Live Thread: Cavs vs Celtics (Round Two)
2018-01-03
Round one of this year’s Cleveland Cavaliers-Boston Celtics heavyweight bout took place on opening night more than two months ago. Since then, a lot has changed. The Celtics lost star forward Gordon Hayward to a season ending injury that very night. Though he isn’t playing during this Wednesday night match-up, Isaiah Thomas returned on the first game of this back-to-back and looked good. The Cavaliers seemed energized from his return. The first round ended with a Cavaliers victory but Boston has outperformed Cleveland despite all expectations, at least in regards to their record.
Most everyone wanted to see Isaiah return to Boston and see him match-up against Benedict Irving, unfortunately we must wait until February 11th for that match-up. Kyrie has been playing well in Hayward’s absence and looks destined for another all-star appearance. Unfortunately for Boston, LeBron has been destroying worlds all season long and though his turnovers have been a problem, the rest of his offensive game has reached unfathomable levels of efficiency. The Celtics still don’t have anyone to guard him. Cleveland tends to get up for big games and this is one of the biggest of the season. Second night of a back-to-back or no, I expect them to be pumped up. Unfortunately, Boston has a lot more motivation and I expect them to come out like the angry chihuahua trying to take down the lion. I expect them to accomplish the feat, though I don’t think it means anything. The game should be tightly contested, so a fun one to watch. Go Cavs!
Is this worst defensive effort?
Or worst offensive effort?
Hear hear
Boston going for dagger 3s. Maybe an opening?
Inspiring to see one of three Cavs near the ball pursue it at half-speed.
They mostly look like they are in quicksand…
TT was 1 metre from LBJ for that pass and it STILL was almost intercepted. My god.
Cavs taking way too many first option shots and passes
Wonder if Celtic fanboys chanted MVP for Irving last year…he had a better season, yet I don’t remember them showing their appreciation…
Lol!
Shoot. The. Ball. JR.
No AC, Cavs are beating themselves more than Kyrie beating us
Cavs throwing this one away
Cavs want to go home and avoid the storm on east coast
Can we put a cardboard cut out of IT on the floor so Crowder actually gives the team something?
Maybe they can wear IT masks?
How does Crowder get this many minutes playing like this? A larger plan afoot by Lue?
If the starters don’t want to put in effort, rather see bench play
Yep. Free Cedi! Free Frye!
Terrible pass LBJ
Cavs cannot get away with these sloppy passes against defensive teams like GS and Boston…
JR with the Delly foul to stop a break is the highlight of the half so far for the Cavs.
Another BS pass! What is wrong with him??
Terrible passing.
Terrible D here and Tatum is ridiculous
Kev picked the wrong night to have a terrible game.
Body language is piss poor. They don’t give a rat about this game.
Crowder and Love just not doing much of anything tonight. Perhaps the worst Love has played in well over a year
Celtics on fire from 3….even horford hitting
Incredibly, Love has the best plus/minus among the Cavs starters tonight. He must have been on the floor when Korver went off in the second quarter.
What was that by love?
Love is off tonight!
Jose!!!
That’s off Love.
Crowder come on man!
Ugh!!!
KLove with a bucket!!!
The Cavs need KLove to get at least 15+ points this half if they want to have a chance. Can’t win with LBJ doing all the scoring.
Or, play Frye instead of Love some.
That would be smart but Lue won’t
Celtics have lead at half I see…they might just win the title in January
Jalen Rose is talking in absolutes. It’s over!
Beadle must get annoyed doing this show with morons like Rose and Pierce…
Tommy Heinsohn is currently double parking in cars in Southie at half time, pissing off all the mobsters.
He is smoking a fat stogie right now, I’m sure, and maybe drinking a martini…
The Golden Turd is out with a pulled Grammy for Best Flopper.
Sometimes you wonder if this is just the kind of pure aggravation Kyrie was annoyed with on some of these Cavs players just not putting in the effort , lazy passes, not focusing ect. We had him to rely on .
Kyrie not lazy???
Yeah, agree…he’d have no call to complain, being one of the laziest players in the NBA on anything but offense when he has the ball…
I’d love to have Westbrook on the Cavs. He’s not a great shooter at all, he’s almost like a mini-LeBron. I just want him for his tude in these rivalries.
We will see that soon from IT!!
No we won’t. Completely different players.
Isiah and Westbrook play with a similar ferocity in different body types
Remember back in the mid ’80s when Heinsohn did national games for CBS (I think), when the Celtics were on national tv all the time? Good times…
Haha Lebron wanted that inbounds pass…J.R. takes it down and reminds him “you’re not actually a three point shooter like me bro
Pretty awful half overall but only down 8
Hope Love can come back, and actually make a shot…
Love with zero points, going 0 for 8. Not his normal start.
Just rest him. He’s been sick for days and now twisted his ankle. Ty Lue has guys he can put in
What a freaking terrible pass. At least JR redeemed.
Crappy first half. Only down 8.
Bron throwing harder passes than he needs to everywhere
Wow jR!
He owed us that one.
Dodging bullets here.
Fo God’s SAKE!!!!
That was a gift…
Typical Lebron play winding down clock
JR asleep at the wheel
I’d love a shooting guard…
JR ugh!!!
And then Swish!
JR snoozing and loses the ball
Love to the locker room… Maybe Fry sometime???
Kyrie’s new shoes require a plant based diet for handle purposes. It’s the opposite of the Ky-rispie-Cremes.
Tommy Heinsohn thought LeBron flopped. He’s currently prepping for First Take with Steven A Smith to vent, with Lavar Ball.
Thankfully have Fred & AC on my feed.
You can tell Kyrie wants this. He’s actually playing D.
He knows it’s not the playoffs, right?
Shhhhhh…..
Maybe that’s What Coach Brad tells him…
Anna Horford, I mean Al Horford with a nice bucket.
Tommy Heinsohn didn’t think that was a foul on Morris…
Frye may never see game time anymore except for garbage
We will Never understand Ty Lue’s insanity on this
Frye was going to the hole better than TT also. It makes no sense why Frye cannot get at least 10 mins a game
I mean if you have guys out there that are deferring shots and not putting effort on defense then why the Hell not? His shot is pretty reliable.
Why JR??
Harry Doyle voice: Love is juust a bit off tonight.
Jackie McMullen should work for Breitbart.
She’s already a Celtic lifetime propagandist…
How do you not know that? lol No politics. She’s always been in love in Larry Bird and Celtic name
Sorry I meant comment to original comment
From the article: Consider that when asked to define Irving, Marcus Smart, his new Celtics teammate, offers this: “Sometimes, when Kyrie goes to the basket, he makes it more difficult than it even has to be. That’s how he pushes himself.”
The spin she is trying to put on that is laughable
Boston local sports news is basically ESPN.
You got that right. Just listen to Sirus Sattellite NBA radio. Islo is in charge of that narrative
Celtics refs reverse the call.
It looks like Jeff Green against the world
Three of five starters have not scored and just down 5
That’s inexcusable!!
And 1
Love Jeff Green!
My guy. Thinking of buying his jersey.
Has been a pleasant surprise this season
Wade doesn’t make those shots anymore