Live Thread: Pistons @ Cavs
2023-02-08Good evening CtB!
The Cavs welcome the Detroit Pistons to the shores of Lake Erie for a classic Central Division showdown, a game that will be made much harder to win for the Cavs given the breaking injury/rest news:
#Cavs Donovan Mitchell (groin soreness) and Darius Garland (thumb soreness) are both OUT tonight against Detroit, sources tell @clevelanddotcom. Raul Neto and Caris LeVert will be stepping into the starting lineup, sources say.
— Chris Fedor (@ChrisFedor) February 8, 2023
Ironically, the Cavs played without both DG and Spida and blew out Detroit in their first matchup of the season 112-88. But in that game NBA Champion Kevin Love played an instrumental part (21 points, 10 rebounds, +30 plus/minus in 23 minutes) especially on the offensive side to help win that game. Perhaps KLOVE will make a return? Stay tuned.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:00PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, Go Cavs!
Lam3r!!!
STEVENS FROM DEEP!!! (POST UP YOUR GUY)
Llama from deep!
Ridethat Llama!
This is the world’s longest possession.
DOMINATION PUNISH THEM MORE
JA with the hustle.
JA man among boys
WHAT A PASS RUBIO TO STEVENS
RUBIO THE BASKETBALL GOD
Lol. This team has no ceiling.
Up 18 after one. Darn near perfect quarter.
JA & Mobes: 21 points on 9-13 fgs. 2 blocks.
Not a bad quarter. Just what the doctor ordered with DG & Spida out.
No trades! No trades!
Ricky got fouled. But they’re killing em so bad they weren’t gonna call it.
this is like the platonic ideal of cavs basketball
100% pure dawg
This team trying to get Casey fired.
Not so stealth tank
The trade deadline looms large.
RUBIO AND MOBLEY = BEAUTIFUL BASKETBALL
My god they are bad
I’m really enjoying Brad daugherty
Ricky looking like a cat playing with a mouse
Ricky! 28-14 double up!
Lamar in. 9 man rotation !!?!?
Llama for Okoro. 9 deep!
Cedi for LeVert.
ALL STAR BREAK SHOULD CONSIST OF EACH PLAYER SHOOTING FOUL SHOTS DAILY AND YOU DON T LEAVE UNTIL YOU MAKE AT LEAST 80%
Good TO. They scored 3 trips in a row. Long way to go, here. No complacency.
Can’t convince me that wasn’t a pass by Caris.
KOBE ASSIST LETS GOOOO
MOBLEY HUSTLE
Missed FTs anf giving up offensive rebounds frustrate me. We are playing great, though.
REAL ESTATE FOR “ ICE ISLAND “ RAPIDLY GOING UP IN PRICE ICE IS “ HEATING “ UP👍
I think the two of us have beach front estates
Me, too. I’ve been here since draft night.
Some rough storms since then, though.
Rubio & Wade for Neto & Burks.
Cavs playing like they told em no one was gonna be traded.
Saddiq Bey looked like a child.
Cavs baby!!!
cavs got there own jahhh
RAUL NETO HIVE RISE UP!
JA looks like he’s playing with high school kids
basically is with Duren on the floor LMFAOOO
JARRETT ALLEN HUSTLE
GREAT CUT MOBLEY
I think ICE has earned the three spot. We don’t need a trade.
He’s so good operating from the corner.
This Detroit team is terrible.
WHAT A FINISH NETO!
OKORO RIGHT DOWN EUCLID!
NOMAD//RAOUL // BUCKAROO “ THE OVER THE HILL GANG “ ALL BACK I. THE SADDLE TOGETHER AGAIN 👍🤪🍺👍🤪🍺👍🤪🍺
i have my new speedo-inspired depends on..
DETROIT BIGS GOING AFTER MOBLEY
Mobley doin too much.
Duren is a player for Detroit, he’s gonna try and make a statement tonight.
MOVE THE BALL MOBLEY
why neto in the doghouse.. the dude plays well every time i see him on the floor.. very pesky.. like a mosquito
I don’t think he’s in the doghouse, there’s just no minutes for him.
At PG: Garland > Rubio > Neto.
Plus, Mitchell & LeVert facilitate as well.
nICE3!
Aside from JA’s FT shooting, we are rumbling.
ICE TREY AND ONE !!! JA MAKE YOUR FTS
Ice looks like he wants to make every single shot nowadays…
CARIS STEAL
BELIEVE THE GENERAL CONSENSUS HERE AT CTB AGREE DO NOT MAKE ANY HASTY TRADES NO TRADES UNLESS IT IS A DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT
BROOKLYN CONNECTION RAGE TIMEOUT
IIRC, didn’t we crush Detroit away earlier this year with a bunch if guys out. Love flirted with a triple double?
Yeah! That’s the game Mobes had 8 blocks
What a luxury to have DG and Spida out and to have Neto and LeVert in their place. They’re probably better than anyone on Detroit.
We got 4 offensive rebounds on 1 possession there. Or was it 5?
YOU GUY KNOW MRS NOMAD IT IS “ HONEY 🍯 DO ———- NOW “🤪❤️
JA with no regard for life
This might be a game where we feed JA & Mobes a ton. Good start.
man no garland or don …. i hate this
76ers at Celtics tonight. If we can manage a victory, we are gaining on somebody.
on the fence about shaking things up via trade.. caris can be maddening, but he can also win games on his own ocassionally, and seems to be a good fellow and teammate.. if pushed, i say we stand pat and play out the hand with the cards we are holding
agree
raoul bro.. how’s it hanging dude.. you on chat gpt ? scary AI stuff coming
Yep. I am more inclined to trade Love than Caris.
The starting lineup is probably our best defensive 5.
YEP ICE HAS REALLY BEEN COMING ON STRONG 💪
STILL KICKING 🦵 IT LIKE U R BUCKAROO GREAT 👍 HEARING FROM YOU STILL CONSUMING MY DAILY RATION OF “ ROLLING ROCK “ 👍🍺. AGREE SIT SPIDA UNTIL AFTER ALL STAR BREAK
is it honeydew or honey do… that ?
Honey do, most def.
uncle buck is back.. cavs doing well in my sabbatical.. okoro showing me a 3rd year leap (a little slow, but it is what it is) that we all were hoping for.. mobes growing nicely.. let’s keep the injuries at bay and not push DonDar too hard.. 34-22 in 4th place.. no complaints.. come playoff time no team is going to want to draw the cavs..
They should sit Mitchell till after the AS break
yup. DG can take his place in the ASG
Rotation gotta be:
Neto, LeVert, Okoro, Mobley, Allen.
Rubio, Osman, Wade.
Stevens if we need more D/toughness.
We might need O this game. Love?
Of the 13 rosteted players who haveplayed this season, 10 have started at oeast one game so far. Neto would make 11. Diakite has also started twice this year.
Osman & Rubio are the two who have not started a game yet.
This is Raul and to a lesser degree, Caris’s chance to show out. I think they will and the rest of the regular rotation is going to eat their lunch.
knock on wood
COULD BE A CHALLENGE WITH BOTH SPIDA AND DG OUT TONIGHT TO GET OUR 4TH WIN IN A ROW ———. REMINDER IF U R AT THE GAME ONE OF MY FRIENDS DAUGHTER IS SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM PLEASE GIVE HER YOUR SUPPORT AND A RESOUNDING STANDING OVATION 👏
yo NOMAD.. how’s it hanging bro ?
Hell yeah NOMAD congratulations to your friend’s family!