Live Thread: Hornets @ Cavs
2022-03-02Tonight, on the shores of Lake Erie the Cavs have another important Eastern Conference tilt, this time against the ninth place Charlotte Hornets. Both teams are reeling from losses in four out of their last five games, so the pressure is on both teams to eek out a win to keep up in the playoff race. That is, unless there’s a “stealth tank agenda” afoot…?
There are rumors that Darius Garland will make his post-ASB debut, but Coach J.B. Bickerstaff’s non-committal response regarding DG’s status leaves the door open for another DNP, score one for the “stealth tank agenda”:
#Cavs J.B. Bickerstaff on whether Darius Garland will be available tonight: "He's questionable."
— Chris Fedor (@ChrisFedor) March 2, 2022
As for the game on the court one stat that pops out is how poor Charlotte is rebounding the basketball on defense, ranked 29th in the NBA. The Cavs are a top 10 offensive rebounding team, an obvious key for the Cavs will be attacking the offensive glass to punish Charlotte’s smaller front court. Keep an eye for their rookie JT Thor, early results have been promising and he provides some length and athleticism Charlotte needs.
Both of these teams are some of the best passing teams in the NBA. The Cavs will need to take care of the ball on offense to prevent Charlotte from pushing the pace off of live ball turnovers. On defense, there will be opportunities for the Cavs to play the passing lanes and create some transition offense. It should be a good game, a classic “contrast of styles” between Charlotte’s offense vs. Cleveland’s defense.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:00PM ET and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, Go Cavs!
Are we hitting “the wall”?
they’ve never been in this situation before, gonna have to learn how to handle it
Yeah understood. I’m actually ok with this struggle as we all know it’s part of growth. I just hope we don’t fall into play-in territory ever and no more injuries man.
hate to be the bearer of bad news, but i think they’re headed to the play-in… gonna be a struggle to stay top six with Celtics surging and Brooklyn and Toronto not far behind.
Welp that first half was poop
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/1499190673974743045?s=20&t=HOaikll0Xu0sGLPWY-Tp-A
We are deservedly down 15.
This is where coaches earn their pay
Love watching premier NBA talent make a huge mistake on offense and run off the court the wrong way while pouting and giving up a transition 3. garland should be benched immediately for that effort
Allen just got owned by Plumlee one on one… not good!
Cavs are getting out-dawged….. losing rebounding and assist battle, only 1 offensive rebound??????
Oh boy Garland. Lil’ sloppy…
Cavs…good lord. the defense is so bad.
They’re doing all this without Ball the entire 2nd Q
They may be better without him.
Cavs have to stop over helping off the corners.
JA MIDRANGE MONEY!
Play of the day. Okoro you stud!!
STEAL AND SLAM ICE!!!!
this lineup can’t run offense through Goodwin. Lauri should touch it every 3rd or 4th pass and def every possession.
Hard to play Goodwin with the Lauri/Mobley/Allen – just not enough secondary play making
Lol the replay of the most egregious call of all time
Goodwin not attacking, being passive.
NEED TO GET ICE// LAURI GOING ON OFFENSE
GET DG OUT OF THERE —NO MORE PLAYING TONIGHT —-IF WE LOSE SO BE IT
Damn Bridges, what a finish
WHAT A PLAY DG TO CEDI TO LAURI!
Allen cleared the lane by running the floor!
Did garland just get hurt?
looked like he tweaked the back
GD it.
nice finish JA!
I DETEST K OUBRE !!!!
Cedi wide open just missed.
Stevens with insanely good D on that drive. Freakin awesome.
WHAT A FINISH DG!! RAGE TO CHARLOTTE!
Garland’s hesi dribble is on a string tonight.
the game is coming very easily for DG finding his shots, just needs to find the range on the 3ball
Isaiah Thomas. My second all time least favorite Cav after Crowder.
Our best defense is to allow him to get the ball lol
I’m stealing that.
GREAT DEFENSE CAVS! STEVENS BRINGING THE DAWG!
Allen gotta pull the chair there.
CEDI TO STEVENS!
Garland shot terribly in warmups. Doesn’t look spry. And his 2 three misses weren’t even close. Hope it’s just rust.
Nice offense, bad defense. I’d consider a match up zone with live under the basket. He’s just useless against anyon who shoots anymore cause he cheats so much for rebounds.
not a stitch of defense from the Cavs yet, Charlotte front court 9-9 from the field LMFAO Tower City sleepwalking on defense
I thought Washington got traded.
