Live Thread: Hawks @ Cavaliers (Game One)
2016-05-02
The Cleveland Cavaliers return to the floor Monday night in “The Q” looking to stay unbeaten in these young 2016 Playoffs. After taking care of the Detroit Pistons in four semi-contested games, the Cavaliers took the week to refine their games, get some rest and generally hangout.
The Atlanta Hawks didn’t have that luxury only having a few days to regroup after closing out the pesky Celtics. The Hawks battled Boston as a team, combining strong defensive stretches with streak scoring from a variety of players to take the first round series in six games. The team had a block party, netting nearly nine blocks per game to go along with eight steals. Boston played inspired basketball, but ultimately lacked the outside shooting to overcome the Hawks defensive swarm.
Jeff Teague tweaked his ankle in the Boston series but is seemingly healthy to begin Round 2. Both teams hope to avoid the injury issues that plagued them during the 2015 Playoffs. Rarely has a rematch felt so little like one. Going into last year’s Conference Finals, many truly believed the 60 win Hawks to be the better team. Kevin Love’s injury in Round One, and Kyrie’s knee trouble did provide more ammunition to those who supported the one-seed. But the Cavs played bully-ball to sweep the Hawks, pounding the glass and taking advantage of Atlanta’s fallen players.
This year, Cleveland is the clear favorite. The Cavaliers are healthy and humming under Tyronn Lue and LeBron James’ leadership. Check out our podcast extravaganza to hear more about this series’ specific matchups and other news around the league. Sound off.
So it’s a non called moving screen, AND Korver (who wasn’t fouled) gets to shoot 3 foul shots?! Wow.
Punishment for letting the game slip away
These refs are a joke…
It gets worse…
if its a joke, it dont make no damn sense
Can you get called for a flagrant when you run into a moving screen?
Haha, I know. It’s ridiculous.
why do scrubs always have good games against us, tonight its dennis
The Cavs are giving him the outside shot and he was missing them in the first half but obviously he got into a rythm and now he can’t miss them.
Did Teague got hurt?
Nah, Schroeder is just doing the technical big balls dance all over the Cavs I think…
Techno . . . stupid aggressive MacBook autocorrect killed the joke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HktV2yGtLv8
Schroeder killing the Cavs
Hard to believe the Cavs were just up 18 a few minutes ago… Just need to close these Hawks out and not let them hang around…
thats why its hard to trust these Cavs with leads, i mean damn your home, up 18 and cant sustain it?
Slow down prevent iso offense leads to bad shots and combined with bad closeouts, leads to bleeding away leads.
Hope in the 4th quarte, KLOVE can hit some big shots, we need to get to the line too we are 3-4 at home and they are 11-16
I hope the Cavs begin this quarter the way they began the game. But again it shouldn’t have come to this.
16-3 run by Hawks, from being up 18 to only up 5, we need to start the 4th with intensity and stops
Honestly, they look rusty to me. Kinda lackadaisical. Hopefully they bring some intensity in the 4th.
Boy we suck at contesting 3s. Good thing Atlanta could barely make any of their about a dozen wide wide open threes in the first half.
Exactly and I thought they would fix it during the playoffs but….
I think the Cavs should consider scoring. And maybe stop the Hawks from scoring. Just my opinion.
Did not think Shump would be the first to take my advice.
Should probably avoid giving up super wide open threes and following that up directly with a lazy pass leading to a turnover and another score.
Might want to bring LeBron back in.
how da hell is dennis and bazemore, no names killing us ? tskkk
Killing us?
They are. Cavs killing the Hawks starters though.
When you give an Nba player 10 seconds to shoot a wide open shot, bad three point shooters eventually become good three point shooters.
This explains why detroit shot far better than their average against us and our horrific statistical defensive efficiency in that series.
Terrible pass by delly
I wonder who Teague will be playing for next year.
Chilling Frye makes a big 3 to end the Hawks run
https://vine.co/v/ixe0YMt2B19
It was a two. Going to lose a point.
Yep, good eye
I blame Ben for the Schroder threes…
Lue is resting LeBron now to have him and Delly in the game together at the start of the 4th.
Irving getting great shots just not making them
Some good shots, some forces.
Irving-TT PnR yields a tough jumper that Kyrie misses with a hand in his face.
Drooooooooooooooooool
James 2/4 from three.
Mike Scott’s tats are truly atrocious.
