Live Thread: Pacers @ Cavs
2022-12-16Good evening CtB!
First off apologies for the lack of recaps this past week, life is getting in the way but stay tuned for some retrospectives as soon as yours truly can kick this nasty cold virus. The Cavs welcome the Indiana Pacers to the shores of Lake Erie. The Pacers are one of the more surprising stories of this NBA season, with Rick Carlisle guiding his squad to an over .500 record in spite of all the speculation that they’d be tanking for Wemby or Scoot. They were able to snag Tyrese Haliburton and Buddy Hield from the Sacramento Kings, and drafted one of the more impressive rookies in this class in Bennedict Mathurin. The future is looking solid for the Hoosier State team, although they will have to make a decision about Myles Turner’s future with the team. The Pacers being 7-8 point underdogs seems very off as the Pacers have always given the Cavs a good test. Yours truly expects no different tonight.
This game will be a clash of styles as the Cavs will look to slow this game to a dirge and dominate the paint, whereas the Pacers want to run and launch threes… styles make fights so this should be a great test regarding whether the Cavs can impose their will (or not) on their opponent.
INJURY UPDATES:
#Cavs head coach J.B. Bickerstaff said that having the next six games at home will help a lot in regard to Ricky Rubio's recovery and return to the floor.
Bickerstaff said that the hope is for Rubio to practice with the team in some capacity on Tuesday.
— Evan Dammarell (@AmNotEvan) December 16, 2022
#Cavs head coach J.B. Bickerstaff shared that Dean Wade is slowly progressing from his left shoulder injury.
— Evan Dammarell (@AmNotEvan) December 16, 2022
Tip off is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, GO CAVS!
Diakite not playing in this game is beyond dumb… he’s the only guy who’s got the length and athleticism to hang with Mathurin, IJAX, Hali etc.
I thought I saw him on the injured list
nope, just inactive cuz they want him with the charge.
Honestly this feels like a make-or-miss game so far. Pacers feel like they’re shooting hot and we’re cold. Not to say we’re playing perfectly, but I don’t feel like we’re getting dominated
The number of layups say otherwise
We have our fair share of layups though too. Again we’re not playing perfect, but they just seem to hit the tough shots and we miss em. Also we’re missing open 3’s where they’re hitting
Yeah feeling the same.
LETS GOOOOOOO TOJ POSITIVE MOJO CALLING HIS SHOT LETS GOOOOOOOOOO
Cavs haven’t won any of the quarters tonight.
Celebrated too much at Billy Bobs couple nights ago LMFAOOOOOOOO
You’re not gonna win many games when you lose every quarter.
My comment sounded less dumb when I typed it 😂😂😂😂
LMFAO
Just gotta win this one by 12 and get in the cryo chambers til tomorrow afternoon. My money is on mitchell scoring 14+ and we tie it at least once. Think we will have a chance.
It only took 2.5 quarters for JB to figure out Caris is our best option on Hali
Can’t seem to cut into this lead
Sitting allen opens up the lane but destroys interior d. Although he hasnt been awesome on d this game.
DG TO MOBLEY LETS GOOO
AIRBALL LETS GOOOOOOOOOO GREAT DEFENSE CARIS!
Carlisle 10 man rotation, JB DO YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE?????????
Carlisle has a larger circle of trust than JB…
*ROBERT DENIRO GIF*
MOBLEY DEFENSE!!!! RAGE TIMEOUT CARLISLE!!!! LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Ugh…was hoping wed would get a few more possessions before he did that. Too much experience on that sideline for my liking
DG and Spida need to take it personally, Halliburton is the best player out there right now
I’m feeling that from DG now
Don’t even try that, Buddy…
That’s what we need to do in the paint.
GARLAND GOT SOME JUICE CMON LETS GOOOOOOOOO
Would be nice if Cavs were getting the looks the Pacers are getting…
JB DO SOMETHING YOU BUM
I got better things to do. Maybe they rally without me.
Halliburton is killing us
Okoro has to play him.
Or even neto honestly
100%, get under his skin!
Can’t let Halliburton drive right to the hoop. Put him on his ass.
Switching a big into him and then he drives right past them and dumps to the cutter
yup, they’re switching everything it’s an idiotic scheme against him.
just checked Scotch’s lineup suggestion, that lineup is +20 on the season!!!!! LMFAOOOOO
oh sorry only +15 LMFAO
Quickest stat draw in the west…hot IN GAME googling action!
LMFAOOOOO JB loves to not play good lineups!!!!
Make Halliburton drive right
He’s an all star without the name recognition so far.
DG redemption tour!
Garland with a steal!
THANK YOU DG
Needed that Garland!
5-0 run by DG!
This team is only going to go as far as DG goes. He has to play through this shit and find himself.
