Live Thread: Cavs @ Hawks
2023-03-28Good evening CtB!
The Cavs have ventured to the Georgia Piedmont to take on the Atlanta Hawks in a classic Eastern Conference clash. The Cavs have all of a sudden found themselves with a tiny shot at the third seed with a recent skid by the Philadelphia 76ers, while the Hawks are jockeying for play-in position. Unfortunately the Cavs will be dealing with a slew of injuries pressing both Lamar Stevens and Caris LeVert into starting duties.
Who are the Hawks statistically? On offense, they play at a fast pace and take care of the ball well mainly because they don’t care much for ball movement. On defense, they largely stink and can be exploited by crashing the glass on offense. The Cavs can find exploits such as finding transition opportunities because Atlanta doesn’t shoot the ball well, and crashing the glass on misses to exploit their lack of rebounding.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, Go Cavs!
Good lord are they getting refballed.
When was the last time Ice missed a game?
And ofcourse Trae gets fouled .. I just knew that was coming.
Challenge, JB.
The silver turd gets another call
Where is Caris?
Boom
How much more can Ricky give em!?
Still enough time to screw the comeback up
lol
SPIDA IS POSSESSED!
Mitchell Hunting Trae! LFG!
Thought Mitchell looked a bit tired on that play, but he still nailed the shot.
DONOVAN!!!!
These damn free throws
Llama luck!
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6 missed FTs
7 missed FTs
Terrible possession and bailed out at the last moment.
What a sequence 😂
IMO that was the best dunk of Mobley’s career so far
Two strides from the top of the key! Dr. J! GIANNIS-LIKE!
No hesitation. That is unlikely to have occurred last season.
Fantastic defensive play by Stevens to steal the ball on that Murray drive.
Nice little run!
Quinn gonna regret using that challenge.
The challenged worked tho
Did it get them points? Can’t remember.
They got a FT
CAVALANNNNNCHE
Mobes slam!
SPIIIIDDAAAA
Good lord Spida!
I’m sorry but no, you win this game if you’re ready for the next level. You lose this game if you’re comfortable losing in the first round.
Makeuo call?
Mitchell is owning Hunter tonight
Spida Wearing Hunter like a cape.
Stevens screwed up that rebound.
10 offensive rebounds by the Hawks
Young 😂😂😂
Needed a good game from someone off the bench tonight. Instead ATL gets it.
Gotta get stops.
Cavs not rebounding at all.
Okongwu killing us!!!!!!
Good Lord, Mitchell.
Strength…
Gotta play Trae for the shot not the pass tonight.
Big triple Ricky.
…
The good news is the Cavs have done fairly well from this position this season…
Nice cut by DG
Ricky!
You love to see it!
Cavs have missed FTs, shots at the rim, the bench hasn’t played good D and not boxed out. Still plenty of time.
Really want ATL and TOR to miss the playoffs this year.. don’t like them at all.
Cavs refballed, Cedi a dud tonight, and Rolo on the bench.
rolo on the bench is right; we just needed something from our bench and got nothin
JB needs to get himself tossed
that foul and tech on levert killed us. what a load of garbage call
Agreed.
Decided I hate Trae et al so much I wouldn’t skip my morning workout. How we doin?
We make any FTs yet?
Yeah.
This is wisdom.
Meh. Missing starters and getting refballed.
🤮
I hate these refs
🤦♂️
This will get reversed
Does JB know he has a challenge?
Lol, Ricky!
Rubio pulling a Trae Young – and of course Atlanta is challenging.
Good job Rubio, out him in the stands.
What kind of crazy overreaction was that Young? Thats not sport. Thats academy awards
Should challenge this.
Ball don’t lie bitch!
Huge triple, Garland.
That’s a foul on Young. I hope Young blows his Achilles.
Absolutely egregious effing walk by Trae.
Cavs finally get a call.
If the Cavs lose this game they are toast in the playoffs. All the tools and none of the heart so far. Allen matters but not this much. Atlanta is a shell of their team last year.
I wouldn’t go that far. They’re missing 2 starters and 3 reserves (although the reserves hardly play).
Missing reserves means nothing on this team. The coach plays 3 of them and sparingly.
It would matter if we were only missing 2 starters
Do not agree. They are missing key people and the lineups are out of sync and they’re on the road. They don’t really need this game.
They need this game so much its crazy. The knicks are almost hand picked to beat them right down to the coach. If we beat the knocks in round one I will be shocked.
Cedi
Woof
Come on
Not sure what Cedi was doing there?
Good lord that’s a bad call. Cavs gotta go to basket to get a makeup. They didn’t.
These refs got money on the Hawks tonight
Refballed!
Good. Lord, Mitchell.
WTF? What was that foul?
Cedi gotta box out. That was pathetic