Live Thread: Cavs @ Heat
2021-04-03The Cavs are back in Miami, where they haven’t won since Shaq was a Cav. In the Cavs’ previous game against the Embiid-less Sixers, Cleveland looked competent for a half and then collapsed when Kevin Love hit his minutes limit as they raced towards a 20-point loss with a lot of mind bending rotations including Collin Sexton playing in garbage time. I’m pretty skeptical that the Cavs are trying to field their most competitive teams. With Larry Nance Jr. out for an “Illness” for the second straight game, Jarrett Allen missing his second straight with a concussion, and Dylan Windler out due to a knee, the Cavs are down to 10 active players, including minutes restricted Kevin Love and Matthew Dellavedova.
The Cavs also elected not to sign Quinn Cook after his second ten day contract ended. With Delly back in the fold, and Quinn not exactly looking like a world beater, it’s certainly not surprising. With 13 roster spots, I’d love to see a flier on Emmanuel Mudiay, and to get Lamar Stevens’ two-way converted to a full NBA contract.
For Miami, Andre Igoudala, Gabe Vincent, and KZ Okpala are out.
Nice steals by Ice and DG just can’t hit the open Lov3
Rather see Stevens than Wade here. Dean just not strong enough to play this team.
Wade is mortal tonight.
Dead legs…. front rim on a few of these.
no answer for Adebayo.
WOW, unlucky play results in 3 points.
nice take Okoro.
Stop it Taurean!!!
Terrible TO by Ice geesh gotta protect the ball
dang i missed that… sucks.
Evanescence! Cavs bumper music.
Hope this game wraps up. The Final Four game looks pretty good.
Too many turnovers that quarter, but better D.
Love up to 20 min, what’s his ceiling you think?
he’s probably gonna go no more than 27-28 I’d imagine.
I bet 25. Just enough to lose.
GREAT HANDS ICE AND WADE!
WTF is AC talking about with OKoro and falling?
LMFAOO he’s actually correct, guys have to learn how to fall, usually by not bracing hard.
damn Okoro got clobbered
Ice getting clobbered gets the call
jinx LMFAO
LOVE WITH THE KISS!
Damn great pass Love, DG misses… then turns it over the 2nd chance.
KLove passing is something we’ve been missing.
Kev with just phenomenal passing there.
Great minutes Delly. So fun to watch him.
Okoro. Come on. Also, All you gotta do is step into the out of control closeout.
yup, how has a coach not drilled that move???????
dang, bad turnover Okoro.
nice defense DG.
Sexton awful shot 5 point swing, Robinson wide open for 3 cuz Sexton’s on the ground.
Terrible.
yup, situational awareness: 0.
HARTENSTEIN BLOCK! ahh Butler vet move.
Sexton got away with an offensive foul with the off arm.
SEXTON STEAL!!!!! SEXTON TO PRINCE!!! WHAT A FINISH TP!!!!!!!!!!
Cavs shooting %s not bad, still in this game. Stick with it!
offense is A-OK, defense starting to elevate in the 3rd quarter!
SEXTON COAST TO COAST!
Cavs hanging in!
Ok. Dipo gets breathed on, goeas to line. Okoro gets wrenched. No call.
Ice gets ZERO calls
OKORO FOR THREE!!!!!!!!!!!
Sexton movement got him open
nice patience Delly to get the ball to Hartenstein on the mismatch.
Okoro just couldn’t finish at the rim.
GREAT DEFENSE PRINCE!!!
Thouggt he got fouled.
entirely possible, looked to me he tried to go reverse at the last second but agree with y’all that he gets no calls at all… needs to learn how to flop sadly.
Sexton was open, just missed…. Sexton’s 3 point shot has been absent lately.
Cavs hanging tough and playing defense now…. all you can ask for.
Wade had a good look too, just couldn’t hit tonight.
Lotta jawing between Butler & Sexton. Things gonna bubble over shortly.
maybe Sexton can bait them, or maybe Sexton will get baited LMFAOOOOOO
Either way, I prefer angry Sexton
100% agree!
oh man what a pass DG, Sexton just can’t finish.
SEXTON STEAL AND FINISH!!!!!!!
Too much Sexton dribbling.
Sexton with nearly half of the team’s turnovers now.
Cabs gotta score. Why is sexton handling so much up top?
Coach…
LOVE WITH THE BIRD!
NICE HUSTLE DG ON DEFENSE!
what the hell was that Sexton?????/
Garland heating up
WOAH FROM WAY DOWNTOWN DG!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m old enough to remember Oladipo in MVP conversations.
DG TAKES THE CHAGE!!!!!! SHOWING TOUGHNESS!
nice on ball defense Wade on Bam!!!
damn nice look Love, and he airballs it.
nice shot Sexton, but to what end??? LMFAOOO shoot a damn 3 we’re down double digits.
Ariza killing Cavs
damn, Love hustle….. love seeing that.
Heat on pace to shoot 10 more 3s than us for the game, and make 10 more than us for the game.
14pt deficit, reduced to 3, then straight back out to 13. Likely that the elastic snaps in the famous 3rd quarter Cavaliers naptime.
man, if Cedi makes a couple of his good looks, we’re in this thing.
but yeah, agreed, only hope is Heat shooting regression LMFAOOO
Too easy there for Dipo…Zags and UCLA heck of a game so far…
67 points in a half just too much
yup…. at least the offense is working pretty well LMFAO
Wade’s deficiencies really showing up tonight. He’s just getting swallowed up by Miami’s strength. A bit baffled we haven’t seen stevens at the 5
sick of JB… kid plays well enough this year, we have a chance to develop him with minutes this year, and nothing.
Agreed. Play Lamar!!!
GREAT PASS DELLY! SWEET CUT AND SHOT PRINCE!
WHAT A PASS DG!!!! OKORO GREAT CUT!
Wow nice pass to Ice!!!
oh nice pass DG, Wade’s gotta grab that and dunk it.
good shot DG, just missed.
Nice hustle Prince on defense.
DG NICE HUSTLE ON DEFENSE! MORE OF THAT!
dang nice read DG, Delly couldn’t finish.
Yezus Delly is such a good passer.
JB spent a lot of time talking with Okoro at the TO.
he’s getting shredded on defense… as are DG and Wade.
Miami starting to get the whistles. That Okoro foul was thinner than the Cedi tech.
Correct pass Sexton, Wade just missed.
JB get a tech?
or Cedi maybe, he did slam the ball… weak call though.
it was Cedi
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/1378511610990448640?s=20
LOL
Cedi just not finding anything on O
Jeez, he is struggling…
Wade uncharacteristically cold also