Hornets 6/9 from deep (Oubre 4/4). We are 2/8.
That’s the game.
Cavs gonna give up 40 in another 1st quarter. defense is trash
Yup. Don’t get it.
Rubio’s point of attack defense was elite.
He didn’t play a ton in every first quarter and also we haven’t had him for a while now. Several players who we still have are mia on D lately
Kuzbre really not fun to watch
Maybe someone should guard Oubre.
THIRD FOUL LAMELO LETS GOOO!!!!
Oubre killin’ us. Yeesh.
3 on Ball!
probably gonna be a photo finish again. JB better have that challenge flag ready. This hornets team is as undisciplined as all getout
Lol. Love screened two guys.
WHAT A PASS CEDI AND FINISH JA!!!!!
JA MOUSE IN THE HOUSE!
Nice offense. Bad defense. Too many open shooters.
Jeez the Hornets are fast.
athletic as hell they have a type LMFAO
LOVE TO JA PASSING!
KLove starting well bodes well!!
Love is in the air!
2 on Ball.
Let’s atrack him when he comes back & stretch the lead out while he sits.
https://twitter.com/MikeSGallagher/status/1499177269679460352?s=20&t=eJxb1UGGU6il77YxtfyRow
Gah, this core look so good together. During the intros AND on the court!
Mobley nice move !
MOBLEY ATTACK OFF THE DRIBBLE!
FINISH WITH THE LEFT HAND?!!! WOW!
3 min in, every starter has gotten a shot up and everyone has scored save Okoro. I like it. Get everyone touches early.
DG MOBLEY TWO MAN!
DG OFF BALL GREAT SHOT!
DG TO. Bummer. Time to regroup.
Ice got smoked by Ball there, gotta do better and sag off more.
DG easy money!!!
DG to JA, all-star connection, too easy
OK, I am back for this one. Should guarantee us a win. Yessir.
That Garland guy playing MIGHT help, too.
HOPE THEY HAVE TOP CLEVELAND CLINIC MEDICAL STAFF GIVING THE THUMBS UP ON DG PLAYING —-I CAN HANDLE THE LOSSES ( TO SOME EXTENT )—- CANNOT HANDLE JEOPARDIZING THIS KIDS FUTURE
No structural issues. No danger. Bone bruise.
OOOOOPS MY BAD CLF —MY “OL EYES—-TOO MANY BEERS ” DID NOT SEE YOU MENTIONED “OFFENSE REBOUDING –TOP 10
LMFAOOOOOO all good, hopefully it makes more sense now!
“DITTO -SIMMO “——-HARD TO BELIEVE CAVS ARE TOP 10 IN REBOUNDING —-WHAT IS THERE RANK IN GIVING UP OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS // WOULD HAVE TO SAY IT IS PRETTY BAD –( OOOOPSI GOT KEEP MY LENTEN CREDE UP—- BE A PROTON–STAY POSITIVE )——WAITING FOR POST ALL STAR ICE ( LIKE LAST YEAR ) BREAK OUT OFFESIVELY —LAURI NEEDS TO GET 16 OR MORE PTS —-STEVENS NEEDS MORE MIN’S—-WE NEED TO FIND WINDLER// BRING HIM UP FROM THE CHARGE —-‘STEALTH TANKING ” HAS GAINED MUCH MOMENTUM HERE AT CTB THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS —DEPENDING ON TONIGHTS RESULTS –IT MAY GAIN MORE… Read more »
top 10 in offensive rebounding, not total rebounding.
yup, exactly Cavs are very mediocre defensive rebounding team.
https://twitter.com/ChrisFedor/status/1499160274292678664?s=20&t=eJxb1UGGU6il77YxtfyRow
Regardless of whether DG plays, I’m still pretty worried about his back health. There should be no confusion as to whether he is ready – you don’t mess around with conditions like this. I remain pissed that they let him play on in a game in which he had already tweaked it.
I heard it was a bone bruise. There are no structural issues. It is just a pain tolerance thing.
I definitely agree with erring on the side of caution, got a whole career ahead of him.
Would be glorious to have 3 or 4 mins of garbage time in a dominating win. Wonder if it’s possible to have Cedi, Love, Lauri, Garland, AND the bigs play well in the same game. Still ticked about the stealth tank possibility lol. Go Cavs!