Live Thread: Pacers @ Cavs
2017-11-01
The Cavs take on the 4-3 Pacers at home tonight. The Pacers are coming off a comfortable 18 point win against the Kings less than 24 hours ago. Yup, the Cavs get to play fresh against a team playing the second night of a back-to-back. This game really is Cleveland’s chance to start righting their early season performance issues.
Indiana is a team the Cavs shouldn’t struggle against. The Pacers take just 24.7 3s a night which is 26th in the league. That’s good because the Cavs are allowing teams to shoot 40.7% from beyond the arc so far this season. They’re also letting opponents jack 34.1 long balls per game. Both of those numbers are bottom three in the league.
And, as of now, Indiana’s shot blocking and 3-draining big man, Myles Turner, is out for this game due to the concussion protocol. In his only game played this season, Turner hit one 3-pointer on his way to 21 points, 14 boards, and four blocks.
Victor Oladipo has come on though and will definitely be a challenge for the Cavs. He’s shown the ability to jet up the court off of quick outlet passes, and he is 13th in the league in scoring with 23.9 points a night. He’s also shooting 45.7% on deep balls this year. He will shred the Cavalier’s perimeter players in isolation and will run the pick and roll a decent amount forcing Kevin Love and Tristan Thompson to make some tough decisions.
Still, the Cavs can load up on him and have a great chance of making this game a statement win. Yes, I said statement win. The Cavs are at that point right now.
If Cleveland can get out of this game healthy, show a dedication to at least running on close outs in their haphazard defensive trapping scheme, and consistently work guys open off the ball, tonight will be worth watching. I’m picking the Cavs 113-103.
HEY EVIL ARE YOU WATCHING THE SERIES
I was… until Springer took his roids…
I LIKE LOVE —BUT IF YOU ARE A SMART G.M. / KNOW THE TRUE VALUE OF A PLAYER—LOVE’S STOCK HAS GONE DOWN ALOT FROM MINNESOTA DAYS
Thank God they held the Pacers to just 16 threes… /s
Yeah, didn’t give up 17, great job…
How did you manage to get Cols in a gif?
I have a prediction against Washington.. – LeBron carries us again but plays 43 mins. – Rose and Wade scored like 15 each on 20 shots each. Then the team thinks they’re really a great addition to this team. – Love goes for 14 & 10 without anyone noticing it. – JR scores 9 pts and the team thinks he’s back. – Kyle never gets plays as usual. – Green goes iso all game and a couple of buckets and the team thinks he’s “useful” of some sort, plays 30 mins. Ditto Shump. – We won by 4pts but Wall… Read more »
did you see us defend the pick and roll against a marginally good set of pg’s and against literally no names rolling to the hoop? We are going to lose by 30+ when John Wall is running those plays. I’m serious…we would have to score 130 points to be within 10 at the end of that game
IT IS ALSO OFFICIAL AINGE TOOK CORBY TO THE “WOODSHED ” —-WOW —–AGAIN REASON TO HANG ONTO THAT DRAFT PICK–MIGHT BE THE ONLY SAVING GRACE OUT OF THE WHOLE TRADE —–THE “CLUELESS ERA ” IS OVER
Can’t wait to get the next Anthony Bennett!
Bennett would fit right in on this team…
Yes he would. Add him to the list of guys no other team wanted and would probably be playing overseas.
BTW, don’t forget someone demanded a trade. Things are plenty bad on their own. What is the point of revising history?
so…not that president business is the best coach ever, but he has a boston team that lost one of its best players on day 1 sitting atop the east at 6-2 after their game finishes tonight. Cleveland has a slightly slow Lebron to start the season and somehow that makes us 3-5 while having one of the easiest schedules in the league…and Lue seems to have no answer other than “we’re in bad shape”. Kyrie has got to be absolutely thrilled about his decision right now.
Yeah, they look legit…Cavs just look terrible…
http://www.mtfr.org/images/toilet-fire.jpg
Glad I wasn’t at that show!
What is really unfathomable is how far we have regressed since the first dominoe fell with the Irving trade. Couldn’t imagine what we are watching in my wildest negative dreams.
We have been getting older and slower each year that LeBron has been back, and the rest of the EC has been getting better.
Jeff Phelps, Dan Gilberts propaganda goon, said the Cavs would win 65 games this year.
Lol…yeah, lose your second best player, add some misfit pieces and scrubs, and they are going to do that…
That had to be before the season started, right?
Nope. That was like a week ago.
Cavs favored by 10.5, lost by 17…if you’re a betting man, can make some good cash until Vegas wises up…
The Cavs trying to play Love at the center position is just not working and Dwyane Wade can’t keep his man in front of him and the Cavs offense is just plain awful.
What are they waiting to fire Lue?
New theory: Tanking to do the insta-rebuild with two lottery picks.
SO CLUELESS PUTS IN CEDI / ANTE WITH 30 SECONDS LEFT—–WHAT A MORON !!!!——–YEP IT IS OFFICIALLY REBUILD MODE———–SERIOSLY ( KNOW I AM GOING TO BE CALLED OUT ON THIS ) BUT WOULD YOU ACTUALLY CONSIDER TRADING LEBRON ( UNDERSTAND HE HAS A NO TRADE CONTRACT ) BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO REBUILD THAT IS HOW YOU GET DRAFT PICKS / PLAYERS
I don’t know, maybe. If LeBron is willing to be traded, yeah you do it. We don’t have the talent needed to compete. IT won’t help us much.
I wonder what we could get for Wade, Crowder, Calderon and Green?
