Live Thread: Cavs @ Grizzlies
2015-10-28
After a tough, close loss to the Bulls in the season opener, the Cavs get a quick turnaround trip to The Grindhouse in Memphis tonight. While a back-to-back against another gritty playoff team might not be exactly what the doctor ordered, it does at least provide an opportunity for the Cavs to try and square up their record and put the loss in Chicago quickly in the rearview. Questions about minute restrictions will likely be answered early on in this one, as we wait to see how much LeBron, KLove and Moz wind up playing in the second game in two nights.
For now, the probable starting lineup is listed as: Mo Williams, J.R. Smith, LeBron James, Kevin Love and Timofey Mozgov for the Cavs; which the Grizzlies will counter with Mike Conley Jr., Courtney Lee, Jeff Green, Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol.
Memphis, in their opening night, should prove a difficult challenge for the still rounding into shape Cavs squad. I wouldn’t be surprised to see them still looking for their first win in the home opener against the Heat on Friday night. Prediction: Grizz 101, Cavs 96.
THAT BENCH PRODUCTION THO!
Yeah… that box score was beautiful!
I love when Lebron gets to rest and the ball moves around the court beautifully.
I hope in April, this describes the Cavs’ season in a nutshell.
Amen!
That is an awesome quote.
The Clips/Kings game is crazy…
Great game. I didn’t think they would top their previous performance in Memphis last year, but I think they may have, and without Irving/Shump. I don’t think Memphis is this bad, they missed a lot of open shots. And I don’t think the Cavs played as well as they are capable.
Oh my. Jhalil Okafor had quite the debut. Gonna have to watch those highlights
Republican Party is such a complete joke.
Check out plus minus
Dell 29
RD 19
TTYL 19
MDN 13
AV 17
Damn auto correct
RJ
TT
Missed the game… but glad my prediction was waaaaaay off! Glad the Cavs were able to regroup and dominate with their second teamers doing a lot of the heavy lifting!
The second team is sooo awesome!!!! My personal favorite part of the team is Delly and RJ!
I LOVE the LBJ just said Love would be our main focus this season. WOOHOO!
Porzingis rocked out in his NBA debut. Lead the Knicks’ starters with 16 points!
Unpossible. He’s weak and slow. /s
He was only 3-11 from the floor though… I mean, he’s no Derrick Williams… ;)
Knicks absolutely destroyed the Bucks. And the Pistons took out the Jazz, I’m telling you guys, Pistons are making the playoffs.
Yep.
In the east.
CLE. Washington. Miami. Chicago. Detroit. Indiana. Milwaukee. Boston. New York. And Atlanta battle for 8
Oops. I meant Toronto too. So no Boston. No New York. And not ark?
Boston will be top 6…
Well I couldn’t watch but the box score looks sweet
Cavs guards:
Kyrie Irving
Iman Shumpert
Matthew Dellavadova
JR Smith
Mo Williams
Jared Cunningham
When everyone is healthy – who plays?
Irving and smith start
Shump and Mo off the bench
Delly too.
Iman and JR are also mixed into the small forward rotation. So minute distribution is a bit more complex than this.
Okafor with 26 points tonight.
They lost, though.
Noel had a good night, too. Call me greedy, but I wish we had grabbed him.
Mo Williams 22 points tonight. Again, what a great addition with Kyrie out. He’ll be even more valuable on the second team. I just don’t know how compatible he’ll be with Delly.
Mo had 9 points.
Yea Mo had 9 points. Delly had 12 points.
Delly shot 50% at the 3, 55%fg% and was +29pts. Mo isn’t going to average 20ppg. He has averaged close to +12ppg these last few years. He will need help. They are a team. If you notice, so far Mo & Delly have complimented each other very well out there. It’s doubtful Delly will be banned to riding the pine this season.
So I agree with you pointing that out believeLand
I love the NBA, what a night of basketball. Wish every team the best of health.
