Live Thread: Bulls @ Cavs
2022-03-26Good evening CtB!
The Cavs are back home and will host Central Division rival the Chicago Bulls in what is another game of the year for both squads. The Bulls are desperate for a win against a good team, they even load managed DeMar DeRozan to be ready for this contest. They’re in absolute free fall in the standings after vying for Eastern Conference supremacy. The Cavs find themselves in a somewhat similar situation, struggling to scrape together wins without their All-Star center Jarrett Allen. One of these teams will get a big win tonight, which one? Stay tuned!
Stats and Notes
Why have the Bulls struggled so much? They’ve been missing their two best perimeter defenders in Alex Caruso and Lonzo Ball, and only Caruso is back just recently from injury. Their defense has cratered and they’re struggling to find it on that end. The same can be said to a lesser extent for the Cavs.
As for the Bulls’ offense, they limit turnovers with their veteran guards DeRozan and Zach LaVine making good decisions, although they’re not the best passing team in the NBA. They are also a poor offensive rebounding team, so the Cavs should be able to keep second chance points to a minimum.
The Cavs need to find some juice off the bench. The bad games have outweighed the good, which is understandable given the injuries. But there’s no sympathy to given, they will have to find a way to make due with whom they have.
Tip off is scheduled for 8:00PM ET and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, Go Cavs!
Better start here !!!
Mobley. Makes something out of nothing.
watching the end of the Duke/Arkansas first half before flipping back.
Ice trey. I hate levert with the starters. How do u go 3 straight possessions without Garland touching the ball?
Powder Caruso is one of those guys you’d love on your team and hate when he’s on the other team.
100% from the Delly school of dawgs
So cool to hear from WB Free and Wilkins tonight
Bulls are very bad…this is a winnable game if we find a couple runs
Back from spring break and back in neo.
Hell yeah Nate hope is was enjoyable for all, missed you man!
Just tuned in. This is brutal. Nice to see the wall of fame inductions.
The bulls are horrible…this is a couple adjustments from being a winnable game. And that’s crazy
22 seconds off the shot clock to get a bad 30 footer,,,that’s just not gonna work.
This is really 7th grade level offense…
At this point just try to get fouled
mobley needed that
What is that, 1-16 from three now?
My bad, 1-17…
WHAT A PASS LOVE!!!!
Wow, terrible defense… everybody pointing at each other.
Cavs playing like a true lottery team in its current incarnation.
Cavs out of ideas. No energy. No dawg.
100%
Garland having another tough game facing the better defenders. Van Fleet and now Caruso. Wish the Cavs could move the ball to a secondary ball handler better.
Unfortunately don’t really have one
sadly true
Garbage time in the second quarter.
Getting blown out at home
22 minutes in nearly 18 minutes of play, unreal
Mobley is getting torched over and over.
Clank. Clank. Clank.
1/13 from 3???
WHAT A FINISH DG!
Windler in there, not saying it’s not a good move but definitely reeks of grasping at straws.
At least he us grasping this game!
WOW, just a total flop by DDR and gets rewarded.
Windler sighting…JB must be desperate (I approve)
100%
What? Windler? No…..
If we don’t see Goodwin and Windler I will be so ticked
JB 1 on 1 with DG there. “Sorry kid, but you gotta score 60”.
and play 43 mins.
totally out of sync.
Cavs 1-11 from three…just a joke…
This is last year’s badly coached team where the offense wanders aimlessly. It’s a real indictment of JB.
Totally.
I’ll say again, good thing they lottery protected that pick…
a slam and a layup and zero points to show.
Jesus Lamar…
Almost all of this bad play comes down to role. Nobody has one. Nobody’s driving this car
39% FG…..
Almost none of our offensive sets look premeditated. Chicago is in freefall and we’re making them look like Championship contenders again
Garland has a plan. Markannen is always moving. Most of the others are just flailing when they bother to move.
True. One would hope there is a plan that the entire team knows about LOL
Osman going -8 in his first five minutes of the game is like the Lakers game all over again.
Just tuning in…. Yikes !
Cedi looks like a crappy rec league player the last several weeks.
Lotta shitty long perimeter shots, which shockingly enough, hasn’t led to points…
Desperate clunky shots lat in the shot clock.
Argh Cedi.
I don’t know what he’s even attempting there. Love just stared at him in confusion.
they doubled Lauri again, SOMEONE CUT TO THE RIM DAMMIT
As soon as Caris sits, Cavs look better.
chemistry matters!
GOOD PASS LOVE STEVENS HUSTLE!
DG big shot
Why is everybody standing around while Lauri has the ball in the post??? They doubled, someone cut to the rim!!!!!
Wrong reply
Gah, close to unwatchable.
Mobley’s not staying down as well on contests.
NICE MOVES CARIS!
GREAT DEFENSE LAURI!
Lost without Lauri, that’s for sure.
Lauri looks ready to play.
DG TO LAURI LETS GO
Wow Lauri freaking mugged no call.
Ah,the obligatory slow start……
Stats aside, it’s just clear from the eye test how much they miss JA. The middle is charmin soft with him out.
Such a cheap foul on Okoro. Barely any contact, should be a no call.
dafuq??? Lauri has a mismatch feed him!
we really don’t stand a chance against any barely competent team right now. Our d is atrocious. And we’re not putting up 130 points.
move the ball mobes!
Cavs not covering the Bulls perimeter movement early. Hmmmm.
GREAT PASS CARIS!
Cavs attacking from the jump good start.
love the caris move on paper
https://twitter.com/ChrisFedor/status/1507861021511327752?s=20&t=uG8eDnwi4LzHen_uceNg2A
JB wants a return on Levert investment.
Indeed! Saw it coming honestly.
Fully expect DDR to light the Cavs up. Cavs will need to have a response.