Live Thread: Jazz @ Cavs (and a mini-Trifecta?)
2024-12-23Good evening CtB!
The Cavs welcome the Utah Jazz to the windy banks of the Cuyahoga River for the final game of a 3-in-4 days homestand before heading out West to ring in 2025. This is a classic trap for the good guys, where heavy legs and a terrible opponent may lull the team into playing down to their competition. Also, for former Cavs Lauri Markkanen and Collin Sexton this game is their one meaningful game of the season. Luckily, Utah sports the worst defensive rating in the NBA, third worst net rating, are a terrible passing team with the worst turnover rate in the NBA. This should be a game where the Cavs can put up 130 and force Utah to keep up, which they shouldn’t. The singular stat that will determine this game is the rebounding battle: Utah is one of the best rebounding teams in the NBA, while the Cavs are decidedly below average. If the Cavs don’t hustle, they could be in trouble.
Cavs bury Philly 126-99 (or, Philly cheesesteaks for everyone!)
The Philadelphia 76ers made the game interesting for about the first quarter before collapsing like a house of cards as the Cavs curbstomped this pathetic squad 126-99. It’s extremely satisfying to send away these losers home disgraced, they tried to take cheap shots during the Cavalanche, but the Cavs are above that kind of bum behavior. Night night Philly, have fun climbing out the basement of the East FRAUDS!
CARIS LEVERT FOREVER
In probably my favorite agenda, Caris LeVert continues to clown on the haters with an insane year that should be rewarded with a Sixth man award if NBA writers were actually competent at their jobs. So far this season, the Cavs are an unbelievable +21.3 points per 100 possessions with LeVert on the floor. LET CARIS COOK!
Abacus Update
Didn’t have Niang on my bingo card as the closer.
Think KA is sending Allen a message.
Kind of a stinker of a quarter.
Grindfest
I WOULD HAVE REBOUNDING PRACTICE FOR AN HOUR RIGHT AFTER PRACTICE——-SEND A MESSAGE TO THE PLAYER s 🤬
Real weak link
Even with it exploited fully they didn’t win a quarter..
I was just thinking the evolution of the Cavs has to be that Mitchell and Mobes trade off possessions closing tight games. I LOVE that they called Mobley’s #
That is the ultimate nightmare for Cavs opponents in the future.
I mean evan had Jack Sparrow on him in the post.
That was some brain farts ass management by ka. You can’t play hacka if you don’t have your best rebounders in.
I rescind this post.
Where tf is Allen?
WHAT REBOUNDING 🤬
Hack a Walt. Love it.
God our rebounding stinks!
GET A FUCKING REBOUND
Oh Darius. Looking like Hakeem.
GEORGES NIANG GETTING DOWN AND DIRTY
Dg smooooooth!!!
Beautiful.
Maybe let Mitchell touch the ball
it’s mitchell time right now
I love Ty, but good Lord he is a chucker sometimes. Missed a wide open Strus in the left corner.
Nice play, Merrill.
Collin “Young Bullshit” Sexton.
He’s a chucker!
Old enough to remember we were mostly excited when he arrived in the 216.
Man. Cory loved him and Ben hated him. Probably should’ve taken Shai.
No doubt about it.
Sam Merril has real skills aside from shooting
IIRC, Strus’s attitude was a problem at times last season.
Mobley’s clobbered no call.
SAM THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BODYBAGGING THE HATERS
JAYLEN TYSON!!!! PLAYING WINNING BASKETBALL
Got hosed out of free throws
Kessler is a menace on the boards
outrebounded 41-27…. getting sonned on the boards, Koby hope you’re watching!
It’s the jazz whole game plan and everyone with a beefy big man is gonna copy it. Slop up mid rangers and play the offensive rebound game.
jesus KA gotta throw THor in there for 4-5 minutes just to combat all this size good grief
Bickerstaff is to Merrill as Atkinson is to ____? Old SAT question. ( The answer is Thor).
Haha is Thor a known good rebounder?
