Live Thread: Cavs @ Nuggets
2023-01-06Good evening CtB!
The Cavs are in the Mile High City to take on the Denver Nuggets, what will be a massive test against the best of the Western Conference. The Cavs will have to do it without Donovan Mitchell, who is understandably on load management, and possibly also Darius Garland, who is a game-time decision.
This is a matchup that Tower City needs to win against the formidable tandem of Nikola Jokic and Aaron Gordon for the Cavs to have a chance. Denver is ranked #2 in the NBA in offensive rating (116.7), while the Cavs are ranked #1 in the NBA in defensive rating (108.5). Something’s gotta give. The Cavs would do well to pay attention to how Denver moves the ball on offense, they are ranked #1 in the NBA in assist ratio at 20.3. The Cavs rank 19th at 17.4.The ball movement needs to improve if the Cavs want to compete with the best of the best.
Tip off is scheduled for 9:00PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, Go Cavs!
Only 3 TOs that half. 18 dimes. That is outstanding.
Two of the leagues best teams going back and forth.
Not a great last 2 minutes, but still very much in it down 4.
Mobes, LeVert, Cedi, Neto, Allen, Love, & Stevens all playing pretty well. DG not awful, but gonna need more from him to win.
Not as bad as I feared, but giving up 62 in a half isnt going to get it done
Happy to see how the Cavs have competed so far.
Cavs defense getting sliced up in the 2nd quarter, need more NETO!!!
The Nuggets wokeup & realized it wasn’t gonna be a cakewalk.
Still, they were 8-14 on triples (57%). With a little regression, we could be right there.
In the 2nd half Iām gonna try and count the number of 3-second violations Jokic should have
CARIS BALL FAKE >>>>>
That corner 3 spot is killing us
Love is in the air!
Garland with some heady defense
RIP Andrea Thompson!
Ah dang. First Iād heard that. RIP indeed. Best to TT.
Jokic is in the lane all fucking day
FTs are the Achilles tonight
TOWER CITY LOCKED IN TONIGHT
Man our bigs are crushing it!
CEDI FOR THREE!!!!
WHAT A PASS DG
Attaway Cedi
The Nugs seem to be hitting a majority of there 3s from that corner spot
HOLY SHIT CARIS WHAT A PLAY!!!!!
Caris. Holy crap
LeVert with a nifty dunk
Cedi has become one of the leagueās best in transition. The speed is really impressive
The speed for his size is really impressive
GIVE AND GO CEDI LOVE!
3 on Mobley. Allen time.
Oops. 3 secs my bad.
3 straight Denver triples out of their TO. Yikes.
Neto is an excellent 3rd string PG.
Lamar +7 with the backups, now we cooking.
Evan cooking!
I bet the Nuggets thought they had this one in the bag with Spida out.
Mobley playing great on both ends. Good to see.
THE NETO AGENDA TRIUMPHANT, CTB WINS AGAIN
Yep. I disagree on a lot of stuff with iur fearless leaders from time to time, but I may have to surrender on Cedi/Neto.
How much did Pinkman bet on this one?
Nice passing by Mobley!
Other than FT shooting and FT rebounding, we are doing great
Enjoyin the hell out of this so far.
Hellava quarter there. Up 2. Should be more if not for 1-4 FT shooting.
Nice O/D subbing at the end of the quarter.
9 played in quarter #1.
Great start. Playing Cavs basketball.
JB doing better with rotations
DG TO THE RACK AND THE HARM!!!! WHAT A FINISH
GREAT PASS NETO CEDI FOR THREE!!!!
Neato Neto!
Cedi3
GREAT DEFENSE ALLEN!
Is it me or do we have a ton of blocks tonight?
NICE FINISH STEVENS! LOOKING MORE AGGRESSIVE!
I like Stevens in this role.
Make Jokic go left, don’t let him get to the right hand.
Net3!!!
Jokic is a bit of a fat slob! Great player tho.
KLOVE HUSTLE!
NETO AGENDA TO THE MOON
Neto!!! Dropping Treys!
Caris subbed out and everything went to shit
Garland needs to move the ball
Nice effort so far. Like the pace.
Cavs winning the rebound battle
LETS GOOO MOBLEY MISMATCH GOOD READ DG
4 chances at 3 point shot (Mobley, Allen, Garland x2). š
4 changes is the charm. Haha
DG LETS GOOOOO
Denver on a b2b. We can win this!
They were up 35+ on the Clips at half last night. No one played more than 25.
That goaltending call couldāve gone either way
CARIS
LeVert throwing the hammer down
Denver passing getting them an easy look at the rim,
Need to see a big game from Mobley
AGREE DANK—JUST HOPE THE CAVS ARE COMPETITVE // KEEP IT CLOSE// INTERESTING AND WHO KNOWS POSSIBLY SQUEAK OUT A ‘W” —MORE POSSIBLE NOW I KNOW DG IS PLAYING —-MAYBE WE SEE MORE PNR WITH HIM AND JA
DG starting! let’s go Cavs!!! winnable game tonight but I don’t look for it, Nugs are running real hot right now
I AGREE GO CAVS
Showcasing him!
LOL oh no you don’t
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LMFAOOOOO
HEY IT IS FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE BEER ICED DOWN —-WITH THE CAVS SITTING SPIDA AND POSSIBLY DG// PLUS THE OTHERS AND PLAYING AGAINST THE NUGGETS AT DENVER WHERE EVEN THE LEBRON TEAMS STRUGGLED TO GET A ‘W”— GOOD TIME TO REST PLAYERS// GET PLAYERS HEALTHY// GET SOME RUN TIME FOR PLAYERS WHO NEED MORE MIN’S —-NETO// ROLO // LEVERT// ICE —RUN THE OFFENSE THRU MOBES/// JA —LET THEM GET SOME SHOTS UP// GET INTO AN OFFENSIVE FLOW——–GO CAVS
Go Cavs!!! Could be a rough one but Iām here for it