Live Thread: Cavs @ Wizards
2024-02-07Your scorching hot Cleveland Cavaliers travel to the nation’s capital tonight to take on the 9-40 Washington Wizards. Battling complacency will be key for Cleveland, as they take on a squad actively trying to lose basketball games. Ty Jerome is the only Cavalier out, while the Wizards will be without Isaiah Livers and Marvin Bagley III. It will be interesting to see what the teams do with the trade deadline just a day away. These are the games where guys get pulled at halftime due to trade talk, or conversely get featured to pump their trade value.
Guys to watch for the Wiz include Tyus Jones, Kyle Kuzma, Daniel Gafford, Delon Wright, Cory Kispert, and the perpetually traded Landry Shamet. I’ve heard only Bilal Coulibaly is safe from trade talk as the Washington is in full on asset acquisition mode. Guys auditioning for other teams are going to play hard, so watch out, Cleveland! Predicting a comfortable but not outrageous win for the win and gold. Go Cavs!
Ice & DG salt it away.
Whew!
Ice n the bock!
1 more bucket…
DM hail Mary three.
Holy crap DM!
Caris with only 13 minutes tonight. +12.
He may play big minutes tomorrow if Mobes/DG cannot play.
Could be a trade…
This game got me spooked.
Why is Monley on the bench
Mitchell looked like the Iceman there.
This game ain’t gonna quell the Cavs “better without Garland” rumblings.
Sam playing meaningful mins tonight. We need his O.
Some of the worst offense I’ve seen from the Cavs in a while. Mobley 9/10 from the field including two triples, and he’s parked in the right corner every possession.
Ill say it again…this is a great opportunity for some CPJ mins to change things up a little.
Cavs too guard dominant. Should he playing through Allen and Mobley.
Need Strus to be the connector.
Some day my band will be featured in a Taco Bell commercial.
3s not really falling tonight — let’s bomb the paint!
DG warming a bit.
Uh oh. Garland back in.
Nice drive
Wow
Great ball Movement.
Lol. I think Merrill did that to Bilal last game.
Cavs still not respecting these dudes.
Wow. Mobley.
This is as undisciplined as I have seen us play in a long time. Time for some CPJ action
Sam with a trey!
Merrill to the rescue
Mobes with another 3.
Strus & Okoro are 1-5 from the FT line.
DM carrying the load tonight. Need somebody else to step it up.
Spida & Mobes playing well on O. They need someone else to join in.
Niang is 3-3 (ducks).
Too bad we’re getting the random Disappearing Jarret Allen game
Shammet threw his butt into Okoro s back!
This some baaad offense
Garland bailout trey
DG Finally!
Calm down, Cavs…
Garland doing too much.
I just wish he’d dribble into those wet midrangers all night to loosen up the defense on him. Instead he dribbles in with no hope of finishing at the rim
Garland trying too much. Not doing enough
Okoro getting REALLY good at getting contact and getting to the line.
The Jimmy Butler arc continues.
Hey, man. I have been Okoro Island for a while now, bilut IDK about THAT.
Okoro doesn’t have a big enough chip on his shoulder to be Jimmy B :)
Spida still trusting his teammates thru a difficult stretch. Good sign.
We went like 5 minutes without a point there.
13-0 run for Wiz.
If we have a trade, DG would be my choice.
I’m on and have been on on team trade DG for some time now. I don’t like his game
You ever see Garland actually run? All he does is shuffle around
Garland struggling at both ends.
What’s new?
Garland is out, so that should help.
Gotta game now. Buckle up.
3’s (wizards) vs frees (cavs) – who will win!
Interesting arm wrestle right here. Cavs were a chance to pull away, denied.
2 TOs in that span.
Rest of the league on seeing Mobley rip twine with an effortless three from the left wing:
“Oh shit.”
Moving the ball patiently. I like.
that was a beuatiful bucket.
As above. The Wizards are gonna play hard cause a lot are playing for their next team.
Large collection of Cavs fans here in DC. Darius struggling w his shot. Hopefully 3rd quarter get down to business.
At the game! Nice! Enjoy.
Felt like a trap game one the schedule. Playing out as such. Wizards are putrid enough we may weather the storm but it would be nice to see us pull away with some focused defense next half. Does kuzma have a beef with cleveland for some reason?
Kiana looks the same. He’s all volume on this team, he’ll shoot and go for steals every chance he gets. It’s the other guys who are playing more spryly. I think their new coach told poole he’d bench him if he didn’t stop playing like a knucklehead
Spida visibly annoyed with that last play….
Yeah, think we are going to see some higher intensity coming out of the half. High Cavalanche potential?
Lol 4 fouls on Poole
0 points?!? Geez
But I thought Poole was a superstar.
I feel like he is legitimately the worst contract in the league
Just keep the fight alive and the Wizards shoudl eventually break
No doubt. I just mean they are playing organized ball. I’ve flipped through and they looked worse than their record. Oh, didn’t they fire their coach or something?
Wizards are playing hard tonight. Did we make fun of their moms or something? I saw them play a quarter earlier this year. They were turribull.
They’re all auditioning for their next team. Everyone is on the block.
THOUGHT I READ WHERE BUCKS WERE HOT AFTER WRIGHT
Here to see Poole do something ridiculous
Looks like you’re getting the Kuzma show instead
Delon Wright! Hope Cleveland can get him on a buyout
The Wizards shoot themselves in the dick 10 times a quarter.
(it’s gone up)
Niang is useless
2-2, 1-1 from deep.
JFC Niang
JFC. The Wizards knocked an easy defensive rebound out of bounds twice on the same possession.
Good lord. The Wizards shoot themselves in the dick about 5 times a quarter.
What a great pass. People don’t talk enough about how good Jarrett Allen’s hands are.
Ice Blocks!
https://giphy.com/gifs/ice-cold-squidward-cGymv7T9ZzDdLGczy7
Tyus Jones came to play.
Mobley too far off Avdija in the corner.
Ok, Sam popped out after national Anthem
Following up on the comment about people in LeBron’s orbit WRT PED’s:
If LBJ is taking any, they are ultra top end, because nothing has shown up, and I am sure he takes many tests. My guess is that he is just a total physical freek, lives a pretty clean life, and trains harder than anyone.
As for TT, whatever he was taking, he got caught. Who knows where he was getting it from — not likely the K family, or he would have a giant butt.
“Why did his son have a heart attack” was a low bottom comment. Nate should be ashamed. That was real poisonous
At the arena. Don’t see Sam warming up. Any news?
Go Cavs!