Live Thread: Cavs vs Pacers
2019-10-26Cleveland gets a tough opponent for its home opener. The Pacers are hungry for a win after dropping their opener to the Pistons. Both teams feature starters who just signed big extensions. Cedi Osman Extended for four years and $31 million this morning while Domantas Sabonis, the Pacers starting power forward signed a four year $74.9 million dollar extension. Both deals will probably end up being relative bargains compared to the Jaelyn Brown’s of the world.
The Pacers also added Malcolm Brogdon (4 Yr. $85 mil), Jeremy Lamb (3 Yr $31 Mil.), and the Pacers added TJ Warren in a trade with the Pacers. Four new players join Myles Turner in the starting lineup for Indy tonight as they take on the Cavs’ who’ll be rolling out Cedi, the Sexland Backcourt, Kevin Love, and Tristan Thompson. John Henson is also expected to play for the first time in a Cavs Uni.
Stopping the Pacers bigs, and Malcolm Brogdon will loom large for Cleveland. Brogdon put up 22 and 11 assists in his Indy debut, while Turner and Sabonis combined for 52 and 22 rebounds. Kevin Love needs a big night pulling the Pacers bigs out of the paint, and the Cavs need to shoot a decent percentage and take care of the ball.
Cleveland also gets its regular season debut of the remodeled Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse.Let’s hope the Cavs’ new digs inspire some all-for-one play.
Correction: It appears Edmond Sumner will start for an injured Jeremy Lamb.
Great to be back talking about a win with y’all. G’night/G’morning!
Cheers to you down under!
SO ” LONG-IN -BARF “
CONGRATS COACH BEILEIN ON YOUR VERY 1ST NBA “W” —-HOPING MANY MORE TO COME ——AGAIN THERE WILL BE MANY NIGHTS WHERE WE STRUGGLE WITH GROWING PAINS BUT HEY LET’S BE HAPPY AND CELEBRATE WHEN WE DO GET A “W ” !!!
I’m calling it now. Klove averages a triple double….MVP
No team has managed to crack 100 points against the Cavs defense this year!
Great game. Cavs four big men for the win.
Love and Tt are our best players when healthy, so no surprise. Hopefully Beilein drills that into the heads of the guards.
So, Buck, were you watching?
no.. watching on yt.. but posted several times below.. nice W.. if TT and love continue to play like that (now that is a long-odds bet).. then everything is better than fine.. all thing considered.. better than i thought..not eating humble pie yet.. time will tell.. when garland starts to hit the outside shot with regularity (which is why he was drafted).. i will acknowledge the fact.. oldsters played well tonight.. cedi likely dreaming of where he is going to spend the cash..
WOW>> GREAT WIN!!!!!!!! Indiana was a top 3 defense last year!!!
+23 for TT…
Hell yeah… Beilein giving KLOVE some extra love right there.
very nice W.. good job cavs (esp the oldsters)..
Eat up
far too early for that bird.. 1 victory ain’t gonna do it.. but i tip my hat to the effort and the outcome..
That is ass ball don’t lie.
KLOVE WITH THE DAGGER… WOW WHAT A BULLSHIT CALL
Third total bullshit call tonight
yup…. they got thru it though!!!
Delly in to close it out.
Fantastic learning experience for Garland and Sexton…. they gotta learn how to close it out. They need to trust the system.
Man the Pacers must be really bad this year
They lost Bogdonavic, Thad Young, & Collison. And Wes Matthews. Dipo still out.
Yeah their current lineup is nowhere near a playoff team without Oladipo playing and at peak form.
Sexton just trying to do too.much this game. Not trusting the offense. Thank God for TT and Klove.
TT TAKES IT OVER!!!!!!!!! GREAT PLAY!!!
Terrible guard play. Put Delly in.
Yes.
Terrible play Sexton… drop it off to TT on the roll
Jesus. Cavs guards just playing bad. Overdribbling
Should’ve ran PnR with KLOVE not TT
LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER —JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE HE REALIZES HOW GOOD HE CAN BE —CAN GET THAT STEP BACK 3
Love 1 dime away.
Garland with the dagger.
Garland stepback is money
GARLAND CLUTCH 3!!!!!!!!!
Sexton so much better off the ball
KLOVE TO SEXTON!!!!
It’s a lottle frustrating watching Sabonis get away with traveling on almost every postup.
That split should have led to a shot at the basket.
Sexton just trying to do too much.
Sexton thinks this is his team and it’s not.
GARLAND HAS GOT SOME BASKETBALL ” SAAVY ” TO HIM —UNDERSTANDS THE GAME —-JUST NEEDS TIME AGAINST THIS COMPETTITION TO GET USED TO SPEED / ATHLETICISM TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
Get Sexton out.
Bad turnover Sexton.
Sexton ugh.
AGREED OFFENSE SHOULD BE RUN THRU KLOVE / SIMILAR TO HIS TIMBERWOLVES DAYS ——JUMPING AROUND OTHER GAMES // T YOUNG OFF TO BLAZING START WITH THE HAWKS ( MAYBE THE HAWKS DID GET THE BEST OF THAT TRADE )—-SO NO KNIGHT AGAIN —-IS THERE SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE INFORMED ABOUT —–HEALTH / ATTITUDE ISSUES ?
I like Trae. Love Luka.
GARLAND DRAWS THE FOUL!!! GREAT PLAY!
if this is TT mk 2.. better late than never.. now, can he do this again.. and again.. time will tell
TT back in…. gave him a rest in the middle of the 4th.
Nice drive Sexton…. gotta get it to KLOVE faster in the post, gave Indy time to switch the back line.
Garland missed KLOVE mismatch down low.
Andy in the building!
How is TT not in?
Nance is in for him.
WOW TT AND KLOVE WITH 20/10 games!!!
Brad Daugherty cracking me up.
should be a jump ball if anything I think.
The challenge flag!
damn… nice pass Sexton… KLOVE keep your feet in!
KLove dropping dimes!
3 away from trip doub.
Lol. Just get the damned ball to love every time.
This should be our objective. Permanent plan A.
WHAT A PASS KLOVE TO TT~!!!!!
NICE PASS GARLAND!!! KLOVE WITH THE FOUL!
SEXTON STRONG DRIVE AND FINISH!!!!
Good foul
KLOVE ON THE ELBOW… HE SHOOTS HE SCORES!
Thompson ridiculous tonight
Nice drive KPJ!!!
Attack the rack also works.
GREAT PLAY TT!!!
Let Love shoot.
Run the offense through the bigs. Plz
bad pass Garland… good timeout… gotta find a way to fight thru this.
We have something in our throats, it looks like.
Brogdon so freaking good
Bucks gonna miss him.
There we go
CLARKSON GREAT PASS TO NANCE!!!!
Take a shot that isn’t a 3.yezus
dammit…. KPJ with an open 3