Live Thread: Hawks @ Cavs
2021-12-31The compromised Atlanta Hawks come to the shores of Lake Erie to take on the patchwork Cavs for a game in which both teams will be looking to end recent skids. The Cavs will get back Jarrett Allen apparently, but will still be without Darius Garland and Cedi Osman. The list of Atlanta players out is too much to list, but suffice it to say they will have their best player Trae Young and starting center Clint Capela. If the Cavs want to grind out a win, they will have to do it with hellish defense and opportunistic transition offense.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:30PM ET and will be broadcasted on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes. GO CAVS!
Okoro still gets rookie level treatment.
GOOD PASS LOVE!!! JA GOT THE FOUL!
Weak call. Lou Williams isn’t good enough anymore to warrant anything.
100%!!!!
Nice pass by love
WHAT THE FUCK THERE WAS NO FOUL!!!!!
Windler bringing energy
GREAT PASS LOVE TO JA!!!!
FEED LOVE LET HIM MAKE PLAYS!
Windler should be fresh at least…
We gave up 40 pts in the third quarter.
think Capela had a half dozen o-boards that quarter too LMFAOOOO
Could use a playmaker badly.
Nice, Love got him one, clearly contact on the arm.
Pangos nice idea, but throw the lob, fake low throw high!
Weird that he doesn’t.
ALLEN HUSTLE!!!
JB going with an offensive slanted lineup, I like it actually.
We have 3 bugaboos:
1) Injury/COVID absences
2) Turnovers
3) Defensive rebounding
turnovers not really that bad… not forcing more turnovers (ATL has 1) is definitely a problem, lack of defensive intensity.
I mean for the year, not this game.
ah gotcha
don’t get why Windler’s in after freezing him out for nearly 3 quarters.
frankly same with Wade. JB back on his bullshit.
Rode Stevens too long.
He favors good defensive guys who struggle offensively over guys who can shoot/score but struggle on D.
yup
Desperation.
We’re behind. Need more offense.
Goodwin thank god
Capela 11 offensive rebounds.
GOODWIN HUGE SHOT
We struggle boarding and likely will continue to struggle against physical true bigs that can board. Our bigs are not the most physical boarders.
Unfortunately, Atlanta are keeping it close enough for Trae to be the difference.
WTF THATS A BLOCK CALL
Yeah, that was an awful call. Another call in favor of his majesty, Trae…
This offense is awful.
nice finish Stevens lets go!
Gotta say, this is where Rubio would find something…
Markanen,,,,,,,,,,yikes,,,,not much happening there.
Not one of his best…
rebounding is killing the Cavs, and Atlanta’s 3 point shooting.
giving up 10 offensive rebounds to Capela is unacceptable with all the bigs back.
Atlanta are missing almost their entire team. This is embarrasing.
Trae push off, hits the bucket, no foul of course…
dammit great pass Love, Stevens gotta go up strong or reverse that.
I get that Love has been a major PITA frequently the last few years, but it’s cool to see him have stretches like classic Love…
Lauri gotta lift his game
100%
LOVE IS A BUCKET
THATS A FLAGRANT!
There’s some D!!!
Let’s go silver fox
Gonna need every bit of Love’s aggression to overcome these scrubs.
LOVE WITH THE DRIVE AND KISS!!!! AND ONE!
Cavs are a step slow defensively, gotta knuckle up
b2b kicking in with shorhanded roster.
good point!
LOVE IS IN THE AIR !!! BIG SHOT!
That’s better, Love
nice finish JA!
PANGOS FINISH!
JB timeout a possession or two too late.
tried the Phil Jackson method and it didn’t work.
Atlanta jacking and making 3s to stay in the game. Capela also killing the Cavs on the boards offensively.
We have been pretty lucky in terms of opponents 3PT shooting all year. Some regression to the mean.
The start the Cavs did not need.
No D at all. Ballgame now.
More TOs (2) than stops (zero) this quarter.
Reddish gone. Cavs should dominate from here.
HOLY SHIT MOBLEY MJ FADEAWAY
ICE NICE FINISH!
Hey Cavs, don’t forget the D.
Pangos nice midranger, good to see him not hesitate on the open shot.
YOU GOT IT SIMMO—” KEEP THE FOOT ON THE HEAD ” —DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY LIFE
ICE WITH 5 ASSISTS IS GOOD TO SEE
We shot 70% on FGs that half. That is Spursian.
70/45.5/55.6.
Great half offensively.
Okoro 5 assists! Mobley 4 assists! Pangos and Goodwin 3 assists each!
This is shaping as a percentage boosting game for the Cavs. Just Gotta keep the foot on the throat.
100%
ATLANTA CANT HANDLE THE SIZE!!!
SPIN CYCLE STEVENS!!!!!! WHAT A MOVE!
GREAT REBOUND MOBLEY!
HOLY SHIT MOBLEY DRIVE SHAKE AND FINISH!
GOT DAMN MOBLEY SOFT TOUCH
It’s a beautiful thing.
God I love this team!
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/1477088451216433153?s=20
Lots of silly calls going against the Cavs! Time for JB to get a tech.
it’s getting to that point LMFAOOO
Goodwin great vision, powerful pass. Impressive.
Atlanta just throwing up bullshit to try and stay in the game, pathetic.
WHAT A FASTBREAK !!!!
Finish the quarter strong.
BULLSHIT CALL REF THERE WAS NO FOUL
The Big Finnish!!!
POINT MOBLEY TO LAURI!!!!