Live Thread: Cavs @ Timberwolves
2015-01-31https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLeQ5R7M_xU5cc2WtStmHdEoMLu5wbO9qS&v=8_XhQPasGqk&x-yt-ts=1422579428&x-yt-cl=85114404&feature=player_embedded
Kevin Love returns to the Twin Cities tonight, along with the rest of the Cavaliers. Greeting him will be a possible promotional video that features the return of one year T-Wolve Mike Miller instead of Love. Or huh? Flip Saunders was not pleased…
@JasonLloydABJ He is culpable. In the previous matchup vs Cle he went out of his way to take shots at KLove.
— JayBee (@RogersParkJon) January 31, 2015
@mcten Would the Spurs take the last slice of pizza? Would the Spurs switch lanes without a turn signal? Would the Spurs dislike The Wire?
— Wait For Dusk (@waitfordusk) January 31, 2015
In other news…
#TSRInjuryReport: Ricky Rubio (ankle), Shabazz Muhammad (oblique) and Robbie Hummel (hand) are out.
— MN Timberwolves (@MNTimberwolves) January 30, 2015
So the Cavs have Kevin’s pride, and the absence of Rubio’s reingineered jumper going for them, which is nice… GO CAVS!
Spaulding sandwich!
CANADIAN DYNAMITE!!!!!!
LBJ ready to go!!! Nice block TT!
LBJ going to have to take this one over…
Makeup calll
Aint that the truth!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME???????? HE DIDN”T TOUCH IT!!!!
He was just standing there setting a screen no movement and the dude ran into him and fell down…Normal good screen…Nothing even remotely illegal…unbelievable…
What the hell happened to Kyrie? I guess with no elite PG to go against (or any PG at all in this case) he doesn’t know what to do with himself…
What a flop!
The spread is 10…. They’ve been doing their best to keep it close.
Refs with another bad call… what a surprise…
Huge load of crap…the marion foul…unreal..
LBJ getting tired of this crap!
LBJ!!! TIME WARP TO 2009!!!
Flight number 23…. LIFT OFF
The refs are bailing out the Wolves a lot with late whistles…
Bail out foul… what a surprise…
Absolutely drives me NUTS when the refs wait to see if they miss the shot to call the foul!
ANOTHER LATE WHISTLE!
DELLY TREY!!! Rudy will save us!
RUDY! RUDY! RUDY!
DELLY!!! HE WANTS TO PLAY!
Guess this has gone from a “trap” game to a “crap” game…
wow. Bron could learn some lessons on how to move withou the ball from drew
Late whistle… what a surprise…
Read my mind EG
Very disappointing, and very unprofessional – this tendency to underestimate opponents and lack competitive edge. Cavs still have a lot of maturing to do.
With a healthy Rubio and pekovic wiggins has the potential to be lethal in transition or in half court sets.
It may not be with the Wolves but Wiggins is going to be leading a playoff team soon.
Well, it probably won’t be for 5 years…
Should have a top 5 pick in the draft as well to add to the bunch
These effing refs…. that was their FIRST FOUL?????
Well, the Cavs haven’t exactly been driving the lane much this quarter…
Agreed, but I’ve seen at least 1 foul on a rebound… and just calling the most ridiculous crap on the Cavs as well.
In other news, the 76ers are up on the Hawks 83-81 with 2:51 left in the 4th…
HAHAHAHA…. these are the dog days of the NBA!
Hawks will win. But – trap game
Hawks took the lead
Lebron really needs to push the ball and increase the pace of the game. Been way to nonchalant.
Saving energy for the fourth quarter apparently…
Cavs with the needed Shumpshot
This is the best game the Wolves have played all year and is probably as good as they can possibly play and the Cavs are playing pretty average and uninspired ball and have still been leading most of the way…They’ll need to put together a solid 4th quarter to get out of here with the win though…
I totally agree… these refs aren’t doing any favors either.
Great recovery by Delly!!! Need that defense!
Bron talking with Mo Gotti on the sidelines…
Wiggins rubbing the Cavs nose in it.
You have to love his competitive spirit.
Yeah, that should keep him warm through the Minnesota winter…
Yeah, Minneapolis doesn’t have great weather like Cleveland. A real destination city.
Yeah, but at least the Cavs will still be playing into the summer ;)
I don’t really see what that has to do with relative desirability of the cities or Wiggins’ character. By that argument I guess Shumpert is having a better career than Wiggins? A completely random pro-Cavs argument.
Cavs falling in love with the outside shot whereas the Timberwolves are continually attacking the rim and working inside-out.
Great call coolshah…. exactly what happened.
Phantom call there
These refs, yet again, are a joke…. trying to cover the spread.
I think this was a trap game for the C:tBers collective psyche…
Where’s Cols when we need him?
I know. We need his energy because it is a trap.
HAHAHA… Everybody’s overreacting to everything tonight!
Defense is struggling with Zangief… should go back to the super athletic lineup with LBJ and harass them.
Not nearly enough ball movement tonight…Seems like they already forgot how easy it was last night and have gotten back into the old habit of iso ball…
Agreed… and not doing the job on defense to get some easy transition looks.
