Live Thread: Knicks @ Cavs, NBA Playoffs Game 5
2023-04-26Good evening CtB!
The Cavs welcome the New York Knicks to the shores of Lake Erie to stave off elimination from the 2023 NBA Playoffs and send this series back to New York and add pressure to the Knicks to close the series. The two main stories of the series has been the putrid offense and defensive rebounding of the Cavs to this point. The Cavs have shot the second fewest threes among playoff teams and have made only 31% of the attempts. Somehow the Knicks have been a worse three point shooting team, but make up for it with their hustle on the offensive glass.
The Cavs’ shooting stinks in general from the field because the Knicks are constantly packing the paint with all five defenders to prevent attempts at the rim. If the Cavs want to get to game six, they need to start bombing away from three… particularly Darius Garland, Caris LeVert, and Donovan Mitchell. That’s how they won game two, and that’s the only way to get the Knicks to stop collapsing to the paint on defense. Also in that game, Danny Green played 20 minutes. Coach J.B. Bickerstaff might want to think about riding him to space the floor.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:00PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes as well nationally televised on NBATV, Go Cavs!
I’d never wish for a guy to get hurt, but the Cavs may have just gotten a break.
Is Sweetchi at the game?
Yep
Thought it might have been her screaming “Suck it, Randall!!!”.
Hey. CtBers too classy for that.
wow, Mitchell hit a 3…
good thing we’re making 3s this game or we’d be 100% cooked already
Garland and Mitchell totally shitting the bed… bring back Cedi, Okoro, and Green off the bench.
not green
he rebounds unlike JA
Cavs made a run with that lineup.
This team is done. ReDy for the off-season
yup, negative dawg in this team… pathetic showing.
Jarrett Allen 2 rebounds in 20 minutes
All time punk job
my fav was watching jalen brunson body him out of the way for a rebound
yeah that was comical LMFAO
Cavs body language just abysmal.
Yeah they look defeated
Warm and defeated.
Why are they pinching so far down on the weak side. Okoro and Garland aren’t going to do anything there.
Allen just got bullied by Bronson.
Caris coming hard off the screen.
Cavs really not running anything but some high PnR…making it super easy for the Knicks…
Play Rolo.
llama
Knicks outrebounding us 18-10 and we are so done with it.. feels like they are scoring on each offensive rebound
Get Allen off the floor!
Going to be shocked if Knicks don’t have a 20+ lead in the 4th…
Speaking of hard fouls, had anyone sent Robinson a message after his trash talk a few days back?
Okoro. Let’s go
guys: llama time lets do it
What I don’t like is that when it’s a time out… even when the Cavs players are waiting to hear from the coaches… they are just standing around quiet and not talking at all.
Our coaching staff is putrid
Utterly demoralizing to watch us not clean the defensive glass every single possession in the last seven
12-0 on second chance points. No one can rebound. Donovan picking up where he left off. Bricking + turnovers
Ice with the best defense so far in the game on Brunson.. and because they lost the ball out of bounds… Knicks still scored a 3 on the following possession…
Entire crowd was hyped with the defense.
I love Brad Daugherty.
Grab. Th. Freaking. Ball!
Ice only one playing as tough as the Knicks…
Gah. Mitchell.
If Mitchell can’t play like a good NBA player, this is a historical mismatch…
Lucky to win one, TBH.
Cavs cut it to 7 by going small. JB starts the second going big. Gets run. Dumb.
Knicks ooto play. Three
boys its llama time
We need to score, get some foul calls and rebound the damn ball…
Knicks outrebounding and making every shot
what on earth has danny green done to earn minutes? he looks awful out there
Someone has to shoot. I’d ride him.
llama
Counterpoint: no.
Okoro the only one not playing scared.
Gotta go small and pray to the bball gods that our role players can make enough threes to make up for the ungodly amount of O rebs they are going to get
SSDD…and screw these refs…just garbage…
JB gotta a get a tech.
jA just stands there looking at the rebound
Mitchell tackled. Then Brunson gets a cheap one.
Ice!
Please give Okoro minutes…he’s about the only one playing his ass off…
Thank you, Cedi. Then an ice trey.
It literally looks like we have no game plan on offense. I mean more than usual under JB
They’re just shell shocked.
Randle SONNING us
Cavs barely getting any calls..
Two bricks
I know it won’t happen, but if the Cavs get blown out this game, the coaching staff needs to go…
Mobley. You don’t need to jump there.
Our bigs are girls
Knicks smell blood.
Good lord. Two out of timeout turnovers.
Brunson is getting 40+ tonight…
Another turnover out of the timeout.. half of the timeout.. the coaches were bundled up half of the time… and then came to talk to the team fast at the end.
i dont think ive ever flipped on a player as fast as i have with allen in this series. he’s just not a playoff performer.
That last foul on DG was bogus.. and these damn offensive rebounds
JB needs to go . No adjustments. Offensive sets are non existent.
Same. Exact. Game. Get JA off the floor and go small!
Cavs absolutely shook.
yup
If the refs are going to be in the bag for the Knicks again, there Cavs have less than zero chance.
That was a foul. A cheap one, but a foul.
Was also a not so cheap foul on Robinson earlier, no call…
GET JARRETT ALLEN OUT OF HERE
Lol great minds think alike !
You know ball!!! LMFAOOOOOOO
6 turnovers
Ooto turnovers. Woof.
Watching Allen is demoralizing. He looks so fu… scared. Please trade him next year
Caris LeVert only guard that’s showed up this game.
jarret allen needs to get back into bed
Robinson taking the Cavs lunch money, Brunson hits everything, Mitchell forgot how to shoot, sloppy turnovers…I know it’s early, but I’ve seen this movie before…
Robinson already dominating the boards.
Guys I’m at the game … won’t be following along
Glad we have representstion from CtB! Enjoy!
Brng us luck!
LETS GOO SWEETCHI!!!!
Don’t guard Brunson one play, trap him the next. Make itake sense.
No change in D it doesnt appear. Better hope the shots fall this formula keeps losing
I would maybe only have Allen or Mobley on the floor, with all shooters. Not both.