Live Thread: Cavs @ Rockets
2025-01-22Good evening CtB!
The Cavs are on the Gulf Coast to soak in the non-subzero temps and put on a massive NBA showcase (and tiny chance of a Finals’ preview) against the Rockets of Houston. The Rockets have adopted the Tom Thibodeaux School of Strategy by emphasizing defense, rebounding, and physicality… this fight will be a contrast of styles and one in which the Rockets can easily exploit the greatest weakness of the Cavs – the boards. The Rockets will certainly get up for this one, a win against the Cavs is obviously meaningful validation for a young team on the rise. Get your popcorn ready and enjoy.
Tip off is scheduled for 8:00PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Fanduel Sports Network, Go Cavs!
So they moved Kevin Porter Junior but they still got some hotheads on the Rockets. So glad the Cavs don’t (for the most part).
Dude Merrill can’t buy a 3 this year.
Last chance saloon. Gotta stand up here or the tether snaps.
Can’t finish a quarter that poorly. Ouch.
Need Mobley and LeVert back.
Can’t buy a bucket
Big arm wrestle right here. Feels like one team in gonna break.
Ty again!
Ty gets some to go. Hoorah.
There we go Ty!
Ugh this lineup
Still punching but poor FT & 3 shooting is going to be costly.
SPIDA TIME!
Someone put that midget Van Flop on his ass!
Shengoon is pretty dirty
Come on Garland. How you missing FTs
I think the Rockets kids are going to fade. Keep the pressure on.
Need to bring TT in fora play to bruise senguns’ ribs when he gets that chicken wing up. A little knuckle punch should do it.
yup, need to matchup TT on Sengun rough him maybe get into his head… seems like a loose cannon.
WHAT A PASS WADE DG FOR THRE LETS GOO STILL IN STRIKING DISTANCE
GREAT DEFENSE
Shengoon with a couple offensive fouls against Allen in that possession
This game will be: can the Cavs survive the bench minutes with their most athletic players injured.
Thank God garland is righting the ship here.
Make or miss…
Le sigh.
Garland so smart.
Follows with a more in control floater.
Wade finally!!!
FVV on Allen, heh.
I might have challenged that Strus block, but the refs hate him.
TOs climbing. Not great. Stick with it!
A game of scoring bursts. Cavs gotta get their shooters open to hang here.
well, we may be in trouble tonight.
caris, okoro, mobley is literally almost all of our athleticism LMFAOOo
This is some awful basketball punctuated by some crazy athleticism.
Some bad TOs here but Cavs dodging bullets
That Van Vleet shot hit em in the eyes
Allen absolutely fouled there.
GET NIANG OFF THE FLOOR FOR GODS SAKE
HOLY SHIT WHAT A DUNK BY CAM WHITMORE
Rockets held to 4 pts in 5 min
SAM MERRILL DPOY
Tyson sighting. Like it.
Love that Tyson is getting minutes again
YES SIR NEED THE ATHLETICISM
WHERES THE FOUL????????????????????
THANK GOD FOR MERRILL
Craftwork by Ty
What a weird stretch.
How did TT miss that layup?
Block from behind? Future baby mama in front row of sideline?
WYKYK
Come on Niang.
Jesus, Sam. Hell of a shot. We’re just buying minutes here.
Merrill hits a critical one
Cavs lack of of big, or rather, tall men depth an issue.
Might be the kind of game that shows what we’re lacking. Then again, we just may do our thing and get it done while short-handed. Go Cavs!
Rockets got the upper hand towards the end. KA has some work to do. Hope DG is ok.
Tristan is of the age where is going to be up and down and very unpredictable. God knows what we’re going to get tonight.
Not a good stretch here
GET CPJ IN THERE IF TY JEROME CANT BRING THE DAMN BALL UP
Thompson Niang lineup ugh
Ty Jerome and Niang may be unplayable against uber athletic teams such as this.
Garland clobbered
Can’t buy a bucket there!
Why does the clear path call exist if not for plays like that.
Exactly…
The Fro with the steal!!!
WHAT A PASS DG GREAT CUT WADE
Great pass DG
Allen played Sengun well then, just unlucky
Like the to by Kenny. Amen Thompson isnt good enough to let him beat you off the bounce. You gotta overplay his right hand and make him beat you left
JAMES DEAN WADE
Any team starting Dillon Brooks deserves everything that’s coming to them.
And Fred Van Flop
Plus their bozo coach
THATS RIGHT SPIDA PEOPLE NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT THEIR BETTING!!!!
Context?
People harass Spida because he’s not scoring as much and people are gambling on his points scored.
Then he said in his presser “I don’t give a damn” about people’s gambling.
The fact that players are even being asked about betting is just so effing sick.
Same.
THE “ TARGET “ LOOMS —- CAVS PLAYERS NEED TO “ EBRACE BEING THE “ TOP DAWG “
AND SHOW THEIR BITE !!!!
The Cavs have had some tussles with the rockets in the last few years. From Quiche Chris getting in a dust-up to Dillon Brooks getting ejected for a flagrant to the double OT disaster that may have gotten JB canned, let’s hope the Cavs learned their lesson from the OKC game and show up for this one, and that no one gets hurt. This is where I wish Cleveland had an enforcer.
I agree go Cavs