Live Thread: Cavs @ Mavericks
2015-03-10
Our boys in wine and gold and sometimes blue travel to the land of shotgun shells and chicken fried steak for a matchup with the mighty Mavericks of Dallas. The Mavs beat the brakes off the LeBron-less Cavs at The Q by 29 points in early January. This meeting should be a more competitive bout, as both squads are jockeying for playoff position. Dish.
Moz with 33 minutes, his most in a month.
Perkins is workin it down low. He looks more agile and in control tonight
I think his signing was the most understated championship run piece. He made the thunder a better team this year, he makes the cavs a better team. I honestly worried that we were a mozgov injury away from an earlier then expected playoff exit pre perkins. I wouldn’t count them out now.
All starters are on the bench now. Four of them have 20 points, and Moz has 17.
No brows tried to pull the chair out on Perk…
There we go… looks like Joe Harris has moved ahead of Miller. Good call Blatt!!!
Cavs need to get to 130!
Cols would loose it if that happens.
Did Haywood throw on a Mavs jersey. Oops never mind that’s Charlie V.
Just from his box score it looks as if shumpert is disrupting the mavs all by himself. Mozgov getting minutes. TT not so much.
Very effective minutes without a lot of points. The one bench guy who really contributed tonight.
PERKINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gettin some
Delly just stymied a 4-on-1. It helped that Tyson Chandler was handling the ball.
This seems reminiscent of the blowout against the Wiz following the ASB
Dallas is a far superior team
No doubt… just saying the energy from the Cavs seems similar…
PERKINS WITH THE BASKET!!!! IT”S ALL WORKING!!!
Man he had that ball for like 5 seconds too… refs just didn’t have the heart to call him on it…
HAHAHA… You’re right about that!!!
4 on 1 and Dallas can’t get it done
Shump steals, Love hits Moz at the hoop. That pretty much seals it: 27-point lead with 6 minutes left. James and Irving on the bench.
Love the KLove jump hook. And Moz getting run in the 4th. Are we witnessing Skinny Jeans David Blatt?
Need to get Moz three more points to get all starters to 20+
ANOTHER POST BASKET!!!! HE”S ON FIREEEEE!!!!
This is a total Cols kind of game…
Sit LeBron and Love already…. Rest them…. This road trip is just beginning.
this is insanity. Best Defensive performance they have had all year. BTW, Dallas is an offensive juggernaut
KLove just spit gasoline on Skinny Jeans Kevin Love as he drained that 3 then stole the ball for a pass/dunk via Mozilla.
Kevin loves best game of the season
He’s showed it ALL tonight… K Love not worth a max contract???? HAHAHAHA!
Preach! His energy level has been incredible, his defense on pick’n’rolls has been spot on.
He’s improved greatly on the defensive end over the course of the season.
WOW! Moz is playing in the fourth quarter! WHAT IS GOING ON?!
Rough night/bad matchups for TT.
K LOVE FOR THREEEEEEEE!!!!! LBJ SHARING THE BALL!!!!!!!
Hondo and KJ — the Mayor of Boston
Damn… would’ve been another assist for LBJ, just a little too much juice on that one!
WOW! This is some kinda blowout!!
LBJ JUST READING THE COURT… #SAMSON FOR THREEEEEE!~!!!!!
Not a lot of Delly tonight.
Hasn’t played a good game tonight…. bad matchups for him. Undersized, fast guys.
Sit the big three and let the bench close the game. Cavs bench need to develop some confidence closing games.
KLove! Yeah… Sorry Boston and LA! Better luck next time.
I bet that love might not even listen to other offers when he opts out. If he does. Other thing is lbj might want less minutes so then he can raise his usage. Especially with Kyrie and mozgov on the court.
KLUVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
LBJ CALLING IT FOR K LOVE!!!!! WHAT CHEMISTRY!!! IT”S ARTISTIC!!!
Haven’t been able to follow the game. My AT&T box died. Sad because it looks as if the team is hitting on all cylinders.
That sucks Chemist… Cavs playing beautiful ball since the 2nd quarter. Puttin a hurting on Dallas tonight!
Pretty solid. All 5 starters have at least 15 points. Good D. Mavs have struggled to score since the first quarter.
Bad shot by LeBron. And then general sloppiness. Focus and don’t let them back in.
