Live Thread: Cavs vs. Kings (#HelloStranger)

As Todd Rundgren once famously  sang… Hello, it’s me…

I know it’s been a while since I’ve been around… and lots of things have transpired in the nearly two months since. The Cavs, for instance, were still basking in the glow of back-to-back wins over the newly anointed future-champs of the Eastern Conference Brooklyn Nets the last time I checked in to see what was happening.

So, yeah… a lot has changed.

It certainly helped to get a one-stop primer on at least the things that have happened to the team since the All-Star Break, thanks to Nate’s block-cap the other day, and that didn’t even include the odd victory over the plummeting Raptors last night (how do you turn the ball over 27 times and still win by double-digits?).

I would spend some time recapping that game for y’all here… except I didn’t see it… and for that you have my humblest of apologies. Perhaps if I can cajole Nate into a pod-cap later (and provided I can stay awake in the wee hours of an Eastern European morning), we can cover some of that game as well as whatever transpires tonight against the visiting Sacramento Kings.

Oh, did you forget the Kings were still in the league? I wouldn’t blame you if you did. They’ve been away from Cleveland for a considerable length of time. In fact, I think I’ve been back there more recently than the dudes in black and purple.

Somehow… Sacto’s last trip to the Land was on December 7, 2018.

Yes… you read that right. 2018. Doesn’t that seem like a lifetime ago? I think Boogie Cousins might have been on that team.

In any event, the Cavs will have to try and stop the high-scoring backcourt duo of De’Aaron Fox and Buddy Hield… or at least outscore them with their own (sometimes) high-scoring backcourt duo of Sexland (I’ve heard rumors that they don’t like to be called this… thus, I am doubling down). What I’m hoping to see more of, however, is some front-court dominance from Jarrett Allen and Larry Nance, Jr.

Meanwhile… Kevin Love probably won’t play. So, in that respect.. it’s almost like I never left…

Catch all the scintillating action starting at 7:30pm EST (1:30am EET… that’s a fun joke just for me… and maybe Ben Werth and Adam Cathcart), and make sure you pop in and share your thoughts below!

GO CAVS!