Live Thread: Knicks @ Cavs
2025-02-21Good evening CtB!
Tonight needs no introduction as the Cavs welcome the New York Knicks for a blockbuster regular season game to a national TV audience. This is one of the heavyweights the Cavs will have to slay in order to hoist the trophy this summer, and this is an Eastern Conference arch-rival who’s gone 5-5 over the last 10 regular season matchups. Sounds like all hands on deck for both teams, so without further ado….
Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live nationally on ESPN, Go Cavs!
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOO WE PUTTING 140 ON THESE FRAUDS
TIME FOR TOM “ PUT ME “ LIN
WHAT A DIME PIECE CPJ!!!
Looks like Garland is done.
GREAT DEFENSE WADE
Ty Jerome kiss off the glass. Damn!
Man, the gap between #1 to the #3 team in the East is wide. Beat on ’em, Cavs!
uh oh, Jarrett Allen injured?
negative xray thank god, wonder if it was the fingers he broke
Knicks getting make a wish fouls
put the kids in to get some run with the varsity. — on national TV!
DG hasn’t made a shot all night and we’re up 30… we’re winning the chip
One reason he can try it is that Merrill is surprisingly switchable on D.
Merrill is straight up a great defender. only lacks elite foot speed.
Makes up for it with fundamentals and unbelievable lol positioning and defensive expectation.
yup, for sure
Yet keeps himself in good position
Running Wade at 5 lineup again!
KA experimenting with a small ball dean wade 5 lineup
would like to see Okoro in for DG or Jerome tho
Cavs now have some real 5-out lineups to deploy.
Wow, Hunter is raining 3s tonight.
DEANDRE HUNTER IS A DAMN SNIPER
Wow, KA making a statement, early benching of JA
For your consideration
Raoul votes YES!
Maybe Delonte gets some run? But maybe not. Deepest for sure!
How about Mo Williams?
I said what I said.
Sorry, Nate. But what you said was ridiculous.
I love this team, too. But that is hyperbolic. And, in my view, disrespectful to those guys.
Nonsense. Mo Williams was an all-star that year, I think. Varejao would play easily. Delonte West was WAY better than Merrill, and probably Strus/LeVert/Jerome/Okoro.
Gibson could shoot. Wally was a former all star and was over 40% from three thst yeat. Heck Pavlovic waals over 40% from deep. Don’t forget Joe Smith and Ben Wallace.
Mo, West, LBJ, Andy, Z + Boobie, Pavlovic Wally, Smith, Wallace. That is a pretty damn good top 10.
they are allright, but the current guys are better.
MOBLEY GOING THRU OG ANUNOBY LIKE A TRAFFIC CONE
Knicks know that they have too much Thibs.
The Wade-Hunter-Mobley front line is a LOT
Go Cavs!
I AGREE GO CAVS
me three!
This is the deepest Cavs team I’ve ever seen.
I AGREE GO CAVS
Wipe them out. All of them.
I AGREE GO CAVS
This entire half has basically been a cavalanche. Holy balls
SAM MERRILL BELONGS IN THE DPOY CONVERSATION!!!!
Heat culture has transferred from Max to Sam. He doesn’t back down from anybody
#LETEMKNOW
All I have to say is good luck Kenny. If this team is this healthy come playoff time he will have a hell of a time deciding who to play against each team outside of Boston.
nah, we’re legit 10 deep and he’ll play them all unless someone’s really shitting the bed. Our secret sauce is grinding all these teams down to a pulp.
Reddick said it best: you have to play perfect to beat them most nights.
EVERYONE has to play perfect cause the Cavs are so good.
#LETEMKNOW
OKORO MERRILL STRUS IS A JUGGERNAUT
Get that kid out of the game!
Wtf Cavs get him to the locker room.
TBF he was demanding to stay in.
Haha I know but we are up 20 and he can recover until the 2nd half. This is stupid.
He’s awesome. Told the ref to FOH. Fuck a head injury. Sub out ya mamas: didn’t even move off the scorers table.
Fuck. That was bad. That should be a flagrant 2
It doesn’t look violent enough on film but that was clearly an intentional act.
Oh balls that is a concussion.
Trading your actual depth for KAT was always a fool’s errand. Let alone gutting it a second time for Bridges. Knicks went from a nightmare for most teams to a shell of a team
Brunson is such a fraud
YOURE A FUCKING RAT BRUNSON YOU PLAY RAT BALL LIKE A BITCH
TELL YOUR DAD TO STOP RAPING WOMEN
Whoa. Chris take a chill pill lol
3 FOULS ON BRUNSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GREAT DEFENSE AND WHAT A FINISH OKORO!!!!!!
ALERT WE GOT A MERRILL STRUS OKORO LINEUP!!!!!!!
Garland had that ball on a string for like 20 straight seconds.
Uh oh. This battle station may just be approaching operational. The d has been stifling, the team rebounding is starting to work, and that toughness problem may have been more of an actual size problem. Wade and Hunter and okoro back make us scary on d
Knicks give up a spree of dunks to start and the basket is huge now.
Lol. Atlanta is so dumb. Traded Hunter for scraps right as he’s hitting his prime.
He’s never been all that impactful and they got equal production and a lot of picks. Plus ZR and Johnson will be better next year.
Win-win
Plus they get cap relief next year.
CLOWN THESE HOES
Good Lord. We stole Hunter
#LETEMKNOW
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOO NEW YORK YOU AINT ON THIS LEVEL
NY’s starters are good to the Cavaliers’ great, and our bench just blows them out of the water.
OMG . What a finish by spida.
DONOVAN TOO STRONG FOR YOU CREAM PUFFS FROM NY
Tones is hot. Gotta make someone else beat my you
MOBLEY THE SNIPER
KAT was oob.
HOW IS THAT A FOUL?????????????
Knicks get a pity foul
Sorry, Chris. Just caught up!
I AGREE GO CAVS
Hunter is so good. Just a pure J. Atlanta is stupid.
Finally a full squad. If you would’ve told me last November that the first time we’ll have everyone healthy will be game 56 in February, but, we’ll have the best record in the league, I would’ve said “That is how we do it in C-Town!”.
I AGREE GO CAVS
AM AT HS BASKETBALL GAME— ( NOT COACHING— THAT IS TOMORROW) —— CLF DOING A SOLO—— NEED SOME “ BENCH “ HELP FOR HIM—— GO CAVS ——- YES SIT BRUNS LEFT HAND!!!!!!
STRONG FINISH JA AND ONE TY JEROME!!!!!!!!!
GET BRUNSON IN FOUL TROUBLE KEEP ATTACKING THE MIDGET
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
SPIDA MVP
POINT MOBLEY >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
SIT ON THE FUCKING LEFT HAND OF BRUNSON GOT DAMMIT
SPIDA PULL UP LETS GOOOOOOO GREAT DEFENSE MOBLEY
RAGE TIMEOUT THIBS
ARE YOU KIDDING ME WHAT A FUCKING PLAY MOBLEY
SOMEONE PLAY DEFENSE ON BRUNSON
CAVS OWNING THE RIM LETS GOOO
STRUS UNDERSTANDS THE ASSIGNMENT FEED THE BIG MEN
THANK YOU STRUS!!! GREAT TRANSITION DEFENSE SPIDA!
Terrible defense, can’t let Brunson go left
Glad Josh Hart is out. He always murders us