What kind of shot is that Lebron? stop ruining the momentum
That was the “let me pat my numbers shot”
Heat check… I think it’s forgivable.
The TT watch: He has no points, no rebounds, 1 block, 2 turnovers and 4 fouls in 8 minutes. But he’s still +4.
Carlisle is a great coach but I think he has lost this Mavs team.
Mavs pull a Cavs, turn ball over at the end of the quarter, but JR 3 rims out.
Kyrie is flying!!!!!!!
J.R. is sooooooo awesome.
OMG this is crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BS call on TT by Amare.
What’s up with Thompson – only six minutes tonight – did he get hurt?
Foul trouble and ineffectiveness.
Love converts inside despite uncalled bump by Dirk.
Mavs then turn it over. They’re on the verge of being demoralized. Don’t give them hope!
Pushin the ball again to Kyrie. Man the things we can do with some rest and practice
Bill Simmons can have skinny jeans Kevin Love. We will keep Kevin Love. Eat it Bill!
Bill Simmons is going to be eating a lot of KLove crow soon.
I’m convinced Bill Simmons is th size of my pinky. ESPN just magnifies him so he appears like a short annoying Boston fan.
Love is DOMINATING down low! Four straight possessions!
My sole concern from this game: a continuing trend of not bringing defensive energy to start the game. Needs to be correct if we have finals aspirations – you can’t spot teams a quarter.
Is good that the Cavs are giving Kevin some looks but that last shot he took wasn’t a high percentage shot selection from him.
Okay, end the quarter strong and you may not have to play the fourth.
Oooh. I found it. Love looking great
KLove dominating down low. No way Jefferson can handle him
K LOVE BEASTING IT IN THE POST!!! GOTTA GET HIM TOUCHES DOWN THERE!!!
I absolutely love that Kyrie got him the ball on three straight possessions. Picked up 3 points and a foul. Great stuff. We need to add that element to our offense consistently.
Definitely…. Kyrie is developing even more, and it’s impressive.
Love calls for the ball in the post! Converts jump-hook against Jefferson.
There you go KLove!
Yeesss! This is the energy and focus they need to win in the road. By the way Spurs have been smoking hot up late let’s hope the Cavs bring this effort to that game.
That baseline seal to get Love the ball under the basket (nice pass by Kyrie) was great. Love’s spin move to get to the line was even sweet!
That was a great post look for Love… played the mismatch there.
Three straight possessions with Kyrie getting it to Love down low for a one-on-one for Kevin.
Love it!!
Kevin Love just killed those birds!
Need to get Kevin a bucket before the 4th. I want all five starters in double figures by the end of the 3rd Q!
Got it!
Two straight possessions down low to Love. Beautiful.
Defense is clamping down hardcore…. fantastic play on that end…. Sharing the ball on the offensive end and running out for easy offense. A clinic since the 2nd quarter.
I can’t frt the game. Are we killing it like the score says!!
You shouldn’t fart games. I don’t care how big you butt is.
Way to reward the big guy. Mozgov and Love combine for a block on Amare at one end, then JR feeds Moz at the other end, who converts in traffic.
Totally agree… encourages big guys to run the floor, keep rewarding them!
Great ball being played right now. Amazing team defense with weak side help and then pushing the ball in transition
Beat me to it, LAND, totally agree.
We are absolutely destroying a team fighting for the 3 seed in the West, and only 5 back from Memphis for the 2 seed.
On the road.
We are phenomenal. And only room to improve.
cavs are just rolling along here….the fouls are ridiculous for both sides but dallas really getting rattled
Kevin Love: Hi I’m Kevin Love.
Skinny Jeans Kevin Love: And I’m Skinny Jeans Kevin Love
Kevin Love: I like to play basketball.
Skinny Jeans Kevin Love: And I like to moonwalk. (Kevin Love moonwalks off the court in skinny jeans).
Haha, this is great
JR so smooth. Went right at Harris on the break and laid it in as if he wasn’t there.
Refs have had enough. But if that was a tech where is the FT?
Maybe it was just a talking-to.
3 fouls on Moz. Careful, big guy. You’re the man tonight.
He’s got three fouls to spare still with only about 10 more minutes max to play. I say stay agressive. You can’t keep them after the game.