Playoff Live Thread (Game 1: Cavs @ Celtics)
2024-05-07Welcome to round 2, Cavs fans. Cleveland takes on the NBA’s best regular season team, the Boston Celtics, tonight. No word on a questionable Jarrett Allen yet, but I’m guessing he doesn’t play since he supposedly hasn’t warmed up. No shame in that. A cracked rib is no joke. It’s a shame because the Celtics are missing their starting center, Kristaps Porzingis, likely for the series.
I other injury news, Craig Porter Junior and Dean Wade remain out. The bigger news is how the Cavs plan to compete without Ty Jerome.
For Cleveland, shooting is the key. This won’t be a knock down drag out fight like it was against the Magic. Cleveland likely has to score at least 110 points to win, as Boston averaged 108 in their series against Miami. If Sam Merrill is glued to the bench, expect a short series. I expect Morris to continue to replace Niang in the rotation, as Georges was unplayable against Orlando. We’ll see how much the Cavs have in the tank after a game 7, and we’ll see how much Boston misses the Zinger. I’m calling Cleveland in six. Go Cavs.
Mitchell. What. A. Shot!
I like the Cavs are battling here. They may lose tonight, but they haven’t rolled over. If the Celtics could cool down for a minute, the Cavs could get in this.
Without Mitchell we would be down 30+
If only we had a player that can make shots besides 1-2 players.
Tough shot white. I think you gotta touch him up out there.
Strus should really be a bench player. He’s been fairly bad in the playoffs.
White almost literally never misses.
White vs Strus is the difference, in this game at least.
Yeah
White
27 min
25 pts , 9-15 FG, 7-11 3PT
Strus
29 min
5 points , 2-7 FG, 1-5 3PT
White is the killer tonight.
WTF? Derrick White can’t miss from 3
They are really pushing sports betting.. real annoying.
Mitchell so good.
Nice roll tt
Did they just call TT a former Celtic? When did that happen?
Yeah, that’s where he picked up his PED habit
Apparently.
TT!!!!
Boston collapses the minute you touch them.
20-9 run by the Celtics.
Strus gotta hit that.
Gotta use the glass Evan. Just not quite there with left hand. But he’ll get there.
Probably should have someone other than DG guard Whotw
I’m not that impressed with the Celtics. I think the Knicks can beat them.
Agree
Fucking Celtics.
And Garland takes another shot to the face
If Boston are only 10 up at the change, they should be worried.
It’s ok, keep shooting Okoro.
How the Celtics don’t score there is a mystery
Cavs defending.
Get a f’ing rebound!
Darius
Would love a run here.
I don’t feel like they have an answer for Jaylen Brown
Maybe not having Garland screen his own guy.
There you go DG
Might want to play White a little tighter from the 3-point line.
Boston 4-4 from 3 this quarter, sigh
Yeesh they just dont miss
Oof. Okoro. Mobley gotta try to score that.
Straight at Horford, damn straight.
Celtics hitting really tough threes. Like the grit the Cavs are showing staying in this.
if garland was able to be a consistent max pro, this would be tied, or perhaps cavs could be up.. going for the jugular slash..
Think Mobley has been instructed to take it to the rack.
I always seems like 1st quarters are high scoring for most teams.
Was CtB down just now, or just to us antipodians?
Be interesting to see how this third goes.
Yea, from 40, to 19.. woud love a 15-20 point quarter for the Celtics and Cavs at 30-40… tie or have a small lead going into the 4th..
The path is open…
Such a douche but wouldn’t wish that upon anyone.
I agree he’s a douche.
Celtic in this 1st half:
1st Quarter: 40 pts
13/24 FG – 54.2%
3-10 3PT – 30%
11-11 FT – 100%
0 turnovers
2nd Quarter: 19 pts
8/25 FG: 32%
3-12 3PT – 25%
0-0 FT
3 turnovers
Big difference, great job Cavs on Defense..
Cavs in the 2nd Quarter:
6/23 = 26.1%
2-10 3PT
Kornet has 8 rebounds (4 O, 4 D) in 12 min
Mobley has 9 rebounds in 16 min.
He’s had a great half.
TT has one rebound out bench has 7 points. Yeesh
Big block though. I think we need some Damian Jones minutes. I know we won’t get them.
But the Celtics bench has only 6… on 3 FG attempts and 4-4 FT
We aren’t taking these guys (they are sort of in first gear) but we putting up a fight and answering runs
Atleast TT saved us with that last block.
Missed layups and refball tough. 22 3s up and only -5 on the glass with Ice at 4
Solid half for as poorly as the Cavs shot and the Boston friendly whistle. I’d consider Damian Jones against Kornet.
3 on Tatum.
Really love how Tatum clears out with his off hand literally every single dribble, and always has, and is never whistled for it. And he has the gall to bitch endlessly about touch foul calls that he doesn’t get.
Should’ve picked up his fourth just dragging someone out of the way to close the half. No call.
We have nobody to rebound inside.. like we really letting Kornet beat us ?
I mean he’s huge and we’re little. Evan has nine boards and a block
Nor does Strus. Or LeVert.
If we had JA, when Mobley contested, JA would have been there to box out Kornet..
Boston generates good shots almost every time.
Okoro does not have the length to bother Brown (or Tatum).
We need to close out the half, only down 10.
WE MISS JA !!!
CAVS “ HIT OR MISS “ OFFENSE——- WHY JB HAS TO GO ——NEED A COACH TO INSTALL// GET SOME SEMBLANCE OF AN OFFENSIVE SCHEME/ CONTINUITY
DG and Mobley are…not terrible, just a wild lid on the rim. Make or miss I guess
Really miss JA. Smoking seven or eight bunnies is not ideal
Mobley needs to work out with the Dream in the offseason.
Mobley has to finish those. Should have been a gimme.
Thats where I miss JA for that easy putbacks and finishes when we go cold on offense.
Anthony is right.
Transition o-board & Mobley does not even look at the rack.
He is WAAAY below average offensively.
Kornet & Pritchard are outplaying Garland & Mobley.
Morris missed a wide open layup.
Garland missed a layup.
Mobes has missed 2-3 easy ones.
If 3 of those 5 go, we are in better shape.
Put TT in to smack Horford around
Strus guarding Horford is a huge mismatch.
Cavs 0-8 FG, 0-3from 3 before Max 3
Cavs’ performance is as bad as the officiating, but still not close to the horrific TNT coverage. Greg Anthony is unlistenable.
DG needs to make shots. Generally fine process just can’t smoke five layups
It’s not even that the Celtics d is that good.
Exactly. Sucks that Allen can’t be there.
Cavs have to be the worst team at running the pick and pop in the association.
Fatigue showing.
Cavs desperately need some sort of offensive system.
It’s basically iso of handoffs leading to iso
Someone who can play with their back to the basket would help as well.
We have zero post up ability. Mitchell a bit. That is it. Mobley cannot even take White.