Live Thread: Heat @ Cavs
2023-01-31Good evening CtB!
The Cavs welcome the Miami Heat to the icy shores of Lake Erie for a massive Eastern Conference battle between two seeded playoff teams. The Cavs will be looking to put distance between them and the sixth seed Heat while the Heat are making their second half charge up the standings to prep for the playoffs. A hobbled Jimmy Butler and Gabe Vincent are giving it a go, which should tell everyone how much this game means to both teams. It’s the time of the year when playoff teams get serious about winning, and as everyone knows last year, this was the time of year that the Cavs faltered down the stretch. Hopefully they can start a new trend this season.
What do the Heat want to do tonight? They’re a top five defense with a bottom five offense. They want to make the game ugly and slow. The Cavs should look to push the pace on offense and try to disrupt their passing on defense. The Cavs will also need to clean the boards as the Heat aren’t a great shooting team.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:00PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, GO CAVS!
Why is Okoro in the game!?
Because he is our best defender, just hit a 3 to tie the game, and we need to get him experience in these situations.
Bad shot by Mitchell, need to get action towards the hoop
Dumb turnovers and Mitchell jacking up contested 3s
story of the cavs offense in tight situations
Ice TO.
Put Rubio in to run the show.
Can’t turn it over now
Two dumb turnovers in a row
DG TO.
GD it.
U can’t force that pass. Good God.
Get the damn rebound
That’s it Mobley, put them on the floor!
Impressed with Cavs tenacity tonight
Lol. Makeup call.
Complete BS. Probably lose the challenge, but F that crap jimmy
Time out I guess, but not much chance of this challenge.
I don’t know if this is really worth challenging tho. It looked like there may have been minimal contact by DG.
Yeah no clue what he’s thinking here.
And he couldn’t challenge it anyways
5 on DG. 3 min left. All tied up.
Ic3!!!
Butler flop!
Ice3!
ICE!!!!
We hit one shot and Heat calls a time out… we loose a 4 point lead when barely anyone is scoring and is down 5 and not one timeout from JB.
9-0 run.
I don’t understand what JB is doing here. What is this. Lineup? U need scoring!
IDK, trying to steal a quick blow for Mobley
Then put in Rubio. You’re down 5. You need offense.
Timeout!
Why is Mobley out and Caris is still in?
JB is losing it. I’m trying to support him because he’s not terrible, but man, what are you doing?
This is what I fear about the playoffs. Other coaches playing chess, while JB is playing checkers.
Jesus
Get caris off the floor.
It’s not even that he’s been bad, he’s just been out there for 16 straight minutes!
He heard me
For real
Beautiful drop step, Allen!
Put in Okoro to cover Herro
That illegal screen foul was… Thin.
AC… Come on man. They’re in a zone because Cavs can’t score against it.
Wade did get it back, though.
Mobley looked McHale there!
Bam with an offensive foul then gets a shot clock violation 😂😂
3rd TO out of a TO this game. Effing unreal.
Seriously. Hire a freaking assistant who can draw up a play. It doesn’t have to be the head coach.
Ev!!!
Mobley = beast mode
Get Wade out of there
LeVert on the floor for like 13 straight minutes before that block.
“The way this game is going they’ve got to score here”. *Garland dribbles ball off leg*.
Not his best effort thus far
Poor oladipo. Before the injuries, he’d have crushed that.
3+ minutes. Teams combine for 2 total points.
We scored them though.
Good to.
Unreal hustle caris.
CARIS CHASE DOWN
Caris oh my!!!
Need some offense
Wow great block by LeVert
Cavs gotta be close to bonus.
Wade gotta squeeze some tennis balls.
Cavs gotta be in the bonus soon
I didn’t think it was possible for Rubio to miss 2 FTs in a row.
Why is Caris out there? He played almost the whole 3rd
Osman at 7 minutes.
Mobley beast mode tonight.
Ooto basket!
DG should have plenty of juice for the 4th
This game really shouldn’t be tied. Heat are shooting 48% from 3 (to our 28%) and have taken 14 more free throws.
11-2 run by Cavs in the last 3 min… great close.. it could have gone really ugly.
Attaway Mitch
SPIIIIIDA!!! Love the clutch close.
We need to stop fouling and sending them to the line.
Counterpoint: good foul.
He was 4-4 before that.
Never doubt Ricky.
Wade doesn’t have it tonight.
He’s what 1-8 or so!
He does not. I’d like to see what Osman and Okoro can do on the court together with one of the Bigs.
Tie game. Nice rally after being down 9 or 11 or whatever it was.
SPIDA!!!!! Ties it up at the beater!
DM3!!! Great close to the qtr
Heat don’t seem to be a great FT team either
Ricky so GD good.
It’s kind of ridiculous how effective Rubio is at this age and coming off that injury.
Caris! No no no… No… Yes!
Basically anytime for me when he dribbles or shoots.