Live Thread: Cavs @ Nets
2023-10-25Good evening CtB and welcome to the start of the 2023-24 NBA season!
The Cavs have traversed to the banks of the East River to take on the Brooklyn Nets to open their 2023-24 NBA season. The hometown team enters the season somewhat under the radar as they embark to become one of elite teams in the Association after a horrible flame-out in last year’s playoffs against the New York Knicks. The clock is ticking for the Cavs to prove their championship mettle given their prized acquisition in Donovan Mitchell. There’s a constant swirl of rumors about the superstar, but from all indications he’s a guy that simply wants to win. It’s incumbent upon the Cavs to prove they are a championship-caliber organization outside the enormous shadow of LeBron James. It’s also incumbent upon Mitchell to prove that he’s still one of the greatest playoff performers in NBA history, something that is now called into question given his horrendous performance against his hometown team. In the offseason, the Cavs decided to sell out to improve the jump shooting abilities of the roster, however there’s still a Kevin Love-sized hole on the boards with no clear successor.
As for the game tonight, it provides an interesting test in that it’s a game the Cavs are expected to win, even without former Brooklyn star Jarrett Allen out with an injury. It also sounds like the Cavs will be missing one of their best rebounders from last season, “James” Dean Wade. The Cavs will have to compensate for those absences with a superstar performance from Evan Mobley. Will we see a third year leap from the prized big? Stay tuned…
Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio, GO CAVS!
Caris midrange is cold leftovers.
SMALL BALL DEFENSE LETS GOOOOOO
CARIS VISION
We are f*c$@d!
outrebounded by 11 now, Koby for prison
JB meltdown.
Rebounding is ugh.
Talk about your flops!
Okoro bump year incoming.
CARIS LEVERT = CLUTCH
Caris LeVert has that Kevin Love-ian ability to miss so many close range shots its infurating
Rebounding is not this hard guys.
Woof bad close.
Niang looks like a blimp
Caris not cooking.
Caris’s touch is cursed early season.
Worst Earth Caris. Ben Werth’s nightmare.
Tristan gets a couple of minutes at end of 3rd/beginning of 4th. Please
Good TO.this was a punch/counterpunch situation.
Put Cam Thomas on his ass!
Cavs having a lot of trouble on 6-10 footers against Nets length,
Yeah. Gotta set their screens lower.
Nice defense
SPIDA MITCHELL MVP
Attaway Mitch
Just turning it on now. Nice to see Strus has almost already equaled the number of 3’s made by last year’s starting forwards.
Someone gotta shoot a midranger.
paging DG
Man refs won’t give Mobley a call
Ev gotta go strong to the rim
yeah that was weak
Okoro gotta dunk that b instead of overpassing
Trash officials
Another garbage call.
18 fast break points for the Nets in 1 half.. way too much.
Go Cavs!!! Not liking the Jones/Niang pairing off the bench. Yikes on D
TT needs to be getting the D. Jones minutes. That dude doesn’t look like he belongs.
Love Struss and LeVert energy.
Georges Niang sucks victory lap.
TT needs to play cause Jones and Niang were the Cavs’ two worst players.
Cam was too hot, but we defended him well enough – just made hard shots I thought. We didn’t get a friendly whistle either. All in all this game feels very winnable
WTF was that call. Garland was protecting himself.
Lol thats what they’re calling a flop
Shit call.
garbage call
Spida breaks The drought
Not surprised we’re still struggling with JA out. We didn’t really do anything to address our lack of depth at the 4/5
I’m very surprised no TT here as bad as Jones has been.
Brooklyn defense Strus and cava offense goes dead
OK. Max can stay
Mad Max!
Max!
Great o!
Call on Niang was bs
CARIS FOR THREEEEEE RAGE TIMEOUT!
MOBLEY DRIVE AND FINISH
6 offensive rebounds already for the Nets
DG3
Offense beautiful so far. Great motion.
CARIS DIME
Damian!
Like the pace.
LET CARIS COOK
Can’t complain so far.
ICE ON FIRE
Ben Simmons train!
SPIDA MAGIC, RAGE TIMEOUT NETS!
Offense in rhythm. Defense w Strus on floor solid enough so far
OKORO BEAST MODE GREAT HUSTLE STRUS!
MOBLEY SOFT TOUCH!!!!
great defense from Spida there with the steal.
nice drive DG! STRUS IS LOOSE!!!!!!!
DONOVAN STEP BACK JACK!
GOOD CHOICE PATRICK
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE SURPRISE—MAGICAL EVIL GENIUS VISIT TONIGHT—-GO CAVS 🏀
Let’s go Cavs!
great to have a season starting up!
Great Lakes brewing deployed
HEY BUCKAROO WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU
CAVS GOT OFF TO FAST START LAST YEAR — DONT SEE THAT HAPPENING THIS YEAR——- CLF – IN YOUR HONOR ………..I WILL DRINKING……….”” MORE BEER PLEASE “ BEERS FROM THE FINEST CRAFT BREWERIES FROM ASHEVILLE NC👍
LETS GOO!!!! Wouldn’t be hi-Wire would it????
WTF IS WRONG WITH WADE
Sick