Live Thread: Cavs vs. Timberwolves
2018-11-26
The Wolves roam into town tonight having won five of their last seven since the Jimmy Butler trade. Now there are only a couple of winning teams in that win column, but Cleveland can’t take them lightly. The Wolves are at full health, and Townes, especially, has been killing it lately.
Karl-Anthony is fresh off posting a 35/22/6 and +17 night against the Bulls, so TT and Larry are going to have their hands full. Of course, Wiggins put up an hilarious 0-12 line that game, once again proving how wrong I was on the Kevin Love trade. Robert Covington also went 1-18, which means they’ve probably been locked in a gym since Saturday.
Derrick Rose is still gunning for sixth man of the year, averaging close to 20 and five in 30 minutes a night, and ticking above that of late. Also rounding into form? Dario “Hitler Hairdo” Saric who has posted double figures in three of the last four games.
The Wolves are not to be taken lightly, and the Cavs will be without defensive Stalwart David Nwaba tonight, and I imagine Larry Nance will start in his place. Let’s see if the post-Hennessy Cavs can surprise another team tonight.
Nice swat, Larry!
CEDI THREE!!!! GET IT GOING YOUNG MAN!!!
BLOCKED BY NANCE!
Cedi trey!
http://www.hipstrumentals.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Ace-Hood-Mr.-Hood.jpg
HOOD WITH THE KNOCKDOWN THREE!!!
Hood carrying us
Andrew trash Wiggins.
Even he can hit threes if he has 7 seconds to shoot
Wow Nance with a highlight putback
NANCE WHAT A FINISH!!!!
Bad rotation Collin…
WHAM WITH THE RIGHT HAND!!!
Larey. Slam that ball!
Nice D Cedi!
That screen cann was garbage. Nice d cedi.
KEEP IT WITHIN 1O PTS/ SO CPT BAND AID CAN DO HIS 4TH QTR MAGIC
Need someone in addition to Rodney to start hitting shots…
Not our night. Bad D by Nance there. Still think we can get back in it.
Cedi handle is a bit loose. Same with Sexton and Hood. Hill would help in just having a guy that doesn’t turn it over on drives.
Fratello calling out Nance… can’t disagree with him really.
Two missed layups that time.
KAT takes soooo many threes…
Two bad misses by Sexton and Nance there in the paint.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDK9aKu0O9A
Damn Sexton gotta finish that break
Use the damned glass, Collin!
Two blocks on one play!
HOOD DRAWS THE FOUL!
We hit a bunch of tough midrangers that half. Hope that is sustainable. Need to clean up the defensive boards and penetration. Unforced turnovers killing us too. Lots of dribble mistakes.
Like to see Sexton attack a bit. Easier said than done against Covington, Towns, and Gibson’s length and our spacing.
Rodney…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HktV2yGtLv8
Cedi feels super tentative to me tonight…
Passive after bad start shooting.
Fratello with some great points during halftime.
He could still coach if he was so inclined…
He still coaches International ball i believe. At least he did the ukraine a couple years ago
Need good Clarkson in second half…
Love that Fratello is joining Fred and AC for the second half!
Yeah that is cool. Isn’t he a color analyst somewhere, Brooklyn maybe?
He has been, but I’m not sure he still is…
Wiggins is bricky…….thus far.
I feel like now Lebron is gone Wiggins may find it harder to get up for the Cavs.
Instead we’ll get D Rose and Tyus Jones revenge games…
He was 0-12 against Chicago in his last game…
I know. Trying not to jinx it.
I think that was Covington.
No, Covington was 1-11…
LOL… Yikes!!!
Wiggins definitely had a zero point one rebound game recently. Eddie House was railing on him today.
Lots of long boards for the wolves off really bad missed threes.
I miss Nwaba already…
Yes his defense is such a positive for our leaky perimeter d. Where is he?
Out with knee soreness…
Bummer.
His defensive energy would’ve helped.
Cedi and Clarkson with terrible first halfs…. need them to contribute something.
Nice half, aside from the turnovers.
ACTUALLY KINDA LIKE MAYFIELDS ATTITUDE ——KID HAS HANDLED HIMSELF EXTREMELY WELL IN INTERVIEWS —SAYS THE RIGHT THINGS—WAS ‘ALL IN ‘ GIVING HUE THE ‘COLD SHOULDER ‘ YETERDAY
Can’t remember the last time the Browns had such a face of the franchise guy at a skill position…
Cavs bench struggled there…. all of them with negative +/-…. Need to shoot a little better, and bring some more defensive pressure. Win can be had.
If I’m thibs, I’m living with Nance post ups even on mismatches. I make him beat me with his scoring rather than his more deadly passing.
Down 7. Good fightback.
The damn wedgie cost us 3. That 3 chance the silly TO at the end of half cost us 4.
Take care of the ball better. Tad better shooting (other than Hood), clean the D glass, and we can take this.
Damn Nance misses an easy dunk off a great KK pass. My stream is behind. Korver gunning.
I’m about 2 minutes behind the CtB comments. My daughter thinks I’m prescient :)
Lol nice
LOL
Rodney with some stellar offense to keep the Cavs in this. An open triple from Larry could’ve cut it to four.
Love that Baker is there… don’t love the empty seats behind him…
https://twitter.com/SpinDavies/status/1067216718517415936
Nance a little off-target with the kick out pass… got Hood out of rhythm on that 3. Good idea though.
Ugh. Terrible vision on those boards. Gotta anticipate where they’re gonna come off.
Wow that interview with Mayfield was awkward both from his standpoint and the sideline reporter’s.
WHAT A MOVE HOOD!!!!!! HE’S COOKING!
That sucked. Hood scoring!
GOTTA REBOUND!!! Terrible defensive possession.
Bad pass Nance there.
http://www.mixtapetorrent.com/system/files/hoodchamp.jpg
No glass.
Back in the game before the half, sticking with it!
Wolves playing well on offense. Covington with some nice d.
Turnovers the difference…
NICE DRIVE AND FLOATER HOOD!!!
Hood with a nice half.
THINK WOLVES MAY HAVE COME OUT ON TOP OF THE BUTLER TRADE
I have KAT on my fantasy team… I wish he’d stop taking so many threes…
Wow. That sexton call was thin.
Makeup call with Taj
GREAT DEFENSE NANCE!
Nance another gorgeous find: Rodney in the right corner for three.
HOOD THREE!!!!!! GREAT PASS NANCE!
LNJ Steal!
HOOD!
Sexton has gotten torched by Teague. But Clarkson and Harrison backcourt has been worse.
GREAT VISION AND PASS KORVER!!!! LNJ SLAM!!!
Nance/Korver two man is so pretty.