Live Thread: Cavs Vs Miami
2015-02-11
Revenge is a dish best served in Cleveland. The last time the Cavs met the Heat was on Christmas Day in Miami, and they lost, 101-91. The Wine & Gold have been on a kill streak lately and are looking to continue revenging losses from earlier in the season. I’m sure LeBron James wants to make this a statement game and show he has no fears playing in emotional situations.
ESPN’s stats preview for the game is an interesting read if you need something to look at. This really stood out to me:
The Heat are among the slowest teams in the NBA, but they play better fast. When they play at 95 possessions per 48 minutes or faster, they have won 71 percent of their games. When they play slower than that, they have won 41 percent.
Focus on the pace because the Cavs play better when blazing down the court like a pack of Ferraris too. The Good Guys must contain Miami and keep them running a half-court set. Dwyane Wade is still out, so that should work in the Cavs favor, as Wade is still probably the Heat’s best transition ball handler. Kevin Love will be tasked with stopping Chris Bosh. Bosh had 32 points against the Knciks in a win on Monday night. If he starts heating up, I’m hoping to see LeBron check him and slot into the power forward spot for a bit.
What are your predictions? I’m picking the Cavs, 101-98.
CMON LETS GET JR IN DOUBLE FIGURES / MAKE 7 PLAYERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES—-I MENTIONED IT IN A RECENT BLOG YOU HAVE TO ENJOY WATCHING JR PLAY HE HAS ONLY TAKEN 8 SHOTS / AND DISHED OUT 6 ASSISTS AND PLAYING GOOD “D ‘——THAT SHOULD ERASE ANY RUMORS THAT HE IS NOT A TEAM PLAYER AND DEMANDS SHOTS OR WILL GO INTO A FUNK
Yep… JR is doing all the small things even when his shot is not falling…
Ok. I take back what I said about JR Swish.
7 players in double figures, Nomad!
Cavs shooting 59%
Heat shooting 40%
WOW…. great stat to see, Love how the defense has improved so much, really made the Cavs more efficient on offense.
I wonder what the team goal is for defensive shooting percentage? 42%? Is that the benchmark?
Yes sir…. according to Blatt, 42% def FG is the goal.
OH NO! Moz missed one!
“Bosh got his hands caught in the cookie jar” – loving it AC!
Delly got a revenge foul after that nickel dimer call!
Hawks lost to the Celtics. Is this 2008?
No, cause the Lakers would still be good… ;)
How would that Lakers team fair today?
2008 Kobe was still a force to be reckoned with… 65-17 was third best in franchise history
But today we have Kyle Lowery and the Atlanta Hawks
LBJ is letting Delly run the point. Getting the offense to move well.
Looks like the only thing KLove might be fitting into soon is a batman mask…
TT, Moz and Shump are a combined 18 for 18 from the field tonight.
And Bron is 6-16…. why does he have such poor shooting games against the Heat?
Triple double vision to SHUMP FOR THREEEEEE
SHUMP!!! Man he’s really starting to look good!
Shumpert!!! He’s is looking fantastic!
Lol! Just posted the same…
Great minds think alike EG!!! I’ve done that so many times haha.
Leave SHUMP in. It’s not JR’s night.
JR may not be shooting as well, but he’s got 6 assists, 4 rebounds and two steals…
I think JR was tired during that one stretch in the third quarter.
Delly bails out Bron with the hustle… and then makes an AWESOME pass to the Matrix for the ugly And One!
For as much as Lebron will drag us down with this lead Delly will help hold onto the lead.
Ugliest looking floater, somehow goes in for a +1.
Behind the back from Delly to Matrix for the AND ONE!!!
What a HORRIBLE call… there’s more and more of those stupid calls lately…
That was a TERRIBLE call… and ANOTHER TERRIBLE CALL ON JAMES!
The NBA is like big time wrestling. It’s just a show. The lack of ref integrity introduces either a degree of randomness to the outcomes . . . or the suspicion of game fixing.
HAHAHA…. Agreed U-Dog, apparently tonight’s job is to make sure Miami covers the spread.
Yeah… and what happened to fining guys for obvious flopping? I think I’ve only read about two guys all year getting fined…
Good to see The Matrix back out there… Also good to see LBJ drive the ball
Good point EG…. I like Matrix to get regular minutes, he plays good D and attacks on O.
Sucks that Love won’t return. Freaking Chalmers!
Chalmers is my least favorite Heat player…
I might agree with you there. But it’s like comparing poop to bird poop.
Oh no, LeBron is back.
Oh no, LeBron is back.
Love with right eye injury. Won’t return. Per Allie.
Ok, this is turning into a thing, where the Cavs shoot sooner than they have to and let the other team get the last shot of the quarter.
Love out for the game, according to Allie, don’t know if he’ll travel tomorrow.
We have typed near same time. I hope he stays on Cleveland and starts the break early.
Back therapy + eye therapy.
Hope KLove is okay… eye injuries can be scary
Good defense that quarter, looked tired for stretches there in the middle of the 3rd, but overall good.
Offense was good enough, especially since Love went out, who was balling out there.
Holy Cow! Celtics beat the Hawks! Bill Simmons must be losing his mind…
Cavs rank #1 in the NBA in giving up points in the last minute of a quarter.
Chalmers should get a fine for that ridiculous flop after that miracle shot…
Marion was spot on with defense. Younger matrix might have blocked that.
Moz affected that floater…
Best line up tonight so far: KI, Shump, JR, TT, Moz
Best lineup up tonight – any one with Mozgov & Kyrie in it.
JR is off tonight.
Ummm, JR has had some terrific passes… 6 assists!
Shump and Moz playing especially well tonight.
