Live Thread: Cavs @ Nets
2023-03-21Good evening CtB!
The Cavs have traversed to the banks of the East River to take on the Brooklyn Nets in yet another nationally televised primetime showcase. The Nets are hanging on for dear life of the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference, and the Cavs are trying to wrap up the fourth seed and secure home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. The stakes are high and the Cavs welcome back Jarrett Allen from his eye injury:
#Cavs Jarrett Allen told me he's still got some blurriness as a result of the right eye injury. But he is good enough to go tonight and his eye looks much better than it did before https://t.co/T4ABfI1LnO
— Chris Fedor (@ChrisFedor) March 21, 2023
Who are the Brooklyn Nets post-KD trade? Not very good, especially on offense. They are ranked 28th in the NBA in offensive rating post-All Star break. Their defense has also taken a hit as well, now a middling defense. They are also ranked 30th in the NBA in defensive and offensive rebound rate. Simply put, they stink. Much like the Heat series, a split at the minimum should be expected, and frankly any loss against this squad should be considered a bad loss. The great teams take care of business, we’ll find out about how great the Cavs are as we come down the stretch.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live regionally on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, and nationally on NBATV, GO CAVS!
CARIS DEFENSE!!!!!!!!!!
My god Caris ! Just too good baby
CARIS TO CEDI!!!!!!!!
Tough shot by Caris to beat the shot clock.
WHAT A CUT AND SHOT CARIS!!!!
Great pass by Mobley to Levert.
Cavs leaving Jarrett to take Claxton 1×1 with mixed results.
I love seeing bench reactions, just shows the love between teammates.
OK. Hot tub time. It’s a hard life.
U GOTTA TIME MACHINE???
Jesus. That could be a flagrant.
Rubio a bit of acting to be sure but doubt this gets overturned
I don’t see how you can overturn that
Donnie feeling himself. Fair enough.
OMG! Mitchell!
With No Regard For Human Life!
And then he hits a 3.
WOW DONNIE BASKETBALL
Donovan. That is all
I was not expecting DM to go up for that!
“Without abiding by rules, we live in chaos” RJ cracks me.
LMFAOOOO
Caris with 2 big 3’s to end the quarter.. we needed each one so bad as those were our only two FG’s in the last 4.5 minutes of the quarter.
Caris haters in piss and shambles baby!!!!
Caris!!!
CARIS LEVERT CLUTCH
Cavs nt getting any calls.
CARIS!!!!
Oh my goodness Caris. Presence of mind.
OH NO MITCHELL FINGER
I feel its either DG gets hit in the head or DM gets hit on his finger lately.
Likelihood of bench minutes dripping rapidly.
so from up 24 to now only up 13… lost that umph.
Only up 15…
Nets have made their last 5 shots.
Cavs need to find Caris more corner looks.
CMON JB GET OKORO OUT YOU WAITED TOO LONG
Tough call on Okoro
MOBLEY TO CARIS!
8-0 run .. we need to start hitting shots..
There ya go!
Big shot Caris!
2 3’s to “cut” the lead to 18… come on we need to score.
Starters feeling it but kind of trading baskets. Let’s see the bench mob.
We have widened the lead by 15 points!
i think he meant last 2-3 possessions
Yes’for sure. Great run but seeming a little winded.
Sorry yeah you right !
Good timeout JB, starting to slack off on defense
DARIUS GARLAND COOKING WITH GAS
Lol yasssss!!!’
My god DG and DM. They’s a problem
THE GAME IS ABOUT A BUCKET
Im listening to RJ on the Nets broadcast.. DM last 3 was “Saucy”
Might switch over, live me some RJ.
Thinking the same thing, just wanna here RJ for a bit
DG EASY MONEY
Donovan with the dagger. Well.. a bit early perhaps.
no ur right LFMAO
DONOVAN MITCHELL >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
FINISH THEM!
JARRETT ALLEN EASY MONEY!
BROOKLYN PANICKING AND IN SHAMBLES
WHAT A PASS SPIDA TO MOBLEY!
It was great!
SPIDA FROM THE BRONX!
Cavs just looking like a much more talented team this quarter. Each guy beating his guy.
NICE PASS OKORO!
GREAT DEFENSE DG LEAK OUT RAGE TIMEOUT JACQUES VAUGHN!
Easy like Sunday morning!
Cooking with gas baby!
DONT SWITCH OKORO STAY ON THE GUARD
GARLAND THE KISS AND THE HARM! TIME TO PULL AWAY!
THERE WE GO OKORO AND JA DEFENSE, LETS SEE MORE ENERGY!
Hello, meet my friend Mr. Jarrett Allen
LEFT HAND FINISH!!!!! MITCHELL’S HAND FEELING BETTER!
Surprised DM got continuation there.
oh boy more Okoro nonsense
WTF DG MAKE A GOOD PASS
Another nuts turnover. What is going on?
That’s a weak TO right there.
Cedi +14 in 12 min
Caris and Evan: +6
Donovan, Rubio: +5
DG and Okoro: 0
JA: -1
Lamar: -5
in a 6 pt game
Cedi 4 rebounds, 3 assists perfect from the field, thank goodness JB gave him more run than Okoro/Stevens
Felt DG rushed that 3 with 30 seconds left.. could have settled down and run the clock. instead gave Nets 24 seconds and Cavs 2 seconds to work with.
Yep
Don’t care I’m taking an open DG 3 10/10 times and they have more than a possession lead, as long as they don’t do that in the 4th quarter it’s fine.
38-25 IN THE 2ND QUARTER, TIME FOR YOU TO BUST OUT NETO AND WADE JB!
21 bench points in the half, pretty solid.. Neto, Wade, Green and Diakite in the 4th.
DG JUST COOKED BRIDGES ISO A LITTLE LINGERIE ON THE DECK!
MOBLEY COOKING NOW
BIG TO BIG THE TOILET IS UNCLOGGED!