Live Thread: Cavs @ Heat
2021-12-01Good evening CtB!
Tonight the Cavs travel to South Beach to take one of the Eastern Conference’s most formidable foes, the Miami Heat. The Heat have had the Cavs’ number for a long while, winning 9 out 10 previous matchups. Luckily for the Cavs, they should be coming into the game healthier after today’s report that Bam Adebayo will be out about six weeks after thumb surgery.
The Cavs will be again missing key reserves Cedi Osman and Dean Wade, along with Collin Sexton. The Heat will be missing Bam, Markieff Morris, and possibly Jimmy Butler and Dwayne Dedmon. They should get back Tyler Herro.
With Bam out, look for the Cavs to try and dominate the paint with their plethora of big men. On the defensive end, the task for the Cavs will be containing Butler, Herro, and Lowry from getting into the paint and collapsing the defense for easy kickouts or oops to the bigs.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:30PM ET, and will be broadcasted on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, GO CAVS!
Mavs are up 35 in NO tonight. I think we pissed them off.
for sure!
We shot 50/50/90 tonight.
54.4/51.6/91.3.
Smokin’.
Cavs are giving up less points than any team in the NBA other than Golden State. Wow!
Some of that is pace, but I think we are top 5-6 in defensive efficiency coming into tonight.
cavs now 12-6 when big mobes laces them up.. ROY by a secretariat margin
yeah baby, you right!
Heading back to watch the 1st half replay. This will be fun.
When are the NBA talking heads going to start talking about Cleveland? This team is absolutely for real. Probably the toughest schedule to date in the league and we’ve played tough even in the losses. So happy!
Shhhhhhh
heh.
A lot of them have been talking about the Cavs….that 4 loss streak against good teams with a lot of guys out slowed some of the enthusiasm…
Agree 100%. Tough schedule + a fair share of injuries.
They talk up Chicago & Washington (2 games ahead of us). Charlotte with Ball & Bridges. We’ll be even with them if they loose to Milwaukee tonight.
Entering tonight, we had the easiest remaining schedule of any eastern conference team.
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but it is still tough in December. It will be really nice in the new year!
For real when Mobley plays…lol. Man haven’t seen a rookie with as much of a winning impact since lebron.
I think I will be buying my first Cavs jersey since my M. Price USA Basketball jersey back in the day. Thing is, I want one with EVERY player on this squads name on the back! My favorite Cavs squad to watch in a long long long time
Some tough choices ahead!!! :)
agree!!!
Wow!!!! That’s my only comment for this game.
17 fewer fg attempts for the cavs. Is that a normal #? I feel like that’s crazy
All the tos
20 TOs will do that. Still, we attempted 10 more FTs. Won the glass 46-28. 27 assists.
Mobes 17/11/4/4 after a slow offensive start…
14 blocks, far out man
Fro with 5. Mobley with 4. Stevens with 2. Ice, Love, & Davis with 1.
STEVENS REJECTION I LOVE TO SEE IT
VALENTINE SALT IN THE WOUND
78 points for the Heat. Damn.
Lineup would appear to be brittle
Quite an achievement…they have Tyler Herro on that squad, after all…
Was that an eclipse? No just an Ed Davis block.
Imagine doing this without Cedi….
And more importantly…without the only DWade left to compete in Miami!
CAVS BY 30 SMOKE THAT HEAT PACK!!!
Stevens cooking. Up 30 for the 2nd straight game!
STEVEN FOR THREE AGAIN!!! NICE PASS WINDLER!
Up 27. White flag waived.
It’s Valentime!
Look at the wide eyed grins on this team. Kicking ass and taking names is fun.
Spo waves the white flag. South Beach monkey off the Cavs’ back!
Cavs will have #1 d in the league after this one too
I think Love knows this team is legit…
yup, agreed.
Cavs bigs destroying the zone. Making Dedmon live up to his name.
Haha, full belly laugh from that! Dead man
Bam and Butler out, still hell of a game for the Cavs…
Oh yeah, turn out the lights!
MARKKANENS SAY GOOD NIGHT FROM SOUTH BEACH!
Lauri’s shot is so smooth
Triple post offense. Good luck, NBA.
MOBLEY NICE PLAY!
You go, JA…
WOW RUBIO TO ALLEN!!!
Wore Dedmon like a cape.
That reverse spin lefty finish was… Hakeem-esque
Allen is so ridiculously smooth.
Cavs have taken 18 fewer shots. That’s unbelievable
LMFAOOOO for real?
That’s a whole quarter of shots for the 2008 cavs haha
Back up 20. Feeling better now.
THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SET PLAY!!! ALLEN FiNISH!
Love looking like he’s 26 tonight. Shooting lights out, blocks, steals, sharp passes….
Back to 19. Run countered.
Id bring in. Love for lauri here.
RIGHT DOWN THE LANE RUBIO!!!!
Ball fake to move the zone guys
Allen’s free throw shooting is such an underrated asset
Mobley for Okoro I like that choice.
Stevens and Okoro should never have e been on the floor at the same time with one ball handler. Thankfully JB quickly subbed.
Yeah, brutal combo…
Agreed, just when I was giving JB props, haha
Lol. I replied immediately
nice pass DG!
6:30 left. This game is not over.
18 TOs the only reason the Heat aren’t down 30…
I hate this lineup. Now the crowd is in it.
WTF Okoro c’mon man
F@#k
Cavs almost look bored…too early for that
4:30 scoreless. After being up 27.
JARRETT ALLEN GET THAT WEAK STUFF OUTTA HERE!
wtf DG LMFAOOOO never seen him do that
Windy in the arena tonight…
Distracted by the heavy screen
JB doing a good job tonight. Timely timeouts, effective lineups. I know people want to see windler, but Steven’s is doing the lot of strongman dirty work
Till this lineup. Don’t like the two shooter offense
Bring in okoro and Markkenan here.
Good timeout. Cavs getting a little lazy on d.
cavs 11-6 when big mobes on the court..
🤩
Watched this game a couple of nights ago, I think…
Anther gorgeous mobley pass to love in the left corner.
Bets on time stamp for bench clearing?
Around the 6:00 minute mark
need another 5 minute burst
If not for all the Heat 3s, about the 9 minute mark…
LOVE REJECTION AGAIN!!!!!!!
KEVIN LOVE RAINING THREES
GREAT PASS MOBLEY
Monster quarter from Mobley
Really avoiding the urge to go on Twitter and troll heat fans.
GIVE IN!
With Jimmy & Bam out? Nah.
Still, this team just did (knock on wood) something we could not do last time Bron was here: win in Miami
Cavs finishing quarters like great teams finish quarters.
Agreed. Fantastic end to 2nd and third
I think Cavs net rating in third quarters this season is #3 in the league.
Yes!!!!
Okpala with a very dumb foul. Heat are straight getting outclassed and it’s pissing them off.