Live Thread: Pistons @ Cavs
2022-03-19Good evening CtB!
Tonight the Detroit Pistons have traversed across Lake Erie to take on the Cavs in a key Central Divison matchup for the home team. The Cavs can get to within a half game of the five seed, and only 1.5 games back of the fourth seed and home court advantage. The Pistons have been feisty lately, going 5-5 over their last 10 games but have lost four out of their last five games. The Cavs will be looking to even the season series tonight, 2-2.
Of course the headline matchup is between Rookie of the Year candidates in Evan Mobley and Cade Cunningham. It’s a chance for Mobley to leave a lasting impression in the minds of NBA media before the season ends. But the Cavs really have bigger fish to fry. It’ll be a test of mental fortitude to pull this game off, as the next two games have all the markings of trap games before a massive showdown with the Toronto Raptors looms in the distance.
The key battle in tonight’s game will be on the boards tonight while the Cavs are on offense. Dead legs on the second game of a back to back means opportunities for offensive rebounds. The Cavs will need to crash the glass against a poor rebounding team in Detroit to generate some easy offense against scramble defense.
Tip off is scheduled for 8:00PM ET and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, Go Cavs!
STEVENS MVP!!!
ICE DOWN EUCLID!
Is Grant gonna get 50 or 60?
Seriously, Grant had 27 points that half on 6-7 threes. Just a joke.
When did Cedi swap bodies with JR Smith?
60 first half points given up yo the Pistons. Have some self respect.
Cavs miss Dean Wade something fierce tonight.
DG PULL UP!
Anyone going to run Grant off the line or… ?
God, Grant just butchering the Cavs…
WHAT A FINISH LEVERT THE KISS!
Please Evan, don’t dribble…
3 man game DG/Caris/Mobley!
Fuhhhh. Sick of watching free throws. Let em play
Boy, that looked like a cheap foul on Lauri…
total BS LMFAO
Pressure on the basket yielding results. Stick with it.
DG WHAT A FINISH!
great play Ice!!!!!
Lamar bringing the energy
Only one +7 .. everyone else either at 0 or minus.
LAMAR STEVENS!
How can we start off so good with a 8-0 and cant sustain it?.. now its a 12-0 run by Pistons..
12-0 Detroit run, yeesh
WOW, Cavs can’t rebound and now Cavs are sleepwalking on offense.
IS THAT A FUCKING JOKE?
Clear path on that…lol…refs have action on the game…
Feel like these scrubs are going to hang around all night
Kelly Olynyk the bane of Cavs’ existence
Welp spoke too soon. 3 straight turnovers
Dumb
Cavs games feel like Mario cart lately. Anytime they get a decent lead, here comes the blue turtle shell.
Sigh…
CAVS BENCH STEPPING UP
2nd unit looking good
C3DI!!!!!
LeVert really got no touch
It’s kind of incredible how little touch he has…
Caris hit that drive game down now needs to kick it out
Moses the hard way
I still get angry every time Olynyk takes the court against the Cavs.
Totally. Fuck that guy
I get angry because he’s an affront to basketball…same as watching a scrub like Jae Crowder…
Also true.
Lmao
Lol…Grant going full DJ with that ‘Pass’…
CEDI
Cedi sighting !!
Hope he kills it
DG FINISH OFFHAND AND ONE!
Ok lets’s see what the bench can do.
WHERES THE FOUL????
HOLY MOSES!
Lauri is on some special sauce this week
LAMAR STEVENS FOR THREE!
COAST TO COAST LAURI MARKKANEN!
MOBLEY FINISH WITH THE OFF HAND!
nice kickout pass, great drive and finish Ice!
Could use an early bench mob…Cedi ought to be ready to crush tonight
DG got dead legs on the J, gonna have to grind it out on defense.
Good getting back there Lauri, forces the error.
Beef Stew is a foul machine, but he gets away with a lot of it…
Dg’s transition D is his biggest blind spot. Sometimes a bit of a Pavlovic
good hustle Mobley needs to learn to kickout when they collapse.
Can’t let Detroit run.
looking forward to possible garbage time. would be ideal.
GREAT PASS DG! FLAGRANT ON DETROIT
AGGRESSIVE STEVENS! SO STRONG!
WHAT A READ DG!!!! GREAT CUT LAMAR!
Beautiful vision DG
ouch. that was a hard fall.
There we go.
DG WHAT A FINISH! AND ONE!
DG instant course correction, love to see it
DG not exactly off to a strong start.
MOBLEY! too easy
He’s looking sharp
Let’s go Cavs!!!!
Time for a big bench game from someone. Love, Cedi, Windler, Goodwin.
Cedi should be fresh?
Cavs need to get Kennedy Chandler in the draft, he’s another Garland.
Do we want to have 2 garlands?
can never have enough Garlands.
lol a starting backcourt of garlands? there’s a lot of missing defense there
He’s projected as a backup PG, not a starter.
haha then he is not another garland
As close to a must win game as a game against the Pistons recently has been. Tired legs or no.
Yes. Closing time.
Also need to remind Pistons before the tip that OKC are 1 win above them right now. Don’t wanna mess that up.