Live Thread: Cavs Vs Jazz
2015-01-21https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7skO-5VDNVU
Remember that shot? Remember the night Gordan Hayward looked better than LeBron James did? Let’s hope the Cavs do. This game is a great chance for the Wine & Gold to avenge an early season loss where they played so badly that they made 32 free throws and still never had a sizable lead.
During their last meeting, I raged about David Blatt’s trapping defense, which allowed the Jazz to shoot 50.6% from the field. I also ranted about the isolation play by Kyrie Irving and James that resulted in six assists….for the whole game….zero for Irving. And, oh yea, Kevin Love let Derrick Favors absolutely destroy him. Kevin looked like Favors shot him with a beam that actually transported his physical body into another dimension.
Tonight, I know two of those three things will be changed. Blatt has finally reworked the defense into something more conservative that favors the athletically challenged, and the iso play isn’t exactly as prevalent. Kyrie is even playing some defense now, which just didn’t happen early on in the season. LeBron is caring too and not just stopping on court to observe and make coaching notes. Kevin, prove me wrong about your defense, so all three of my gripes can be addressed.
Progress has been made, Cavs fans. This game should be a show of it.
I’m picking the Cavs to win, 123-98.
LeBron James is going to play after fighting the flu on Tuesday, and Kyrie is probably playing even though he missed shootaround today because of feeling sick. Iman Shumpert may return today or Friday.
Give Utah credit for not quitting.
I don’t think you could ask for more balanced scoring than they have tonight…
Canton Charge have morning games!? I thought it was a mistake when I read that earlier today.
Just give the ball to Utah. Like it really matters right now refs.
WAIT How is Joe Harris out there?! He played a game in the D League earlier today!
Wow. That was a superior defensive play.
KYRIE with a TERRIFIC steal on Kanter and LBJ redeems himself with the recovery and OLD SCHOOL bounce pass to JR for the layup! BALL GAME!
Kyrie is on fire with his defense.
Honestly the sloppy fourth give the coach something to yell at the guys in film session.
You don’t yell at Klutch sports. Klutch sports yells at you.
Kyrie with a great defensive play
Way to hit your throws King!
This hasn’t been a great quarter for the Cavs, but they built such a big lead that it’s just too tall of a mountain to climb for Utah.
When you have a sizable lead, aren’t good 2’s better than 3’s? Missing a bunch of 3’s is a good way to let the other team back in the game.
Kanter the beneficiary of a lot of Kobe assists as he’s getting buckets off of Mozzy’s help D.
Kanter is killing us on the boards.
Kanter is playing for his next contract, but he’s a really tough offensive rebounder anyway
Alright! Good stuff! I think we can put this one to rest.
Love with the good save of that possession
Our transition D is not good right now.
Man, Kanter is no slouch himself. That dude is going to get PAID this summer I think
Yeah Jazz have decisions to make.
LBJ with the smart D and then the awesome entry pass to Moz
KYRIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!! WITH THE FOUR POINT PLAY!
Nevermind… I guess he was over the line and then blew the FT anyway
Kyrie is the offense this quarter.
I love that when the Iron Curtain puts his arms up! He’s like 17 feet tall
I sing that stupid Dodge Dart commercial all day.
Who could blame you? It’s catchy!
I remember many begging for a big man in the middle. I’m glad we can all now agree how the one we got is a keeper.
Cavs need a little of their defensive mojo back to put this one away
WOW! WHAT terrific ball movement on that TIMO jumper!
That ball went around the horn twice before they found Moz in the short corner. Sooo goood!
KYRIE with the SWEET THREE! Man his shot looks smooth!
This team is great. Sorry. Finals should not be a problem.
How about they beat a contender first.
What are you sorry about?
Kanter the only thing keeping this from being a complete blowout
I’ve decided that one of Mozzy’s nicknames needs to be “the iron curtain.”
+1 on this! I like the Iron Curtain
Check with your lawyer: Can you trademark it?
Think Churchill exhibited prior art.
Who? Nobody’s ever heard of him.
Mozgov needs to bleach his hair blond and be our Ivan drago.
Kyrie scores to put ALL 5 starters into double figures for the game. Well-oiled machine right now
Only blemish of that quarter was the last 10 seconds. Still I’ll take a 20 point lead and holding the opposition to 62 points through three instead of through a half of play…
TT with the terrific bucket!
Fantastic play out of the timeout there.
Great pass from JR! I didn’t realize how good he is at penetration when he wants to
KLove’s back must not be too bad if he’s throwing TD passes like he has tonight
Spectacular miss on the reverse-dunk attempt by JR. Miller and Shumpert struggle to contain themselves as he heads to the bench at the timeout.
That would have been very cool if JR could have finished that slam.
HOLY COW! That would have been the alley oop of the year if JR had put that down
Yeah. Ball don’t lie would have posted about that. The building would explode
Booker was a split second from rejection there
Mozzy is a better left hand finisher than Dion!
So is this what Blatt had in mind when they went bowling?
REVENGE WEEK starting with a BANG!
FANTASTIC series of events! Kyrie with the steal, JR with the save and great pass to Love for the transition dunk!
Just turned the game on. Wow I’m impressed. Maybe my buddy cols is going bonkers in the Rockies.
That was freaking awesome! That steal by Kyrie….. Damn!
From a Jazz 3-on-1 to a Cavs dunk. We have to make sure Kyrie has flu-like symptoms every night.
OOOHHHHH YEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Terrific pass to KLove inside!
LBJ with the SKYHOOK!
The defensive intensity is increasing as fast as this lead is.
Mozgov CANNOT BE STOPPED!
I can’t keep up. There’s too much good stuff happening too fast to comment on it all.
But Mozgov looking like Earl the Pearl with the spin move in the open court was sweet. You know, he’s only a few inches taller than Magic…
Just gathering opinions, but is Kanter a Max deal player this summer? What does he get offered?
This isn’t Butler Hayward!
TOUCHDOWN!!!! That’s TWO TD passes for KLove!
Nice pocket pass, and nice outlet pass to LeBron and finish on Hayward. Take that Hayward!
MOZZZZGODDDDD!!!!! THROWS THE HAMMER DOWN!
Kyrie and KLove with the nifty two man game!
TIMO with the sweet handle!
That rebound in traffic and no look to JR for three was awesome
I do agree with Bron. Mozilla gets up and down the court incredibly well for a guy his size. Seems like he’s in really good shape. It’s clear Blatt really trusts him too. So far, two late first rounders seems like a steal.
GREAT sequence of events!
Did Moz get a haircut at halftime? I guess I didn’t notice he cut off his mop
JR also with a tough shooting first half. He hit a big time three, but has missed 5 others.
But he’s made some defensive plays, grabbed rebounds, and made good decisions. It happens.
Mozilla + JR + LBJ*Health – Dion = DEFENSE!
Just night and day from the first game against the Utes. Overall excellent first half. We have got to get Love’s shot back somehow, then the Cavs will blow out all but the elite teams.
It just won’t be fair when Love starts hitting threes again.
Terrific first half for the Cavs! Only real blemish was the missed free throws. Defense was stellar. Ball movement was there for the most part. A bit of ISO and hero ball towards the end of second. This is how they should be playing against bad teams like the Jazz…
Is Elijah Millsap related to Paul? He kinda resembles him
Yes, they’re brothers.
This game may be setting a record for most uses of “nice” in the live thread.
Sorry… my bad. I will find better adjectives ;)
No criticism intended–I’ve been doing it too. It’s more a reflection of the nice (there’s that word again!) turn their play has taken in the past couple games.
Yeah, but it made me look back on thread and I do it A LOT. Thanks for the heads up!