Playoff Live Thread (Game 4): Cavs vs Celtics
2024-05-13Whelp. We’ve officially enterest the surreal phase of this playoff series. Donovan Mitchell and Jarrett Allen are out tonight and LeBron James is in (the building). It feels a lot like LeBron attending Z’s jersey retirement ceremony in 2014 with the king in the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, and I’ve been contending for a while that there’s a combo forward sized hole in the Cavs’ roster for a reason.
The whole LeCircus definitely puts a strange spin on this game, and without CPJ or TY Jerome to fill in for DM, it will be up to Caris and Sam Merrill to absorb the minutes. Meanwhile, I hope Evan Mobley has spent the last 48 hours studying how to read double teams and pass out of the post when he gets collapsed in, which was a major reason Boston shut him down in game 3. I also hope the Cavs have been practicing open threes cause they sure missed a bunch, Saturday. With the Cavs auditioning for the king, I expect a weird vibe to lead to Boston playing with their food and the Cavs catching them in a Cavalanche (hopefully). Go Cavs.
Too bad,this game was in play and they couldn’t quite grab it.
Thanks for the to, Joe Mazzulla.
Charitable guy!
Garland triple teamed but Cavs can’t find a way to get an open shot.
You don’t have to guard TT at 23 feet and Ice at the 3pt line either.
Though at least Ice wlis willing to take them. Mobes’ unwillingness to go at Tatum drives me nuts.
Jrue is killing us.
Celtics just make shots when they need them, its crazy.
Oh nokoro back in
So we got it down to 4 78-74 with 3:39 left.. and then this happened in the last
Holiday made 3 + 2
Struss missed layup
Leads to a transition Hauser layup +2
DG pull up jump shot +2
Horford missed 3
DG Layip +2
Caris foul on Pritchard +2 (easy free points)
Mobley lost the ball / Holiday steal – no FGA
Pritchard 3pt shot (tough) +3
Sam missed 3 – should have been a foul
10-4 run by Boston
That is not a foul. High five is clean. Anthony is right.
Get wrecked dude it didnt start as a high 5
Correct. He high-fived him after their arms hit each other. It was a clear foul.
Season on the line. Put it all out there, fellas!
Uphill climb. Probably need a few tt mins with some disruptive offensive glass work and we need the three to go down. Celtics have gotten home court style whistles but we are still in this. If we score 105 is think we can win they are anti clutch so far
Man I thought they should’ve gotten a foul call there. Also thought the 2 for-1 was a terrible idea. Cavs haven’t been good in transition but they’ve been good when they can put Horford in p/r. They have to keep doing that and spamming Garland and Mobley.
Im sorry…thats just a foul in any other situation except when its the cavs. Give me a break ref.
Another bad close to a quarter costs them a couple buckets.The difference in the game.
Awful close to the quarter. Refs are not helping us.
I love the fight. DG & Mobes better.
Merrill 100% fouled there!
I hate complaining about refs but we really can’t get a call. Ay yi yi!
Bad end to the 3rd.
WTF are u doing, Caris!?
Wade should’ve shot that the first time.
And Garland should’ve given him the easy swing pass.
Lavert has the worst situational awareness
Keep putting Horford in p r
Another missed opportunity… leaving Boston get out in transition for easy looks.
Putting Horford in the p r keep doing it.
#Garland is #10 on NBA Trending on Twitter.
Why?
Strus is just so bad at the rim.
Holiday so deadly
Garland has a open layup, in the bonus and he runs back out to chuck a 3
Great play Mobley. Fell that oaf.
Bad take by Max but I like the energy.
So we are 5/6 from the restricted are and still jacking up 3’s (1-7) (Caris 1-3, Okoro 0-2, Strus 0-1)
2 open Ice 3s the difference. Stay connected, keep pushing
The secret of this playoffs is Steroid Kornet has been light years better than Horford.
It sucks.
Why is he ‘Steroid’ Kornet?
I don’t know why, but I hate Jalen Brown
Probably because he’s devoid of human emotion and grabs people’s feet to trip them
I think Tatum’s the bigger dork.
Wtf are we doing?
Nothing new.. dribble dribble….shoot a jacked up 3…
Argh
Celtics flopped their way to the bonus.
7-0 run by the Celtics…. before that Jack 3 from Caris… just horrible offense… we need to stop fouling… at least drive to get some fouls on Boston.
Caris doing his best JR Smith impression
The most Caris possession ever.
I think Okoro has cost himself at least 5 million dollars a year with this playoff performance
Ah yes, the old arm pin offensive foul, gets called on the defense. Of course. Screw Brown.
They’re leaving Okoro wide open on purpose. Get him off the floor. He’s demoralizing the team.
JB how much more do you need to see to get Okoro off the floor?
On cue….
Gah Okoro
Stop shooting 3s. Drive to the hole.
Good grief, Mobes.
Okoro you have to shoot that!
How many ugly shots in Lavert gonna jack up
Eh. Okoro thee him a grenade. No choice.
We have 3-4 white jerseys in the paint and Brown gets the rebound ? sigh
Darius keeping his dribble instead of jump passing is so key.
We have no one inside for offensive rebounds unless its a long rebound.. miss those easy shots..
Go Cavs!!!!
Good start to the 3rd
Cavs lead!
No need to rush Strus. You have momentum
No that instinct was right. Put the boot in their throats
Cavs in the 3rd:
4/4 in the paint. keep attacking the paint.
There u go ice.
We really miss JA:
Boston in the paint:
12/13 in the restricted area
2/8 the rest of the paint
Cavs in the paint:
6/12 in the restricted area
6/13 the rest of the paint
Mobley gotta be a bit more under control
Just like the last two plays.
Attack AL
Despite Okoro being useless on offense, Caris insisting on bricking threes, and the Cavs not getting a shooting foul all half, the Cavs are in this.
The not getting a shooting foul is sooooo cavs. They are the whipping boys of the refs. Strus’s whining hasnt helped but my gosh can Mobley get at least a ref to watch the game when he goes up? He is thin but getting slapped like a drum
So our last two possessions:
Missed layup by Okoro – blocked
Shot clock turnover
Blocked Garland shot
Boston:
– fast break layup
– Tatum 3…
So instead of getting the lead or staying with 1… we are down 5.
Yeah,wasted possessions.
Holiday Boston’s MVP.
Evan Mobley has to show up the 2nd half and we have to drive
LeVert has to take the foul to give here. So dumb.
Looked like maybe he was trying to…try harder next time. That’s just free money for Boston.
God Okoro has been absolute ass on offense.
Shoves Levert and cries like a bitch he doesn’t get the call. Thanks for the extra point dum dum.
They’ve been scoring on a lot of our live ball turnovers .
Okoro can’t get mass minutes the 2nd half.
Stop passing to okoro
Keeping putting Horford in p/r, but Garland has to take that shot.
They going to let Tatum keep getting away with the push off. If it’s a foul on anyone it’s him
SUCKIT TATUM!!