Live Thread: Cavs @ Kings
2016-03-09As bad as things may seem at times, with the Cavaliers lack of focus and myriad excuses for falling short of greatness, it’s important to remember that it’s barely been two years since the Cavaliers lost 124-80 to the Hapless Kings. What’s even stranger is that they led the game 32-30 after the first quarter. This game was one of the four low points of the #seasonofHuh. Akron-Beacon Journal Beat Writer Jason Lloyd threw some shade after the game:
They’re just too soft. Under no circumstance should the Kings beat any team in the NBA by 44 points. They’re the freaking Kings!
It was the Kings 3rd largest margin of victory in the history of their franchise, which extends all the way back to the Rochester Royals and the founding of the NBA, a full decade before moving to Cincinnati where The Big O tripled doubled all over the Queen City.
So, the Cavs were on the receiving end of something historic. Tony Allen knows all about that.
Let’s hope DeMarcus Cousins says something mean about LeBron’s fortune cookie tweets or something, anything, to light a fire under our boys’ behinds.
Let’s also hope that fine gentleman Rajon Rondo of BrokenJumperShire is forced to hoist instead of waltzing through the lane with his monoCLE.
I might pick JR 2nd on this team in a game
Just spin the wheel and whoever it lands on is called for the foul.
KYRIE!!
Resistance is futile!
Usually the refs call fouls in a chippy game to get it under control, but this is the first time I’ve seen refs so inept that the players frustration with the calls made the game chippy…
Wow what a joke these guys are. Boogie stared down the ref while shoving love lol. He wanted it
GREAT second effort JR!
Bullshit. They just didn’t want to eject him.
So after all that… nothing? What’s the point?
Thanks for wasting our time refs!
Why would you take that 3 james? Everyone knows what you were going to do 10 seconds before you jacked that shot up.
Everyone knew Lebron was taking that bricked three. Ugh. Lue should bench him for a full minute
That’s a tech, not a flagrant. But a tech would get him ejected.
Flagrant 1 on Boogie for shoving Love!
You have to cut off cousins’ momentum before getting going towards the basket chuck the roller!
If Boogie is gonna miss his throws… keep putting him at the line…
Andy would have gotten cousins ejected 10 minutes ago.
I remember some guys considering a Love-Cousins swap….
TT is amazing tonight and has been so much better at free throws for awhile now. Let’s step on the throat now
Shocked the Cavs haven’t tried Kaun on Cousins before now. Only guy with the bulk to play him.
Kings have just terrible discipline.
The Kings will be way better defensively if only Cousins learns how to let it go..
TT has been a BEAST!!!
Wow. Cousins is just a late game meltdown waiting to happen. Too funny.
https://twitter.com/TeedUpKirk/status/707795610989105153
Thank GOD for TT!!
Cavs are in a great position to take a charge from boogie. Andy would get him fouled out in two possessions
These refs are a joke…
Cousins has needed leadership for his entire career.
Get Ky in now…
This is the kind of situation where mental focus is important. This type of stuff comes up in the playoffs all the time when the intensity is raised.
I refuse to come off my prediction that we win it all, but man, I’d really like to see more signs they can do it.
Zero respect for these refs. Have been inconsistent as crap. Bron loved taking that shot lol
Tech for Boogie! Delly shoots it!
BIG three tho…
WTF LBJ?
Cavs just flailing On D
Have to defend Cousins with a double team
These refs need to get let go!
Cavs letting the poor officiating get to them…
Lue just got called for a tech for calling a play?
This is a fun game, but defense really needs to get cleaned up by the playoffs. I don’t know what Lue is doing. I can’t decide if Blatt was creating the defense and letting lue run it, or Lue was running it and now he’s not because he’s got too much other stuff to do, but its really gone down hill since the coaching change.
I bet Griffin has an idea of why the defense has changed so much. Perhaps he could offer a constructive suggestion to Lue to try retore the status quo ante as much as possible.
I think Blatt just gave Lue credit for his D
Great anticipation by Delly.
Great pass, Delly. Cavs in bonus the rest of the way.
Ky on fire now…
Russell Westbrook with 20 assists tonight!
and a triple double
That dude is ridiculous. He’s the closest thing to Jordan we’ve seen since Mike. They’re different styles, but that mind set and athleticism. As much as we praise him, I don’t think he gets enough credit for what he brings every single night.
Dude folds in big games much more often than Jordan.
I’ve definitely heard that before and there’s some truth to it.
I like how he plays with anger…. if he could just be a bit more selective on his shots,
Yeah, he’s over confident a bit, especially with a guy like KD on his team, but man, he just brings so much on both ends of the floor. He exhausts the opposition every night.
Yes sir… preach it!
Frye has to make those…
Heat check… ugh…
I don’t mind long shots like that, but they’ve got to come in rhythm. Its like that time he was trying to get the points he wanted to have on that half court shot that didn’t count.
Just noticed that Delly has no assists, rebounds, steals or blocks, and only six points. But he’s made such an impact.
There’s an assist
It was a beauty, too.
MFQ!
time to put Lebron in..
well if Ky is going to drain every shot might as well let Lebron sit
Yeah, let him sit.
Not smart, Rondo…
Kyrie going Steph NBA Jam.
casspi can really play man…
Hopefully Irving’s three point shot is back for good.
KYRIEDICULOUS!
Casspi lifting the kings right now
I always like him. Thought he deserved more run when he was here.
I think he was flexing after one of his floaters in the third.
Mfq showed up a minute early.
It would be awesome if the professional refs actually knew the rules…
Kyrie feeling it from three right now.
He’s found his stroke as everyone else except Delly is struggling. Though JR has shown signs of breaking out tonight.
Its too bad Moz isn’t playing, this is exactly the game for him.
Kev really lost a lot of strength..
Yeah. You can see how much less muscle mass he has.
that last travelling call won’t happen if he had any strength at all.
TT with a triple banana on the Kings.
Delly with the best D on Cousins all half.
Gay got Shumped.
Step in their throats now please..
Or help them back up, as the case may be.
It gets so oils seeing KI dribble into heavy traffic
Yeah. He’s really not fitting in, truly, of all the guys on this team. He’s going to have to grow up and change his game. He is brilliant scoring the ball, but sometimes he does it to the detriment of the team, and certainly gives it back on the other end.
Ugh!!! What is Kyrie doing?
Dellavadova’s impact on the defensive end can’t be overstated. He completely stopped Boogie effing Cousins on that drive and it resulted in a turnover. When Irving is in there, he is a master offensively, but he just bleeds points on the other end. On a team with so much scoring ability, Irving is simply not as valuable as Delly. I never wanted to believe that, but I think its true.
he is a wizard though. Cavs gotta figure out how to hide him better on D.
Yeah. He’s sooooo talented. You know who he could seek to emulate? Lebron James. He came into the league incredibly gifted, but when he learned how to play defense, he became the best player in the world.