Live Thread: Kings @ Cavs
2024-02-05Good evening CtB!
The Cavs welcome the Sacramento Kings to the shores of Lake Erie for a major cross-conference battle between two of the best teams in the NBA. The Kings and Cavs are trying to stay locked into playoff positions and improve their seeding in their respective conferences. For the Cavs it would be a solid home win, for the Kings a confidence boosting road win against the hottest team in the Association. Note to Adam Silver: this should be the nationally televised game!
Tip off is scheduled for 7:00PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio, Go Cavs!
Merrill should be seeing peak minutes against a team like the Kings…
Cavs cooking!
LMFAOOOO KINGS YMCA DEFENSE LMFAOOOOOOO
TWO WAY SAM MERRILL
HATERS WEEP
Two steals.
Hell yeah Sam
Sam with the steal and the triple!!
Sloppy, ice.
DONOVAN MITCHELL EASY MONEY
Lol. Sabonis flexing down 12
WHAT A PASS MITCHELL EASY MONEY JA!
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Cavs on pace for 80 point half…
LET CARIS COOK!
Nice pass Caris!
D Mitchell on D Mitchell…
Niang plays way too many minutes
yup
Eh. I’m weirdly OK with it. Wade injury prone, so let Georges eat up some regular season minutes.
I think both POVs are valid.
I mean he gets yanked when he’s awful but he’s just doing what he came here to do. For a ninth man it’s good.
Smokin Sam!
How Trey Lyles still in the league?
The re-signed him. He only tries in contract years.
He resurrected his career in Sactown, wanted him over Niang this past offseason
We are cooling off a bit.
The DG, Merrill, Niang units scare me defensively. Not too bad this time, though.
Should be time for Spida & Allen & Strus & Wade now.
They need to find Georges a nice farm upstate..
DG just had a really nice stretch there. Looking comfortable running the point with that unit
If Mobley had hit that, Javale would have just disintegrated.
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Better job closing out on perimeter this quarter…
Multiple defensive efforts per possession.
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Looks like a 9 man rotation with Merrill the odd man out. Man, much rather Sam than Niang.
Im an idiot. Sam in !!
Nice transition d.
Javale crumbling to dust before our eyes.
Attack the rack!
MOBLEY TAKING MCGEE TO SCHOOL!
Mobley on McGee is W for Cavs…
JaVale usually makes those bail outs lol…
Never change, Javale.
Sabonis is Jokic light the last few years…
yeah except Saboner crumbles when the pressure ratchets up
I said “light” lol…
LMFAOOO fair enough!
JUST JOINING—-( LATE PRACTICE )— HEY EVIL 👿 IN THE HOUSE 👍——“RAINING 3s AND SAM MY MAN NOT EVEN ON THE FLOOR— SACRILEGIOUS 👍🏀🤪
We shot 60% from the field at 66.7% from 3. And we missed a lot of makeable shots around the hoop.
Up 5. I will take it. Kings shot 50% and 42.9%.
1 FT in the quarter.
I love AC’s math when this game is on pace to be in the 150s
Most fun quarter of the season. Bodes well for a matchup v the Pacers
IDK how long we make 66.7% from the great beyond.
En fuego from 3!
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Mobley spin move!
MOBLEY SPIN AND FINISH!
DG pump fake and 3!!!
E’rrybody makin treys…
Cavs d gotta get more phyaical
yup,
JAMES DEAN WADE
DG WITH THE DIRK FADEAWAY
Wonder if this is JB’s rotation plan, taking Mobley and Garland out together, keeping Mitchell and Allen together for a spell. Or is this is just the result of their minutes restriction. Hope it’s the first option.
Think it’s both
I think it’s the plan, while also working on getting the core four work together optimally.
Man, what a shootout. Spida & Strus for us. Murray, Barnes, & Huerter for them. Ice made one in there, too.
HOLY SHIT SPIDA
Wow. What a show!
First to 150?
OK now the Cavs are playing the Kings game, need to junk it up
Love the Spida to JA down the middle play…
Fireworks!
Max!
STRUS IS LOOSE!!!!
Dr. Strus!
HEY EG IN THE HOUSE LETS GOOO CAVS W INCOMING
Very junked up game, but thats gotta favor the Cavs
Both of Sabonis’ buckets are off offensive rebounds of his own shots: one a block and one a miss. Moses Malone is smiling from above.
Banana in the tailpipe!
Fell for it…
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Maybe stop leaving Barnes wide open in the corner.
Mobes just having trouble finishing…
He needs to take a 3 instead. Too close.
Ragged start
The Strus is Loose!
I like the fact we are attacking the rack.
If we could make a shot, it would be better.
One note, the Cavs are a league best 6 games over .500 on the road at 14-8.
Three other teams are 6 games over: Celtics (15-9), OKC (15-9), and Minnesota (16-10).
If the Cavs win tonight (knock on wood!), those same 4 teams will be 1-2 in each conference.
What a reversal from last year.
DG & JA both starting.
https://www.si.com/nba/cavaliers/news/darius-garland-jarrett-allen-injury-status-for-cleveland-cavaliers-sacramento-kings-feb-5
Hope they both come through unscathed. Next game is at the Wiz. That seems an excellent time to rest someone who is hurting.
Any word on JA & DG?
The Kings have been tough for us lately, hopexwe can turn it around tonight.
Seconded on the TV shot at Silver, Chris!
#letemknow
Thanks for getting LT, Chris!
Yes sir!!