Live Thread: Cavs @ Pistons
2022-11-04Good evening CtB!
The Cavs have traversed across the Great Lake Erie to the Motor City for the first game of a five game road trip for the 6-1 squad. Unfortunately, the headline for this matchup is the Cavs’ injury report with Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell, and Dylan Windler all reportedly out with injury. The Cavs will turn to Caris LeVert at point guard, with Isaac “Ice” Okoro and “James” Dean Wade filling out the starting lineup.
Even though the Cavs are without their top two offensive engines, it’s not unreasonable to think that the Cavs should at least be competitive given how bad Detroit has been to start the season. They’re a bottom five offensive and defensive team to start the year. If the Cavs can lock it down on defense, the first team to break 90 points probably wins.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:00PM and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio, Go Cavs!
Allen needs 20 FGAs tonight.
LeVerts passing has been great
Up 10.
Rage TO. I think Detroit is realizing this is not going to be an easy win. We should get their best effort out of this TO.
Love helping to fill the playmaking void.
Sweet pass Mr. LeVert
The defensive effort of the team is just superb!!!
CARIS LEVERT WITH THE VISION RAGE TIMEOUT
Piston ball handling has been so bad, outside of Cade.
agreed, he’s their only NBA player right now
They looking good! Love the defense.
Beautiful kick out to Cedi!
LET KLOVE COOK!!!!
Return of the Cedi!
JA FLOATER LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The team’s strength is the team
Stevens in.
Keep feeding JA. Get into the bonus early.
WHAT A BOUNCE PASS LOVE!
Everyone has scored save Wade.
Love leading scorer with 5. 1-4 from deep, with our only make (1-8 as a team).
We should win this game. No excuses.
Cavs trying to give Detroit this game, but Pistons saying NO you!
About what I expected so far, but Cavs can pull this one out if they can get something from Love and Cedi. Just hope this isn’t one of those games where Cedi tries too hard to ‘do something’.
Caris shot that too early, but it didn’t cost us.
Up 24-21 after 1. If we hold Detroit to 84, I think we have a shot.
JA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
JARRETT ALLEN SAYS I DONT THINK SO!!!
Block party!
LETS GOOO CAVS ARE SCRAPPY!!
Hell yeah, win the scrap
KLove going to need a flashback game tonight. Scoring is rough without DG and Spider, to say the least.
Love Cedi in transition.
CEDI on the break
Great block by Mobley!
GET THAT WEAK STUFF OUTTA HERE!
LETS GOOOOO LOVE ON FIRE!
FEED KLOVE
Nice Kev, we needed that!
damn crazy pass Cade,
Not a good start for Osman. Bad pass TO & a clank.
Neto & Cedi dor Caris & Ice.
Hate all these sports betting ads everywhere. Who thinks this is going to end well for sports? Going to get real messy.
I’ve explicitly opted out of advertising on pod for gambling.
A lead. And we’ve had chances to expand it. Mobes & Love missing from deep.
We could put RoLo in and he can barbecue chicken Noel’s skinny butt.
Hopefully Ice gets the chance to exorcise some demons tonight.
Had to edit exercise to exorcise lol. Whatever, them demons could use some exercise.
LMFAO
MOBLEY HUSTLE!
OKORO TOUGH FINISH CLUTCH TOO!!!
Ice, Ice, baby!
nice play to get Mobley a look at the rim.
Well, still in it halfway through the first.
Think Caris plays 46 again?
Mobley looking shaky but he’s making the right choice at least.
Bullshit call on Wade
yup
ALLEN BULLY BALL!
More of that, please.
Exhibit A for why Mobley does not shoot more.
Holy shit. Okoro is 40% of the Cavs’ offense
Wake up Mobley
LETS GOO CARIS SHOOT IT YOUNG MAN!
LeVert two nice finishes
Okoro’s negative gravity gets him a dunk!
Okoro dunks!
OKORO DRIVE AND FINISH!
LeVert made a layup!
NICE DRIVE CARIS!
Everyone has missed a shot, save Okoro.
Everyine has taken a shot, save Okoro.
NBA actually calling traveling
Okoro is a mess
Slooow start
This is gonna be ugly.
Okoro wide ooen
Allen blicked by Cade, not as good a sign. Still, I like the choice.
Going to JA right away, good sign. Splits the pair.
JA got a call!!!
Those pistons unis are trash
Well, since a win seems unlikely given the injury situation, I just hope for some individual progresss for guys.
LeVert: make some 2s and layups.
Okoro: play with confidence, take open 3s.
Wade: find 3PT stroke
Mobley: more assertive, better rebounding
Allen: get that hook to go, finish better
Cedi & Love: 3 pt shooting
Neto & Lopez: be steady
Stevens: bring energy
Okoro needs to put his big boy pants on and ball. Opportunity for Cedi, Wade, Okoro to shine and for LeVert to show his leadership with Spida and DG out
Mobley also better launch 20+ shots tonight, no excuses
Cedi and Love are both due good shooting nights, everything regresses and progresses to the mean
Great teams win games… Allen and Mobley should be the best players on the court, no reason we can’t win with this lineup.
Caris better be launching shots tonight, he needs to figure out how to finish at the rim and the paint in general.
Someone really needs to teach him how to use the backboard.
Well, no Mitchell or Garland tonight. Nor Windler. Neto is a go.
LeVert, Okoro, Wade, Mobley, Allen starters.
Neto, Cedi, Stevens, Love, Lopez.
Maybe some Diakite tonight?
Doubt it unless we end up with foul trouble.
Or a blowout.