Live Thread: Cavs @ Rockets
2017-03-12
The Cavaliers lost of three in a row prior to beating the Magic. Now it is time to perform against a contender. Swish is still getting acclimated, but will certainly be needed against one of the premier three point shooting teams in the NBA. The Rockets’ incredibly fast pace will challenge the Cavaliers’ defense, which has seemed sluggish during the most recent slump, as well as the one in January. Will James Harden Eurostep to victory, or will Lebron show Houston what a real MVP looks like?
The Cavs are still without Korver, and Love is still some weeks from returning. But no one else is being held out tonight. The Rockets are at full strength.
Shump’s been shooting with confidence since JR came back. I like it.
Kyrie too early with the heat check
Bad shot by Kyrie there… no reason for it…
If Cavs can get either Shump or JR going, they should be in good shape…
Love that action between RJ and Kyrie!
Just heard the Mortal Kombat movie theme song in the arena…
Excited to see this team hit on all cylinders with KLove and Korver back, and JR with the rust off…
Cavs need to push the lead in the third… worried they’ll run out of gas with the b2b by the fourth…
I liked the between-the-legs pass by DWill to Lebron for the dunk in the first quarter (I think).
Outstanding quarter. The James gang & the Jamesless gang were great. That’s a good sign.
Yep the bench was great for once this half, and LBJ was LBJ.
Cavs outscored Houston 20-7 while James rested. 12 of the points were RJ triples.
Houston went to the P/R with Nene late in that half. Look for it in the fourth. Houston got TT on Harden and JR on Nene. Cavs will live with Nene mismatch postups, but let’s see if Thompson can hold his own. Got beat pretty good on a drive late. Gotta make the Beard finish with his right hand.
TT got roasted by Harden pretty much that entire half. Not a good switch. Harden either got to the bucket, got fouled or dumped it off for easy layups or 3s. I’d say that switch was when we had the most trouble defensively. It’s not like Harden was shut down, 18 points on 11 shots and a whopping 9 assists. It seemed quite a few of those points and assists came on that switch.
Harden Roasts most everyone though…
TT just didn’t listen to the scouting report provided by Khloe K!
We would beat the crap out of Houston in a playoff series if we had full health. They would win maybe one game.
Great second quarter, but that last minute was sloppy. We could be up double digits, but they were better defensively for the most part and took advantage of some mismatches. Also RJ.
Heck of a turnaround… 9 point deficit to a 9 point lead at half… 41 point quarter for Cavs… LBJ, Kyrie, RJ and Frye all awesome on the offensive end…
Bearded TT is best TT
Dat Bony is a terrible coach. How is this guy still in the league?
Great half, Cavs. Let’s keep it rolling.
Kyrie and Bron both seem locked in offensively…
Obviously, Ariza has lost a step, and NEne clearly cannot stay in front of LBJ. He is roasting them.
Good foul I guess, but NeNe walked twice…
Harden with the uncalled pushoff…
“The Dunking Spot,” by Shel Silverstein
TT is so damned good. Face guarding Harden 30 feet from the play on a switch during that RJ drawn offensive foul.
Nobody on this Rockets team can stop LBJ from driving to the hoop…
Great call on the hook! NeNe lives on that move…
Nene lives on travels
NENE is hot garbage, so bad at every facet of being a big.
TT with the reverse jam!
Defense, rebounding and taking care of the ball have helped fuel this run…
This is the most locked in I’ve seen Cleveland since December.
https://twitter.com/JasonLloydNBA/status/841106335261446144
RJ not too late to make his sixth man push
Richard Jumperson
Way too lazy transition d by irving there. Stop pointing amd run back and get in front of harden. You just had a nice strip, keep working on d.
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Rj all day!!!
Pudge runs the slowest fast break.
RJ! RJ! RJ!
MR. JEFFERSON!!
Wtf, harden wasn’t even touched, ridiculous!!!!!! Why don’t the refs ref him in the regular season like they do in the playoffs, by not rewarding him for flops?!
Oh h*** no, that’s not a foul
SUPERNOVA JEFFERSON!
Crap call there. Rock don’t lie.
GET SOME OLD MAN!! RJ!!!!
Ball don’t lie, Turd…
Jesus. The Beard is an anathema to basketball. He’d get beat up on most playground courts in the country.
That was most definitely not a foul though…
Where the hell was the foul? These refs are conditioned to just whistle when they see the Turd shoot…
Channing is back in his zone lately!
Good on-ball D by Kyrie there…
Is Harden the MVP? Maybe so. Unfathtomable how that OKC team couldn’t put it together. Could have been a dynasty.
Yeah. They would have had three players who are in the conversation for MVP.
OK, LBJ out, Harden in. Let’s keep it up. Love to see some Liggins here.
Really good movement there. RJ with another & Kyrie with a thrid! Cavs up five. The second unit played well & the non-James unit gave us a lead. If RJ finds his stroke here at the end, it will help a ton.
Great ball movement initiated by the irving entry to Frye!!! That’s what I like to see. Can’t get much more wide open than Irving was when it came back to him!
Curry wishes he could make behind the back passes like JR…
https://twitter.com/NBA/status/841103718883962882
Kyrie: The dish you take is equal to the dish you make
That was an LBJ level pass to start that series of sharing by Kyrie… nice to see him get it back for the three!
RJ is smoking this half. Some great shots. Some great D. Big run by the Cavs.
Rockets are not a good team without Harden…
And if we can’t take a lead with him out…
Let’s see how we do with James out: D-Will, Kyrie, Shump, RJ, Frye. Kyrie gonna have to play well. RJ with a triple! He’s improved from deep recently. The wrist injury thing was real, apparently.
That JR feed…
https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNBA/status/841104173563293701
What an idiot! Cost us a fastbreak also… Should be a tech shot…
RJ!!
Why did Shump just let that go? Gotta want every loose ball…
Loved that Jefferson defense at the rim!
Dwills jump shot looks awful
Doughy even…
D’Antoni always looks pissed off… he should have kept the stache…
D’Antoni vs. Korver in resting bitch face (apologies to any female CtBers)
We need a side-by-side comparison of this.
That might take some time…
Phil’s comment was one of those “Geez, I never thought of that, but now that you mention it, that’s hilarious!”
Crap. Little mini-run from the Rockets to take the lead.
Pudge needs to start hitting more open shots…
Derrick Williams’ D is mostly crappy.
Had a nice contest on a gordon 3 but he is just too slow laterally to guard on the perimeter. That isn’t going to change.
Need to make them pay while Harden is out…