Live Thread: Pistons @ Cavs
2023-02-08Good evening CtB!
The Cavs welcome the Detroit Pistons to the shores of Lake Erie for a classic Central Division showdown, a game that will be made much harder to win for the Cavs given the breaking injury/rest news:
#Cavs Donovan Mitchell (groin soreness) and Darius Garland (thumb soreness) are both OUT tonight against Detroit, sources tell @clevelanddotcom. Raul Neto and Caris LeVert will be stepping into the starting lineup, sources say.
— Chris Fedor (@ChrisFedor) February 8, 2023
Ironically, the Cavs played without both DG and Spida and blew out Detroit in their first matchup of the season 112-88. But in that game NBA Champion Kevin Love played an instrumental part (21 points, 10 rebounds, +30 plus/minus in 23 minutes) especially on the offensive side to help win that game. Perhaps KLOVE will make a return? Stay tuned.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:00PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, Go Cavs!
Cedi gets one. We needed that.
Cedi finally makes a shot
Cavs not handling early success well.
Put LOVE in.
Yikes outside the 1st quarter it’s been ugly. The Cavs thought they had this game and now they’ve got a game.
Meanwhile we are gonna be down 10 by the end of this quarter.
2/15 from 3 is hard to overcome. Thank god JA is playing balls to the wall
OMG. LeVert got tripped.
Put Love in. Cedi/Wade are building another arena.
That was a horrible cal
JB should’ve challenged.
Terrible D by neto. Mobley doesn’t need help there.
6 min mark. Probably get Rubio & Cedi & Wade soon.
That Lakers trade could put the LeBron in the finals. Three starter caliber players on a team desperate for em.
You are NUTS!
They will be better, but not THAT much better. DeRo is meh. The Wolves let him go because they don’t want to pay him.
And? I think you don’t realize how bad the rest of the Lakers were.
The Lakers got Jr, TT, and Mo
LeVert isn’t bashful, which is good. Stay aggressive.
Allen stonewall Bogey again. Caris gets one to fall
Maybe that FT gets Caris going. Proof no lid on the hoop.
Maybe that will get Caris cooking
Detroit’s playing smart defense, JB needs to play Wade and Cedi for the spacing help Tower city out.
don’t get why Love isn’t playing in this game unless he’s involved in trade talks.
Yeah I wonder if there is just a plan to not play him til a certain date?
I after asb would be my bet.
Circle of trust
I don’t think we make it over the line tonight unless someone can make a jump shot.
Like the aggression from okoro
Caris headed for a 2-20 night.
Caris building a house
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1623489997478273029?s=20&t=qEy50GoOYjbchKr69IjHrg
So…. The 9 seed now instead of 13?! Actually improves the Lakers quite a bit
2 dunks and a jumper from the Detroit bigs. Let’s tighten up.
NICE FINISH MOBLEY
We need some air balls from Nerlens
WHAT A PASS CARIS JA EASY MONEY
damn Duren just beasted on Tower City
That kid has something
has a chance to become a Jarrett Allen-type of player
NICE STEAL CARIS! JA YOU GOTTA MAKE THAT
Lakers/Jazz/Timberwolves done.
LA Gets: DeRo, Beasley, Vanderbilt.
Jazz get: Westbrook, 1st rd pick
Wolves get: Conley Jr, 2nd.
Rumor has it Lakers were gonna send Russ home if they could not trade him.
brad is a great hoops commentator.. smooth, knows of what he speaks and deep roots.. i dig him..
NEED TO KEEP OUR DEFENSIVE PRESSURE // KEEP OUR FOCUS — ENERGY— HOPEFULLY CEDI // CARIS “ START COOKING 🥘 “
NO LOVE STILL INJURED OR GETTING “ NO LOVE “ FROM JB
Word is he and JB had theta,k. He’s currently out of the rotation.
Wade and Stevens are both ahead of him now.
12th man at present.
Well, we lost that quarter. But up 11 with no DG or Spida and Cedi/LeVert 1 for 12? I will take that.
IDK if we can hold on or not, but great effort so far. Allen has been fantastic.
Cedi 0/5. LeVert 1/7. Everyone else is rocking
Both those guys are sooooo streaky with shooting. Some nights neither can throw it in the ocean. Both have been blocked tonight as well.
Wade is 0-1 and -4
Lol
Bogey keeps trying to iso Allen on the switch and keeps getting stonewalled.
JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE WAS AT THE GAME TO HEAR THE ANTHEM. FRIENDS DAUGHTER SANG IT APPRECIATE ANY FEEDBACK 👍
40 out of our 51 points in the paint
CARIS TO MOBLEY WHAT A PLAY!
WTF was that, Caris?
KOBE ASSIST #2 GREAT HUSTLE JA!
JA off the Hook!
Ooto fail
Mobley definitely lost some focus
Allen has been legit tonight.
Bogey trade deadline audition
“deliterious!” Daugherty showing off that Tar Heel education!
Mobley doing too much.
REFBALLED. The refs are making it a game.
Wade should’ve shot that. Neto saved that possession with a gorgeous finger roll.
Four. Bogey cooking.
Bogey starting to cook. That FT got him going. 3 scores in a row for Detroit.
23-15 Pistons in this quarter.. in the last 5 minutes we have been outscored 13-6.
NETO SAVES THE DAY!!!
Getting a little sloppy. Need a timeout.
CALL THE FOUL REF MOBLEY GOT SLAPPED
NO LOVE AT ALL IS THERE ANYTHING TO READ INTO THIS ENJOY THE 14. ASSISTS ALREADY NEED TO MAKE OUR SHOTS
That’s a bad call
HORRIBLE CALL REF GREAT DEFENSE CARIS
Neto such a luxury.
NETO AGENDA VINDICATED
Duren is gonna be good.
LET CARIS COOK
WIN THE GAME WITH DEFENSE
YEAH Cedi a bit too Cedi RN
anyone see what this ice vs neto question was? they were naming nba teams as answers
Need Wade and LeVert to start jacking 3s… only 8 attempts is not enough.
Lineups a crap shoot tonight. No idea if bench or “starters” is going to be better as the game goes on.
Pistons bench much better than starters, mainly cause Hayes is a dumpster fire.
Love the early play, but a long way to go. This could turn into a struggle offensively at any point.
Getting a bit sloppy for sure. Not helping that Cedi is cold
Cedi o-Fer
The 3 second celebration… lol
Hilarious!