Live Thread: Cavs vs Pistons
2023-03-04The Cavs look to make up for a frustrating loss to the Celtics where they looked outclassed (despite the misleading final score). They take on the moribund Detroit Pistons who are missing most of their good players. Isaiah Stewart, Alec Burks, Jalen Duren, and Bojan Bogdanovich are all out for the Pistons, while the Cavs have no one in the injury report. If they were smart, they’d give Spida Mitchell the night off to protect his oft injured groin, but the Cavs aren’t. Donovan will play on his bobble head night.
Cleveland hasn’t beaten a good, healthy team in 2023, and that won’t change tonight. The Pistons are bad even when healthy.
I’d love to see if Danny Green and Sam Merrill can give the Cavs anything or if the Cavs can find an effective third big, but I’d be happy to see them just avoid laying an egg and get back to a sane and sustainable rotation. We’ll see if that happens.
THEY JUST SAID SPIDA COULD RETURN. HE BETTER NOT. BUT THAT IS ENCOURAGING
Agree !!!
Mitchell is probable to return
https://twitter.com/tony_pesta/status/1632201733941215234?s=46&t=roJA9YlQKnohPZsrfZVAeQ
I don’t think he broke it, i think he dislocated it.
I love Twitter doctors!
POSSIBLY SEE A MERRILL //GREEN SIGHTING
Every Cav not named Ricky or Darius runs fast breaks like Collin Sexton.
Stevens doesn’t pass to Cedi… Four point miss.
GIVE THE BALL UP STEVENS CMON MAN
OK. Let’s get Dean Wade going.
10 shots minimum this quarter for sure
Cavs 16/20 quarter.. Pistons 7/17..
Cedi is gonna get benched for 4 games for missing that 3
DONT U GIVE JB ANY IDEAS!!!!
I’m predicting the inevitable
THANK YOU NATE
Someone passes to Osman. run the motion offense!
Someone finally passed to cedi.
Like Caris hitting these catch and shoot looks.
Lol. Ricky found someone older than he is to stop.
LMFAOOOOOOOOO
Caris canning 3’s!
PURE
The fact that JB and the entire team didnt know they were at the top of the list in double digit wins until Serena told them makes me immediately roll my eyes so hard I sprain them
Hope you’re available for Boston game.
Will have to join by radio lol
Lol. You and Gordon Gund.
So weird how jo one passes to Cedi.
Mitchell is back on the bench with his fingers taped up
no chance he’s coming back and he might be out a couple of games.
hopefully he doesn’t need surgery/
With close to a 30 point lead. No need to bring Mitchell back in. Which means JB will make him play all 12 minutes of the 4th.
3rd quarter been super smooth, Cavs showing the difference now. Hope it’s good news for DM
Any update on Mitchell?
go look at Ben Cox retweets, there’s a pic there but i’m not posting it here it’s disgusting LMFAO
Just came back. Sure he’s done for the night.
Le3ert!
Nice relocate.
Lol. Ivey took a dive.
Hope it’s not a broken finger.
How long is the recovery time for a dislocated finger?
Depends on finger/ dominant hand.
it was a his left hand, looked like tip of middle finger.
CARIS/JA BROOKLYN MAGIC
LeVert forgot Hayes was a lefty. Been watching Caris’ D cause Ben Werth hates him so much.
Why?
11/14 for Cavs this quarter.
SON OF A BITCH MITCHELL DISLOCATED HIS FINGER
THE TIP OF IT GOT DAMMIT
Huh? How do you know?
because i saw the replay and the tip of the finger was crooked LMFAO
Sigh … 😔😔😔🙏🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽
Put those fingers back together!
Mitchell should have passed that ball on the break.. hope it isn’t serious..
Spida. Second time he got hit in the abs.
Great Mitchell is injured
Mark Price: one of the all time great second rounders, and possibly best NBA player not in the HOF.
Cavs are opening a can of whoop-ass!
Like one of those mini cans. Maybe more like a fruit cup.
Opening a can of ass-fruit!
Lol that’s a take !