That lefty hook by Allen is so good.
SAM BEAT DAT AZZ
Sam I am.
I love this team!
Merrill is back!
SAM MERRILL EN FUEGO HATERS FURIOUS
SAM MERILL DEFENSE AND BREAK
Good ole 3 point shoot out!
SAM MERRILL MAKING THE HATERS CRY
Good to see Merrill hitting his 3s.
Noticed he was out early in the halftime break shooting 3s on his own.
MOBLEY POSTER
More Mobes
I’d have challenges that foul call. Jordan initiated the hand check
Mobley’s J is butter
JA is getting destroyed. Put mobly back in
Allen and MObley getting punked on the boards, plain and simple… hope Dean Wade didn’t fuck up his surgically repaired knee.
Not mobly. Allen is getting destroyed
WHAT A PASS SAM MERRILL THERE WERE CLOWNS HERE TELLING ME HE COULDN’T DRIBBLE OR PASS LMFAOOOOOO
Have wanted the Cavs to sign Svi for the past two years.
He’s Utah’s best player and it’s not close
Merrill still a hair too quick
Sweet pass Ty to Max
Utah’s size is bothersome, funny they stink so bad on defense cuz their offense is so bad.
Niang is not going to help this team in playoffs
TYSON HAS GOT THE JUICE!!!
Love the trust in Tyson when we needed size!
JAYLEN TYSON LEFTY FINISH! RAGE TIMEOUT MORMONS
Auditioning for Okoro’s job.
LETS GOOOO
Mitchell gonna have to win this one.
Nah we will settle in and win comfortably
OUR NEMISIS REBOUNDING SURFACES AGAIN
yup, about to give up 30 offensive rebounds this game LMFAOOOOOOOO
Mobly off the floor Cavs are getting abused in rebounds
Jesus. Clarkson just completely out of control every time he touches the ball
This game ugly
yup knew it was gonna be with the delay
DG IN YOUNG BULLS FACE
MOBLEY DOMINATION CONTINUES
feels so good to not have to root for Sexton anymore LMFAO what a clown
Sexton trying to shoot over Mobley the most predictable result I’ve seen so far this season.
Sam>Collin
and it’s not close LMFAO
Did anyone catch this commercial during the delay. Amazingly ridiculous.
https://youtu.be/thjOdBAxtEk?feature=shared
This is like playing “who clogged the toilet?”
WHY IS GAME DELAYED
Max Strus doing his best Kenny loggins impersonation.
Well this one looks like it’ll be delayed a bit. At least Allen hit a backwards halfcourt shot.
yup, brb gonna eat something LMFAO
These Preston commercials are next level stupid!
What are the odds that Dean Wade plays more than 50 games this season? What is he out for tonight? That guy is so frustrating
He’s fragile.
He was just starting to hit his 3s too.
Found it. Right knee soreness
Bold claim from Brad. DG the best Pg in the league.
Brad is an elite company man
Thanka for your yoeman work, CLF! I’m back home so look forward to watching the game with you guys.
LETS GOOOOOOOOO
EMONI WITH 17PTS / 20 MINUTES—— 3/4 FROM 3 —-ONLY 3rd GAME BACK————— BERNARD—- ANOTHER STRONG SHOWING 20/9——3/6?FROM 3’s ———- “ MORE THOR “ 16/ 11
BELIEVE THIS IS MORE A “ SEXTON REVENGE “ GAME THAN LAURI —- CAVS BASICALLY HAD GIVEN UP / SEEN ENOUGH OF HIM ——— CANT BELIEVE THERE ARE STILL SOME MEDIA PROPOSING LeVert TRADES —— NO WAY UNLESS IT REALLY FAVORS THE CAVS —— GO CAVS
I think he’ll eventually fill in as a back up PG somewhere. He’s starting now, but for a crappy team. If he ever wants to win anything, he’ll have to accept that backup role.
His skillset translates really well to bench scorer honestly
Tank commander Collin.