Playoff Live Thread: Cavs vs Pacers, Game 6
2018-04-27
Well, it hasn’t been the easiest five games of LeBron’s playoff career, but tonight he has a chance to close out the Pacers in 6 games and take some much needed R and R. I say “he” rather than “they” because to this point, the King has largely ruled entirely on his own, bending the Pacers to his will and their knees and receiving little to no help along the way. Thus far, James has averaged 34.8 points, 11.4 rebounds, and 8 assists for the first round. He’d have more assists but his teammates are missing a lot of shots. Despite LeBron’s ridiculous numbers, the Pacers have been playing some tough D, holding the Cavs to under 100 in three of the five games. That’s about as much as you can ask when going up against James.
Oddly enough, the Cavs have been much better on the defensive end than during the regular season despite the two (and possibly three) games played without the defensive force of George Hill. The point guard is still listed as questionable and could very well not play as the Cavs have another game to fall back on if necessary. In his absence, Jose Calderon has stepped into the starting role and done his best to plug the gap. If the Cavs can get ANY sort of contribution from Love on the offensive end, Indiana will have a difficult time stopping Cleveland. Unfortunately, I think this game is destined to be another close one. Hopefully, James and his Island of Misfit Toys will prevail and close out the series. Go Cavs!
TT to Green offensive plays aren’t ideal…. even if the 3 goes in.
That was weak, Jeff Green…
Terrible pass there.
Wow. This is sorta what I expected after the first half but just wow.
This game is over, just sit LeBron.
Still a lot of time.
Embarrassing
2 timeouts left for the rest of the game.
Now this is hard to watch. Cavs are just soft
“JEFF GREEN FIRES AWAY!”
Lord help us.
Yet to hit 60 points with 6 to play in the 3rd. Ugh.
Cedi likely to see some garbage time minutes tonight…
Has that started yet?
It will as soon as 4th starts…
LMAO… and soon as I say “cold” JR he hits one thank goodness
What kinda lineup is this??? Cold JR, Green, and TT???
cLueless
The no scoring/ little defense lineup…
If only it wasn’t Green taking that corner 3
Maybe the Cavs will eventually get tired of getting beat up for their lunch money…
Welp. We are done guys. Disappointing given the first half effort.
Looked like TT had a Kardashian wrapped around his waist weighing him down on that rebound opportunity. Thanks for the Championship TT. Goodbye now.
One of the worst Cavs games all year…
Totally agree. Especially given the stakes. Disgusting.
Someone on the Pacers just has to get fouled hard.
Oh yay, here comes Jeff Green…with TT…
Hence the O boards.
Indiana starting to get O boards.
LBJ looking dispirited.
Put TT in. Knock someone down.
No respect for Lue. Bad coach in every way.
Time to get Kev out.
Nance, Bron, Korver, Cedi, JR.
Maybe protect your players Lue. Love clearly getting his ass beat down low.
Another one’s bite the dust. Get Perkins out there and start clobbering people.
Run the floor with Green & Cedi. Can’t see a comeback happening with KLove out there.
Wouldn’t be surprised if Love is done for the night
Could be a broken nose…
Toyota trying to make a Camry cool just not gonna work
Pacers playing physical as hell, and Cavs just taking it. Looked like Love took an arm or elbow in the nose…
Maybe KLove playing the 5 isn’t such a good idea. Oh wait, we already figured that out and Lue forgot. Jesus
Get Zz in for Love. Jeezzzz motherf’ing Lue.
We gonna loose by 20.
25
Or win by 1. There is no in between.
Lue halftime speech: “They’re up by 10, so if they’re anything like us, they’ll take their foot off the gas. Just lay back and we’ll be fine.”
Honestly, if we had a guy we could trust to rebound, love should sit. They dont even close out that hard on him anymore
Wonder why I’m watching this…
Get Kev out of there
We need to make a run & make them at least sweat some. Give them a chance to fold.
Can Lue be fired in between quarters?
The only thing Lue hasn’t done to get fired it kick LBJ in the nads.
That escalated quickly.
