Live Thread: Cavs vs. Grizz (#ItGoesTo11)

The Cavs continue through their two weeks of yo-yo-ing between home and away games with a stop back at the Q against the mightily struggling Memphis Grizzlies. Talk about two teams heading in diametrically opposed directions… Cleveland has won 10 straight, while Memphis has dropped their last 10. Things are looking up for the Cavs with LeBron James winning his 35th EC Player of the Month Award, while also hyping for DWayne Wade for the early lead in the Sixth Man of the Year race. Meanwhile, Memphis just fired their coach, David Fizdale, last week, and has all kinds of friction between players, management and ownership.

Both teams have been dealing with early season injuries (the oft-hurt Mike Conley has been out for a couple of weeks, and the Grizz are also missing Wayne Selden, Brandan Wright, Chandler Parsons and possibly even Marc Gasol tonight), yet the Cavs seem to have gotten stronger despite theirs (the streak has largely come without Derrick Rose, Tristan Thompson and Iman Shumpert). Reports are that Shump will miss 6-8 weeks following surgery to repair his meniscus, although it’s possible that TT will return next week… not to mention the possible imminent return of Isaiah Thomas.

Yes, it’s certainly plausible that this qualifies as the ultimate trap game for the Cavs, since the Grizz usually play their toughest ball when their backs are against the wall… however, I would be genuinely surprised if both streaks didn’t go to 11…

Prediction: The Cavs turn it up to 11 on the struggling Grizzlies… 111-91.

Catch all of the action on FSO starting at 7:30 (and try to watch what you can once the Big 10 Championship Game starts 30 minutes later)… and of course, jam out here at C:tB…

GO CAVS!