Live Thread: Cavs @ Rockets
2022-02-02The Cavs are in the Lone Star State to face off against Jalen Green and the Houston Rockets. The Cavs are coming off of a gritty, tough win against the New Orleans Pelicans Monday night, while the Rockets’ tank job is proceeding as intended. The Cavs will be looking to maintain their as a contender for the top seed in the playoffs and take care of business. Unfortunately, Darius Garland and Lauri Markkanen will both be out so the Cavs will have to grind it out on defense if they want to win.
Luckily for the Cavs, the Rockets are the worst defensive team in the NBA, so it should be a chance for Cedi Osman and Brandon Goodwin to build upon their solid outings last game. On the flip side, keep an eye on Eric Gordon, a potential Cavs’ trade target. Garrison Mathews and Josh Christopher appear to be some solid players, far superior than the Green/Kevin Porter Jr. backcourt. At the end of the day, hopefully the Cavs can take care of business against a hapless opponent.
Tip off is scheduled for 8:00PM ET and will be broadcasted on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, GO CAVS!
Game over. What a shitty game JA needs DG. He just looked like crap tonight.
Allen needs to shoot that.
Welp, step back 3 killed us
I’ve seen enough
5 point swing likely does it.
The Wood threes have been brutal…
Total reach from behind. But also he’s gotta keep that ball high and go straight up.
too much farting around.Straight up, draw a foul.
And stop dribbling down there…
GD it mobes, your handle is….
Evan.
LETS GOOOOOOO
Plenty of time…
Mobes!!!!
MOBLEY EXECUTING
NEED SOME STOPS!
and with that turnover I shut it off.
Allen has been garbage tonight.
Heard me talking.
FLOP green.
Good pass and finish ice.
Box out
Jesus.
K love 1-7 from 3point. That with us missing 12 free throws equals losing to the rockets
If there was any question whether DG is the most important player on this team…
100%
Cavs have not swagger left without rubio and garland. They do not look like they believe they can win
Think they look like they still believe, but they don’t have the weapons. No Lauri hurts our whole identity too. 3 bigs > 2
Going to hoist my punching bag after this game. So much frustration.
Agree with Daugherty. Rockets D has been nagging.
Argh. They have to attack there.
Free throw 14 of 26. That looks like an 8th grade stat
And looking like a regular occurrence.Costing them.
OMG. They fuct up the call. GD it. Mobley never hit it.
Finally a call the Cavs way
Reversed argh
Holy shit Love at the 3, JB getting desperate
Do we miss Markkanen that much? Since he’s hurt himself we’ve played like shit other than Milwaukee and that took full nuclear from Love and Cedi.
I mean…yes. Who replaces him who has range? Half the reason the Mobley and Allen offense works is his spacing. Stevens can replace him on d but not on O.
Cant crack 5 points seemingly. Gotta get more than 2 stops in a row at some point. Getting carved up with tired legs again
How many times have the Cavs just stated at loose balls tonight?
Watching on mute but it does look depressing lol
Every time we cut it to 5 they get loose balls
Tate looking dangerous
Strong.
Gotta get the lead or they’re gonna run out of gas.
2nd chances arrrgh
One of those games, aside from the amateur hour refs, where few things going Cavs way…
MOBLEY LEFT HAND WHAT A FINISH
Oof, both bounced in.
More alleyoops please. Use the height.
WTF. Get the ball to love.
This game is uglier than I was in junior high.
Haha
😂😂
LOVE MENACING DEFENSE
Mobley seeking and taking and making tough shots.
Mobes finally from midrange!!!
MOBLEY MONEY $$$$$$$
A strong start is required here. Take the wind outa their sails.
SINGLE DIGITS LETS GO THEYRE SCRAPPING!
I wouldnt mind the refs as much if the cavs didn’t go 50% from the line
This might be the poorest officiating I’ve seen. Calling everything in the first half, now they’re calling nothing. Mobley got killed
Lol it really is ridiculous
Keystone Kops level…and I rarely really complain about reffing…
And then called a ridiculously bad goaltending call.
Two uncalled fouls.
LOVE SAVES THE DAY
MannLove has just been tremendous
THAT WAS A CLEAN BLOCK!!! GET THESE REFS OUTTA HERE
The refs are killing us
Keep grinding!
God, these refs…
Why would u play Rondo and Goodwin together?
MY GOD WHAT A FINISH LOVE!
Kev is such a producer!!!
Cavs offense is soooooo bad in the half court. If we are gonna play rondo we are screwed. He is a sieve
Really nothing happens or it’s so late in the play clock it feels desperate.
JB should clear the bench but there’s no one to put in.
THANK YOU LOVE!!
More STAT!
Just yelled at Stevens for staring at the ball.
Rondo just got smoked.
A positive is that we are not being blown away by Yolo threes at the moment.
Keep up the defensive pressure and we’ll win by double digits
So is anyone else completely unimpressed with Green ? I mean dude can score but what the hell else does he do ?
Probably a big scorer in time, glad the Cavs got Mobley…
He’s a long play, but we talked about this on last pod, it looks like a big whiff by them.
I guess I need to temper my expectations. Reality is our starting point guard wasn’t even 8n the league a month ago.
Nice ooto play.