Live Thread: Cavs vs. Pacers (#OnATuesday)
2019-01-08In the words of a Drake verse in an ILoveMakonnen rap… “club’s goin up on a Tuesday.” Well, since that’s pretty much the only direction this Cavs club can go, given they are at the bottom looking up at the rest of the NBA, why not go up on a Tuesday?
In case you’re just tuning in this season, no matter how bad things seem to get for the Cavs… there is always Tuesday. Sure, there’s only been three of them thus far, but the club is 3-0 on the second day of the week. The last such Tuesday, they beat tonight’s opponent, the Indiana Pacers. That also happened to be their last victory of any kind before this current nine game slide. Granted, this game might be a bit tougher, since those same Pacers are probably looking to avenge that (for them) embarrassing loss on that last Tuesday, and the Cavs have looked exponentially worse lately.
Nothing else has really worked to halt the losing (well, not just losing but soul-crushing, 20+ point beatdowns)… not team meetings, not lineup changes, not random player shuffling (adios Pat McCaw… hello Cameron Payne?). About the only hope they have left is a little Tuesday magic.
Prediction: I’ve covered every Tuesday game… so, in keeping with tradition, I’ll prognosticate a lopsided win for the opposition (on the remote off-chance that the disrespect is inspiration to the beleaguered club). And, since the scores have already been getting ridiculous… I’ll go one step beyond and say Pacers win 149-72 (that should fire them up… on a Tuesday).
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Sabonis is tough…
Yongbull!
Joseph has owned Clarkson this entire game…
He owned Clarkson? Capt Bandaid scored 26 points with 55/40/100 shooting splits.
I get that he had 3 turnovers, but JCs 3 steals were HALF of the turnovers Indiana had ALL GAME.
Bandit!
Sexton back. That was fun While it lasted.
Nice spin cycle Cedi!
https://twitter.com/SportsNom/status/1082819208969371649?s=19
Oh what might have been @CavsDan…
https://twitter.com/espn/status/1082818529638969346
Instead he went to the All Star game 9 consecutive years for the Hawks…
That Clarkson turnover was brutal.
I didn’t expect anything less…
He was pretty clearly tripped by Joseph with no call…
Darn… needed that Cedi trey…
Clarkson got tripped by Joseph… no call…
Nice hustle, Cedi…
Great play Cedi!
What? This is actually a game now???
Sort of…not really, though…
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/1082818437527887873?s=19
Cavs have played some D and made it one…
Cedi!
Delly dime for a cedi trey!
Kylo showboating because he knows Nate is watching…
Great call on a first nickname!
Delly j st gotta take a Charge there.
How was that not a travel by Kylo Quinn?
Single digits. My God.
Fun while it lasted…
Cavs finally getting some calls for their aggression.
That shot is Payne-ful, but it goes in!
Man. That was one. Ugly j by Payne that went down.
Cam Payne!
Bananas!
Nice find!
JC with 21… Cavs with a 36 point quarter to stay somewhat in it…
Captain Banana-aid!
I can’t believe this game is actually not awful.
You missed the most awful part, I assure you…
If the McCaw thing turns into the worst-case scenario, Gilbert will be approaching Stephen territory.
*Stepien territory…
He’s still got a long way to go to get there… but that would be a big step in that direction…
Yeah, maybe jumping the gun. But if you subtract LeBron, his body of work is ugly.
If you subtract Lebron his body of work is near best in show…(or worst in show)
What did Joseph do to his head?
Decent run by the Cavs… TT and Delly working hard…
Has a player the caliber of Butler ever been traded twice in one season?
https://twitter.com/AmicoHoops/status/1082814015078916097
Get it to aroubd 12 at the break would be something.
Timing is such a funny thing… if the current version of TT had played against the current version of Dray in the Finals last year, I bet it’s a much more competitive series…
Great break!
Closest the Cavs have been since mid first quarter…
Too bad the Cavs couldn’t start the game with this kind of energy.
Two games in a row, terrible spacing on a jump ball.
Ben’s right. Collin Sexton is Darren Collison.
I was just thinking the same thing… easier to see when they play each other…
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/1082811301670330372?s=19
Channing Frye is a pro’s pro
He deserves better than this at the end of his career…
Holy cow… Thad Young just YOLOing threes out here now…
DEEP FRYE as the clock expired!
http://image.highperformancepontiac.com/f/pontiac-news/smokey-and-the-bandit-cb-slang-dictionary/43355737/burt-reynolds.jpg
Back to back treys from Bandit and Frye…
Good action that time from TT to Burks down the lane…
https://twitter.com/Carter_Shade/status/1082808495118929920
Seriously…
If only Collin would use the glass…
Gotta be honest… this game is irrelevant… but if the Cavs FO was stupid enough to endanger their first round pick next year, that’s the death knell for this franchise…
At least the Pacers don’t have know anything they have to fix at halftime. Who knows? Maybe the Cavs saved the 24 minutes of good basketball they have in them for the second half this time.
THE NBA WOULD NOT BE THAT CRUEL TO MAKE CAVS FORFEIT THEIR DRAFT PICK —–WOULD THEY —WTF KOLBY
Sure they would… most of the League can stand Gilbert if reports are accurate…
They’d have to have some sort of proof…I doubt they will find any, if there was even an agreement in the first place…
Who knows what constitutes proof in the NBA… as far as I can tell, it’s always been arbitrary when these things get investigated…
The point is… why put yourself at that potential risk in the first place?
Well, I agree…I wouldn’t have cut McCaw, myself. Dan wants to lowball his FO, he’s going to get a lowball FO.
https://twitter.com/Carter_Shade/status/1082806134141009920
And this is without any real significant contributions from Dipo, and no Myles Turner… granted the Cavs are down about 5 guys too…
Indy out to embarrass the Cavs.
Well, they DID lose to them on the last victory Tuesday…
Gotta keep the 20+ point loss streak alive…maybe the Cavs can sign Michael Carter-Williams when Bulls cut him, let’s get my most disliked players on the same team…
They’d probably have to surrender another first round pick…
At least they are on pace to beat your intentionally silly prediction.
And somehow they actually won the second quarter.
Thanks to that Young Bull J…
DREW GAMEPLAN START SLOW FINISH FAST / HARD —–LOOK OUT PACERS HERE COME THE CAVS —-STICKING WITH MY 119–97 —KEEPING THAT 22PT MARGIN
Still on pace for 126-86…
Tough shot by Young Bull to end the half and cut it to 20…
TT hook!
He’s easily the best player on the Cavs roster…
And almost the most expensive lol…
Pace has slowed a bit… Cavs have played the Pacers nearly even this quarter…
Burks out of control, but hard to blame him too much…
Once we get down huge, guys have a tendency to try to force things. Especially when we really do not have an offensive fulcrum or bread & butter to go to.
Thad Young fouls… a lot… and doesn’t get called…
Hey… a Cedi corner trey!
Drew needs to just tell the team to start falling down when people hit them. It’s the only way i can think of to make the refs do their goddamn job.
We’d still be losing, …but id be slightly less angry.
Sexton passed up an open three after Cedi ignored Clarkson in the corner. Cripes.
The initial probing & movement was good. But both guys still play stupid a lot. Corner 3s & layups are the shits you want, & Cedi ignores an open one. Then Sexton tradesxan open 3 for a long 2.
That play deserves a rage timeout.
Delly could be on a minutes restriction.
But agree Cedi & Sexton would build confidence better vs backups. Was the plan with Sexton early. With Hood & Nwaba out, Cedi almost has to start.