Live Thread: Cavs @ Pacers
2015-02-06
The Cavs are in Naptown tonight to face a slightly less depleted Pacers team. Paul George is still out, but point guard George Hill recently returned and brought a little stability to the team. The Pacers have pulled out wins in three of their last five games and have won their last eight home games. While Indiana sports a record of 18 wins and 32 losses, they are still playing properly. They hold teams to a top ten ranking 97.2 points on 44% shooting; they also allow just 20.8 heaves from beyond the arc, which is sixth best in the league.
The Wine & Gold, over the past ten games, have been limiting teams to 92.1 points on 40.1% shooting. This may be a battle of the defenses.
Pacers center Roy Hibbert has been outstanding this year safeguarding the rim. He’s treating it like a hot new hipster club and just 41.8% of NBA players have the proper beard to ironic tattoo ratio to enter it. He’s saving the Pacers 2.04 points a game. Thankfully, the Cavs are averaging 101.7 points this season, and that’s without weighting the recent win streak games. The Pacers average 95.4 a game. Roy’s not going to alter the outcome too much considering the Pacers can’t capitalize on the points he prevents.
The Cavs should get their 13th win easily tonight. I’m predicting it will end 102-90.
The Pacers will be without front court players Lavoy Allen and Ian Mahinmi, so expect the Cavs to get Kevin Love the ball early and often to force the Pacers into big man foul trouble.
Clips have two more Techs tonight…
Better attack quick now.
LeBron doesn’t do quick, unfortunately.
I thought this was an entertaining game win or lose.
Wow. moving screen if I’ve ever seen one.
That’s on Kyrie, he’s been going over screens all night… should be going under them against the Pacers.
This is what happens when you let a team hang around. How many times do these guys have to learn this?
Sweaty palms time.
ARE YOU EFFFFINNG KIDDING MEEEE????
Now we are f….
OMG. What was that shot by Hill???
Lucky prayer for Indy. That’s absurd. 4 point play
Phantom foul on that one?
I thought so… but I think that Kyrie should’ve gone under the screen not over.
SHUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For the love of CJ miles
SHUMPERT WITH THE THREEEEEEE!!!!
That’s weird. Last three shots came from five feet and in and we got 4 points out of it. I wonder if they should keep doing that. /sarcasm
Man these refs are a JOKE… Where’s Lauren when you need her?!
I thought she was kinda cute myself hahahaha!!!!
MOZGOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MOZGOD!!!! BEASTING!@!!!
Gotta give it to AC. He’s calling guys out tonight.
Drive to the basket please. Stop settling for long shots.
Yep. Blatt got my text about going small.
Lucky it’s not the Browns or you’d be tampering… ;)
As long as you aren’t Ray Farmer.
Pacers have 5 guys in double figures, led by West and Miles with 20.
Great switch by Blatt… went smaller with Shump and put LBJ at the PF.
Nice defense! Pull this one out!
Blatt made a switch to get more defense in…. workings thus far.
0 for 5 from three this quarter. Maybe try something different.
Excuse me, 1 for 6
Yes…Kevin Love looks as if he does not want the ball and does not look comfortable shooting it…sit him down then!!!!Why keep settling for jump shots???bring our big man back in IDIOT BLATT!!!!!
George, you only seem to make negative comments about Blatt and Delly… where you been the last 12 games… Stop trolling and start rooting for the team…
I don’t think its Blatt that’s telling them to settle for jump shots.
Gotta get a stop. Then go small with Bron at the 4.
They are still not used to being targeted every night. Lesser talented opponents require the same killer instinct that the contenders do.
Nothing but long jumpers. Not working for it tonight.
Love not even looking to shoot
Can’t believe how bad Love is shooting this year.
Okay,I tried my best to keep quiet and not rock the boat…but enough is enough…Wtf is Delly doing on the floor for theses extended minutes???he can’t check anybody…then this idiot Blatt doesn’t call a time out during the Pacer’s 10-0 run…what a effing idiot!!!!