When we win the Championship, I want every team to be healthy so nobody can say anything about our win.
alright starting on the Recap
Dion Waiters with 2 huge buckets in the 4th quarter
shockingly too, just reminded me of last night when I saw Perkins starting for Pelicans and actually making offensive moves and scoring, it was like huh ? Am I seeing correct ? hahaa
LET’S LOOK AT THIS WAY —NINJA WAS OUR DRAFT PICK THIS YEAR ( INSTEAD OF WHAT 4 YRS AGO ) I WOULD SAY THAT WAS A GOD PICK LAST SUMMER—JOE GET READY FOR CANTON
” WHERE THERE ARE BLADES THERE ARE NINJA’S “—WOW !!
Cavs outrebounding Memphis 54-39.
Cavs with 29 assists.
Another nice drive by Danger Ninja.
Final score: 106 – 76.
Cunningham is really starting to look like a diamond in the rough.
Just noticed this on da boxscore, Cleveland has 26 fastbreak points to Memphis’s 8 and 40 bench points to 25 for memphis. Really solid game , cant wait for us to win against Heat on Friday
Nice bounce back game guys.
KLove’s demeanor seems to be completely different this year.
Here’s to hoping that is his season avg great night.
Did you notice he was the leader on the floor quite a few times & was comfortable with it.
Saint weirdo with a classic long two.
I was saying the same thing, I dont know how Russel gave him that ball on da block with the game tied also, he came up big so far in the 4th. Great game dere in OKC
Glad I wore my “I (Kevin Love’s Face) CLE” t-shirt today.
I’m going to like this bench about 500 times more than last year’s bench.
They can actually play basketball! Look how far we’ve come. From St. Weirdo and Matrix and Miller to a team that can hold a big lead and not slip an inch against one of the best teams in the NBA.
It was actually worse than that. You forgot Haywood, Kirk and Amundson
Just switched to Spurs thunder. I’m already regretting passing on kd for Davis.
Dion team high +11. GOAT.
More like his GOTY – game of the year…
Still enough time for everyone on the team to score.
PREDICTION: WHEN KYRIE/ SHUMP RETURNS—CUNNINGHAM STAYS–JOE GOES
I hope you’re right.
If MDN keeps playing this well we have to get rid of Smokin’ Joe to boost what we can get for our BHTE, don’t we?
Can’t be combined contract wise. The tpe is probably for next summer not for this year.
Third team in, plus JR.
JFJ with a three.
The Ninja with 8 points in 12 minutes.
Yeah even tho he filled last spot he is definitely not the last player on bench. Great fill
I think he’s ahead of Joe Harris, Kaun, and James Jones. JFJ may get more minutes because there is more depth ahead of Cunningham at the guard position than in front of JFJ at the forward, but Cunningham deserves more minutes than him.
Delly +29 in 18 mins of play!
Cunningham with another, “I’m going to the hole no matter what.”
Followed up with a three.
8 pts.
15th man getting making things happen. This is great!
Free league pass till Nov 3rd fyi.
Thanks for that is that NBA tv
Delly out. Cunningham / Smith / Jefferson / Tristan / Sasha to close it out. 29 pt lead. 5 minutes left.
Jordan Adams will be playing ahead of Jeff Green soon.
YES A SASHA SIGHTING !!
Cunningham just fouled going to the hole.
Sasha just got off the bench. Gasol and Randolf still in with 6 minutes left.
Cunningham with an astute and quick defensive play.
LET’S DO THE MATH—ROAD GAME / HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT / BACB TO BACK GAME / LEBRON IS PLAYING LOUSY / KYREI–SHUMPERT OUT / AND WE ARE UP BY 20 +—-REASON FOR EXCITEMENT –I BELIEVE SO !! ( I LIKE MATH )
There won’t be any room for Kyrie and Shumpert on this team if they keep playing like this.
It’s great that the Cavs are doing this with LeBron just playing decoy.
He really hasn’t taken many to the basket tonight.
Ok. LBJ is at double digits now. They can take him out.
Cavs up 88-59.
Guys I’m losing my mind over here.
DELLY LOOKS INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
His march to MVP starts tonight.
I told you. Nash didn’t turn the corner till year three or four. Delly’s ahead of the pace
WE WANT SAHSA / WE WANT SASHA !!