Uh…
LMFAOOOOOOOO
LETS GOOOO SPIDALAND TAKEOVER
We’ve covered the spread
DG3!!!!!!!
Woof. Okoro
Just slow down. You’re up 14.
Looked like an offensive foul on Wiseman
CMON PUNISH THEM
Wow. Allen got up there!
DG/Spida iso every play screw it
THANK YOU COACH BUCK!!! KEEPING IT 100, PASS THE DAMN BALL TO OPEN SHOOTER, ITS JB’S FAULT FOR NOT PLAYING THE RIGHT GUY
SO WE LET KLOVE WALK AND HE IS STARTING FOR THE HEAT AND PICK UP GREEN AND HE CAN T GET ON FLOOR
LMFAOOO THATS RIGHT!
The Pistons announcers are terrible. Play by play guy is sooo dry
Glad I have the Bally broadcast
SO TRUE SIMMO WHICH IS SO FRUSTRATING THE REAL GOOD TEAMS HAVE THAT “ KILLER INSTINCT “ GIVE YOU NO CHANCE TO GET ANY CONFIDENCE OF WINNING// COMPETING
Tired of this team playing down. Very few examples of killer instinct this season.
I ALWAYS TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT CLF 👍🍺👍🍺👌🍺👍🍺
CLF DO YOU THINK DWADE WILL SNAP OUT OF HIS “ FUNK “- —YOU SEEM TO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT HE WILL —-HOPE YOU ARE CORRECT
I know he’ll need more than 3 minutes of playing time to get back on track… and he’s still 37% on the year, JB needs to get his head out of his ass.
He plays d no matter what. He has zero Consistency in is role and isnt a veteran so it makes sense he is wildly inconsistent offensively where rhythm makes a bigger difference. Should have tried to keep Love if we arent gonna play him?
yup, similar to the Terance Mann situation for the Clippers, plays well with the starters, sucks with the bench because he’s expected to do more.
Game has changed to 3 heavy since Iggy’s debut…llama has a similar skill set as young Iggy did when he came into the league…albeit a couple levels lower. Llama would have fit in with the 2004-2007 era better
AGREE SCOTCH PISTONS APPEAR TO BE THE TEAM FIGHTING FOR PLAYOFF POSITIONING WTF CAVS HAVE SOME PRIDE GET A FIRE LIT
Up 9 with as bad as we’ve played… I’ll take it !
Amen
Thank goodness Detroit is the worst team in the NBA LMFAOOOOO
I wish Spida made that shot… he had so many moves to get open. I was just like ohhhh
Llama dawg dunk!
CLF NOT TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT// KNOW THEY AREN T ON THE BENCH// JUST THINKING OF POSSIBLY IN THE FUTURE———“ FRIGGIN MORE 🍺 PLEASE “
No chance they’re gonna play this late in the season unless they’re load managing.
Shocked Stevens made that tough dunk
That was nice. NGL.
LLAMA!!!!!!!
Yikes. Dont let this team hang around in the 3rd…they want this one more than we do at the moment.
Evan’s turnovers are just dumb sometimes.
Mobley 🤦♂️
SO WITH WADE SUCKING WHY NOT TRY WINDLER OR / 3-A -KITE OR “ ELDER “ MOBLEY
None of them are available.
And Wade should play regardless, JB is an idiot
JB missed an obvious challenge on that bogus rip through.
He doesn’t trust the challenges. They have to earn it.
DG back to back absolute bullshit foul calls
DG – that was dumb, man.
That’s an offensive foul!
Ivey just fluttered like a butterfly into DG
BUCKAROO POSTED EARLIER IN THE WEEK ——KEEPING A” LOW PROFILE “ —— HEY BUCKSROO WE NEED / WANT YOUR “ WORDS OF WISDOM “ BACK
Lol Pistons. Cavs should break it open in the 3rd
THATS RIGHT DG LAUNCH THREES
Mobley/Okoro/Stevens front court, JB for prison
Wade has sucked
Cuz he hasn’t played in his normal role and he’s still been infinitely better than those guys in spite of sucking recently.
DG3!!!!