Live Thread: Celtics @ Cavs
2022-11-02Good evening CtB
The Cavs welcome the Boston Celtics to the shores of Lake Erie for part deux of their home and home series over the last week. This stakes are already high even this early in the season because the good teams don’t take nights off, and both squads are sitting top three in the conference at the time of this writing. Revenge will surely be on Boston’s mind, while the Cavs are welcoming back Darius Garland and Dylan Windler back into the fold. This is a game where the Cavs and the home crowd need to bring the playoff intensity.
There are two things the Cavs did well last game that they will need to replicate: rebounding and isolation playmaking from Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland, and Caris LeVert. Boston’s lack of size needs to be taken advantage of, even though Grant Williams will be back from his one game suspension. Boston’s switch everything defense will force the guards to hunt mismatches and break their defenders down off the dribble. It will be fascinating to see what adjustments both teams make with the quick turnaround and fresh memories.
#Cavs Darius Garland is playing tonight.
— Chris Fedor (@ChrisFedor) November 2, 2022
Tip off is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted nationally on ESPN and locally on Bally Sports Ohio, Go Cavs!
Cedi is ice cold tonight!
I’d rather see Ice take an off balance jumper off a drive than Levert. All day and all night.
Not a good start to the 4th Q!
JVG giving all sorts of compliments to Cleveland and the Cavs tonight.
Incredible quarter on d
Good quarter!
Nice 3rd qtr!!!
DG absolutely plays his ass off on D…
That would have been such a highlight for days .. especially with the and 1
Levert might finish the season shooting 8% from 2.
I have no confidence anytime he takes some kind of off-balance leaner
It’s uncanny. You think dumb luck it has to go in once in a while but no
Make the FTs.
One gets the feeling DG has really missed the court
The FTs 🤦♂️
🤦♂️🤦♂️
DG in mid season form…All NBA form…
Garland is filthy!
Dodged a bullet there
Huge
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https://twitter.com/chrisfedor/status/1587977896571854848?s=46&t=QjJqBtnoFipPE_OrPWfQvA
If that was a coaching adjustment I am thoroughly impressed
Mobely huge in that comeback.
Cedi needs to heat up or bring me stephens please
Trick or treat. He and Love have been low impact…
We have the players to pivot! Use em coach!
We need other Cavalanche in the 4th.
Wade cold as well.
LETS GOOOOO MOBLEY DOING WORK!
These travel calls are glorious. Smart travels all the time.
Hilarious they were even calling them since it seems like they never do
Loving the defensive stops.. need to keep scoring.
SPIDA TO MOBLEY!
Honestly missing Ken Ganley Kia ads at this point.
Great defensive stops to go on this 10-0 run.. need another good solid 6 min to get the crowd back in it.
Man. Closed that gap like it never existed. This team…
There we go !!! Starts with D
THATS RIGHT DAN!
Nice little run!
Is it me or is DM laboring?
CARIS FOR THREE LETS GO!
Okoro must shoot. A lot. Find your stroke dude your dont matter enough to look at one offense right now
https://twitter.com/chrisfedor/status/1587971796388700161?s=46&t=QjJqBtnoFipPE_OrPWfQvA
trying to keep it warm before it stiffens up.
Good to hear…we’ll see how he feels after the game…
https://twitter.com/chrisfedor/status/1587969637995712515?s=46&t=QjJqBtnoFipPE_OrPWfQvA
We missed some good looks and then devolved into jumpshot basketball one and done stuff. Beauty by Garland to Allen at the end at least
Seems like the Cavs struggle a lot in the 2nd quarter this year
It’s staggering to me how common sprained ankles are in the NBA. It was on a completely different planet, of course, but I played organized basketball for 6 years through Jr. High and HS, and tons of pickup all through that time and through my ‘20s, and I never got a bad sprain, and I don’t remember any teammates getting one. I know these guys are often bigger and heavier, but more normal sized guys (like Neto) get them just as often as bigger dudes.
Most annoying injury in basketball.
the margins are so much thinner at the NBA level, everything is on the bleeding edge: the physicality, the speed, the defense that’s being played.
More jumping in traffic these days.
Hopefully Mitchell is okay.
I Second That Emotion.
WHAT A DRIVE AND PASS DG!
Mitchell’s hurt. FUCK
twisted ankle, he’s prob getting load managed after tonight.
Caris big bucket.
LeVert stops the bleeding.
outrebounded by 10, getting nothing on the o-boards.
We’ve completely stopped moving the ball, including two dribble and shoot early in the clock misses from DG.
I need a cavalanche
This second quarter offense has been horrid. No easy shots, very little drive and kick
Gotta make some 3s to get them from clogging the lane
Falling apart here.
That was ugly. Get it together.
Cavs ice cold
3 points in the last 6 minutes.
Have taken a crapload of bullshit shots in that time…
It would be nice to make a freaking shot…
DM attacked, we had 2 shots.
Van Gundy on Okoro: you’ve gotta shoot the ball. You have no lane to drive into. They’re ignoring you on the perimeter.
Agreed. He should have shot it.
Let’s close this quarter well.
DG the only one shooting well. .
this is just ugly basketball
agreed
holy shit Love is ice cold.
Dumb foul, Kev…
More inside, less triples.
They’re packing the lane with Okoro’s defender
Good trey by levert. But damn he seemingly has zero touch on runners.
Well, at least Okoro attacked.
Attaway Caris.
CARIS STEP BACK JACK SAVES THE DAY!
LeVert!!
Cari3!
The K Love, Cedi 3 point show has so much variance
Both streaky and always have been.
yup
Love can’t buy a bucket.
wtf is going on why is Okoro in?
Celtics muddying up the game. Nate find us a goon
Good TO. We are struggling offensively.
Let DG close the quarter.
Seems like dg hasn’t lost a beat.
Brown travels on at least 50% of his drives…got nailed that time…