Live Thread: Cavs @ Bucks
2018-12-10
It’s going to be a strange one. Matthew Dellavedova returns to the Fiserv Forum to face the guys he called teammates just a week ago, while George Hill faces off against the Cavs in his new hunter green digs. Cleveland comes into this one, depending on Delly to play some guard as they are down Rodney Hood, David Nwaba, John Henson, J.R. Smith, and Kevin Love. They do have G-Leaguers, Jared Blossomgame and Jalen Jones in the fold, and we’re probably looking at a nine man rotation with Channing and Ante riding the pine.
The projected starters look like Thompson, Blossomgame, Osman, Burks, and Sexton while, Milwaukee posts the impressive lineup of Lopez, Antentokounmpo, Middleton, Brogdon, and Bledsoe. Man. That’s a lot of letters. The Bucks look to be at full health, and the Cavs will have their hands full.
Delly’s been pretty rough this year, posting a career low 32% from the field but a respectable (and still career low) 36% from three to go along with 2.4 assists and .9 turnovers. Lets hope he starts taking some finishing lessons from someone. The good news? Delly hasn’t missed a freebie all year.
For Cleveland, stopping the number one offense in the NBA who just added another 40% three point shooter is going to be tough. George Hill was quietly posting a very good season so far with a 60 TS% in 13 games. And Milwaukee already runs a four out offense with Giannis the lone bricker in the top six. The bench brings the energy with Pat Connaughtan and Donte DiVincenzo at the guard spots.
Finally, we get to watch one of this year’s top MVP candidates, The Alphabet, who is only putting up a 27/13/7 line nightly to go with 1.5 blocks and 1.3 steals. If I were the Cavs, he’d see a lot of Tristan Thompson and Larry Nance.
Can’t wait for some Delly flobs and flops. Let’s go Cavs!
Jones draws a transition foul by forcing the action.
Shoulda put Delly in earlier on Brogdon to slow him down…
Delly floater!
No more TT tonight… foot injury
How serious?
Bucks raining js now.
Blossomgam3!
Man. Just caught up. Brutal game. Cavs just taking awful shots.
Yep
Nice drive and kick by Sexton. Too bad BSG misses the three.
Ilyasova such a dirty mfer…
Ilyasova with uncalled elbow to Nance’s head…
Tough night for Cedi, him and Sexton both getting it good from the bucks.
Sexton with an open three. Good. Shoot that. Not those conteated midrangers when you are cold. Or pass. Or drive.
Brogdon just running his own layup line…
Just welcomed the rook to the nba.
Rook’s been welcomed by a lot better than Brogdon already…
No doubt. Brogdon just getting in on the action. I like him a lot as a player. Great find by Milwaukee.
Nice three young bull… hope that gets him going…
Oof. Sexton is cold as ice. Stop shooting quick 20 footers in transition and maybe start passing and trying to get other guys easy shots. Be smart. Be a point guard
Drew probably needs to bench Sexton for his own good right now… not his game tonight…
That was a ridiculous three attempt by Lopez that time…
Even Longo says they need to shoot more threes… tho I notice he didn’t say “we need to give up less threes” further undermining any sort of credibility he has as a “defensive coach”
Whats Larry Drew’s halftime adjustments look like? Make more shots, hope they arent all on 2009 Orlando style roids?
Actually play perimeter defense and go hunting for threes?
Cavs lucky to be only down 18 after that brickfest… take TTs 4-4 away and the rest of the starters are 4-28… woof
It was like watching a junior high basketball game. Very little passing
Yeah offense really bogged down. Bucks are a good defense even without Gianni’s though.
Gotta log off, hopefully my absence will inspire the team. Go Cavs!
Will miss your positivity Simmo!
Tough half for a lot of guys. We are gonna have issues a lot of times making shots. Lot of good looks, however.
There were a lot of good looks missed, especially hood, Sexton, and cedi.
Sexton was covered pretty well. All his midramgers were more contested than usual. He was bothered by Lopez inside too.
