Live Thread: Cavs @ Grizzlies
2023-01-18Good evening CtB!
The Cavs have ventured to the banks of the mighty Mississippi River to take on Memphis Grizzlies in a massive clash between two of the best teams in the NBA. Memphis is gunning for the top seed in the Western Conference and have won 10 straight games. The Cavs themselves are in a five way hunt for the second seed in the Eastern Conference. Unfortunately for the Cavs, they will be without Donovan Mitchell so the odds of coming away with a victory are small. Tonight is game about heart and competitive desire, do the Cavs compete for 48 minutes? That will be the key if should they pull off the massive upset.
What does Memphis want to do tonight? They want to push the pace on offense and crash the offensive glass. The Cavs defense will need a strong rebounding performance and be sound in transition, along with Darius Garland, Caris LeVert, and Ricky Rubio controlling the pace on offense.
Tip off is scheduled for 8:00PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, Go Cavs!
RUBIO FOR THREE!
Rubio with a quick 5
Down to 6.
RICKY 3!
Man Isaac Loki g so confident rn
just checking in now – whats the story of the game?
Back and forth battle of two really good teams. Memphis got out to a 19 point lead, Cavs reeled it back in before the half
Turnovers and garbage bench for the Cavs. Caris, dg, and Isaac cooking.
I think I could hate Memphis. Trash talk and whiners
Word.
Okoro just so good. tonight.
Was that on Ja?
Isaac got a call!
Two!
Once Isaac start drawing fouls and getting to the line, that would put more pressure on the defense and get him some easy points.
Mobley just still a rookie on o
Mobley with 5 turnovers and DG with 2
12-2 Turnovers disadvantage on for us.. bad ratio
holy shit Mobley c’mon man
JA day late dollar short on the PnR
Mobley needs to go up with force on those…maybe he got bumped, doesn’t matter…
Cavs starting to score more easily…from everywhere.
MOBLEY WHAT A FINISH
DAMMIT MOBLEY YOU GOTTA PASS THE BALL
Mobley and DG gotta lead the team with TOs
DG TO JA LETS GOOOOO
ALLEN HAMMER DUNK
And DENIES ADAMS!!
Ice fire!
CARIS TO ICE
I think it’s fair to say Okoro has turned the corner? Breakout game?
Ice ice baby!
CARIS WHAT A DRIVE AND DISH
Have to Lead the nba in turnovers out of timeouts.
Gosh stop the damn turnovers!
Okoro just keeps getting better. He’s lightbyeara better Stevens RN.
Man the Grizz bitch a lot.
Bane not quite back to his normal form either.
Gotta dunk righty there, Jarrett.
OH MY GOD WHAT A PASS DG, JA DUNK THAT BALL
Thank god the Grizz are missing
JARRETT BLOCK!!!! LETS GOOOO
Bringing the D!!!
Argh Mobley.
THREE MAN WEAVE IN THE PAINT!
Ja getting bullshit star calls
Ball don’t lie!
defense keeps getting torched
HOLY SHIT WHAT A PASS CARIS!
Jesus h. Bench an utter shit show.
Fun half. Cavs need to hire Jacob L. Rosen formerly of FTS and now head of Analytics for the Grizz. Get in here and be Koby’s right hand man.
Down 7 with a woeful bench performance. I’ll take it. LETS GO!!!
if the Cavs would play a stitch of defense they can take this
Nice effort to get it closer at the half…
A little too cute by Garland there.
Run some bench Neto and Diakite or the other Mobley in the 2nd half.
I believe there are some trust issues with this plan…
Good close by the starters after that disastrous stretch with the bench
Down 19 but cut it to 7.
Caris & DG have developed chemistry, no doubt about it.
THEY ARE GOING OFF
Ja just got stuffed.
DG TO LEVERT, CARIS STUFFING THE HATERS IN A LOCKER
Aldama. GRIZZ MAXIMIZE EVERY DRAFT PICK
LEVERT HAS JOINED THE CHAT
jesus what a pass Ja
Damn Caris!!! You cooking!
LET ICE COOK… HAHA
OKORO FROM THREE!!!!
OKORO YOU STUD
DG FROM WAY DOWN TOWN!
Another Ice Trey!
Nice D, Cariz
DG feeling it
CARIS COOKING
Lol. Ja Flop.
Lame call against Okoro
KLove still in his malaise. Ricky still finding his legs. Their stretch together was pretty ugly
Ricky is gonna take awhile, Murray hasn’t looked himself until recently, and he’s had months head start.
Caris and DG having a convo, i like the communication