Live Thread: Cavs at Blazers
2014-11-04https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnaZBRumpg4
West Coast action tonight, game starts at 10E/7P. The game will be on NBATV in addition to the local Fox Sports Ohio. If you haven’t already checked out Cory’s “The Case for The Decision” do so now – great read.
For some pre-game reading that touches on both teams, check out this work from Jacob Rosen at WFNY.
I’ve scoured the news reports to learn if Will Cherry traveled with the team, or is active tonight against the Blazers. So far, no luck. If anyone knows, chime in below.
Send in your predictions, we’ll keep a running tally of the winners (closest total points with the correct winner). I’m going with 104-98 Cavs.
james thank you for your sound / sage advice—–1 thing is Lebron knows what it is like to have that ” target ” on your back every game —the other players have yet to grasp that—you need to BRING IT EVERY GAME/ ALMOST EVERY POSSESSION —-don’t shy away from that :target ” EMBRACE THAT CHALLENGE AND GROW WITH IT —–I believe that is why we don’t see the true LeBron yet—he doesn’t want to carry these guys ( he could ) he wants them to be able to grow and not always rely on him to bail them out —-yes… Read more »
Windhorst said something very similar about James and I reckon it’s true
where is Will Cherry—-maybe we start him over dion—let him run the pt—-kyrie the off gd–at least cherry will —–bring you hustle / passing / defense —I know I am overreacting with this blog but like the rest of you am frustrated with how they are playing—-especially dion — maybe starting cherry( or delly ) over dion would be a wake up call—-hate to make dion the whipping boy but he talks about changing his game / attitude but so far he hasn’t shown it
agreed on dion statement I like his talents WHEN HE BRINGS IT —if not yes he will be gone ( matbe that is what he wants to be THE TOP DOG ON A LOSING TEAM )— understand that the beginning is going to be a roller coaster ride ( and maybe our expectations were too high ) but the effort / intensity needs to improve—–we need to win these next 2 games badly !!!!—–the losing / adjusting together can be somewhat understandable / tolerated IT IS HOW THEY ARE LOSING THAT BOTHERS ME !!—-I know I am WAY AHEAD OF… Read more »
Nah they’ll stay. Things will be fine and LeBron would utterly destroy his image if he left after that letter. I see Love here for one max deal then maybe head off to LA for his next contract a few years later. I think most people on here (bar eternal optimist / jinxing Heat fan Cols) had realistic expectations. Every single team who adds new pieces takes a good month or two before they start playing well. We don’t need to win the next two but I want to see some more effort at least. Denver is always a funny… Read more »
I love Dion – but he will be gone by January if he keeps playing like this. Wasn’t he supposed to be watching film of Wade cutting to the rim??? Just stands around and when he gets the ball you know exactly what he’s thinking “Yes!!! Finally!!! My chance to show everyone that I’m amazing!!!!!!”. Also Tristan gave a perfect demonstration as to why he’s not worth 12m a year. Can’t score anything other than 1 foot from the rim (and gets a fair few of them blocked), and can’t guard anyone with range. He did not mean to hit… Read more »
Didn’t see the bad game from Andy… barely touched the ball on offense .
It is early to panic about the coaching, the sets that are being run, and how out of sorts the team looks. Give that time at least. The real thing that should give pause is what is wrong with LeBron. He is giving no effort. He looks slow, doesn’t seem to care, barely protects the ball, and stands around doing nothing. On top of that, there is no explosion. He hasn’t dunked over anyone yet, and he never goes through anybody on drives. Guys like Mike Dunleavy have succeeded in forcing him into low-percentage fall-away jumpers before getting to the… Read more »
I agree…he is too blase…no fire…it will take time for this team to find their identity and flow…it will come
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PWLYtweXG0
Where did this stuff go? Anything resembling the force of nature he normally is would be great.
Dion Waiters had got to go…trade that loser now while you can…Blatt has no clue on how to set a defense up…or offense for that matter…smmfh
Blatt will be fine. He’s getting used to a new type of basketball. The players, however, have all been playing in the NBA for quite some time now. They ought to figure out how to move the ball on their own. Andy had a horrible game tonight, but if we could figure out how to get some passable defense from our guards (even Delly got torched), it would make a world of difference.
Uh…that what a coach is for…we don’t need someone who has to “learn” how to coach in the NBA…and it is quite evident that he is way out of his league
Lebron should stop trying to get everybody more involved and just play his game…everything else will take care of itself…Kyrie need to understand that he is a point guard…damn
LeBron did not score in the second half. Zero points. On the plus side, he only played 35 minutes.
Well this team better figure out real soon how to compete without Lebron having to go one man wrecking crew every night. 32-35 minutes is where I would like to see the starters. Better rotations with more staggering of James Love and Irving would certainly help. To me James does look sluggish and way more ground bound. That is slightly disturbing. Hoping his weight loss isn’t the problem. Then again, better that than precipitous decline in athletic ability.
No way Andy should be in the starting lineup…Blatt has no idea what personal to use in given situations
Coach Blatt needs a NBA crash course…this guy couldn’t coach his way out of high school ball…for some reason he thinks Andy,Dion and Delly should be on the floor for more minutes than they really should be…three bums
They look worse than directionless. They look like they don’t care that their directionless. I don’t see any real communication on defense, nobody is cheering from the bench, everyone looks like they expect Lebron to put up 40 points a game and when he doesn’t they decide to put up 40 themselves…except they can’t. MOVE THE BALL!
