Live Thread: Cavs @ Pelicans
2023-02-10Good evening CtB!
The Cavs have traversed south to the Mississippi River Delta to take on the New Orleans Pelicans in a primetime, national televised affair. The Cavs are in the midst of their first winning streak in a month and are making their postseason push to possibly nab that third seed in the Eastern Conference. The Pelicans have been in free fall down the Western Conference standings since the injury to Zion Williamson. They desperately need any win they can get to stay within shooting distance of the top 6 seeds in the West.
Taking a look at the Pels’ numbers on the season, what stands out is that they’re a better defensive team (7th in defensive rating) than offensive (12th in offensive rating) team. On offense, they like to move the ball and crash the glass, so limiting second chance opportunities should be a point of emphasis. They can be prone to turnovers so the Cavs would do well to disrupt passing lanes and steal some easy buckets against this tough defense.
No Ricky tonight. No Zion, Dyson Daniels, and Josh Richardson is still en route to the Pels. Bet accordingly.
#Cavs will roll with their same starting lineup until there is a reason to change it.
Darius Garland. Donovan Mitchell. Isaac Okoro. Evan Mobley. Jarrett Allen.
Ricky Rubio is OUT because of injury maintenance. The person taking his minutes tonight will depend on game flow
— Chris Fedor (@ChrisFedor) February 11, 2023
Tip off is scheduled for 10:00PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on ESPN, Go Cavs!
CJ McCollum in 2-8 for 8pts. nICE defense.
Took a dip in the hot tub
How was the third?
NOLA working their way back
A little
I meant second. Cavs look like they’re managing ok.
Condensation on the floor. The levy broke again!
15-10 FOULS INVESTIGATE THESE REFS
What was EG’s name for Ingram?
Garland with another 2
Moving and shooting so smoothly.
HOLY SHIT WHAT A SHOT DG
THANK YOU DG!
DG3!!!!!!
Sloppy start. 3 on Allen.
Okoro got jacked in the face
6 dimes for Caris.
I won’t trust we have this game until the clock clicks zero with us having a lead.
We were up by 20 last year on them & lost.
Exactly! Expect the Willie Green dirty d to kick in’
That may have been the best offensive half I’ve seen from us. Brilliant stuff. Ball movement. Cuts. Big at the FT line.
Awesome.
trying to decide if i should stay up for second half. either we win it comfortably or we choke – not sure i need to see either
I honestly have a hard time sleeping if the game is late and close
Stay up!
Hahahah I forgot that’s what Evan sounds like. So high pitched!
Wait until he hits puberty, he’ll be unstoppable
Lol he has that Cali lilt to his voice too. Quite euphonious
His interviews and commercials are endearingly dorky.
Unreal that the Cavs haven’t won here since 2010.
Hope thatcends tonight. We CAVALANCHED them in the first half last year & were up by 20+, and they came all the way back & won.
I am not counting any chickens. .
That’s not a foul! Good lord!
Ingram elbows Wade in the face and gets FTs.
That call was total bullshit. Fuck you JJ
What a half!!!!
Horrible call
Really good first half!
God they’re moving the ball so well
I’d love to know how big of a rotation other coaches run?
9-10 guys is the norm for the regular season. 8-9 for POs.
With Rubio out, JB is just gonna plat LeVert as a guard more and let Ice & Cedi split the SF minutes.
These guys do not have that much experience together. Let the guys in the PO ritation develop some chemistry. Plus, they are cooking tonight. Let em cook.
Pels getting goung from behind the line.
Still up 17.
Anyone notice Ice finished that break with his left?
he’s ambidextrous IIRC,
Pels hitting every deep 3 and still can’t keep up
JJ full of shit, I’d take the Cavs roster any day baby!!!!
I AGREE GO CAVS
Zion makes a difference. They have longer wings.
Yeah but you relying on Zion ????
You show them ICE.
Good timeout JB, Cavs loafing it on defense cuz their offense can’t be stopped.
They’re exhausted from shooting drills… haha
THATS RIGHT LETS GOOOOOOOO
They are about to start doing the bottle toss challenge on the sidelines again.
CARIS TO ICE FOR THREE!!!
Heckuva pass
They cannot stop the Cavs scoring. This is delicious.
WHAT A PASS SPIDA
Wade two good looks just gotta keep firing
JB def talked to him cuz he’s been hesitant
GREAT HUSTLE AND PASS CARIS!
Good discipline by Wade on D
Well that could have gone better
Screwed the pooch on that 2 v 1
LMFAO DG is +15 in 7 minutes of action, SCREW YOU REFS
JV just throwing moving picks all over the floor. What a goon
Such a goon!
SPIDA GIVING THEM THE RAT BUSINESS BACK LOVE IT
HELL YEAH HE IS LMFAO
Mobley’s defensive hands and timing are HOF
What a finish by Mitchell!
SPIDA WITH SOME MVP SHIT LETS FUCKING GOOO
Holy Smokes Spida!!!
CARIS IS COOKING
CARIS / MOBLEY PNR >>>>>>>>>>
where is neto
Use Neto! Free Neto!
THESE REFS ARE TRASH AND CJ IS A RAT
No doubt weak whistles
Wade got away with a foul underneath.
Dumb 3rd foul by Garland.
Never shouod have happened. The tie up was BS.
I’d love someone to smash Valanciunus in the face
Then they call DG. fuck these refs
How can that be a held ball lol
Use Neto JB
FWIW, I am nor seeing Saric listed on the OKC bench in their game.
How the fu#k is that not a foul???
Dumb foul, DG…
Lame lame lame
Y the Mobley block OHMY
That seemed like a foul on LeVert
LET CARIS COOK WHAT A PASS
Man, Cavs are playing well…
Cavalanche??
Damn DG3!!!
MOBLEY MAKING THE LEAP ON OFFENSE
Yessir
Not too shabby on defense either
Terrible foul by Levert there
Is New Orleans challenging something?
Mobley went by V like his feet were stuck in the mud
Mobley is a goddamn beast on defense. Genius level anticipation