They’re all emojiis…
Is Mike Scott a human emoji?
http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzAxLzA1L2QzL01pa2VTY290dC44NDAwOS5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgk5NTB4NTM0IwplCWpwZw/a71bf6c1/6c9/MikeScott.jpg
That’s a well-executed fast break
https://vine.co/v/ixeQx6mIDdr
Love is warming up
https://vine.co/v/ixeQwHig79m
KLOVE heating up from THREE!
Did you guys know that dynamite was invented in Canada?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel,_Ontario
These Hawks turn into pigeons when they face the Cavs. If the Hawks can’t find a way to hit their outside shots this will be an easy sweep for the Cavs and I’m not sure that will help the Cavs in the long run.
https://vine.co/v/ixeP6Kxw3Mb
Tristan Rodman
BALL MOVEMENT!!! All started by TT’s DYNAMITE aggression!
https://vine.co/v/ixeP6Kxw3Mb
Well… he hit one from three… (no heatchecks, no heatchecks…)
https://vine.co/v/ixePz73Ed5H
Canadian Dynamite move!
https://vine.co/v/ixeUjWpbuQW
I wonder if Love had his shoulder checked out after Morris tried to separate it last game.
Horford’s 3 looks like an alley-oop to no one.
KLove should use the glass more often…
https://vine.co/v/ixeUKH1jbB2
im surprised we actually get a foul called against JR
Bazemore can’t stop LBJ down low… he can only hack him and not get called…
Meanwhile, before the flagrant:
https://vine.co/v/ixejQxv99nl
That’s only a flagrant if they go back and give one to drummond Last series.
That ball don’t lie!!!
ball dont lie
BALL DON’T LIE, REFS!
Wow… Refs just straight up HATE JR…
here we go JR, boneheaded playoff play
Srsly dude? Drummond elbowed LBJ in the head last series… that was hardly a Flagrant 1… total rep call…
He put his arm up to obstruct the cutter — elbow below shoulder level. No swing.
K Love has been really bad offensively. Missing some WIDE open shots.
Normally, that would just be an inadvertent elbow… but since it’s JR… it’ll probably be a Flagrant 2 or something…
exactly, doesnt surprise me, Flagrant 1
JR’s elbow was below shoulder level. Rode up from Milsap’s shoulder to ear. A less violent version of the Drummond elbow on LeBron that was a no-call.
that was not an inadvertent elbow. That was straight bonehead
Cavs rule.
Hawks drool.
That Naked Grape looks fun. If it’s cheap enough I’ll have to try it.
the Hawks are not good. We should be up by much, much more.
Haha. Barkley called the series already.
Good to see LeBron shooting from the outside more. Need to see more of that in the 2nd half.
LeBron shooting from the outside is a win for the other team. He cannot shoot.
Needs to keep shooting. He can go nova and end the playoffs.
I’d rather have him live in the paint. His shot, especially from deep,is broke.
Nope. More outside shots please.
It’s been at least two years since LeBron’s jumper was effective. He’s been more willing to acknowledge reality than you are.
Only from the left side. He’s terrible from the right side. He sports a 45 degree North coast lean on right side jumpers.
No one getting to the free throw line again. Like to see Cavs get more defensive stops
We are up 10. Holding them to 82 points for the game at this pace.
The Hawks suck. Ferry really screwed them up. Need to blow it up and start over.
They are only down ten with Horford and Milsap missing 14 shots. They are going to make a run in the second half unless Love starts making open shots.
Charles straight up dismissing the Hawks… Calls these games “scrimmages” for the Cavs…
Surprised Kevin is 1-10, 1-5 from 3 for 5 points, but have 8 rebounds
Cavs not named Love are 8 of 16 from three.
Love 1 of 10 overall. Being up 10 with love that bad offensively means this game is on the verge of being blown open.
Denis is 4-9 for 12 PTS, Bazemore 4-8 for 11 PTS, Delly and Lebron need to shut them down, and keep shutting down Millsap and Horford and we good
Hawks look overmatched. I will indeed be surprised if they get one from us this series. Even more evident in person.
LeBron with three bad right wing jumpers that half. Why the hell is he taking them?
Chill mode and game not close. I’m convinced that when he knows he can win a game by killing them inside he wants to see if he can get hot from three and just end it without doing the hard work.
LBJ with the redemption steal to end the half…
Lebron couldn’t hit the ocean from 3-pt distance
I dunno, the ocean is pretty, pretty big.
surprised cavs not driving more…with officials so whistle happy settling on 3s
Well, they have hit 9-21 of them (it was 8-16 a couple of minutes ago)