Live Thread: Hornets @ Cavs
2021-10-22Good evening CtB!
The Charlotte Hornets come to the shores of Lake Erie to take on the Cavs in another test against a playoff hopeful. The Cavs are slight underdogs according to Vegas (+2.5 points as of earlier today), and will be without their starting point guard Darius Garland. Ricky Rubio is set to fill in for the injured guard. It’s also reported that Dean Wade will be good to go, while Dylan Windler is still nursing a hip injury.
In spite of the many protests of fans online, Coach J.B. Bickerstaff will go with Lauri Markkanen at the starting small forward spot again, and the advanced metrics say he’s justified in doing so, at least from an offensive standpoint (Cavs turned in a 117.4 offensive rating with Lauri on the court last game).
In a perfect chance to fade the public, look for the Cavs eek out a close one 114-109, GO CAVS!!!
Plumlee is basically Moses Malone…
Both Markannen and Allen in the vicinity and somehow Plumlee gets the o-board
Forgot how much I hate watching a Sexton-led offense.
and falling asleep on defense!!! LMFAOOOO
my god this team sucks at rebounding
curse of Andre Drummond
It’s incredible…
nice pass Love!!!
Embarrassing
how is bitterstuff going to spin this breakdown ?
Rubio just had 3 turnovers in a row LMFAOOOOO
Stop trying to make impossible passes…wtf…
This one is over, I’m afraid…
wow, Cavs got ref balled right there.
Rubio’s got the disease now
Gah, these turnovers are just soul killing…
That’s the game right there…
Sigh. Such poor execution
what Jarrett Allen doing dribbling at the top of the key??? What kind of offense would that ever lead to?
Mobley and Sexton with 7 turnovers, just over half the total
Heyward + Charlotte bench is what’s beating the Cavs
Nice flop, Melo…
Horrible start to the 4th
Garland injured already?
Twisted ankle in the first game…
Defense got absolutely chopped up in the 3rd quarter, nearly gave up 40 points.
Allen, Sexton and the bench main culprits
sexton is going to get paid.. handsomely.. it will be interesting to see by who
Put tacko in ofor the boards
Let’s don’t and say we didn’t…
LMFAOOOOOOOO
Shaping up to be a hell of a fourth?
Sexton showing his jets there…
SEXTON WITH THE GET BACK!!!
needed that one!
getting completely owned on the boards in the 3rd quarter… now Charlotte is +11
Lauri is not very good on the D boards
Rubio bailout 3
RUBIO BAILOUT TRIPLE!
Cannot give up those rebounds…
what the hell was that?
nothing good…
Good idea getting Ricky in there…
Awful defensive rebound. Let a 5-9 guy get an o board.
No foul/…right…
ALLEN FINISH!!!
and then gives up an offensive rebound to Ish Smith
Nice cut, ice
terrible POA defense and even worse second effort
Osman passing!
ICE FINISH!!
C’mon Cedi, ball fake then pass!
Sexton initiating the fast break……..how about that.
Not much to complain about tonight…if he plays every game like this, he’ll make a lot of money…
Sexton great feed!
Perfect break!!
GIVE AND GO CEDI AND MOBLEY!!!!!!!!!! PERFECTION!!!!!!!!!
Mobley looks awfully good
I think he has a future in this here game…
Love came in and gave the Cavs some offensive juice!
Clear foul…at least they called it…
LOVE TO RUBIO TO MOBLEY!!!
LOVE EASY MONEY IN HIS FAVORITE SPOT!
Rubio getting the ball to Love in his spots
always!!!
MOBLEY FINISH AND MOBLEY BLOCK!!!!
Nice post up for Mobley…
And block!!
MARKKANEN DRIVE AND FINISH!
Sexton wide open can’t hit, also Mobley had a mismatch he had no interest in exploiting.
young bull playing with a chip on his shoulder..
Why, Lauri?
great defense Allen!
Hornets definitely got a talking to at halftime.
decided to play some defense!!
LOL Plumlee…
Mobley’s getting picked on… and Rozier got mad at the step over LMFAOOO
Rozier has always been one of my least favorite players…he used to be a complete scrub until he started hitting threes…
Games like this you understand why some Cavs fans are so high on Sexton…
Good to see Sexton playing in the flow of the game…….
Cavs getting outrebounded, Love has over half of the Cavs total rebounds LMFAOOO
Really inexcusable considering the respective front lines…
yup, and glaring when Charlotte’s biggest weakness is that center position.
Gotta say, very solid half by the Cavs and Sexton. Definitely think both of these teams are a lot better at home.
Just waiting for Scary Terry to start throwing in buckets from his rear end…
Insane assist percentage
Jarrett Allen has one of the best speaking voices in the NBA…
17 points from Sexton, 1 assist..pretty typical, but good half for him…good half overall…
Didn’t realize he had that many points… he def can put the ball in the basket and he was doing it within the flow of the game. It’s nice to see him push the tempo and get buckets at the rim instead of getting floater happy
yup, Rubio doing a good job keeping Sexton from running the point LMFAOOO
Man apart from Oubre… Cavs have been doing better defensively than on wednesday night
honestly if Oubre’s the one that’s eating, then that bodes well for the Cavs LMFAOOO
WOW, great defensive play Okoro and the Cavs weakside defense falls completely asleep
Nice look to Lauri from Sexton…
Cavs defense squared up!!!
SEXTON TO MARKKANEN!!!!
damn Rubio got the rim just couldn’t finish