Live Thread: Cavs @ Pistons
2015-01-27
Detroit drubbed the good guys 103-80 the 28th of December, and tonight Cleveland seeks revenge. Lots has happened for both teams since. Brandon Jennings was lost for the season to an achilles injury last week, and D.J. Augustin started in his stead on Sunday. He scored 35 in 37 minutes against the Raptors, with 77% True Shooting. So shutting him down is a priority. Detroit features balanced scoring (five guys average double features), a dynamic duo of Monroe and Drummond in the middle, glue guy Kyle Singler, and solid coaching from Stan Van Gundy. Hopefully, the Cavs are revenge minded and can shut down the Pistons in the Motor City. Go Cavs!
Holy Cow these refs are just getting worse!
These refs really want the Pistons to win.
Kyrie w the hustle!!!
GREAT drive by Kyrie!
Pistons missing a lot of shots at the rim
Yeah, that and considering all the Pistons turnovers I don’t think they’ll be pointing at this game as anything to be proud of. W is a W though, this is the kind of late January game you aren’t surprised to see go ugly.
Sump cmon man where were you goin?
Cavs have less fast break points than Pistons… how is that possible?
Do something Love, anything
No kidding, he has a huge mismatch on him, and he’s doing nothing about it!
Pistons helped the Cavs out on that bumbled rebound
Thompson too energetic for tired Pistons all of a sudden
GREAT STEAL by Kyrie and AWESOME FLUSH from TT
Of COURSE these refs would call a 5 second back down call….SMH
Love had Tolliver on him, he should’ve posted up there and demand the ball, instead of hang out at the 3 pt line.
He’s either hurt or his confidence is totally shot.
All he does is camp at the three point line. I haven’t seen him touch the ball on the block in multiple games.
Right on Gordon, I think you’re right, he’s gotta be hurtin bad.
Love nonexistent as usual.
Not looking for his own shot AT ALL
After his last miss, LeBron got the board, and Love was limping a little bit.
He just isn’t healthy IMO. Not that he’s ever been a super athletic guy, but it looks like he can barely jump.
Kevin Love MIA in the 4th quarter again.
He looks hobbled out there. I really think his back is an issue.
Nevermind he’s in there.
Still kind of MIA though
But his back is an issue.
Haven’t seen KLove in a while…
Just keep driving and scoring….
Cole tell me you saw Delly make that bucket happen
He made the “JR” play haha!
Cavs now up to 30 threes… making 26% of them… smh
Right past delly as usual.
This is just about over. We have too much firepower.
Either Lebron has Derrick Rose-level tolerance for pain or he’s a bit of a drama queen.
Lebron looks tired out there
Tonight’s the start of a rough stretch of 5 games in 7 nights
Gotta put this Pistons team away with a nice run right now…
Here comes Delly, Nate. Smith ought to come back too and muzzy should spell tt. He is getting killed
Great call Scotch, Nate…. exactly what ought to happen.
Nice D on that lob pass though. Good recovery
Shump’s shot is pretty rusty by the looks of it.
Smith should be shooting instead of Shump.
TT has had some trouble tonight.
Drummond and Monroe are definitely a handful.
But they can’t make FTs so TT should be fouling more…
Big boy fails too. I hope they draw the Hawks if they make the playoffs. That would be a must see series. Drummond and horford. Milsap and Monroe.
Horrible defense on that one
Too much passing. Irving and Lebron need to shoot.
Wasn’t angry with with that one… I’d like to see shump get going.
Kyrie* needs to shoot.
LeBron needs to drive.
Lebron has missed 4 wide open threes in this game. He’s been deadly driving.
Truth, point well taken Gordon.
Oh well, if you’re not going to get your kinks out against an overmatched Pistons team, when are you going to get them out.
Just take the open shot, James!
Ron Jeremy is pissed.
Hedgehog rage!!!!!
My boy said why is his lip hairy?
Andre looked like he hit his funny bone…
LeBron to Kyrie for the transition 3 is one of the most deadly “plays” in the league. If we ran more, we’d see it more.
LBJ finally ended that tipping foolishness and got the rebound!
Not as deadly as the Kyrie to LeBron flush!
Defensive breakdowns… bring Delly back.
