Live Thread: Cavs @ Celtics
2023-12-12Good evening CtB!
The Cavs are on the banks of the Charles River to take on one of the best teams in the Association, the Boston Celtics, in another potential playoff preview. The Celtics have clearly established themselves as a championship contender, while the Cavs continue to wallow in play-in waters and relative mediocrity. Beating the Celtics in Boston while shorthanded would go a long way to gain some momentum for this year’s squad.
Last year the Cavs actually held their own against Boston, with Caris LeVert playing a key role in beating the Celtics in Boston with a 40 burger alongside another 40 burger from Donovan Mitchell. Dean Wade’s defense was also key in that game, playing nearly 40 minutes defending All-NBA wing Jayson Tatum. Can they replicate such a performance tonight? They’ll need to because Evan Mobley is out, Jarrett Allen has been struggling on defense, and Coach JB Bickerstaff has yet to figure out how to coach a good offense. Yes the odds are stacked against the Cavs, but yours truly trusts in the Donovan Mitchell MVP Agenda.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio, Go Cavs!
Sorry for shouting but PUT IN CPJ
Dean you gotta hit them, mate.
Classic cavs quarter; can’t shoot ourselves and opponent goes nova
So much for the Llama payback game. 3 fouls in 3 minutes
he is definitely getting played off the floor
Llama doing llama things
DG becoming automatic from that range.
Damn Im always annoyed when other coaches use their challenge properly
Felt my blood pressure rising, then I realized I had the Boston commentary team playing. Insufferable Switching over…
They are completely insufferable but I’m stuck with them on streameast
Sorry man
Man I want some CPJ tonight
Missing Mobley badly, but Cavs stand a chance if JA keeps out of foul trouble. Stick with it.
llama sighting
Boston rubbing the Cavs noses in it now putting in Llama
This is fine *house on fire*
Dumb
Dumber
I have a dissapointed feeling already
Mitchell kind of exists in his own little world this season. Does not get any one else involved
Need Dg and Mitchell to be on tonight to have any chance
Seems like it should have been a carry on Mitchell
Nm. Ball got knocked out of his hands
Same game so just keep the same LT right?
Right on.
HAVE POSTED RECENTLY THE SAME ——PACERS/ MAGIC/ NETS HAVE IMPROVED MORE THAN THE CAVS/ NO “ GIMME “ GAMES ANYMORE/ EACH LOSS IS CRUCIAL IN THE PLAYOFF POSITIONING/ ENJOY—SUPPORT THE CAVS ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE “ HITTING ON ALL CYLINDERS “ BUT REALISTICALLY WITH HOW TOUGH THE CONFERENCE IS -DO NOT FORSEE A DEEP PLAYOFF RUN—————PLEASE PROVE ME WRONG CAVS
I feel like overall the league is better this year. At least, most the teams the Cavs have actually played are better. There are fewer teams tanking (no Wemby), and formerly rebuilding teams like Orlando and Indiana are good now. This is the problem with DG and Mobley not getting to All Star levels. If they are just “good” players then the Cavs will be hard pressed to be an elite team. Both can have All Star games but on average aren’t quite there. The fact that Okoro isn’t even a starter is unfortunate, given how much they invested in… Read more »
The Knicks waive Dylan Windler.
So…genuine question. Are we stacked with talent and not playing to our strengths? (Spoiler for my opinion is mostly yes)
Or are we incredibly flawed/overrated and the last few seasons of improvement and growth were a slight mirage? (My only hesitation here is the mitchell addition being complicated initially)
Missing Mobley would be easier to blame for the two most recent losses if we were actually running a ton of our offense through him. At present im pretty sure he is thriving this year in spite of being basically ignored.
not sure how much blame is deserved for losing to arguably the best team on their court on the second night of a back to back.
im honestly inclined to say we just aren’t as good as we thought. Think about it. DG and DM are both dynamic offensively but not so much on D. Mobley is a defensive beast but has a long ways to go in order to be an offensive hub, someone who can be relied upon to actually create offense instead of just finishing possessions. Allen is also good on D but is similarly limited on O. Those are our best 4 players and the fit is somewhat uneven (too duplicitous). I think we will win around 45-50 games again but I… Read more »
I also worry about that. Far from being at a dead end, but some changes might be called for.
Cavs now a 9th seed.
Sounds like Klay didn’t enjoy being benched in the 4th. It’s probably wrong to enjoy this so much.
I mean, Boston has the best record in the league, has a very good team of established stars, and was playing at home. We were on the road with no rest, and gave them all they could handle.
I hear ya.
was there any reason for the FT disparity? or standard Boston homer?
Boston consistently took it to the cup aggressively. We mostly passed it around the perimeter and just didn’t attack into their bodies.
That, and a little homecooking for sure
Yeah that’s basically it. A lot of Garlands attacks were to 8 foot floaters
None of the bigs rebounded, got outrebounded by 10. Niang and Okoro disaster class… lose by 7. Great game by SpidaLand, needed Mobley’s rebounding and defense.
Too bad we finally had a decent 3 pt shooting nite at 42%, but got matched by the Celtics. Somehow, and it doesn’t feel like it most nights, we are still 12th best in OPP 3pt % at 35.8%.
Strus, Spida and DG can all knock ’em down with the best.
Over to Lakers mavs
Would love to stay online and watch it, I have to bounce though. Enjoyable game, later all
6/8 free throws vs 26/26 free throws. Oof
wtf?
Too bad JA was taking a majority of our FTs. He missed half of them. JB needs to practice flopping tomorrow. Maybe turn Okoro into a flopper?!
That’s about the only option left to him
Well shit! They played pretty well but got royally hosed by the Boston refs.
How do you not call timeout with LeVert on the floor there
Yet another Cavs turnover.
Last chance salloon
Agh turnover. Game.
Can’t miss those shots.
JA!!!! YES!!!
Ballgame. Just can’t overcome Celtics, JB, and refs.
DG shutting the crowd up
I hate that pinhead Derrick White
Caris gotta shoot that.
The Celts are a couple of Zinger flops away from winning this.
Suck it Tatum.
Investigate the refs
Im surprised Porzingas survived that contact.
😂
Portzingas flopping all over the place
8 Cavs FT vs 24 Celts FT – screw job by the refs
Man it has been tough on that front; and the Celtics are shooting near perfect from the line, and over 40% on 3, its pretty tough to win a game like that
Put TT back in.
Cavs playing 5-on-8
Weak foul call against Allen
OK I think Okoro minutes are over; now just need to wrap up these Niang minutes and see if we have enough in the tank on the B2B to make some shots
Nice hustle Spida.
Damn, would be nice to win this one. Stick with it Cavs!!!
TT take us back
NBA CHAMPION TRISTAN THOMPSON OWNS BOSTON
I can’t believe TT is playing at this level again.
Man its frustrating getting torched from 3 again. I thought we might have a game where we had a better % for once
Nice work TT!!!
Kick Hauser in the nads
Maybe Okoro will be the odd man out next year like Llama?
Okoro just zero offensive confidence.
I guess there’s a reason why Okoro is being left open. Sigh.
LCC!
LCC
Okoro -15 Niang -14. Okoro has been abysmal.
They’re both straight garbo.
Agreed. Niang is being dragged down by Okoro’s minutes though.
Wow you’re stanning for Niang? What a turn of events! :)
No. That’s how bad Okoro is.
Man. That was a Hella good pass.
DG making some statements here.
LeVert has no lift. .
DG TAKEOVER!!! NOW PLAY SOME DAMN DEFENSE