Live Thread: Cavs @ Grizzlies
2021-10-20CLEEEEEVELAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you ready? That’s right, your undefeated 2021-2022 Cavs tip off tonight against the also undefeated Grizzlies. In what could be the most disappointing news I’ve seen all day, preferred lineup of Garland, Ice, Lauri, Evan, and Allen…
#Cavs starting five for opening night: Darius Garland, Collin Sexton, Lauri Markkanen, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen
Isaac Okoro to come off the bench.
— Kelsey Russo (@kelseyyrusso) October 20, 2021
Pregame, I was gonna tweet that if the Cavs are serious about making the post-season, they’d send Sexton to the bench. I must conclude that they are not serious. For the Grizz?
Grizzlies Starting Lineup 10/20
PG: J Morant
SG: D Melton
SF: D Bane
PF: J Jackson
C: S Adamshttps://t.co/o75oZ8vnE8— LineStar NBA DFS (@LineStarNBA) October 20, 2021
Grizzlies having the balls to start a second rounder from last year on opening night, speaks volumes about their system and their ability to spot and develop talent. I really wanted the Cavs to grab Desmond Bane last year. Against this Cavs zone, he may feast tonight.
On the injury front, Dean Wade is doubtful, and Dylan Windler is out. Dillon Brooks is sidelined for 2-3 weeks for the Grizzlies.
Expect the Cavs to sub early and often and to try a lot of different combos tonight. I think they’ll remain competitive before Ja pulls it out for Memphis in the end. Cavs cover the spread though!
Minnesota is pounding Houston, it’s 72-45 at the half
Lot of teams are gonna pound Houston…but Edwards had a huge half…
SO IS IT “FINDING ” HIDDEN TALENT OR “DEVELOPING ” THE ONE’S YOU HAVE
i will take either one.. cavs are non-existent on the former, and featherweights on the latter.. NOMAD bro
73 points in a half is just terribad D
Also no one has even bothered Morant in the slightest. He could have had 30 if he wanted.
RATHER OBVIOUS KLOVE IS PRETTY MUCH “TOAST ” —-NOBODY IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD TRADE FOR HIM —-JUST BUY HIM OUT —-“CUT THE BAIT ‘
le sigh…. MORE BEER!!!
Let the record show that Austin Carr’s first mention of the play-in tournament came when the Cavs went down 14, “this is what they need to learn from Memphis” WHAAAT?
Obvious goal tend at the end
Yeah. Ridiculous.
MOBLEY WITH A SOLID 1ST HALF ALSO
JA MORANT IS 1 PLAYER I WOULD PAY TO SEE PLAY —WOW
DG invisible this half
He was hurt much of it.
100% goaltending
LMFAOOO JB challenge?????
Allen’s been solid so far
Allen best Cavs player of first half
Pretty much. Cedi 2nd best…
Mobley and Rubio. Then it gets bad.
Morant is so fun to watch
Incredible
SEXTON TOUGH FINISH!!!! LETS GOO!!
HOLY CRAP WHAT A FINISH JA
so a mid 2n rounder and late 1st rounder are lighting up the cavs.. the “hidden” talent is seemingly everywhere..
Mobley needs more touches.
agreed, more DG/Mobley or Rubio/Mobley two man
DG TO ALLEN!!!! LETS GOOO MAKE A RUN!
MOBLEY TO ALLEN STRONG MOVE!!!!
Sexton 1-3 from the line FOH LMFAOOOO
How many freaking points will Grizz score tonight? Going with 172 right now…
nice offball movement by Sexton.
Memphis getting everything at the rim or at the 3 pt line right now
damn good find Rubio, Love missed, Rubio maybe had Allen filling the lane.
ICE cold from 3
bane is another very late 1st round pick who is having his way with our ladies..
THANK YOU LOVE… drought over
Bane is leading scorer for the Grizz. expect to see opposing wings lead scoring against us a TON this year if we have Lauri/Cedi defending them
Rubio’s cooked defensively unfortunately
terrible shot Sexton
Embarrassing d
i hate the rip through foul call
what a dumb foul Sexton, second hand check call this half
Cedi a real plus this half….means he’ll probably be a disaster 2nd half…
Shush
Lol.
that’s his m.o. hot/cold
https://twitter.com/Sam_Vecenie/status/1450988688029061124?s=20
CEDI WORKING HARD OUT HERE!
Lmaooo Okoro trying to get a 2nd free throw
Coach Buck had to stand up to let him know what was going on!
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/1450988220037189637?s=20
wow Okoro, great finish, he is so good at that stuff. Markkanen getting abused in the paint, maybe put in the Old Man (Love) for some boards and effective blockouts?
Difference in the ball game is the three ball Cavs made 5, Memphis made 8
Memphis chucking em 3s like mad men
THANK GOD FOR “JESUS ” RUBIO
Nice finish, Ice…
Nice little mini run to get back into this
OKORO WITH THE FINISH AND ONE!!
Literally 0 resistance on interior D
RUBIO!!!! He’s a gamer!
WHAT A PASS RUBIO!!!!
How do you blow a whistle literally 2 seconds after the play?
Hope this doesn’t climb to 20. We haven’t been that bad. They can’t miss and should cool off…
WTF WAS THAT DEFENSE LAURI????
matador
DG can’t buy a bucket.
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/1450986709974409216?s=20
yikes yeah he has been awful this half
Story of his tenure with the Bulls
MORANT ON HIS WAY TO 1ST TEAM ALL STAR AND MORE —–MAN WISH CAVS WERE IN POSITION TO DRAFT HIM
SEXTON’S AGENTS SHOULD LOOK AT SEXTONS INEPT POST PASSING—-MAYBE THEN THEY MIGHT SETTLE FOR LESS
only dude who’s rebounding is Mobley LMFAOOO
Melton just scorching them…
Wanted him on draft night LMFAOOOO
good pass Sexton, DG missed it… Sexton lazy close out rage TO
Lauri has been a dud so far on both ends.
Not boxing out there let to that 2nd chance 3
yup saw that, got bullied
got torched by Bane early on
he had a Drummondesque sequence on the offensive end, got blocked bad then just batting the ball around. hoping he can get out of his own way and settle down in the second half
SO FAR MOBLEY WAS THE CORRECT DRAFT PICK—ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER
DG lazy defense and bad shot
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/1450985668667219968?s=20
nice one
Sexton Two bad entry passes in a row to Markkanen, esp the laziness on the 2nd one.
MOBLEY!!!
Sweet block Mobley. Gets rewarded on the other side
WHAT A PASS DG!!!!!!!!! MOBLEY RIDICULOUS DUNK!!!
Cedi can’t miss half…
SEXTON HUSTLE!
CEDI IS ON FIRE!!!!! FEED THE MAN!!!
Sexton’s ends the first with a four point turnover.
Offense is looking pretty solid for the most part!
that’s why Sexton isn’t a winning player, Rubio cooking, but takes the ball away from him on a pivotal end of quarter possession.
good point, not just that Sexton fugged up the possession himself but stopped anyone else from touching the ball, Mobley for example not getting loads of touches
Horrific last possession by Sexton