Live Thread: Cavs @ Nets
2022-04-08The Cavs have traversed eastward to the banks of the East River to take on the Brooklyn Nets in yet another “game of the year” for the hometown team. With a win tonight, the Cavs have a chance to lock up home court advantage for the play-in tournament. With a loss, the Cavs are in jeopardy of falling to the ninth seed at least. The stakes are so high that NBA Rookie of the Year candidate Evan Mobley is giving it a go. Also on the line for the Cavs is evening the season series at 2-2. This is another fantastic opportunity to build confidence heading into the postseason.
Obviously star power is on the side of the Nets tonight with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. But they are not without their vulnerabilities, especially on the defensive side of the ball. They suck at rebounding (worst defensive rebound rate in the NBA) and are a subpar defensive team (ranked bottom 10 in the NBA in defensive efficiency) in general. If the Cavs are able to control the pace on offense and crash the glass, that will give them the best chance to win. On defense, the Cavs will need to create turnovers and rebound the basketball. This is not a team the Cavs want to give second chances to against a scrambling defense. The plan is simple but can the young Cavs execute, especially still missing Jarrett Allen.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:30PM ET and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, Go Cavs!
Caris yes
Caris has been great gettin gto the line, needs to make FTs
Think KD is going to respect Mobes real quick…KD can be douchey, but he appreciates a real baller…
hardly any ICE this quarter
-9 in 9 minutes, good call JB.
MOBLEY VISION!!! CEDI GREAT PLAY!
Cavs have shot 11 threes and made 2…. never gonna win with those numbers.
in 1992 we could!!!!
TALK TO EM DAN!!!
on pace for sub 30 three point attempts… will never win doing that, you have to have Chicago or Brooklyn level midrange shooters.
much better 2nd quarter, still gotta get out of this hole
cannot stand KD, just wanted to put it out there
Avon Barksdale is flopping into some calls.
sometimes kevin durant is a way better actor than we give him credit for. He can withstand heavyweights most of the time…then when he needs a couple free throws he crumples when Levert nicks him?
Mobley is FEARLESS
MOBLEY JUST WORKED KD BABY
Mobes and 1 man what a stud
Hard to express how much I’ve missed Mobes.
SAME!
Right with you Simmo
We get to watch him for the next decade.
Cavs looking like they got their grit on
Would’ve been nice last game.
MOBLEY HUSTLE!!! LETS GO!
Mobley oh my
GET THE DAMN REBOUND
man its frustrating, just get some bodies on people
NICE SHOT MARK!
Lauri posts Kyrie, easy money
DG !!! The best player out there right now, and that’s saying something.
so what is the scenario if we win? if we lose?
We win, can’t be worse than 8.
lose, could be as bad as 10th i believe
As my barmate Eric just said after that Garland basket, “up yours, Kyrie!”
DARIUS WOKE UP!!!!!
great defense CEDI!!! clamped KD!
DG in another world my man
GREAT PASS MOBLEY!
DG getting hammered every time he enters lane
He’ll have to be All NBA before he gets any respect…so probably next year…
should be all NBA this year.
DG is getting hammered and no calls
Garland gotta take a better shotm
yup, very lazy shot.
struggling with Defensive rebounding
massively, either no effort or no energy or both.
MOBLEY REJECTION!
Evan said GTFOH!
EVAN NICE PATIENCE!
Mobley just SONNED Drummon
Cedi! from down town
HOLY SHIT DARIUS WHAT A FINISH AND ONE BOZO REFS
holy shit DG
That was worth the price of watching the rest of this game
Caris the only player playing worth a shit so far for the Cavs.
true…and he isn’t playing that well lol
lol Love gets blocked from 3. EDIT he was hacked
no sight of Cedi, he has been playing at the start of the second qtr recently. Honestly rather point Cedi and than Rondo
100%, Rather Windler than Moses Brown too and play small
yep, its not like the Nets can really punish that
great point!
I like Sochan from Baylor…he needs to work on his shot, but god, I like his potential on this team…
not sure this team needs any more guys who “need to work on their shot” lol
He is a stud in every other way…
Cavs with no-ball movement, no defense, no chance.
we’re gonna trade mid range twos for threes all damn game. Need a whole new staff.
JB on his bozo shit, playing three non-shooters on the floor at the same time.
Well it’s not like he is allowed to play Windler. And Cedi is due for a random dnp.
LMFAOOO true true, Wouldn’t be surprised by Goodwin, Cedi DNPs
nice move Lamar,
Clear we’re not not going to get a fairly officiated game. Start googling draft picks.
good thing that pick was lottery protected!!!
10 points nearly 10 minutes into the action. i need to shut this off or start drinking more Beer stat
Jacking a lot of threes. Looks good when they go down, looks terrible when they don’t. (More often than not for these Cavs)
only have 7 attempts, that’s the opposite of jacking threes.
Perhaps I should have written jacking jumpers in general…not seeing much at the rim, or much going to towards the hoop…
agreed, offense was an abject disaster any way you slice it.
yeah the problem with jacking threes is that there is no flow to the offense, the ball just swings around the perimeter and whoever has air space jacks it up. Like, no penetration kick, pick n pop, etc.
unfortunately there are no better games on tbh LMFAOOOOO but i’m scouting for the next batch of tip offs!
Is it possible to waive Caris in the middle of a game?
good lord Love had Kyrie on him for like 15 seconds of that possession and we couldnt get it to him. pathetic
LMFAOOO guys got selfish post-Rubio
Lamar. Stevens. Can’t. Shoot.
Caris has to take the shot against Kyrie. Lamar has to make that open 3.
getting sliced up on penetration again
Woof. Rough stretch.
Cavs completely incapable of attacking the weak points of the defense. Have to attack Kyrie and Curry on offense, any scheme that doesn’t is an automatic fail.
Cavs no gas. day late, dollar short.
WTF GET THE BALL TO LOVE AGAINST KYRIE terrible decision making by literally everyone.
Nice to see Mobley back, no matter the result…
good recognition by Mobley, but sloppy technique almost traveled.
DG good job! take the floater!
“Fuck that call.” I just screamed in the middle of the lizard
LMFAOOOOOOO
Next to a Qanon choad so I am worked up already.
Fuck that call, and fuck those imbeciles…
DG nice middie, NICE MIDDIE MOBLEY!
DG awful decision shoot the floater.
wow, Refball in full effect already.
nice attack Caris and Lauri
3 guys around the basket, the net gets the rebound.
and scores
Sadly, no Dean Wade to check Durant. Could be a very high score tonight.
Not sure this game is really very important, but would love to see the boys play well.
Go Cavs!
WATCH DRUMMOND “GO NUTS ” TONIGHT AGAINST HIS FORMER TEAMMATES –CAN SEE A 15/15 GAME FROM HIM
especially with our stringbeans in the middle lol. Still would be awesome to beat a couple different former cavs tonight!