That had to be one of the worst back court games in Cavalier history.
Hate to say it but after three games, this team looks directionless and Blatt looks clueless. Hope Blatt figures out basic things like rotations and puts in some semblance of an offense soon or this is going to be a long season. Defense is bad, offense looks terrible, it’s way early but worrisome nonetheless.
Perfect Dion highlight to end the game. He’ll either find his role soon or he’ll be benched or shipped out. Come film time, he’d better watch himself closely as he’s getting chewed out by Blatt.
Hooray! The Blazers fans get fries!
Dion just passed the ball to Kirk. Was that his first pass of the game?
So glad they spent their three days off game planning for the Blazers.
34 points in the first quarter. 44 in the remaining three. Horrendous
Can someone smack Dion in his face? Quite literally, next time he shoots a contested jumper. Just walk up to him and smack him. Pass the dang ball, bud.
Embarrassing loss. Just an epic fail on both ends of the floor.
Kirk!!! Why is Mike Miller not spotting up, btw? Have we hit him ONCE for a shot?
Well, let’s see I predicted 9-6 to start. Thinking about 7-8 now.
I hate watching this. It feels like 2009. No way for us to win games when we’re not playing perfect. Lebron had better be super injured…Like about to die…to be playing with this little effort.
Haha. This made me laugh after such an awful 2 hours of basketball
OH MY GOD, KYRIE! WTF! HOW MANY AWFUL POSSESSIONS MUST YOU FAIL TO EXECUTE?!
Joe Harris in the game. White flag time already Blatt?
move the ball from side to side! Offense far too strong side dominant this game.
KLove has had to clean up for bad guard defense, Nate. He’s not a stopper by any means, but preventing penetration goes a long way toward keeping wide open four footers from occurring.
Come on. He’s taking terrible angles and playing four feet off Lopez in the post.
Well it’s too late to ask you to watch what happens as soon as Kyrie gets blown by on Love’s side cuz apparently we don’t care anymore, but he has had to step up to a penetrating guard twice for every time he’s been able to body up his man in the post.
Kyrie now 2-15. Killing the Cavs (and my fantasy team)
Waiters delly kyrie combined: 6-27, 5 assists and 3 TOs. While not keeping killers out of middle of floor on the defensive side.
KLove just destroyed defensively tonight. He kust gave lopez a wide open four-footer
Game. Cavs can’t run an offensive set to save their life and are twice as good on defense with Bron and Andy on the bench. That’s not a good sign.
Lillard and “Rolo” eating Cavs lunch
Walking the ball up the floor again. WHERE IS THE URGENCY FELLAS?!
Thank you Andy! At least SOMEBODY trying to pass the ball to Love
Also, Lebron looks soooo slow. Like he’s wearing a 50lb back pack. What happened to his weight loss thing?
Bad (back?) LeBron has checked in.
ZERO PASSING. Just awful awful execution
Wow. Commentators just pointed out that after a 10-10 start, Cavs have gone 17-60. Ooofa
Kevin Love is our only reliable offensive threat though, Nate. No one else has had an impactful game on that end. The Blazers have either been playing much more confusing defense than I think, or we haven’t made them work that hard at all.
not arguing. but he’s getting schooled by lopez and kaman
Well, at least the Heat lost tonight
Kevin Love: pick and roll defense luddite.
Doesn’t seem like they’re running any plays on offense. Hard to watch
Dion has not passed up a shot yet.
Does anyone else get the feeling if we look for him early, he won’t feel the need to take so many shots for no reason later in the game?
Also…we look like a pretty bad team for most of this game except that defensive stretch in the end of the 3rd where Tristan took over
I’m really sick of Dion this season. I was a really big Dion apologist last season. He seems to have no interest in doing anything other than stand in the corner, call for the ball, dribble dribble launch
How was Kanan THAT wide open on that play?
Hard to believe this game was 34-31 after one.
Dion: no no no… yes!
How did Marion get cut? Didn’t seem like Robinson nicked him
I hate hate hate this lineup. Delly dion miller.tt marion. Whrere is Andy! ?
STOP SHOOTING TT!!
Marion looks like a different player tonight
Yeah, last play before end of quarter should not include a behind the back pass. Horrible game overall from Kyrie. Expected him to get torched by Lillard, but thought he’d at least cancel him out with his offense. Just ugly.
See the pass, Kyrie!
As bad as this quarter has been, nearly played Blazers even.
Love should never be guarding LaMarcus. Automatic points
That exchange was a microcosm of TT’s game tonight. Blocked on a dunk but gets back in time to break up the fast break.
Well, they’re all out there now Nate.
Blake just travelled AGAIN!
The question of this game will be: does Blatt trust his bench?
After a rough start, Tristan’s energy has stopped the bleeding for the Cavs.
I know it annoys you Nate, but TT actually seems to be playing better interior defense tonight than Andy. His offensive game is sucking, but his defense has been pretty good
TT is bringing the energy.
Figures Lillard would pick this game to start shooting like he did last year. My god that guy doesn’t seem to miss from beyond the arc
Yeah the Cavs are gonna lose this game. And it’s clear Kyrie and Waiters kill the offense
More KLove threes please!