Not to provide excuses, but I’m kinda hoping it’s a combination of 4th game in 5 nights, a long flight to Minny and Cavs not taking Wolves seriously…
We are missing shits when we move the ball. They are not confident about cuz we are getting ripped on defense. Defense will turn this game around. Smith has played very sneaky good defense btw
So such cav will take guarding wiggins as a personal challenge ? LBJ. Let’s hope it’s shump and not delly. I like delly on defense but wiggins might torch him
I think it’s shump… shump was pissed during the halftime interview with Allie.
Need to find a way to stop Pekovic and get on a roll defensively.
KLove bailed out Bron there
Yeah, but THAT’S the kind of play you hope for with KLove…
Wow, Wiggins and Thad fired up to face the Cavs. Bennett is Bennett.
KLOVE! Big time move!!!
Kyrie with the assist to himself off the glass…
wiggins is so smart…
Dude, you’ve gotta stop torturing yourself like this…
JR SWISHHH!!! Time for him and Kyrie to hit some bombs!
No matter from where on the court JR shoots, his stroke is effortless.
Kyrie is HEATING UP… GIVE it to him!
And that is unfortunately Moz’s achilles heel… Neither of those looked like fouls, but he’s got 4 now
Come on ref! Moz got all ball there!
Mozgov stays vertical to avoid the foul and gets called for the foul.
Cmon now, he went STRAIGHT UP. Late call too.
KYRIE FOR THREE!!
I didn’t want to post this but over my after noon nap I had a bizarro dream. We kept wiggins and had spencer the patriot hawes as our stretch 4. I woke up because my boys wanted lunch but not curry for lunch.
MOZ! Loving his range!
LBJ with the nice double clutch layup since nobody guarded him…
Really really nice play to start the 2nd half. Sweet pass by LeBron.
LBJ and KLove with the sweet two man game
All-timer that can’t win 9 games by the ASB. Gimme a damn break.
well they’re signing point guards out of the parking lot and starting them, so…
the real mvp of the first half of the nba season is “Asiago!”
Yep… he gets the red head and the motorcycle!
Kyrie should get going this quarter
Sloppy first half. You knew the wolves would be up for this game. Should have capitalized on the decent first quarter and locked down on d and not messed around on offense. Never a good thing to give a terrible team early confidence at home. Makes the restof the game unnecessarily harder.
I suspect this being a 4th game in 5 nights is contributing to some of the sloppy 1st half play, in addition to not taking the Timberwolves seriously. Game will be over by the end of the 3rd.
Totally agree coohshah… good point about the back to back.
Kevin Love is a nice player. wiggins is going to be an all-timer.
I think that’s a bit of an overreaction… don’t you think???
Not in Minnesota, that’s for sure.
been saying it all season. at least I didn’t call love Hoops Hershel Walker again. Oh wait. I just did.
Not in Minnesota, that’s for sure.
Especially with Flip there running the show!
Hard to be an “all-timer” on a sad sack TWolves team…
HAHAHAHA… good one EG!
The Defense has really fallen off in 2nd quarter… Haven’t moved the ball on offense, Cavs up. Wiggins will always ball out of his mind against the Cavs because he went from a title contender to the basement. IF the the Cavs know what’s good for them, they will come out angry in the 3rd.
Loving Mozgov.
Btw, all those commenters saying Wiggins would average 5 points in 8 minutes a night on the Cavs – teach me how to self-soothe.
He will always come out with a fire against the Cavs, this isn’t what he normally does on a night in night out basis… how’s that for ya? HAHAHa!
I think it was 6 points in 10 minutes… ;)
Let’s be clear though that this is the equivalent of Wiggins’ game 7 of the playoffs tonight. He’s scoring a ton on open looks thanks to Cavs D being weak tonight…
Thank you EG!!! All of you freaking out about Wiggins should chill out… he’s done this maybe 5 games this whole season.
Those people are being intentionally obtuse, are in denial, or are just dumb.
“just dumb” sounds like something Cols would say. I’m getting closer and closer to unmasking his true identity….
@Tom HAHAHAHAH!!!!
I think you’re being overly hyperbolic based on your own feelings about the trade… Kid has done NOTHING yet. It’ll be 5 years until he makes it to the playoffs. It will take that long to determine whether he’s an “all timer” or not…
Yeah because his team sucks and he’s in the West.
Kevin Love “has done NOTHING yet” too.
I guess if you call averaging 17 and 10.5 NOTHING for a contending team… sure
You’re right, neither has Kyrie… save for USA basketball. I want to see what these guys have in the playoffs, and that’s why LBJ should be MVP… his experience and leadership is what will define him next.
I do think he wouldn’t have developed as quickly with us because of the fact he wouldn’t have as much responsibility on offense. But yeah hated the trade, but now we are stuck so let’s hope love gets his mojo back soon.
KYRIEEEEEEE!!!!
Posted too soon I guess. Really looked like he got it off in time…
Love rebounding well, but the rest of his game looks bad… especially compared to last night…
GREAT steal by SHUMP!
Raaaaaage. I am ecstatic with how ww played recently, but i guess we still need to develop that killer attitude where the elite teams basically come out and try to curb stomp the dregs of the nba until they are demoralized before halftime. Granted wiggins looks insane.