Delly smoking! Loving it.
Delly with the steal and the LEFT HANDED finger roll. It wasn’t pretty. Just beautiful.
FIRST TIME HE’S EVER MADE A LAYUP OFF THE CORRECT FOOT!
Jeff green does not fit on this team.
Their team doesn’t fit this league. Not enough 3’s and too many long 2’s.
Memphis broadcasters just mentioned that Delly is +23. Wow.
Awesome they noticed!
The Cavs second team is running and moving the ball exceptionally. Having success now that everyone else is tired.
Your post was probably never said last year! Got to love it
This bench looks infinitely better. Damn, makes me realize how weak our bench was at the start of last year. It was a f’ing travesty.
If the second team can close a game out, the starters should get plenty of rest over the season . . . and be ready for the playoffs.
LBJ back in . . . with KLove.
Absolutely – the starters would need to stay in too long or come back in last year. Hope this is resolved this year. Also, our bench might actually extend leads this year. Once again, trying not to get too excited here.
The dude who hit the halftime shot from midcourt wins a lifetime supply of tater-tots. If it was me I’d see if I could renegotiate an exchange for pierogies.
Delly is running the point beautifully tonight.
32 points off the bench for the Cavs, loving it so far, want us to continue to build on this lead, no mercy at all
THE HIGHLIGHT FOR THE GRIZZ FANS WAS THE KID MAKING A HALF CT SHOT EARNING HIM A LIFETIME SUPPLY OF SONIC TATER TOTS
Hoo boy, when we get to full strength, our 2nd team is gonna be bear to deal with. Hell it already is.
GOT TO GIVE GRIFF ALOT OF CREDIT FOR THE RJ PICK UP / GOING TO BE HUGE !!—WHAT IS LEBRON’S STREAK OF CONSECUTIVE DOUBLE DIGIT SCORING GAMES IS THAT IN JEOPARDY TONIGHT
Cavs up 79-55 for the quarter.
You’re right, Nomad. LBJ should sit the rest of the way. He was just a little sluggish tonight. He’ll be fine. I remember last October/November some thought he was done physically. Then he destroyed everyone when January rolled around.
Exactly, will they sit him the rest of the game?
Good movement. Delly to AV to JR to TT for the lob dunk. JR with six assists tonight.
Delly leads with +21 for the game.
This second unit moves the ball so well. Better than the starters?
Yes. Because the first unit includes the ball-stopper.
Delly to Jefferson in the corner for three! (Jefferson is 4-4 from 3)
That was a big bump to our reserves signing RJ
Definitely an upgrade from Marion.
I thought it would take longer for the Cavs to find their rhythm but apparently not.
LeBron’s jumper is still on preseason mode lol.
WANT TO WIN THE REB BATTLE ALSO AGAINST WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE BEST FRONT LINES/ REBOUNDING TEAMS—SEND A MESSAGE !!
LeIso has been LeAwful tonight.
All five starters with 22+ minutes. (James, Love, Mozgov, Williams, JR)
No backups with more than 10 minutes. Varejao with five.
Second team should be on the floor after this timeout.
Yep: Delly, Tristan, Andy, Jefferson, and JR.
Delly starts out with a three.
Hold the big lead guys.
Delly with a drive and a layup. He’s just taking control of the second team.
It’s there for the taking until Kyrie comes back. Going to be interesting to see how we get minutes for all these guards. And when Shump comes back, how do you not play him major minutes at the two?
CAN’T BELIEVE WE HAVE SHOT ONLY 4 FOUL SHOTS SO FAR —AGREE WITH YOU U-DOG BURY THEM / GIVE THEM A MENTAL COMPLEX –CONGRATS ON LOWERING YOUR CHOLESTEROL –WILL CHRISTMAS ALES HELP TO LOWER MINE ?
Like others have said, it’s hard not to get excited about the Cavs apparent depth. But LeBron looks like crap, so I guess that balances it out?
LeBron is aiming to be ready by April.
Cavs having trouble pushing the lead above 20 here in the third quarter.