much this exact same thing in the first half of the last Pacers game…it’s not very interesting…
Wonder if the Cavs are tired of literally giving the Pacers points yet. They’ve thrown a bunch of passes that would be embarrassing for a Jr. High squad…
this is still the league that steph built.. if you can bank 3s consistently.. you win
Bro if you bank your 3s consistently you’re jarrett allen
bank as in depositing $$.. not in bouncing off something..
indiana is loaded with shooters.. hard to defend the long ball.. a good shooting team having a good day is going to be hard for cavs to contend with.. knives don’t work when your opponents are wielding colt ’45s
yep. the way to keep that from being a huge issue is limiting turnovers…so…might be a long night.
Anyone realize how good Hali is now?
Been a stud for my fantasy b-ball team all year :)
Stevens good D, Indi still score…
40 points first quarter? holy shit D!
They have 27 points on 9 of their makes. It’ll even out
Just keep it within 10. They’re gonna cool off.
Mobley needs to sit for a bit.
Everyone besides Love is sh!t.
Right now it doesn’t look like the Cavs want this one. I wonder what JB wants..
TOs killing us. McConnel is not even playing!
Are the Cavs going to be playing giveaway the entire game? Just curious…
Haha well…probably would be a good idea to stop turning the ball over
haliburton was available to the cavs.. koby took okoro
Haliburton does not shut down opposing stars with regularity
okoro does not score with regularity
One of those things is harder to come by than the other Buck. I like Haliburton too though
I am OK with Garland.
So, after taking Sexton and then Garland, you telling me you wanted another PG type?
That makes no sense. Though DG & Hali would be something together. I loved him that year, but the fit would have been funky.
KLove stemming the bleeding…
Every time we turn it over, they hit a 3.
Garland is MVP.
With DG on the floor we’re one of the top offenses in the NBA. Without him, not so much…
Indiana bum rushing us. We need some transition defense
Big bucket, Kev.
Lol. This trade was such a heist for Indy.
the Sactown one yes?
indiana re-birthed their team with that trade..
Brodgon, Turner, Warren, & McConnel are all still out.
Allen slow to go up that time. Unusual.
duarte.. 1st year.. 24 yrs old.. aren’t these losers who get their degree supposed to be terrible picks ?
Only if you ask idiots.
James Jones in Phoenix loves 4 year guys. Especially mid to late first.
that was said sarcastically.. but thx bro
Maybe I spoke too soon.
Our bench is gonna have to win this.
JA & Ice both 2/2 on FTs, Wade made a 3, LeVert doing just fine at the point early on.
Get a defensive rebound already. Yeesh.
Hope to see a lot of TT post ups.
He should try to exploit Allen & Mobley on the block!
ESPN says Brogdon out. Hope they are right. I would not want him to rush back and injure himself.
TT should play for Indy. Not starting, though:
Hali, Duarte, Hield, Brissett, Bitazde.
OUT: Turner, Warren, McConnell (thank God!) among others.
Brogdon was questionable.
that backcourt should be BBQ chicken
IDK, I am inclined to favor Haliburton & Duarte over LeVert & Okoro. Hield over Wade as well.
Our edge is our bigs and bench scoring.
I’m strictly speaking about their terrible defense.
WITH NO SABONIS AND I BELIEVE TURNER IS NOT PLAYING—CAVS NEED TO ATTACK WITH OUR BIGS
AC with the tale of the tape!
https://twitter.com/MrCavalier34/status/1492270234652352513?s=20&t=yCKPFTEkXy3lAbx9gkBEJA
GO CAVS —-VERT WILL “RE”‘ VERT ( WITH DG OUT ) TO HIS LEADING SCORING DAYS AS A PACER AGAINST THE PACERS