Live Thread: Cavs @ Bucks
2015-11-14
Cleveland travels to Milwaukee tonight to take on the Bucks, who, thankfully, have their starting point guard back. Why do I say “thankfully?” Well, because Michael Carter-Williams, while posting a decent PER of 16, has been a pretty lousy shooter so far this year for the 4-5 Bucks. Meanwhile, with a significant minutes upgrade due to MCW’s absence, journeyman Jerryd Bayless has been shooting the lights out so far this year. Bayless is hitting a scorching 47% of his threes this year to go with a 58 TS%, while MCW is 27% from three with a (laughably) career high, 51.5 TS%. Personally, I’m thrilled the Bucks traded Cavs’ killer, Brandon Knight last year, and set their organization back with one of the worst trades in recent history. But, the projected regular season starting five is back together for Milwaukee.
Greg Monroe, Khris Middleton, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jabari Parker, and Michael Carter-Williams will presumably start for the Bucks, who face a Cavs team coming off difficult win in New York, just last night. Let’s hope some the the post-ups the Cavs were running in New York for Kevin Love come earlier and more often, as he looks to take advantage of the less than stellar defenders Monroe and Parker. The Bucks will be tough to handle on the defensive end as they now sport a pair of 18 PPG scorers in Antetokounmpo and Monroe, who get in the paint often and shoot over 55% from the field. The Cavs will also have to contend with bench stalwarts, John Henson and the aforementioned Bayless. Henson leads the team in blocks at 1.2 a game, despite only playing 13 minutes a night and posts a PER over 20. O.J. Mayo continues to recover from a hamstring injury, and probably won’t see any action in this one.
This might be the toughest game of the year so far from a scheduling standpoint for the Cavs: their first road back-to-back against a group of young players who haven’t played since Wednesday night. Let’s hope they don’t need the King to carry them tonight, and can use their depth to beat a relatively shallow Bucks team.
Sigh. Seven seconds to score, and all they get is a Le-iso miss on a St. Weirdo deep two. On to double overtime.
96 points going to double ot
Why, oh why, didn’t lebron drive. I’ll never understand that man.
Oh no, another overtime. Five more minutes for LeBron. Might as well rest him because we wouldn’t want his season average to creep up a few tenths of a minute.
Best block of the year. Calling it now.
why da hell lebron aint drive we was in the bonus
Lotta contact by Delly on that play. Lucky there was no call.
Game winner I feel it.. Cmon..
2nd O.T. Well we really need to win with all that minutes by Lebron.
Excellent. LeBron with a quick score to tie. Cavs should get last shot.
sometimes I feel KLOVE is too soft in the paint, especially after that last shot being block
Yes, like he’s banking on the whistle so he half asses it.
we need stops now
RJ and Middleton going at it like LeBron and Melo last night.
What was that?! Love you got a max contract man. You have to be more clutch than lobbing the ball to three defenders.
I think one of the three defenders got a hand on it from behind.
But yes, he could have gone up stronger.
Were you talking aboutwhen he had a defender underneath him when he landed and didn’t get the call?
that shot from lebron is a shot I would be like NOO NOOOOO NOOOOOOOO yesssss , THANK YOU! lol
LeBron in MVP mode the last two games.
How many letters in Leb? Deep three for the tie!
LEBRONNNNNNN JAMES!
The bucks feel like the warriors right now. They never think they are capable of fouling. ..
4 points off of turnovers in OT again, sighhh
LeBron is everywhere.
Cavs in the hole again. But Mo gets on the board
I love that JR still pushing to make plays even when his shots ain’t there. That steal is big. Gotta love that attitude.
Hot dogging these passes like it’s the first quarter.
Looks like first team to score wins.
What a fourth
Sorry I’m late. Just caught up.
Ooooovertime!
All I can think right now is all the LBJ’s missed FT’s
I dont care if its a november game, every win counts in the standings for homecourt advantage in the playoffs
Well this has been fun to watch.
Phew, I’m okay with overtime, thank God Jerryd missed that open jumpshot
Overtime it is. Bury them in the first couple minutes.
PEANUT BUTTER DELLY TIME!!
Overtime would be a drag. LeBron at 35 minutes.
That was an awesome play……..
damn stream sticked but yea we are tied. I hope we dont foul or allow a offensive rebound and putback like what portland did with Memphis some night dere
JR deserves this shot right now.
A little Love for Blatt for setting up a play that gets LeBron an uncontested dunk?
KRAKEN for the tie?
Hope Lebron dont do no crap with the ball now with 21.9 seconds left
Now LeBron drives. Two-point game. JR comes up with the steal and gets the timeout on the floor. 22 seconds left.
Damn! Clutch steal there JR. That’s how you get your confidence back — contribute winning plays!
How was that not a foul on LeBron’s jumper? Whatever.
Lebron was not smart in those last 2 posessions forcing things and now you are down 4, tskk just SMH
AGAIN, drive da damn ball Lebron
come on RJ, make those FT’s
Hero ball 3 by Lebron… Missed
I dont know why he does that, irrritates the hell out of me
Jefferson seems like the nicest dude but these Bucks players want to kill him.
Big rebounds lately, we still in this, if we win this it would be a second steal cause we have no business winning this game
Props to JR for keeping the ball alive before that James dunk. And then JR hits a 3. Bucks by 3.
Middleton throws RJ to the court. The call: a double technical.
They’re going big now. Get JR out and TT in.
Mo and Delly are still scoreless, JR is 2-11, but the Cavs are only down 6.
Ok 6 min mark. If we don’t lead within 4 mins I say get Bron and Kev out.
And give MDN more burn
RJ as 10 of the Cavs’ 12 fourth-quarter points.
Not sure why J.R. is still out there. He’s playing like crap.
How can the Bucks be last in the league in rebounding? All they have is length up front.
Bad game for JR. Get Love in.
Jabari is real atheletic, he has like 3 great finishes at the rim tonight
And a one-legged step-back J a la Dirk.
oh yesss not forgetting that one.
Don’t let Lebron get in. Rest him. I’ll live and die with this unit right now. Play Love tho
Oh, man. Another rep foul for JR?
Space Stars cutting into the lead with LeBron and Love on the bench.
RJ for threeeeeeeeee and we’re back!!!!
RJ with his personal 8-0 run, phew, 2 point game now
Cunningham always get that reach foul called on him.
Jefferson shooting like Michael right now
Ninja is in to give us a lift
If the Cavs find a way to win this game I will be really impressed. The Bucks are playing this game like it was a playoffs elimination game.
JR with a make to open the fourth quarter. Then RJ hits a 3.
Stills winnable guys. Let’s go Cavs!
Mo has 0 points and is 0-3 from the field, he needs to get going as well. Bucks is dictating this game