Live Thread: Cavs @ Thunder
2025-01-16A single game still separates the Cavs and Thunder. OKC looks to avenge their loss from eight nights ago, while Cleveland seeks to bottle the lightning they re-conjured Tuesday night in a bounce back win against Indy. Ty Jerome is available tonight after missing two games with injury, while the hits keep coming for OKC, who lost Hartenstein to a “left soleus strain” Tuesday against the Sixers, and will be out at least a week.
Look for Oklahoma City to run and drive and kick even more against Cleveland who will be looking to dominate inside. Again, if Mitchell, Garland, Caris, Sam, and Ty can pierce the shell of a hard trapping long set of guards and wings, then Allen and Mobley should eat at the rim. If I was the Thunder I’d be pressing – a lot. Let’s hope the Cavs control the boards, keep the turnovers down, and make the Tacoma City plunder pay. If they do, and they keep Shai under wraps, Cleveland should win by double digits. Go Cavs.
And OKC hitting wide open 3’s
Maybe stop the ball. This is a turd burger of a game. A national tv embarrassment.
And with that last sequence I head for “Only murders in the building”.
Just no plan to stop SGA.
How doe Allen only play 12 minutes? Worst Atkinson half of year.
As Barkley would say “ turrrrrible”!!!!!
The starters struggled but the bench was absolutely putrid. Especially Niang.
Jerome the only one in positive territory. Also, Allen only 11 minutes played? Interesting.
Jinx
Niang -25 in 7 minutes.
Dug a hole they’ll be hard pressed to dig out of
Cavs could have been up double digits early in the game if not for horrendous shooting. (Then it all went to crap).
Horrendous first half. Same blueprint as Indy, get physical and junk it up
Eh. More just hunt Niang.
Time for Donovan to arrive.
Non factor so far
Cavs played like they haven’t played many good teams. This is a good reality check for them
Smelling their own farts
Well that sucked
Can’t just trade baskets Youre down 21.
Embarrassing level of capitulation to the OKC defense. Ball looks like it’s covered in soap.
Need to set harder screens. Cavs need an enforcer and some longer wings.
Worst version of Caris there
They ever gonna double Shai?
Put Mobley on sga.
SGA, professional foul merchant.
Here comes the SGA grift
Shave a few more points and get a few more stops.
There ya go. Cut it to 16.
DG with his head on straight.
That was a huge five points by dg
This feels like a flagrant
Some seriously, shit eating grins on the OKC players as they break from the timeout. Be nice to see that wiped off their faces.
Yikes cannot take care of the ball at all
Jesus stop turning it over
DG beginning to roll
Better effort and smarter decisions can see a more competitive game, but spotting more than 20 points to this team is a big ask.
OKC came to play.
Still plenty of time.
They’re not gonna win this challenge.
No landing zone
This was frustrating
Okoro can’t shoot 3s when he’s out of rhythm
He needs like 15 games to warm up
Can we trade rosters, just for this game? Yikes.
Keep Niang on the bench the rest of the game
Try to cut it 10 by the half
Couldn’t get Jerome on fast enough
Niang still playing. Got me thinking – if a coach wanted to drop this game, how would he go about it?
Is it just me or do we let guys drive around us at will?
The defense is horrid
Nonexistent
Good Kenny got a T
Niang is getting hunted
This is a massacre. Not sure I can watch much more of this.
Mitchell straight-up panicking.
Niang is unplayable right now
And still playing
The Niang minutes costing them dearly
Well I had the Cavs losing this one.
Was that oob on Strus?
Strus not having a great ine so far.
Is jb coaching this game
My thoughts exactly!
Cavs aren’t playing fast, they’re playing rushed
Niang absolute cheeks and Caruso is a menace
Maybe somebody should hit a shot. Just spitballing.
Terrible shoot by struss
Don’t understand and why they’re going to the post with undersized players instead of bigs.
Niang stinking it up
Turnovers fumbles and bad defense. But he can shoot sometimes.
Gotta cut back on the TOs
Don’t like this rotation.
Eat shit fan duel shills
Amen!!!
Strus is loose!
Strus is loose!!!
Attaway Mitch
Finally MItch!
Shots not falling for anyone on the Cavs
3 ball gotta start dropping eventually…right?
Yes
Hope that’s not a sign of more to come with how Mitchell’s shot is falling tonight
0-3…
0-5…
Feed the FroBley!
Go Cavs!
YOU DA REAL MVP NATE!!!! GO CAVS
Barkley calling Evan a perimeter player
Ok? Who cares
I’m not saying that to u, saying it to Barkley. 😁