Live Thread: Cavs @ Hawks
2023-03-28Good evening CtB!
The Cavs have ventured to the Georgia Piedmont to take on the Atlanta Hawks in a classic Eastern Conference clash. The Cavs have all of a sudden found themselves with a tiny shot at the third seed with a recent skid by the Philadelphia 76ers, while the Hawks are jockeying for play-in position. Unfortunately the Cavs will be dealing with a slew of injuries pressing both Lamar Stevens and Caris LeVert into starting duties.
Who are the Hawks statistically? On offense, they play at a fast pace and take care of the ball well mainly because they don’t care much for ball movement. On defense, they largely stink and can be exploited by crashing the glass on offense. The Cavs can find exploits such as finding transition opportunities because Atlanta doesn’t shoot the ball well, and crashing the glass on misses to exploit their lack of rebounding.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, Go Cavs!
Diakite getting destroyed
Mobley goes out and Hawks start another run
Dunk that Diakite!
Lol. Mobley totally intimidated Murray into missing that shot! Then Caris cooks em for the lead!
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I love watching Mobley continue to get better.
Evanescence! For two!
Caris for the lead!
Let’s gooooo!
Mobley for the tie!
Holy shit what a block Mobley.
Wow Mobley!!!
Amazing !
Atlanta giving this away.
But we got to take it though.
Box. Out. Cripes.
Young just a turd sandwich tonight.
The silver turd!
Some ugly bball on both sides
That’s right! Go after Trae!
Caris fouling shooters. That was awful
2nd 4-point play for the Hawks
They actually missed both FTs
Cook em, Caris!
Let Caris Cook!
Wow Spida throw down!
Lol. What a fraud Trae is.
He’s the worst!!!
Young with another flail. And bs call.
On this date in 1990 Jordan had 69 points and 18 rebounds vs the Cavs.
This Atlanta team is eminently beatable.
Mitchell makes it look so easy
Mitchell is going to bring us back in this game… love when he means business.
Hawks out-rebounding Cavs 26-17 and free throws 12-12 versus Cavs 2/7.. but Cavs have 6 more field goals attempts.
Evan: 14 pts, 8 rbs, 2 asts, 1 blocks
DG: 12 pts, 4 asts
DM: 23 pts, 2 asts, 2 steals.
Nate’s favorite broadcaster filling in for Campy
Fratello? I like Fratello, especially as a studio analyst. He just can’t carry a two man booth.
Ditto
Honestly fantastic it’s single digits.
Agree.. it could have been worse..
15-8 run in the last 4:33..
Fantastic block Mobley!
Mobley impacting the game on both ends!
When he sat the Hawks went on that first run
Those 5 missed FTs could bite us in the end
Yep.. we need to make up for that in the 2nd half.
Holy tan Kyle Korver.
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OMG that was a bs call.
I hate this guy.
Another flop by Young 🤦♂️
Trey Young offensive flop!
Roast Llama on the menu tonight.
A 22 point swing. Cavs had a 10 point lead and now down 12.
The boat race was easy to see coming. Zero plan to limit their three’s. Gonna have to lock down the turnovers and halfcourt d if we want to win
Dumb foul by Llama
Llama getting smoked.
Cavs out of sync
I’d consider Lopez againstbCapela
Ugly
Free throw woes.
4 missed FT so far
Make that 5!
Hawks getting separation…
Is Cedi out?
Yep he played
Not enough offense. Stevens and Diakite is terrible. Gotta play Cedi.
BS call
Diakite hosed
Diakite!
Lots of missed bunnies
AC: Young seems to be trying to draw fouls with every shot 😂😂😂
Like he hasn’t seen him before
Rickyyyyyyyy!!!
LeVert with 3 straight misses at the line
Kite sighting!
Haha Young’s flop was unnatural. Cavs ball!
That was a late call
Can’t buy a bucket
Hawks on an 8-0 run
Make that an 11-0 run
Nice start
I love seeing aggressive Ev!
Cavs have won 9 out of their last 11 ❤️.
Heat-Raps on TNT
So Cedi and Rubio first off the bench. Probably gonna need Diakite/R-Lo/I-Mobley too.
Cavs have lost 4 straight in Atlanta.. looking forward to a win with an undermanned team tonight.. that would be sweet.
Does Diakite get actual rotation minutes? And Robin Lopez appears as human victory cigar? The intrigue
Fedor supposedly reported that Diakite and Mobley are reaching their two-way limits, which is hilariously bad roster management if that’s the case.
That’s strange because they hardly ever play. But they’ve dressed for the part.
Hilariously bad roster management is JB’s calling card. I didnt want to say it cuz ive been impressed with his little adjustments late in the season but it was just hanging there…
Perfect game for Lamar to have an impact. Has a heck of a nose for offensive rebounds