It’s not over, but baaaaad signs. And by signs I mean KLove.
Love was dazed and so was Lue for several possessions not calling timeout
And yes, let’s not lose track of Oladipo.
Feels like a loss. Not giving up yet, but this has been an excercise in stepping on rakes, Sideshow Bob style.
And Love finally hits and steps out
Zz could do just as well defending the Pacers’ bigs and the pick-and-roll game.
Indiana is clearly the best team, if I wasn’t a Cavs fan I would put my money on them.
Agreed. I said Cavs in 7 when it started. I think I am changing my mind.
If the Pacers keep defending this way in the next two games they are going to win this series.
It’s basically LeBron and KK vs the Pacers offensively.
Love tripping over his johnson this entire series…
Started 6/9 from deep then mossed the next 9. Terrible
I was kinda ticked we were hot from 3 early cuz the Pacers then knew we would keep shooting them, and never adjusted. Just waited for us to shoot ourselves out of the game
Ha Kyle lowry in a Jurassic Park ad
It’s amazing how much less enjoyable the ESPN/ABC half time crew is versus TNT. Yet ESPN is the premier group. It’s like a chain restaurant versus a great local spot
How is Barkley, EJ, & Kenny not the premier group?
Did they trap Oladipo at all in the first 18 minutes? I didn’t notice any trapping until he had already been going off for some time.
I believe they did trap him a few times, and he quickly gave the ball up.
I’m repeating everyone on this blog ever but has a series ever called for more Cedi and ZZ?
Our coach is zzzz’ed out on the bench.
Looks like Toronto closes tonight. Obviously not good if Cavs need a game 7 and then go on the road to Toronto.
I genuinely am not worried about Toronto. Philly is the only team that is a concern, should we survive this series.
I would add Indy, like you said.
weird half there…felt like Cavs were going through motions at times and having silly turnovers….Love is nearly a lost cause…nice to see Cedi play 24 seconds….Im sure he is much worse on defense than Jeff Green…be interesting second half….either Cavs want to close it or play on Sunday
9 turnovers. Just a pretty bad half offensively. So many of thise turnovers were unforced…
Lue should have Perkins come in and clobber Oladipo and send a message to the Pacers…..you clobber our guy, we will clobber yours!
The message I’d rather send to the Pacers is that we are prepared with effort defensively, we’re focused so we don’t turn it over, and that they can go home for the playoffs now. They should focus on that message.
Yeah but the Cavs are getting punked out there. Pacers have been giving so much gratuitous hard foul all series long. Lebron gets collared on the neck, Cavs should have retaliated on Oladipo in the same fashion. That will get the referees to monitor the Pacers’ sly moves.
What a putrid way to finish the half. Hoping they come out with some energy or they’ll be down 15+ quickly.
This felt like a seven game series after game 1.
It did. I just don’t understand how when I truly believe we have the better overall talent. It just sucks that Lue’s coaching has put this team in the horrid position it is in.
We’re also not as talented as we like to believe. The 2016 Finals team compared to this one? Love is worse, whether because of injury or whatever, Thompson is worse, JR is worse, Kyrie is gone and replaced by lesser players..the only player at the same level is James, who is being ridden into the ground after playing more minutes than anyone in the league is his fifteenth season.
We just wilt when the game gets physical. Bron & JR are the only guys who push back.
Cavs don’t even need the early season 20/10 Love just a string second option from him. Just isn’t happening vs the Pacers bigs.
Defense not good, getting outrebounded, getting out-assisted, and too many TOs.
Deservedly down 10.
Gonna take a herculean effort from Bron and Lue getting sick for us to have a chance.
Tough close to the quarter. Not feeling good about this one
This felt like a loss yesterday.
10 points. Again, I know Love has the thumb, but they freaking have to get something out of him.
Well that last minute and a half could not have gone much more poorly.
CEDI!!!
I can’t recall ever seeing so many friendly bounces. Pacers have like 4
TOs killing Cavs right now.
Cedi getting the last 25 seconds of the half
OSMAN IS IN THE GAME