Live Thread Cavs @ Wizards
2023-02-06Good evening CtB!
The Cavs have ventured to the banks of the Potomac River to take on the current Eastern Conference 10th seed Washington Wizards and complete their road back to back. This is a game that the Cavs should win but will take a massive amount of grit to fight off the fatigue. The Wizards will be without two of their top offensive options with Bradley Beal and Kyle Kuzma both out, and Ricky Rubio is being load managed tonight as well. Caris LeVert is back from a short hiatus with a hamstring issue, and could come in handy if Donovan Mitchell continues to struggle with the gimpy groin.
One might say the Wizards are the poster child of NBA mediocrity, they don’t do anything particularly well or bad. For the Cavs, it will be about imposing their will on both sides of the ball and fighting off fatigue and the usual J.B. Bickerstaff/Tom Thibodeau 8-man rotation on the second game of a back to back. #FREENETO #FREELOVE
Tip off is scheduled for 7:00PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, Go Cavs!
Wow sweet alley oop!
Do you think Wil Barton is worth a second?
No. Washed.
Or is it Wash(ington)ed?
man just put in Neto JB!!! DG is struggling out there!
He made a triple two minutes ago. He’s fine.
I’m talking about physically, he’s limping and moving slow
I though you were talking about the hand.
He looked OK on that last drive, but I get it.
DG3!!!
DG isn’t right, what is JB doing?
Why would they send DG to the line..
I think he’s got the best percentage on the team
But not after he gets hit in the hand..
GREAT DEFENSE! GOT THE TAKE FOUL
DG and his hand again..
Didn’t even realize we are up 28… just enjoying the game.
This game has been over for a bit #FreeNeto
Man that would have been a sweet finish / and 1:
OH MY GOD MOBLEY WHAT A MOVE CAUGHT HIM WITH THE HESI
I love Darius with all my heart
Mobley looks to be developing a handle
Sweet Mobley-Garland 2-man game
WOW WHAT A FINISH JA
Every player who has taken a shot is 50% or better save Cedi at 0-4.
CARIS COAST TO COAST X2
Two great 3’s by DM.. he was 1-5 in the first half.. 2-3 in the third.
Spida heating up from 3 around some TOs. Up 24.
I missed the start of the half, what happened with Garland?
He got bumped by Gafford on a screen
charlie horsed, maybe even worse who’s knows but he’s walking around and about to check back in.
Maybe when he hit his thigh when going over a screen which was called an offensive foul.
Moblock!
Let the record show that Wiz announcer Drew Gooden did just say “Great ATO by JB Bickerstaff”
Good TO. 24 to 18 on back to back triples.
Le3ert!
The starting frontcourt is 16-20. 38 points. All 3 in double figures.
Things I’m thankful for: not being a Wizards/Bullets fan.
Cavs up by 20, Caris is +0. Wade is next at +6. Caris needs the Love talk from JB (so to speak)
Eh. First game back after missing a couple and he played a chunk without DG and DM. He got a little sloppy once we went up 22.
Wade largely invisible on O.
He’s literally the only bench player who’s scored, CRY MORE HATER!!!
Lol
Don’t get him started!!!
Takin care of business!!!
Just sit Caris… like 3 turnovers and now this foul…
Caris being sloppy again
Extended point Caris is perilous.
JB wants it to work, but I am not a huge fan. Defensively it would make a lotof sense. But on O? It is iffy.
Still, up 20. Everyone playing pretty well. Aside from LeVert’s late lapse & Spida & Cedi not being able to buy a triple, we have been great.
Okoro progress
Allen demolished that rim
Wizards 1/14 from 3..
Cavs 11-0 with fast break points
5-1 advantage on steals for cavs
Avdija has been wide open by a mile, shooting those 3s, and cannot hit.
Oops. Wrong guy on heat check.
Okay Ice… and it was contested too
Okoro becoming deadly from both corners, wow!
ICE TREY AGAIN
Point Caris at the moment.
Nice steal from DM and finish by Evan .
Cavs have a home crowd in DC
ICE TREY!
They should rest Mitchell for the remainder of the game and #FreeNeto
Cosign
Neto should’ve seen 5 minutes JB is such a tight ass smdh
Even DG in disbelief lol
New feeling: actually getting excited to see Ice checking back in the game.
I’m liking him cutting to the rim / driving to the rim .. playing active on the boards etc.
Amen to that Bw!
Cedi should have passed the ball to JA instead of throwing it up just now .
JA doing work!
JA feeling it.
20th game with 30+ points in the first quarter… 20 out of 55 games .
Who else saw DG with the putback dunk off of the shot Caris put up where he got fouled.
Was sick!! Never seen him get up like that
Did they find all the people they need from Camp LaJeune yet?
Hahah I’m sick of that commercial.
Hahahaha! The Wiz suck. Awful foul. Though Wade’s on the other end annoyed me. Foul hard or not at all.
Caris drains all 3! Up 12.
Solid first quarter!!!
Not a great close to the quarter. 8-2 run for the Bullets!
But LeVert gets fouled shooting a 3!
Let’s see if he actual makes the three shots.
Agree. Not a good close.
So not as bad w/ an 8-5 run
CARIS HATERS IN PISS AND SHIT AS USUAL
You goin riot if Vert gets shipped
THATS RIGHT LETS GOOOOOO
Well, up 13. Maybe we go petal to the metal for 2.5 quarters and then garbage time?
Of course that is what I said last game and JB was still playing the starters with 3 min left. Though Indy dropping 38 in the 3rd did not help
LET CARIS COOK
That was a nice steal and finish by Caris.
JB sticking with 8.
2 on Mobley. Back to JA or does Llama/Love get run.
#FreeNeto
Okoro with quite the trick shot!
Cavs looking solid…
Up 22-11 a bit ago.
A win + a Clips win in Brooklyn would put us back in 4th, though the Nets would still have 1 less loss.
A win would also pit us ahead of the Grizz, which is starting to matter to me, somehow. They’d have one less loss, though.
Mobley is beasting!
Mitchell looking good
Please get off to a good start…
Without Beal and Kuzma let’s jump out and run them.
Amen.
FWIW, last road b2b of the year. Only 2 mire this year. One later this week (WTF, NBA?) and one right after the ASG. Both of the split variety. .
Free the Llama? Or is that a bridge too far?
IF we can win this one, it would be the first sweep of a road back to back year. We had one in iur hands early in in LA after beating the Lakers, but that colossal collapse to Clips snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Later on we won in Detroit but got handled the next night north of the border by the Raptors (minus Allen & Love & Rubio). Recently we beat Houston but ran out of gas & in the 4th at OKC sans Mitchell.
Nate’s not around right now, so #FREETHELLAMA
In this situation, I hope he does expand the bench a bit. Mitchell is clearly hampered by that groin.
Neto can give us 10-15 minutes of pesky D and conpetent PG play. Love can still space the floor & rebound. And the Llama can defend.
Let Neto take some PG minutes. Let LeVert/Cedi/Okoro/Wade split the wing minutes, and let Llama/Love/Wade split the backup minutes at the 4. We went small a couple times last game, Cedi at the 4.