If Stevens isnt helping our d may as well play Cedi for spacing. Swap caris for DG. They are not struggling at all to defend our drives and pick n roll. Need shooting
Yep let’s do it!
Maybe play Neto since DG is stinking it up!
Darius “Plays Like Butt” Garland
Our starters constantly getting blitzed, time to make a change!
DG TO & Stevens midrange……..and we are down 12.
LET MOBLEY TOUCH THE BALL YOU BOZOS
Garland is definitely off lately.
Man… Can’t buy a bucket outside of DM
WHAT ARE YOU DOING DG
I am semi-serious, I wonder what we could get in a trade?
He’s been mostly @$$ this year.
Not nearly what he is worth. Adjustment to DM taking longer than expected for sure.
Agreed. I am frustrated, not serious.
Garland stinks tonight!
Spida…
2 triples before the layup.
I think maybe Okoro should play against Halliburton. He’s faster than Lamar. Lamar is better suited against the slow footed Luka.
IDK, maybe but then Ice will never get a rebound LMFAO
Agreed. Ice vs 1’s & 2’s, Stevens vs 3’s.
One guy is a guard and one a F.
Spida lanche
Pretty tired of this Pacer layup line drill…
SPIDA!!!!
Spida is hot… feed him
MVP MVP MVP
I am optimistic we pull it together in the 2nd half.
Time for DG to cook.
Mitchell keeping us in it
THANK YOU SPIDA
Cavs pretty much a .500 team since that 8-game winning streak.
So is most of the league to be fair…
True. But we lost 5 in a row immediatyely after to fall to 8-6.
If we lose this one, that will be disappointing.
Bottom 3 loss for the year (Clippers choke, Spurs, Kings choke).
Idk… Indy has been pretty impressive this year…
yeah, agreed they’re better than Minny or GSW frankly
Indy is good. But yeah we shouldnt lose to them at home
THANK YOU BRAD, FEED MOBLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAKE UP JB
Indiana has not shot one shot in the midrange every shot is in the paint or 3pt line.
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/1603929992043405312?s=20&t=mHn5fkMWI3GGvP8Tg7N2Ew
Our plus offensive guys are DG, Mitchell, Love, and on good nights, Cedi & LeVert.
Allen & Mobley are OK but cannot space.
Stevens, Okoro, Neto, and Lopez are negatives.
We are not in a good place offensively.
D was not great either.
Love, JA, Mobley all shooting great from the field, just not enough touches,
unreal shot chart from Indiana LMFAOOOO
a parade of layups in the 2nd quarter.
Gotta limit points in the paint
Both our star guards looking pretty lost in the first half. A kinds of settling for long 3s off the dribble and not making plays on D.
Doesn’t help that every lineup included a guy the defender doesn’t bother to be within 10 feet of.
At least two.
Starting linep has 3 non-shooters. Reserve lineups with Okoro + Mobley/Allen have at least 2. 3 if Stevens is out there. The only froncourt shooters we have are Love (shite since hurt thumb), Wade (hurt), and Cedi (who plays more like a guard).
But a clogged lane does make it difficult for 6’1″ guards to do much damage inside. Recipe for a lot of long jumpers.
Spot on.
WHY DID MOBLEY PLAY 12 MINUTES??????? WHY DID CARIS PLAY 9 MINUTES?????? JB COOKING UP SOME BOZO SHIT
Mobley has 2 fouls. That is usually sit until half.
Pretty sweet getting to watch a lineup that includes both Stevens and Okoro that isn’t even getting defensive stops.
Wtrd is this lineup?
That was a bad expected value for a challenge there even though the call was atrocious. You’re gettinga jump ball at best.
Sometimes it’s about supporting your player… that was a fantastic block…
A fair reason to use it. I get that. I’d respect it, but JB’s use of the the challenge has been really haphazard at best.
I think there is a psychological / support aspect to a challenge though. Like showing Allen he deserved it was worth something
Yeah. I agree. sometimes the emotion trumps the math. I can see the case for it there.
The way the Cavs have played, this feels like it should be a double digit Pacer lead… so I guess that’s a bright side?
literally couldn’t have played worse LMFAO
Crappy close of the quarter.
10-3 run last 3:30 after it was 51-50 after the JB dunk.
Gotta stop fouling.
PUT IN CARIS JB WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING JB
Agree with the calls to challenge that call against JA. Support your shot blocker. Might help him get the benefit of doubt on the next one.
That’s a terrible challenge opportunity. Just gotta let that one go.
I wouldn’t challenge that either…they’d just say body contact and overrule the challenge…
Good point!
I hate this 3 non shooter lineup, please JB do something
Yep.
Good lord that call was garbage. JB should got a tech.
at least osman goes downhill
Like, what would it take for a challenge if not that, JB?