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Live Thread: Cavs vs Hawks
2022-11-21It’s a battle between a pair of 10-6 squads. On the Cavs side, they’ll be sans Dean Wade & Caris LeVert. Kevin Love will reportedly give the hairline fractured thumb a go and try to play tonight.
Meanwhile for Atlanta, DeAndre Hunter is questionable with an illness, and Bogdan Bogdanovich is out. Cleveland will have to punish Trae Young on defense, which probably means Lamar Stevens in the post as the Hawks tend to try to hide him on the opponents’ worst guy.
Trae’s putting up all NBA numbers with 27 and 9 dimes while Murray is dropping 21/6/7 joining a slew of starters in double figures. Should be a good one!
I don’t know maybe we should stop passing the ball into traffic?
Or make more accurate passes.
Not a great way to start out the qtr
Wish we could fast forward to when Mobley is a lot stronger…
Going to be awhile.
Turned it on two straight threes.
JB: Playoffs are tomorrow, right? Rotation is ready!
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Okoro with 3 fouls in 3 minutes LMFAOOO man wtf
Young ripthroughs on two i believe
They’re not ever going to let anyone guard Trae…
holy shit Spida played 21 minutes in that half, JB’s psycho
DG AND SPIDA >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Had to eat dinner, Cavs look tired, gonna have to gut this one out.
Zero neto mins and we only have 10 assists. Hero ball working so far but thats not very sustainable (alto against the hawks guards maybe it is for a game)
If the Cavs are winning playing hero ball that’s very good because that’s how a playoff game will be played.
Question remains whether it is winning.
We are shooting over 60% from the field and the 3PT line, have more boards, and only one more TO. Only up 5.
That offense is not sustainable.
Robin Lopez!
Gonna have to outscore them in the 120s. There will be some very tired legs in the 2nd half.
At least the starters didn’t play that much yesterday
Yeah that was a blessing. Start of the 3rd is vital to not get boatraced
Cleanup the tovs and make an effort to stop atl from getting into the paint.
Cavs throwing the Joe Woods Run defense at Trae Young
Too easy for young
Smked dg last couple times.
Refs protect Young like he’s their precious grandson…I do like how they’ve defended Murray so far…
The inconsistency is maddening.
Any chance Lamar/Isaac could actually set a screen to get Trae into having to defend? Asking for a friend
5 TO half for DG.
Stop these needless turnovers!
Garland with 5 TOs and no assists.
Good defense. Need more Cedi!
Jebus H. Krist with the turnovers.
Gotta limit the TOs
20-8 bench points advantage for Hawks.
Mitchell carrying them so far this game…and Mobley shouldn’t be dribbling like that in open floor traffic…
Yeah. I’ve been pleasantly surprised how well Mitchell is fitting in. I thought it’d be much tougher.
We’re shooting 65% to their 45% but they’ve taken 6 more shots.
Mobley maybe dribbling too much
Luckily the Hawks don’t appear to have read the scouting report on his handle.
I could have seen that steal coming .. like no one could have communicated to him
4 TO, 3 O Boards given up, 3 fouls committed first five minutes of Second Quarter. Slop leads to these kinds of runs.
Ugly basketball… frustrating how they aren’t consistent
Needed that for Garland
Whats the point of love playing? Just a body for the b2b? Its his ahooting hand right?
It is inexcusable that no one else can rebound when Allen is off the floor. Love and Mobley both out there and giving up O boards.
Is that a 12-2 run to start the quarter for the Hawks?
With Young on the bench…
11-2, but yeah.
Best news is seeing DG back on the floor.
Rage timeout time.
Two open 3’s for the Johnson player.
Good start. Good defense. Next step get the bigs involved to add another dimension to the attack and different looks.
Glad they got a good start, fatigue will be a factor. Another reason to spread the load.
1 turnover this quarter , let’s keep that up.
Good first quarter!
DM is stout for a 6’1” guy.
Two great first quarters these past two games … let’s keep that up for the rest of the game.
Hustle factor is off the charts!!!!
Mitchell with a big boy bucket!
Okoro has to realize Young will flop and likely young will get the call. You have to anticipate the flop.
Is Brad praising Trae for flopping?
Someday Trae needs to play on the same team as Embiid…might as well concentrate all the prime floppers in one city…
Don’t reach on young.
Floppy McFlopface
Is there a button to cut off Brad’s mic? GD.
Lopez hook working tonight
Yet if you breath on Young it’s a foul
Since we aren’t shots to the face not flagrant?!
Since when?!
I don’t think they’ve ever been automatic. Depends on unnecessary contact and intention. Don’t think if deemed inadvertent it is automatically a flagrant. Though surprised they didn’t review that.
I didn’t think it was a flagrant 2. But he jacked him in the face.
Yeah surprised they didn’t review it for a 1. Contact seemed unnecessary since he had his hand out and was facing him.
How many effing times has DG taken a shot in the face so far this season???
Isn’t that a flagrant?
Another shot to the face to DG!!! Come on!
Use the screen dg. Wait for JA to roll and then get it to him on near the ft line.
Good start.
Pretty sharp start…
8-10 from the field .. 10-0 run!! Let’s go Cavs !
RAGE TIMEOUT MCMILLAN LETS GOOOOOOOO
CAVS ARE SHARP!!!!!!
Lovin it!
Love watching the bugs work! Mobley to Allen!
Bigs not bugs
Not as bad as slugs.
GARLAND CANT BE STOPPED
Garland is cooking
DG FOR THREE!
GREAT PASS MOBLEY! GREAT FINISH TOO
Collins with a flop
Daniel LaRusso is gonna fight
KLove is warming up!
hell yeah Nate thank you!!! GO CAVS!
Heading home now to tune in!