Live Thread: Cavs @ Sixers
2018-04-06
Cleveland heads to Philly with the No. 3 seed basically on the line. Of course Philly is without Joel Embiid after he broke his orbital bone, but Embiid did just clear the NBA concussion protocol. For the Cavs, they’re thin at the point guard spot, with Hill convalescing due to his ankle sprain, and Calderon out due to hamstring tightness.
My guess? The Cavs run the same starters they did last night, with Cedi starting out on Reddick in the Cavs’ “switch everything” defense (of course, Kyle Korver would look good there too). Hopefully, Kevin Love looks to be aggressive and isn’t as passive as he was in the second half last night and attacks Amir at the line and in the post. The Sixers will run their own unconventional lineup of Simmons, Reddick, Saric, Covington, and Amir Johnson.
Off the bench, Markelle Fultz isn’t looking too shabby with a solid floor game of 13 points, seven dimes, and seven assists per 36 minutes. Of course, he’s shooting just 38% from the field, so limiting him to being a “scorer” is a win. The Philly bench energy will be a factor again tonight, and will hound Jordan Clarkson when LeBron’s off the floor. Bellinelli bring outside shooting off the pine, and Richaun Holmes and McConnell bring energy. Matching that energy and closing out shooters will be key. Not so optimistic about that last part.
Prediction: playoff nerves limit the Sixers’ shooting from the outside, and the Cavs win a squeaker: 115-112.
Didn’t really need to go for a three these last few times, just too tired to go inside I think.
Put Korver in for Cedi
LeBron should have dunked that instead of pulling up for transition 3…
Gotta go lefty, there Cedi
SWISH! Again!
ugh Cedi
Seems like having this type of effort at the beginning of the game might be useful.
Blasphemy…
The rebounds….so hard to fault them cuz they’re exhausted and the 76rs are jumping up their shoulders, but man this is annoying
Use a F’ing timeout Lue. AGHHHHHHH! You’re guys are gassed. Give them a minute.
brutal – guys are gassed
Cedi, you need to shoot 800 threes a day this summer…
OK. I can not believe. Cedi can’t hit a 3. We cannot clean the glass.
Cavs need a three.
Lack of rebounding stunning but team looks gassed
We need a rebound. Too many second chance points.
Cedi…dude…
Love too tired to box out on that board leads to a corner three…
Had our chances. Ah well.
Sixers have taken 17 more shots than us. Seventeen.
Cedi can’t shoot….love hustle but can’t shoot for shit
Um, he’s at 41% from deep on the season
He’s also played all but two minutes of this half…
Ballgame. Cavs needed Korver there.
Really should be in for JR. #Lue
Two wide open 3’s for Cedi…Two bricks…
LEBRONNNNNNNNNNNN
Cedi learning the hard way how much he has to work on his 3 pt shooting.
Yep. He has to become automatic on threes that wide open.
These rebounds are maddening…
Cedi… Drive and kick. Dang.
Cedi’s gotta hit that wide open 3
One of those Green games that has made people want to give him money…
Argh Cedi.
Argh. Cedi. Big miss.
How did the Cavs not come up with that loose ball after the deflection?
Awful.
Argh. Missing that rebound was horrible.
Working this hard to come back from 30 down only to lose by 5 would suck.
Dallas takes Detroit to OT then sits out the extra period. LOL.
Omg Lebron…
Another pair of great defensive stops by Cedi on Ilyasova, first a flick-away in the post then a closeout on a corner three.
Then he set a monster screen.
LBJ looking relaxed & having chats with the crowd.
Cedi is money on D…
Jeff green is a monster tonight. I can’t deny it.
Steph Curry at the line…
Five in a row.
Nice look JR. A better pass and that would’ve been an and1
Lebron puttin the world on notice for the billionth time
Still wont’ win MVP even though he’s been the MVP for 12 of last 15 seasons.
So many missed rebounds. Cedi tired.
Good god, so many of those tonight…
LBJ on cusp of 40-10-10. Hasn’t been subbed out since 2009.
So amazing that Simmons has this good of a post game so young. He is light years ahead of where Bron was that age.
Yes. He’s a special kid. He’s going to develop a three one day. That team is real close to being for real.
He may be a better passer than Lebron. Definitely will never be a better scorer though.
THis is the point the came back from 16 down, so…
LeBrn is pissed Bellinelli tried to foul him.
Sixers need to sub in a chair for Bellinelli on defense…
BBQ CHICKEN!
Simmons is ridiculous in the post.
Doink! Out of bounds off Love’s head.
Get a fricking rebound…
Amen. 0 for last 4.
SWISH!
Clarkson going 1 on 3 on the fast break…not smart
Put Love back in. Or Nance. Need someone to clean the glass. Bron is tired, that last 3 instead of a drive was silly. Then a bad pass.
Then the Black Hole did his thing. Aaarg!
Back to 8.
Knicks up by 20 over the Heat in the 3rd…
Absolutely cannot afford to keep JR in the game. Get his butt out and get Cedi back
whoops.
Simmons just does what he wants …pretty crazy since he can’t really shoot outside 10 ft
Big, strong, quick, & smart can get you inside of 10 every time.
Jr is killing us
I don’t blame him, but LBJ looking tired those last few plays. Philly not getting a few 2nd chance points.
Clarkson needs to be nailed to the pine for the next two months. Enough already.
They’re going to need some JR moments from him in the playoffs. But he has to be the 2 guard with Hill or Calderon on the floor.
I have more confidence in JR, Hill, Calderon, and Korver. We don’t need him really, for anything. If he lacks the vision to pass, or worse, lacks the will to pass, he’s not useful.
Lue a possession late with the timeout.
Cavs cut it to two and then the Sixers go on a 7-0 run on the strength of Ben Simmons and Jordan Clarkson’s ineptitude.
Defense atrocious but team put themselves in 30 point hole
At one point Philly had a 99.7 win probability.
Even if Cavs lose, that’s hilarious. LBJ is a GD tank and everyone else has a bow and arrow.
Argh. Clarkson
Clarkson fills me with the rage of 1,000 warlords…
LeBron needed two more dribbles before that Clarkson pass.
Oof, terrible pass, Lebron…