Live Thread: 76ers @ Cavs
2024-02-12Good evening CtB!
The Cavs welcome the Philadelphia 76ers to the shores of Lake Erie for a massive Eastern Conference battle with playoff seeding implications on the line. The Sixers are in freefall post-Joel Embiid injury, after looking like one of the three best teams in the Eastern Conference for much of the season. Can they survive their Embiid-less portion of their season? A win in Cleveland would be a huge boost for them. For the Cavs, it’s about burying the competition. This is a chance for the Cavs to eliminate them from the pursuit of the top three seeds in the Eastern Conference and continue to put together one of the hottest streaks in NBA history. Can the Cavs take care of business? Stay tuned…
Tip off is scheduled for 7:00PM Eastern time and will be broadcast live on Bally Sports Ohio, Go Cavs!
Well, we got a lead, finally. But this is a game.
The starters + Ice and that is it. Niang & Caris with some D late at the end thete.
LeChuck.
Then gets his revenge.
Nice block tho…
Exclamation point to end that quarter!
Wow some gorgeous Georges defense that time
Prediction: The refs call this an offensive foul for the caris leg kick and wipe out the 3
Nope we keep the 3 points
Split the baby.
Geez why bother challenging on the make.. it saves 1 point?
Highest ev challenge. It was solid.
Well even if he wins this review we still get 3 points
🍌🍌🍌🍌
Banana rescinded.
Shame…
At least we aren’t running Niang and Garland together
Get Niang off the floor. Just blew an offensive possession and then a terrible foul and then a tech.
F these refs!
Maybe Georges will get himself ejected 😂
Love Okoro with the hair out. Makes him look taller.
🚙🍌 Banana in the tail pipe…
🍌 🛑
Lmfao
Can’t miss the FTs
You reach… I teach!
Not sure why the Bucks got rid of Payne for Beverly?
Don’t know about that call…
i don’t feel the refs have been very friendly to us this game
urg niang in
Scarey hours
😬
Freebies
JA needs to hit that elbow jumper. He was wide open.
Spida picked that off like a defensive back…
He and Okoro could’ve played yesterday.
LeVert way too deliberate on that drive.
SuperMax!
LeVert misses an easy bunny
Garland gotta make that extra pass to Mitchell at the left wing.
Oubre and Hield are notorious Cavs killers…
Great block, Mobley.
Dig the jerseys!
Yes! Mobes swats Bambi!
Let’s get a CAVALANCHE
Don’t bring me down…. Strus!
Strus and Co.
We’ve got the lead!!!!
Strus is loose!
This looks better… Struuus is looose!
Big shot Garland.o
Max sucks tonight
Damn. Great finish Oubre.
There you go DG!
With tow 7 footers we are getting killed defensively. And it ain’t mobs and Allen fault. It’s the f…king guards.
Play as much Ice as possible…
I think Strus might need a break
Woof. Garland. Blew a four on three.
Darius not a great sequence…
Yeah. They didn’t get the memo at halftime.
The next time the Cavs box out Martin will be the first time…
Hield has some nice finishes tonight.
Reed got some sneaky good moves…
I think we’re just not used to seeing Cavs trail for anything longer than a minute or two 😂
The core four is all playing well offensively but so much playing with food. Reminds me of last year a bit
I think that’s true, the tyranny of expectations.
Is Dean Wade ill with the Super Bowl Fever?
HELL HOW ABOUT SOME CPJ —HE CAN PLAY THE “D” ——OR EVEN ZHAIRRE
Garland playing fantastic though
No he’s not. He’s – 9 and getting roasted by Cam Payne.
Been shooting well, but bad on D.
He’s…not alone in that.
He and Niang have been particularly bad.
Uh. No. Just need to play Okoro more.
Cavs should avoid too much of the Garland/Mobley/Vert/Niang/Merrill lineup in second half…
Yeah. I’d play Okoro or Strus at the backup four before I’d let Niang see the floor.
Missed the first half but only down by 4, so looks manageable.
Vibes weird (Mitchell super efficient but 3 TOs), some miscommunications and slow rotations defensively. But manageable
Sixers shooting the cover off the ball, Cavs turning it over and it’s a four point game. We’re due for a weird and bad loss but not sure Philly has enough
Cavs giving up nearly 60% from the field and 40% from 3. Too bad CPJ is inactive for whatever reason.
Out of two-way games.
Wake up korby put the beer down and type up the contract!!
Lol
Classic Kelly Oubre.
Nice play.
No Dean Wade is the difference tonight thus far…
100% would make a difference on oubre and kj Martin going scrub fuego
Eh. I mean it hurts but. The biggest issue is Niang, Strus, LeVert, and Garland were bad on D.
Hurts the rotations tbh…
Yeah. I just mean the drop-off is steep when Niang plays that poorly.
That was on the floor. Good call. Stop complaining, JB.
Cavs should be pounding the paint and getting these guys in foul trouble…. their tallest starter is like 6’7″
No one can stop Allen.
Yup nor Mobley
I think Reed is close to 7’ but yes…
Listed at 6’9″ but agree with you he Def plays bigger than that with his hops and wingspan.
Max getting cooked.
Oh man. Mitchell has had some ridiculously good passes this half.
Garland jogging back
Cavs getting outplayed and out-coached. Hoping the Starters can close strong.
The end of half play to Garland at the nail was tremendous
Until the cavs decide to play some defense on these scrubs, they’re cruising for one of the worst losses of the season.
It’s a dumb technical but we’ll take it atm.
Sixers playing like a team desperate for a win…
1000% agree
Get that weak stuff outta here!