Live Thread: Cavs @ Suns
2023-01-08Good evening CtB!
The Cavs are in the Valley of the Sun to take on the hospital Phoenix Suns in what is probably a must-win game given how many key Suns are out of the game. Chris Paul, Devin Booker, and former Cav Cam Payne will all be out tonight, which represents nearly all of the Suns’ on ball creation on offense. The Cavs should be able to impose their will on defense, and gets some easy offense created out of their defense.
Tip off is scheduled for 8:00PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, Go Cavs!
INJURY REPORTS:
#Cavs Darius Garland WILL PLAY tonight against Phoenix, sources tell @clevelanddotcom. Also, team will be sticking with Isaac Okoro as the starting small forward, sources say.
— Chris Fedor (@ChrisFedor) January 8, 2023
The Suns have, indeed, ruled out Chris Paul for tonight’s game against #Cavs.
— Chris Fedor (@ChrisFedor) January 8, 2023
Nets win another at the buzzer, by 1 over Miami on a Royce O’Neale outback with 3 seconds left. KD exited in the 3rd with a knee issue and did not come back. Did not look super serious at first, but he kept rubbing it, and eventualky came out & went to the locker room.
another day, another opponent shooting 1000% from 3. thinking it might not just be luck
stuff the calculator nerds in a locker pronto!!!
Horrible defense at the 3 point line … again.. Suns are 8-12 from 3 in the half.
“it’s just bad luck” LMFAOOOOOO
We are 26th in opponent 3PT FG%.
Thanks for that.. it makes sense.. I would love to see how many open and wide open 3’s we give up compared to the league/how we rank on those.
Yikes that is really bad for basically the top rated D. We must just be soooo elite everywhere else
/sarcasm Jason
Chuck Washington cause the Cavs fell asleep
Crap last two minutes again. Lead down to 3.
We got a game now.
Wow what a bad end to the quarter from the starters there
LMFAO no communication on defense, give up a wide open 3.
Jarrett thump.
Dude you might want to guard Washington and the 3-point line.
No kidding.
JA SAVES THE DAY!!!
Okoro is getting abused out there c’mon JB WAKE UP
Let’s get it to double digits
THEYRE NOT GUARDING OKORO EITHER PASS IT TO HIM OR GET HIM OUT
Amen!
TO fest all of a sudden.
So frustrating
Mobley at least defending tonight
PUT CARIS BACK IN +10 AND 6 ASSISTS
We are letting them hang around.
How’s that a foul on Okoro?
Some butter fingers.
Lame call
Spida is so smooth!
Spida bite!
Taking pretty good care of the ball again (knock on wood). Only 4 TOs in 1.5 quarters.
Cavs peppy
They’re on the Arizona peyote diet!
For how well we have played .. we are only up 8.
Cedi!
8 man rotation, Thibs special tonight from JB!
Yeesh tonight of all nights.
especially funny when both Neto and Stevens were two of the only guys with positive minutes last game LMFAO
At least we’re not getting extended Stevens minutes
Let’s blow them out & then Neto & Diakite can play the whole 4th quarter.
Landale is a doofy lookin dude.
He needs to grow out a mullet!
MINNESOTA LOVE
Love slam!
CARIS COOKING
Lot of nice passers in this lineup. DG, Caris, Love, Mobley.
Suns asking Bridges to do a lot.
Especially with Johnson, Crowder, and Booker out.
White Men Can Dunk! Nice cut Love!
FT misses bugging me.
nICE quarter from Okoro. 3-3 FGs and 2-2 frim the land of plenty. Garland cooking offensively (5-5 FGs). Mobley with a nice floor game (4 dimes, 4 boards).
Solid first on the road.. we need to clean up our free throws mainly outside of DG and DM.
Cavs up 15 if they hit freebies.
boy i sure would like an easy W tonight
Strong road quarter let’s go!!! We going to see Neto and Lamar for 9 and 10 ?
Let’s get a score and stop to end this quarter.
Ball is finally popping, Tower City 7 assists in the first quarter
CARIS SO SMOOTH
Cavs are 12/14 from the field with 9 assists and Suns are 8/17..
Sometimes I feel those Love 3’s are rushed..
Sometimes they are.
Cavs sharp since that first timeout
DG3!!!
Garland filthy!
I’m surprised Suns didn’t take a time out during our 14-0 run.
Ice playing solid so far, loving it .
Ice might make JB play him more…
If he can turn himself into a respectable 3PT shooter, the job is his.
Love the passing
CARIS GIVE AND GO TO ICE!
ICE!!!
These damn free throws..
I would’ve kept Garland in, he was shooting well
Nice 9-0 out of the time out..
Okor very solid last few possessions
Nice start. Good to see Okoro playing well.
Okoro’s J looking very compact.
Nice. Ooto
We need to stop those 3’s and paint points… but Garland looking decent so far..
Nice drive, Ice.
Ugly so far.
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Yezus Mobley. Awful turnover
NEED TO GET A ” W” TONIGHT—GO CAVS !!
Go Cavs!
Whelp. Winnable game