Live Thread: Cavs vs Pacers
2024-04-12Gooooood eeeeevening, Cavs fans!!! Cleveland faces it’s most important basketball game of the year so far as they look to take diwn the Indiana Pacers. The Cavs’ playoff seeding hangs on the edge of a knife.
The Cavs need a win tonight to basically lock themselves into no worse than the 4/5 slot so as to avoid dropping all the way to sixth or even seventh in the standings. The Pacers are playing for as much and to stay out of the play-in.
The Cavs will be without Dean Wade for at least the rest of the regular season. Dylan Merrill is doubtful, and in breaking news, Ty Jerome will not suit up tonight. For the Pacers, they’ll be they’ll be missing Isaiah Jackson and Ben Matburin.
Here’s hoping JB plays with the pace he wants (hard to do with an eight man rotation and three ball handlers) and that the Cavs REBOUND and defend. (…and if they win this, I’m 100% all in again.) GO CAVS!
Niang feels he’s Merril, as soon as he gets the ball, he shoots and looks like he’s not even balanced most of the time.. and then bricks… sigh
Cavs gotta stop with the reverses and just go up and get to the line.
… And make their freebies.
Cavs gotta stop blowing these breaks.
Cavs continue to allow TJ to abuse them.
Evergreen comment.
Sometimes they just make other bench players look like stars, like the other night when LaRavia had 32 pts and was 8-11 from 3.
those guys are NBA players. LaRavia is basically playing for his job after a disappointing few years, and TJ has been doing this to everybody for a while (think Lowe had a segment on it)
Garland do something challenge pays off.
Nice step back from DG.
Ball movement is sorely lacking.
Pacers with 33 in the 2nd and 35 in the 3rd, not good defense at all.
Fire. JB.
Time for us to become unable to score!
Here they come. Let’s see if the Cavs can respond…
Obi big for them to close the quarter on O and D.
Win the fourth, take it home
Bad transition D that lead to a alley oop dunk by Obi, and then he’s fired up and gets another great dunk.
Bad quarter
That was not a good close.
Oh man. What a catch and finish Allen.
These Garland without Mitchell minutes have been murder.
Noskoro
Lol. Smith just nutmegged his own point guard.
Caris with s bone head stretch. And then a grinder trip to the line.
Every time I see Niang play defense I shed a Dean Wade shaped tear
lol, love the creativity.. we really need Dean Wade… to me most players get past Niang and Garland with ease.
Yeah they’re really not useful players unless they are scorching from 3
Too many waltzes from the three point line to the rim.
Like you really leave Tyrese just drive for an easy layup.. and Niang didn’t even defend/ contest.
I’m stuck with the Pacers broadcast..
McConnell and Niang still jawing.
Great pass Strus.
That Mobley call was thin.
His arm wasn’t vermtical
Good job keeping the challenge in his pocket.
Because he got knee’ed in the nuts
Surviving the Garland minutes.
Bad call on JA. Goes straight up well outside the restricted area.
Just picking on garland
DG with ill discipline.
Strus feed to JA so nice.
Pacers 10 players vs. Cavs 8. Cavs gotta hold up in the second half and not get run off.
Merrill would be helpful in a series v Indy.
lets go baby! Car3s!!!
LeV3rt
lol fixed! nice call
Another solid close. Garland benched to to end the half.
yep. trying to do too much, too many dumb TOs
this was a good adjustment. I love DG but you can’t kick away three positions between him and Evan.
Nice finish, a little patience to find the right option. Using their brains.
Terrific play as the half ran down. Caris wide open for the 3!!!
We switch and double too much. Sometimes you just got to play man on man defense
No we have a good scheme going. I like the switching
Great response dunk by JA.. now make your free throw.
That was a walk by turner though.. tough dunk but still..
Boy I feel like we would have won a challenge on that Mobley block/charge call
No he backed up at the last second. Should have attacked him earlier his feet were way too happy for a charge
OK that’s a helluva dunk…..
Evan Mobley just lost his virginity.
😂😂😂
What a great pass Mitchell
Just wanted to say I still miss Dean Wade
Garland used to be unstoppable one on one. He use to easily beat double teams and find open guys. Explosive and quick. Now omg
Let’s go Nets!
I assume Garland is running TOV parlays against himself
Garland WTF.
Jesus , Garland. Broke his own ankles.
Aside from that Garland pass into a tripleteam, good run.
LFG! Caris with a great cut and finish.
WTF has happened to garland. He is no where near the player he was 3 years ago.
Last year.
Big quarter. Cavs playing with appropriate intensity. Can’t see Pacers going away though, gotta be a 4Q effort.
Pacers playing like they’re sandbagging a little.
Solid quarter. Turnovers and baf Caris hurt them. If they can contain turner they should be ok.
Nice closing D by Georgie.
Hopefully 2 PF on Evan won’t raise issues later
OK. Good run. Turner goes to the bench and the Cavs feast. Doubt he sits much.
Rage Timelouts by the opponent are usually a good sign.
Good quarter so far. JA bringing the fight!
solid start!
Turner is absolutely cooking them.
Go Cavs….no pressure….😂
Man we’re gonna catch an assbeating tonight
Go Cavs! I’m ready to be disappointed!
NATE——- LMAO “DYLAN “ MERRIL ——— I DESERVE THAT—- TOUCHÉ 👍👍
I did lol!
New (optimistic) theory. The Cavs started the season so-so. Got cooking before the All Star break. Have looked pretty bad post All Star break. Playoffs? They catch fire.
If not, I hope Koby & friends are great sales people and close on Mitchell, find a FANTASTIC deal for Garland, and carefully consider what Mobley’s potential is worth to them (and others).
GO CAVS!!!!!!!!!!
Watching the home feed on NBA app wondering if Zoom Cam will work from Boston?
Really need this one to avoid 7th place. No Excuses.
CMON BOYS!!!