Playoff Live Thread (Game 7): Cavs vs Magic 2024-05-05 Off By Nate Smith Let’s go. Playoff Live Thread (Game 6): Cavs @ Magic Podcap: Cleveland 4 Games, Orlando 3 Games (or, “We’ll do it Live!”)
Garland 1-9
STRUS IS FINALLY LOOSE?
Just an absolute job by the refs.
Cavs lucky it wasnt a 5 pt swing when DG blows a 2-1 fastbreak and Magic missed a 3 on the other end.
Cavs started 0-9 and 4-4 since on 3’s.
JFC. Wendell Carter with an absolute moving screen uncalled. Was in there like a fullback lead.
Too much iso ball… need to play like a team and keep the ball moving. Cavs were 3rd best in assist percentage as a team for the whole season and that’s just vanished all series. Pessimistic that will happen enough in the 2nd half to climb out of this hole..
Keep DG on the bench. No Niang
DM/Caris/Sam/Okoro/Strus/Morris/Mobley
A tiny sprinkling of TT to give Mobley rest. Maybe a few Damian Jones minutes.
Damn do we miss JA. We’re just one sub-super star and a bunch of spare parts.
you try DG when you bench Mitchell for a breather, see if he can catch fire. But otherwise agree.
Sam Merrill will save the season.
Thankful they found a way to get Merrill loose. You can get there if there is any decent shotmaking going forward
“They” = JB pulling his head out of his ass.
Okoro+ 7 and Sam + 4 are the only ones in the positive, the next closest are TT -3, Levert -4, Mitchell -5.
The Okoro/Sam/Spida/Caris/Mobley lineup is the best lineup they have today.
I feel like Mook or TT at 5 might give you more offensively. Mobley not catching clean, screening well, or giving much on glass
I can’t even get excited for a made shot cause I’m like finally.. and your still down 12-14 at that point..
Next 12 minutes are very important.. either they come out like their season is on the line to tie and take the lead or the Magic extend to 15-20 and Cavs cant come back..
Literally the future of the Core Four hinges on the next 12 min. Almost worth breaking them up just to never have to say “Core Four” again
Start Merrill for Okoro to start the third.
Yup, and Caris for DG
Actually Caris for Strus… Strus shitting the bed.
DG -17 in 13 min, Strus -10 in 13 min
Both of them need to be benched.
Sam I am!
SAM MERRILL WILL SAVE THE SEASON!!!!!
Merrill not playing in whole games or halves this series is an absolute travesty.
Sam Merrill has the haters in a choke hold.
LET CARIS COOK!!!!!!! DOO DOO PANTS TIMEOUT ORLANDO
Signs of life?
SAM MERRILL WILL SAVE THE SEASON
Just realized this might officially be TT’s last game as a Cav (or as an NBA player for that matter).
He will always be one of my favorite players. Thanks for 2016, Champ.
The memories of him dominating on the offensive boards during those LBJ 2.0 Finals runs were amazing
One thing that could help Cleveland would be JB getting kicked out so someone else coached.
Tell Eli to antagonize him!
16 point deficit is not bad to get over but if you can’t score .. this feels like a 30 pt lead
Maybe a few adjustments at halftime,,,,,,haha!!!!
Good challenge.
If Cavs can’t make a 3,., or anything for this matter.. they will get blown out.
Sam Merrill the only one who just runs offense instead of playing hot potato or jacking up a wild shot.
The offensive struggles continue.. this is from game 1.
of last year
Announcer #1: “The body language for the Cavs right now is not good.”
Announcer #2: “Obviously so.”
Paolo has outplayed our entire team.. has 19 pts already.
The goal before halftime would be to try to keep it close to ten.
Agree… get it to 8-12.
JB gotta display some emotion here.
win or lose, this coaching staff has to go. They have utterly failed to help the Cavs players get decent shots. And this isn’t the first series this has occurred. Cavs players are mostly just going one on one against good defenders with size. This has been a consistent, glaring problem.
If only there was a whole coaching career’s worth of evidence JBozo can’t coach offense….
Exactly
No type of system at all.. like you say ..
Cavs absolutely brutal recovering to shooters.
Sam. Need three more.
Sam Merrill gonna save the season right now.
I watched almost everything during 2010-2014 and yet this feels worse, more frustrating
Because you have expectations for more than this.
indeed
!!!
It does just seem like the team doesn’t have the collective will today, which, come on, it’s a game 7.
down 35-20 ?? at home ?? in gm 7 ?? break it up.. totally
Magic look pretty comfortable
Magic still hunting Niang.
Paolo has 14 pts while the Cavs have 18 as a team. Just a joke.
5-7 FG and 7 RBs
Defense wins championships but you also need to atleast score . Cavs have 18 pts in 12 min and are 6-27 and the Magic has 8 points on Cavs turnovers… Cavs just giving this game away.. it can get ugly real quick if they can’t score.
Magic 7-0 run in the last 2:42
Why is Niang playing?
I never expect a Caris pull up off the dribble to go in.. like never
I’d rather see Jones than Niang here.
It was a lineup that could’ve supported Okoro too.
LMFAOOO Niang just laying on the floor after running into another Cav, they look like a joke.
Magic 5-10 and Cavs 0-7 from 3.
If you can’t hit shots, can’t give up open 3’s.
I think the Cavs can go on a run here. But Garland can’t turn down open threes like he just did.
This JB lineup is insane, Niang, Merrill, TT, DG.
Cavs 6-22 (27%) shooting in the 1st quarter.
This team just looks so hard getting “easy/ some open looks. Hard to watch.
Incoming spark from Sam?
already providing spacing… Spida had a free lane for a layup on their high PnR
shooting 27% from the field and only taken 7 threes…. recipe for embarrassment.
Cavs insanely lucky they’re still in this as pathetic as they looked.
Magic’s poor shooting keeps it closer than it should be.
Caris heater would be a welcome site.
Caris and Spida 40 burger incoming
Remember when both had it in TD Garden, that was such a good game.
Yup, exactly what i was thinking, clutch Caris rebound to seal the game.
Levert!
Nice push, Caris
So far this post season, only DM and JA got the memo from last year. Ugh
Based on these comments I’m going to stay away from this game. See you next season, unless JB is still the coach, then I’ll you see after he’s canned (whenever that may be).
I’m doing some stress eating.
C’mon Arch. You’re a Cleveland sports fan. Suffer here with the rest of us.
lol 😂
Moseley takes a timeout so that the Cavs can get settled. Thank you.
OMG Strus passed up a wide open dunk.
Okay guys, get it together.
No sense being upset anymore
Everyone but Mitchell absolutely shell shocked.
yup, about to shut this off this is pathetic
Shit sandwich of a start.
OMG you have to challenge that? Offensive foul on. Banchero!
That really a playoff foul?
Fire JBozo, starting Okoro??? SHOT TWO THREES IN 6 MINUTES????????
5 wide open shots from that spot.
Okoro do something challenge.
Desperately need some 3’s to go down.
Not for the Magic though