Live Thread: Cavs @ Knicks
2019-11-10The young Cavs look to beat a beatable team in the Big Apple. The 2-7 Knicks are led by a team of power forwards that can all score, but not exactly defend. Rookie R.J. Barrett is the most intriguing as he puts up 16/6/4, 40% from the feeld, and 36% from three. He’s mired in a 5-21 shooting slump over the last two days, so he’ll surely be looking to break out. Barrett’s been starting at point guard (of sorts) as the Knicks used a big starting lineup of Nkintla, Morris, Randle, Barrett, and Taj Gibson to beat the Mavericks in Dallas 106-102, Friday. Putting the clamps on him early will be key, but he also seems like the kind of athlete who can give the likes of Cedi Osman fits.
The Knicks are led by our old friend Marcus Morris, who’s putting up 19 a night with a hot 59 TS%. They also have 3 other forwards, Julius Randle, Bobby Portis, and Kevin Knox who put up double digits each game. As for the guards, Dennis Smith Jr. is returning to health, and I’ve no word on whether he’ll play tonight. Frank Nkintla is coming off a solid couple of games after a rough start to the season.
Key for the Cavs will be running on this big lineup and executing against double teams and switches. Let’s see if Darius Garland can continue his strong play of last game and if Collin Sexton can feed off the double teams Thompson and Love will probably draw. Also key will be staying together on the road, which has been an issue. The Cavs can this one, but it could be close.
WHAT A PASS GARLAND TT SLAM!!!
Which Morris twin is that? Oh yeah, the dumb one.
TT might be the only center in the league who can dribble at the top of the key into a post entry Pass.
and nice pass TT!
KLOVE GETS FOULED FROM THREE!
UP AND UNDER KLOVE!!!
I loathe kpj’s stepback.
preach it…
Cavs finally get the ball to love and good things happen. It’s not rocket science.
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/1193717206405844992?s=20
Yeah, but he had those two dunks in SL…
Nice defense Garland!!! Moved his feet!
KLOVE easy money in the post.
Garland for Delly early from Beilein.
God, Knox is a deity of terrible basketball…
He’s soooo shitty
CLARKSON AND1!!!! CLUTCH!
Sick feed Nance.
How is Love not in the offense? Just hanging out on the weak side.
Nice look from LNJ!
WHAT A PASS NANCE!!!! GREAT FINISH CLARKSON!
They need to stop running offense that leads to shots for Delly.
I’ll take “things that shouldn’t need to be said for $500, Alex.”
Boy, the Knicks have a lot of players that I’d not want on my team….I mean a LOT…
Jesus. Delly.
He is not an average player anymore. Not much more to say.
Cavs gotta be careful here.
Knox is a turnstile.
WHAT IS YOUNG BULLS CAREER HIGH FOR GAME (PTS ) —-HAS HE EVER BROKEN THE 30 PT BARRIER ?
His career high is 29.
Good to. Cavs getting a bit ragged.
Good timeout Coach. And he’s challenging the call.
Run a freaking play for love.
Clarkson had that dunk and has been bad since.
WHAT A DEFENSIVE SEQUENCE…. that was lockdown defense!
Nice drive Sexton… aggressive and drew the foul.
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1193712341151625219
This might be the team where the nightlife doesn’t wok cuz Sexton and Garland are too young to drink and Cedi doesn’t. I mean I’m sure tt and jc were out last night
That is an absurd stat. Cavs have 21 fast break points with 5 minutes left in the third.
Words I didn’t think I would type this year:
Cavs up 30!
To be honest the Knicks being down 30 was likely. Maybe not to the Cavs, but…
Honestly, the Knicks should just trade for CP3.
I’m sure Dolan is thinking about it…
Let’s just ruin Barrett’s confidence out of the gate.
Randle got a pity foul.
BS call on Nance.
Cedi! Nice finish.
A laugher…
SEXTON TO CEDI WHAT A PASS AND FINISH!
Turnover 9ut of timeout has to drive fiz nuts.
Sexton showing out. Would like to see Love involved a bit more. But hard to argue with a 26 pt lead.
Nice awareness Nance!
Nice cleanup Nance!
Collin
Sweet outlet by cedi for a pretty Sexton finish.
Sexton going to hit his career high in scoring tonight! Just needs 3 more points!
GREAT DEFENSE… CEDI TO SEXTON!!!
Why can’t we play the Knicks like 15 times this year? That would be fun!
We would make the playoffs.
Sexton! Again! So pretty from the corner.
Nice play Garland! Drew the foul
Big shooting game from Sexton…
SEXTON ON FIRE!!!!!!!!
Good foul TT.
Garland two wide open shots just missed them.
Garland with a really nice setup for Sexton on the wing. Then forces a brick.
WHAT A PLAY GARLAND!!!! HESI TO SEXTON FOR THREE!!!
Lol. Knicks get the ball on a to and still give the Cavs a point with a tech.
Sexton is better off the ball. It’s weird. The guy he should study is curry and his off ball movement.
He doesn’t have the vision right now to be a true point. And he is better at catch and shoot Trey’s than off the dribble. Combined with still having little shiftiness in his dribble and occasional trouble finishing I think he is more useful getting the ball on the move with a head of steam or as a shooter off penetration.
Agreed
way to fight Cedi!
Sexton’s j is legit.
what a pass Garland…. what a shot Sexton!
Not getting too excited about the d because this team literally has no guards.
Yawp.
But look at all those power forwards!
LONG LIVE LONGINBARF……………..IN WASHINGTON THAT IS——CAN NEVER RECALL CAVS PLAYING DEFENSE LIKE THAT WHEN HE WAS THE “D/GURU ” HERE : (
Knicks only had 12 turnovers. Felt like more, like they were on pace for 30. But an astonishing amount seemed more or less unforced passes to a guy in the wrong uniform, or a guy dribbling into three Cavs with the ball exposed. Silly Knicks.
Hope the Cavs go for the kill early in the third and don’t get sloppy.
Cavs defense hold the Knicks to 19 points in the first and then 17 in the second???
I mean I know the Knicks are bad, but what the hell?
No complaints here.
Nearly perfect first half. Stopped that Knicks run dead in the 2nd quarter.
AC on point, Sexton let Barrett go left.
Barret set him up for it. He’s legit wary of sexton’s ball pressure though
This is such a fun team to watch. Perfect mix of vets, NBA champion vets and promising rookies. They are obviously buying in to Coach B and Asst Coach B.
Hell yes.
10x as fun as last year.
Definitely much more fun. Having KLove is a pretty big deal. When he went out to start the season last year, it was just a shark show.
Sexton! 2 for 1 for 2 free throws.
How did this team beat the Mavs? They must have been hung over.
NY nightlife?
It was in Dallas!
Then inexplicable based on what I have seen tonight. Maybe the Knicks poisoned their food, slipped them some sedatives. I would find that more plausible than the Knicks actually playing well enough to win in Dallas even if Dallas overlooked them. Amazing they have any wins.