Be nice if Bron and starters could get some rest, but he and Kyrie are the only ones hitting shots…
pro fracking commercials make nate smash…
I don’t think I’ve ever seen pro fracking commercials until this week.
Well, try watching International League Pass. Commercial breaks are just “we’ll be right back” blue screens or one of about 3 different highlight packages from around November. Excruciating.
I know. I work with pro frackers and none of them will admit that in 20 years it’s possible we will regret it more than land destruction. The medical system will have a variety of nefarious disease to meet because of ground water contamination.
Cavs should be up by at least 20 right now…
If they’d run more Lebron and Irving ISO they would be.
They have two new starters and three new rotation guys. They need to keep learning to play together.
11 is the new 20
Why are Pistons fans booing? Classless.
That shocks you?
DEEEEETROOOOOOOOIT BAAAAAAASKETBAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!
Delly gets toasted and you guys are giving him credit for fouling?!!!!
He wasn’t the one who got toasted, that was Matrix on the switch.
Where did he get toasted. Marion switched on his guy.
It was a great foul. No way Drummond would get the and 1. Plus delly gives up 8″ and maybe 60 lbs. dude is a bulldog.
You’ve said Delly got “toasted” like 10 times in this game and I think you’ve been wrong every time.
What game are you watching?
And that was a smart foul. Drummond missed both shots. Your Delly hate is ridiculous.
What did LBJ land on? Hopefully not his shoulder…
Nah LeBron is just really great at exaggerating hard falls
That looked especially hard though…
He braced his fall with his wrist.
Great hustle by Lebron.
For once. Then he hurt himself….
lol. 22 4 and 6 so far. Lebron ISO is the best play in the nba
Gotta foul Drummond, TT!!!!
SEE TT?! Delly knows what’s up!
Fantastic foul by delly. No way he would get that shot up
Good to see everyone here on the case!!!
Smart play by Delly to foul Drummond
Yeah, you GOTTA foul these guys! They shoot like 40% from FT
And delly gets toasted. Again.
No answer for Lebron. How do you guys type and watch. This is hard work.
It’s not easy… takes practice..
Was about to ask if you’re drunk. But prob just typing on phone
Well, we know that Cols can get up to 300% more beer at his local joint…
Delly defended three guys on that possession and got the rebound.
Phil called it before, getting him in there for his D.
Cols in full on Delly troll mode….
After blowing a lay up. Hirrible
Stupid pass by bron.
yeah that was a good defensive stance by Delly
It’s awesome to have Lebron on the Cavs and my fantasy team.
Likewise for me and Kyrie….
Mozgov battling and nice bucket from LBJ!
Lebron. All dAy ISO. All day.
And delly blows another one.
That’s Bron’s fault. Dumb pass.
Ugh Delly you’ve gotta catch that.
I’m sure CtB will find a reason that this win doesn’t matter. By man do we have talent.
Nice to see only 4 to’s vs. 13 spills by the Pistons.
Time for Blatt to put in Delly to D up on DJ.
Agreed Phil… He can rough him up a little bit for goodness’ sake!
Geez the helleen Kia girl needs a samich.
We shoot too well from outside to NOT take this many 3s… at least in the regular season against inferior opponents
But not at a 30% clip. At this rate, they’re going to have 35-40 for the game…
I think what coolshah means is that they can heat up in an instant, especially JR.
They FINALLY get the ball away from Augustin… and it rolls to Greg Monroe for the uncontested dunk…
YOU CAN’T DODGE BULLETS IN THE MATRIX!
Someone needs to punch Augustine.
I would volunteer if I was in Detroit… it would be worth the night in jail and lawsuit ;)
Grat defense going on.
The officiating has been pretty horrible.
Mozgov makes this team so much better. Blocks, presence, tip in, dunks, and those little AV-esque tip outs for extra possessions.
He’s awesome for this team.
Yep. They could look for him on offense a little more.
And JR gets his first three. Pistons are toast.
“And the quarterback is TOAST!” Die Hard memories…
JR SWISH IS BACK!!!
JR is heating up.
Drummond Walked before that banker.
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDDING ME??????
Read my mind, EG!
Cavs up 14. Don’t get a tech.
Lmao Nate. Nice.
WTF? This is DJ Augustine….
Love and Moz really have that two man game down…