Cedi Stinks!
Tough half for him. Still made three or four great passes for assists or hockey assists. Need more of that from Clarkson and sexton
Man Lopez helps them so so much on both ends
Even more so when Giannis is out there…
For sure. But man having a shot blocking stretch five that is making two threes a game. That is something.
Yeah, I don’t remember him shooting the three as much with Lakers or Nets, but I could be mis-remembering…
He shot it, but not at this volume. Not nearly 7 a game like he is now.
Cedi out of control on that drive
Yeesh cedi. Just saw the airball. He has a long long long ways to go.
Terrible half for Cedi…
And also for Sexton…
And Burks
And Hood…
Yep he was putrid too
Delly floater that time!
Nice pass cedi hood 3!!!
The FLOB!
Finally Hood drains a trey…
Lazy D from Hood on the transition.
Delly should’ve shot the floater…. Led to an easy dunk
I don’t know if I’ve seen the Cavs colder shooting…
Still a game to be had with a closing run here.
This game is a good reminder that the Cavs should part ways with Hood at seasons end.
Before if they can get something for him.
Absolutely.
I doubt it. He’s signed for essentially a vet min.
I know. Just dreaming.
Nice finish tt!
Delly and TT look like they were never separated…
Ifxwe get this to 20 by half we have a shot. Those Js may fade on a b2b in the 2nd.
Delly Flob… doesn’t go but TT draws the foul…
Collin Suckston
Trols territory…
I mean he is currently a terrible player overall as far as his positive impact. That isn’t a lie.
He dropped 29 the last game…
Scoring at slightly below average efficiency (on the season) isn’t everything. I don’t go by game to game. Defense, impact on the offense overall, etc.
He’s had his moments of efficiency this year… to say he’s a “terrible player” is short sighted and reductive…
Short sighted? I am not saying he is a bust. Or that he hasn’t had some good games. But overall he has been bad. You think he has been average or good over the whole season? I haven’t seen it.
For a rookie… he’s been average and mostly as expected… not sure what you were expecting?
Mmm. I would say even for a rookie he is a little behind the curve in everything but volume scoring. His defense and decision making just really offsets everything else. I don’t think you could say he is anywhere near as much of a positive impact as some of the other non top five guys.
Such as?
Shai and the two bridges. Kevin Knox is a hot dumpster fire so far. Trae Young is as bad or worse than Sexton.
I’ll give you Shai and the one Bridges… not both
Nice pass burks
Hood also again demonstrating his hot/cold calibre again.
This type of game is why Sexton is one of the worst overall players in the nba.
Bucks stepping into every three…
Nice drive cedi!
Cedi cold. We bungle a board.Blossomgame, Frye & not much else.
Banked in top of key three by some bucks player, ugh.
The nba should take away three points for those types of shots unless you call it.
+1
Cedi needs to be a better 3 point shooter
Three Cedi trey attempts… none close… Bledsoe hitting every one he takes on the other end…
Need to put Scary Terry on Bledsoe
Cedi another missed 3
Yikes cedi air ball open 3
Jeez Cedi…
Still has a ways to go…
A Turkish Mile…
Frye 3!!!
Nice pass hood!
Channing!
Bsg three. Bsg Trey is blossomgame. I will no longer type his full name. Can’t on my phone. Takes too long. He is having a nice game so far. Want to see.me some.JFJ after last game though.
Less Sexton and Clarkson… More Delly
Feel like Nance gets his pocket picked a lot
Where the help defense????????
Sexton awful so far. One nice pass & that is all.
Put Delly back in.
How is that NOT a travel on BroLo?
Sexton ice cold.
Sexton needs to start passing on nights when his J is busted…
Yep. This is what Drew was talking about last game. Good players help their team even when not shooting well. Sexton ain’t there yet.
Nice finish Clarkson! Need that..
Sexton with so many open shooters… pass it occasionally young bull…
Clarkson you had Frye wide open!