Delly is not the problem George… he’s not the one jacking up threes
Delly is NOT the problem. Irrational love for him aside, he makes smart plays down the stretch and is a good spot of 3 shooter. Its the team defense that is hurting these guys and their refusal to drive inside.
I was just told to ignore George hahaha!
Pacers pulled ahead with Hill and West on the bench. Not a good sign.
Your picture looks a little like Tom’s.
Cavs mired in a slug fest which plays exactly into Indy’s strengths. Got get more aggressive on D and force some fast breaks
Seriously. Play iso shoot outs = six game losing streak. Play solid team defense = 12 game winning streak.
Time to pull Love. He’s worthless right now.
Don’t understand why he’s super aggressive against someone like Griffin, but can’t do anything against guys like Scola and West
I put it on LBJ and Kyrie not feeding him early. As Barkley said yesterday, gotta feed him down low early, then he has confidence outside later.
Gonna NEED Uncle Drew some more!
Too many jumpers. Clamp down on defense!
Too many jump shots… not enough defense…
Love has no confidence in his shot right now
Didn’t get him enough touches tonight down low in the post/elbow.
12 turnovers by the Cavs. Sigh
That Three Point Shootout is going to take like 3 hours!
LeBron proving why you don’t piss off the GOAT.
Whoa, Clippers totally have regressed. Down 14 in the 3rd.
Maybe it’s time the Clippers blame themselves for how things are going for them.
I thought for sure that Scola three was going… he’s the luckiest shooter ever
Put em away LBJ
The Pacer fan hate is fueling his fire now…. they’ve awoken the beast!
He certainly looks locked in now…
That’s just a makeup for missing the lbj goaltend
So it looks like KLove is back to his one-quarter scoring trend…
LeBron got away with a goaltend.
Refs just BUTCHERED that call…. smh
Nice play Delly!!! Way to man up and take that charge!
Are you kidding me??? they reversed that call???
Tough reversal. Makes me want to go all CP3 on that ref!
HAHAHAHAH!!!! I like that one Phil!
MVP! MVP! MVP! #trollingdellyhaters
RUDY RUDY RUDY!!! Love the hashtag Joey B!
Where’s Lauren when we need her?!
Chase down lbj block. Haven’t seen one of those in a while
They need to take control and start taking higher percentage shots. I am worried right now.
FINALLY! A CHASE DOWN BLOCK!
Cols, I finally owe you a beer!
Granted it was against molasses-footed Scola, but a CDB is a CDB…
Kyrie with a timely three!
Nice pass Delly, Kyrie for 3!!!
That’s the danger of not having Moz in there…
Have a feeling it’s just going to be a slugfest slog through mud though…
Yeah the Cavs are getting lazy on offense and it’s empowering the Pacers. I’d run the offense through Kyrie and have LeBron cutting off ball.
I know he’s great on ball, but really, I’ve always felt Lebron moving off ball is unstoppable if he would commit to it consistently.
Great call Tom…. they cannot stop Kyrie.
I’m hoping that dirty play by Hibbert energizes the crew.
Just a really gross way to end a quarter… Got to find a way to get inside and drive and force the Pacers into a faster pace so they can’t keep up…
Please don’t lose to this scrubs. Finish them!!!
Why did they leave LeBron in there? And why did bron take that shot?
Because when you can dribble around for 20 seconds and then host a 25 footer, you have to do it.
That call was crap.
I hope that was a make up call, because that was TERRIBLE!!!
That was a joke…. I’ve seen it called twice now recently. Never at any other time in my life have I seen that call.
I forgot how much the Pacers and fans must hate LBJ from his Miami days…
JUSTICE!!! Hibbert is just such a waste of space
Flagrant! !! I freaking hate Hibbert.
Def flagrant. Let’s hope LBJ is not hurt again.
Looked like he was milking it for effect… doesn’t look like he landed all that hard on the wrist…
That’s got to be a flagrant on Hibbert! He didn’t even go for the ball!
B**** move for a B**** player.