At least Lue put in Cedi for 43 seconds to have a red hot Collison bury a three in his face lol
Lue plays Zizic and Cedi with 36 seconds left on the game. Amazing.
Hey EG, good to see you. It’s been a meme-worthy game.
This is horrible. Absolutely horrible.
I can’t even begin to put together a plan to help the team…
124 points…amazing…
Cavs are consistent: They allowed four 30-point quarters.
Can’t shoot or defend the three……after our record setting performance last year from three.
Don’t look now but Boston is up 25…
Kick a man while down.
SELL THE TEAM! SELL THE TEAM!
Fire Dan Gilbert
Love just walked off the court
Just saw the score… guess that “clear the air” meeting really helped…
It was a replay of every recent game…down by 6-9 points almost the entire game, scrub opponent shoots threes like they are the Warriors…
Why I don’t watch anymore… unless I’m recapping…
“FORK CLUELESS / LONGENBURGERBASKETS ” WITH THE SAME FORK
Lue needs to be fired. Cavs won’t make it out of the first round.
Exactly! I’m don’t understand why they haven’t fired him yet.
WASHINGTON WILL BLITZ US WITH 140 PTS FRI DAY
Yet again no place I can watch. Effort, defensive miscues and mental mistakes, or just defenders that can’t move laterally?
And please say one or both of the first two.
Their defense sucks, no surprise, but their big issue is having no one who can sccore efficiently/ hit threes…also no surprise, except maybe to Corby…
I guess what I am getting at is does it look like they could have been much better defensively? Because they are just going to have to get better defensively in the short term. The first two are correctable, the latter not so much.
Slightly more effort tonight, but they are unable to defend a pick and roll…every pick and roll ends with an open shot…
HEY MAYBE WE SEE CEDI / ANTE / FRYE NOW
I wonder if the players are sabotaging each game to get Comic Sans to trade the pick?
You’ll get that pick out of his cold, dead hands…
If you pump him with enough scotch you might be able to talk him into it!
Oladipo be like: Shouldna drafted Bennett!
Nate what Defcon level are we at now?
Bullets might win by 30…
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE LOST 4 IN A ROW ——–DON’T PUSH THE PANIC BUTTON—–PUSH THE “REALITY BUTTON ” THIS IS WHO WE ARE FOR 2017 SEASON —BETTER GET USED TO IT— ACCEPT IT —–TRADE DEADLINE COULD BE INTERESTING THIS YEAR
Fire Mike Longabardi!
Washington is going to score 130+ on Friday.
Streaming back on.
Down by six. KK sucking and TT out, so why not put in Frye to hopefully help you???
It seems like the Cavs are always behind 6-7 points at most points in every game against scrub teams this season.
They have been behind 90% of the minutes played this season, seems like…against mostly the dregs of the league…
The worse thing is that the team always thinks that they can comeback from that small deficit anytime in the game. Always on chill mode. They think they are better than they actually are and they get complacent.. not a championship attitude.
O.K.. 2 DAYS OFF/ HALLOWEEN PARTY / TEAM MEETING —STILL THE SAME RESULTS—-SOMEONE CALL UP BLAAT TO ” TAKE THEM BOWLING “
7/27 FROM 3PT LAND —YET NO FRYE —–(-SARCASM )—IF ONLY SHUMP WASN’T HURT WE WOULD HAVE WON BY 20
Love with another underwhelming performance.
Well I lost my online streaming signal. I guess the basketball Gods were smiling upon me.
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FREE WALTER ( TAVARES )
Free Cavs fans from this garbage.
Darren collison adding his name to the “guys the Cavs should’ve signed instead of Derrick Rose” column.
Agree the Cavs should have signed Collison over Calderon, you are right.
Corey Joseph is also kind of glue player off the bench is more important for contending teams than the numbers suggest. Some team would be smart to get him for a future pick at trade deadline.
Getting hard to stay positive. More than any player I am most po’d at cavsdan for not resigning Griffin. That is what started the dilemma we face with this roster
Dan wants to be the GM because his ego is bigger than Barry Bonds head post steroids.
Support my new crowdfunded documentary on the ‘Summer of Corby’…
That 5 on 5 defense with Rose off the floor is fantastic!
See ya in December. or in February..
This is embarrassing.
Absolutely no help for LeBron.
We seriously are going to lose to the Pacers. Gah.
hey Nate…don’t we have a 7 footer who can shoot on the roster? too bad we can’t play him…
Lebron 1 on 5 ain’t gonna be enough…
EVER SINCE THE SUNS FIRED THEIR COACH THEY HAVE PLAYED GOOD BALL——JUST SAYING —-AND STILLL NO CEDI /FRYE / ANTE ——–I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHY I EVEN BRING IT UP ANYMORE —–NATE WHEN DO THE CHARGE START PLAYING —–GOING TO FOLLOW THEM
Crowder is better as an underdog!
Collison and Oladipo will be checking in soon. Hopefully someone other than LeBron steps up.
Lebron, Korver, and you can have the rest…
Take over the game LeBron.
I laughed my ass off on that Wade 3..
goodness we are bad. Lue did actually let lebron rest tonight, so he should be able to finish. he’s the only way we win this game
So. Many. Guys. Who. Can’t. Shoot.
Who woulda guessed??
Some Cavs blog.
Wow Wade has missed the rim twice
Crowder has given up at least 5 wide open threes for no reason
lol this team sucks.
The irony of Dwyane Wade getting smoked by a pump fake.
Maybe we can get Bosh to come out of retirement.
I take my compliment of Green back.
This team has no identity
you’re wrong.. garbage has an identity.