Live Thread: Grizzlies at Cavaliers, 12/13/16
2016-12-13Alright folks, let’s see if the Cavs can keep their run of strong play going against a very, very depleted Memphis squad on the first leg of this home/away back-to-back against the Grizzlies. I’m looking to see if Liggins can keep a rotation spot now that J.R. is back, if J.R. can start finding his game again, if LeBron’s MVP-caliber performances over the past few games were a pleasant blip or a sign he’s cranking up the intensity, and Kevin Love staying hot. Keep it here after the game for my recap.
UPDATE: Kyrie is apparently sitting tonight out to get some rest — he did look like his legs weren’t cooperating with him last game. DeAndre Liggins will be starting in his place, which should be an adventure. Part of me hopes there will be some #FELDERWATCH news tonight, but more than likely it’s just going to be LeBron making all the plays.
Nice pass and then Liggs draws his 3rd offensive foul.
Liggins is a Delly-esque pest…
Great pass by Lig! And he draws the foul!
LIG!
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Attack attack and live on the line.
27-12 for Love (9-17, 3-6). And he’s much improved finishing down low this year. The strength work he did in the off-season helped a ton.
If he can take it to Green down low, it totally changes the dynamics of the matchups with the Warriors.
I don’t see him able to take Bray down low….at least not often. Even Blake Griffin can’t do that.
Is this you John B?
Lol, I am loving it. About twice my age, but yeah he can be my avatar.
Anthony Davis is dominating Draymond tonight.
Dray deserves to be dominated…
Nice to hear. Maybe Bray needs to kick him in the nutz.
Yeah. Nice stuff there. Memphis makes it hard to look pretty. Tomorrow is going to be harder still. We’ll have Kyrie, however.
If Lebron sits, I look for a loss in that game…
They always play this “My Hero Zero” VW commercial after a great KLove play…
More cuts. I like it. Great pass by LBJ.
Wow, great look from LBJ to Love. I think I’m getting spoiled by Love’s play this year….consistent excellence…
MEET THE NEW “DELLY “
KLOVE on both ends of the court!
Great pass by love, could have been an and 1 for LBJ
I’m going to start calling Liggins “Larry Flynt”. He’s a real hustler…
ONE OF THE GAME AWARDS I GIVE TO MY PLAYERS IS ” TAKE A SHAKE “—THEY TAKE A CHARGE –THEY GET A MILKSHAKE —
That was all hustle from Liggins.
Way to go, Liggins! Charge #2.
GREAT HUSTLE PLAY BY LIGS AKA: THE GRINGSON
Boy I love when someone takes a charge on Allen.
Nice steal from James there.
THE GRINDSON!!!
Toney Douglas with some nice minutes for the Grizz. Lucky play there with a nice Frye finish.
Love made a terrific play to save that last possession… and a great pass to LBJ who made another one to Channing…
That last LBJ pass to Frye, on the other hand, was not one most NBA players can make.
Great passes from Love and Lebron to Frye…nice finish…
CHANNING!
Time to put Love and JR in again.
Randolph seems to never miss one of thise lefty runners….just automatic…
He’s been practicing those in his sleep for years…
It’s one of the most automatic shots in the NBA…ridiculous
LIG!
James’ handle could use some work. Passing is nice. Liggins hit one!
That might be the first bucket by Liggins that I have ever seen live…
The Warriors bench looks worse than ours
Because it is…
I mean… JaVale McGee?
Sloppy Bron…
No one on the Cavs has broken a sweat. Never seen NBA players that dry.
Nine, Frye with a 3 in transition. Up 12.
NEEDED that CFrye bucket!
That was a terrible call… not remotely an offensive foul on Shump…
Hard to see if he did anything with his arm, but definitelt looked like a no call…
Looked like Douglas just flopped…
Hey about that, u cut on teams that overplay and it leads to open passing lanes. Gee, what a revelation.
Yeah, but it was LBJ with the smart pass… he’s the only one who’s going to make that pass…
Why? Jefferson was wide open? No reason any NBA player can’t make THAT play. I mean he smoked his guy.
Not sure, but Cavs don’t do it much…
Under 10. They don’t quit.
RJ seems more active lately after a slow start.
There’s a cut!
Two easy dunks for Memphis to start the quarter. This game needs Andersen.
No Felder. James + Liggins, Shump, RJ, & Frye.
Ummm… somebody want to put a body on Davis?
Definition of dumb foul there…let him dunk it
I would be surprise if LeBron plays tomorrow. It seems he will not be able to sit the rest of this game.
I assumed all along he would sit for that game…hope he does…
Think we’ll see Felder again to start the 4th?
Yep. 15 still. Again the Love centric lineup holds its own. Love with 25-12 after 3 (8-16, 3-6). JR with 20 (7-16, 5-9). James sitting on 19 (7-14, 0-3).
Glad we finally hit some shots, but a pretty poor quarter offensively. The d looked ok though.
15 points a piece in the third…
No ground lost thanks to those back to back threes by JR and KLove… 15 pt lead still…
Memphis fights, man.
One solution to a team that overplays/tightly plays passing lanes on the perimeter is a steady diet of backdoor cuts which we seem to have forgotten.
Nobody really out there to facilitate them tho with no LBJ, Kyrie or Felder…
I mean these are NBA players. They can’t not know how to pass at all right? You don’t have to be Chris Paul to hit a guy that is relatively open cutting to the hoop. If they aren’t open you don’t pass, but at least it briefly takes the attention off the ball handler.
No, but they aren’t ballhandlers for the most part…
SWISH!
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Here is the Love-centric lineup: Love: Shump, JR, RJ, & TT. RJ misses a layup. Down to 12.
LOL… Ty Lue and Vinsanity were in the same draft…
That’s almost unbelievable. Never thought Carter would have a career this long. Seemed like a guy who would be playing in China his last several years. He seems to give a crap now more than in his prime.
Good d by Memphis. With aggressive handsy perimeter d they have gotten out of out comfort zone in moving the ball. We have retreated into a shell offensively with high picks and one on one iso, which will never be hyper efficient against THIS type of team.
James has to keep shooting those threes. That’s how he gets that shot going.
Everyone missing. You know, we (me) gripe on Irving’s lack of D and lack of playmaking. We do miss his easy offense sometimes.
Kyrie is my favorite player. He gets buckets.
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Getting decent looks, just not dropping. Probably time for LBJ to take it to the rack a few times.
Should go back to the post game with either LeBron or Love at the elbow. Gasol is not even playing
Geez this team is great.
Got the look, JR in and nout
James jacking up shots. Move the rock!
Why? More passing does not make an offense better when you just won the title by going ISO
JR and Vinsanity just traded “too much time” threes…
We’re playing into Memphis defense right now with how we’re operating offensively.
At least they’re not hitting shots either…
Seems like Bron is forcing it a little…
Two nice defensive stands (steal, charge) from Liggins.
New nickname for Lig…
LIG!