Yes, I don’t think Shump has missed yet
Any word on KLove from those of you watching/listening to the hometown broadcast?
Not yet, though I don’t see him on the bench.
Allie was supposed to give us the scoop. Don’t know if no news is good news. I say shut him down for the evening.
Not returning according to Broussard… eye injury… that’s all they’re saying
won’t return. Sounds like it could be bad. good thing is the eye heals faster than any organ in the body (or so the old wives tale goes)
Come playoff time these lobs will be critical Seems like that might be the only way to stop unanswered runs
Cavs must lead the league in alley-oops this year, I feel like there are at least 5 a game.
MOZ-FLUSH!!!!! Kyrie is going to get a big spike in his assist numbers with that play!
When Kyrie makes the good pass and Moz hangs on… that play is DEADLY…
LeBron reminds me of Dion with his over dribble and standing at the three-point line.
You did not just compare LeBron to Dion…
He’s not even in the game right now…
The rare Goaltend And One…
Mozgov has run out to defend the last six shots on the perimeter. Where’s our perimeter defense?
The Heat always have a man in the corner 3 spot waiting for the ball on a dribble drive. Cavs haven’t seem to have adjusted to it in this quarter… quite a bit of open shots allowed.
I think the Cavs were tired there… Blatt needs to substitute more guys. Even if Jones/Matrix/Harris play 5 minutes, it’ll get us some rest for our core guys.
I wish they’d put this team away
Why the double team on Bosh??
Cavs need to stop playing entitled and just do their game.
I don’t blame JR for that Tech… that should have been a foul call…
Sweet move by JR before that shot!
How come Deng couldn’t make those threes in Cleveland last year?
Deng is money on that corner trey tonight. Shot seems to have a lot more air than it did last year
Hopefully he didn’t get his eye scratched!
Ouch! LBJ taking a charlie horse to the thigh from Hassan…
Need to wear some Amare goggles.
My last few posts got dinged by the moderator…
Same here, not sure what’s going on tonight.
Mine were already submitted and would not let me hit the back button
Same here EG…. so frustrating!
Hope Love can return… would suck if it was anything too serious…
Switched to ESPN for the second half… just not as fun as watching the game with Fred and AC. Back to FSN.
And the lead back up to 20 as Cavs taking care of business now…
LBJ making up for his mistakes in the 2nd quarter.
Chalmers with a punk move. But I don’t think it as intentional.
It looked like LEBron’s arm hit Chalmers hand it it just kinda speared Love in the eye
Didn’t look that way. He needs the dark knight mask
Talk to me guys. i only heard AC mention love got hit
Poked in the right eye by Chalmers on a rebound… looks like he’ll be alright hopefully if there’s no damage to the eye.
They went to commercial…
I guess Allie will get the scoop. Man I should not go get my yoga mat during the game. This is the second time this week I went to get my yoga mat and it was unfortunate. Earlier in pacers game I got my mat and cj miles thought he was pistol Pete.
Love got clocked! Was that Whiteside?
No, it was Chalmers.
The announcers were saying it was LBJ with some “friendly fire”
Did LBJ just hit KLove in the face? Wonder what the conspiracy theorists will say about that one…
Thought it was Chalmers hand on that replay.. Will have to see it again though.
JR Smith is playing really smart basketball!
Loved the steal.. good idea on the pass. Made up for it on the alley-oop to MOZGOD on the next possession.
GREAT hustle from KLove!!!
Fantastic play by Love… He’s the best player on the court tonight.
This is for Cols:
Cavs possessions when
“LeBron James enters the game for Matthew Dellavedova
4:22 34-56 LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
3:54 35-56 LeBron James bad pass (Hassan Whiteside steals)
3:38 38-56 Luol Deng blocks LeBron James ‘s 6-foot jumper
3:15 41-56 LeBron James bad pass
2:50 41-56 LeBron James misses 10-foot jumper”
Delly>LBJ
HAHAHAHA…. That’s some first class trolling right there!
My new favorite line up – Delly, Shump, JR, Love, Moz
Hard to be too critical since they still looked great for a quarter and a half… but something happened to LBJ’s focus in that second half of quarter two…
I think he was just trying too hard to take over the game, didn’t let the game come to him. He just needs to go back to “chill mode” hahaha~!
Great defense and ball movement in the first quarter and first part of the second quarter. Let them back in the game with a lack of ball movement leading to easy baskets on transition defense.
Need to bring back the defensive intensity, and keep feeding Love/move the ball.
Nice defense on that last possession… they wanted that last stop.
Only thing I can think of is that Bron just doesn’t want to embarrass the Heat… only reason he could be playing this badly…
He’s done this before tho.
So what is it then? He just trying to be too cute? He getting too predictable with his passes and moves? Just sloppy?
Definitely… he’s predetermining what he’s going to do, rather than reading the present.
It’s the MJ Fox Pre-Parkinson’s Back2Future mentality. Or if you’re a Seinfeld fan, the Mandalbaum mentality. “You think you’re better than me!”
It’s the MJ Fox Back2Future mentality. Or if you’re a Seinfeld fan, the Mandalbaum mentality. “You think you’re better than me!”
Lebron has this tendency in games he thinks are over early to just see how amazing he can be. Its pretty annonying at this stage of his career. He’s a vet and this team needs lots of practice.
Okay I’ll give Whiteside credit. He looks good.
He’s a big, athletic dude, who looks like he knows what to do.
So much for scoring 70… they’re going to be lucky to hit 60
Take LBJ out now!! He’s just messing around!
he did not actually just shoot that three……
This isn’t the way to finish the half!
Yeah… take the 35 footer Bron… great idea…