Live Thread: Cavs @ Pelicans
2023-02-10Good evening CtB!
The Cavs have traversed south to the Mississippi River Delta to take on the New Orleans Pelicans in a primetime, national televised affair. The Cavs are in the midst of their first winning streak in a month and are making their postseason push to possibly nab that third seed in the Eastern Conference. The Pelicans have been in free fall down the Western Conference standings since the injury to Zion Williamson. They desperately need any win they can get to stay within shooting distance of the top 6 seeds in the West.
Taking a look at the Pels’ numbers on the season, what stands out is that they’re a better defensive team (7th in defensive rating) than offensive (12th in offensive rating) team. On offense, they like to move the ball and crash the glass, so limiting second chance opportunities should be a point of emphasis. They can be prone to turnovers so the Cavs would do well to disrupt passing lanes and steal some easy buckets against this tough defense.
No Ricky tonight. No Zion, Dyson Daniels, and Josh Richardson is still en route to the Pels. Bet accordingly.
#Cavs will roll with their same starting lineup until there is a reason to change it.
Darius Garland. Donovan Mitchell. Isaac Okoro. Evan Mobley. Jarrett Allen.
Ricky Rubio is OUT because of injury maintenance. The person taking his minutes tonight will depend on game flow
— Chris Fedor (@ChrisFedor) February 11, 2023
Tip off is scheduled for 10:00PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on ESPN, Go Cavs!
Ball don’t lie
Poor pass there by DG.
Followed by a good one.
Clear path. Dumb foul.
The Mobley/Allen 2 man game is the goddamn best
Solid “potential” win on the road for the Cavs.. especially against the West.
Don’t jinx it or Willie will take out your knees.
RJ with the cautious comparison of Allen/Mobley with Robinson/Duncan.
Glad I’m watching the Bally Sports broadcast.
😂😂😂
Caris gives it up, gets it back.
good hustle Caris to not allow transition offense for Pels, THEY GOT THE STOP
mobes emerging.. scary
Nice defense by Caris on BI and then a nice recovery and block by JA (I think).
LeVert is waaay streaky offensively. But he is a Swiss Army Knife, 1 through 3.
Mitchell with kind of a quiet 30
Classic JB 8-man rotation on a back to back in a 20 point game, dawg get a clue!!!
Yeah. 8 man rotation on b2b drives me nuts. But if you can close it out with 6 minutes left…
I’d love to know what other teams are doing?
1 more assist by Caris and he will have a double double with assist.. solid coming off the bench in 27 minutes.
Great Caris game
LeVert is a dime away from a double-double.
Get me on the court and I’m trouble. Last week I f’ed around and got a triple double.
Such a great find/ pass from JA to Mobley.
JM to Ev woooooot
GREAT DEFENSE CARIS!
WHAT A PASS AND FINISH MOBLEY!!!!! DESPERATION TIMEOUT
Slim Duncan and 1!
Great composure by Cavs after it got to 14
My thoughts exactly!
Doing what they need to do. Consistency throughout all 4 quarters is becoming a habit…
DM adding to it
Nice quick 5 to points to extend the lead to 19.
JA is a monster on the boards.
CARIS TO JA EASY MONEY
CARIS STEPBACK JACK
Much needed Caris 3!
This is where Willie gets dirty!
BIG SHOT CARIS
Sloppy start.
Kind of glad Neto isn’t on the floor. I feel like he would probably punch Alvarado.
That would be a good thing.
Mitchell sloppy with the ball. 14 point lead
Houston gave Jimmy an oop from out of bounds with less than a second left to lose by two. Bad teams being bad
Now a 16 point game
Same as the start of the third. Cavs just need to stabilize.
We had the last shot that quarter but Garland drove into traffic, and turned it over.
Dumb mistake but because of our lead not a huge deal.
man i feel like the refs aint on our side this game. isnt mattering fortunately
I didn’t get that sense. What’s the disparity?
Cavs extending the lead in that quarter, PUNISH AND FINISH THEM NOW
Ugh sloppy finish
Ye0. Still won the quarter, though.
Garland went too early at the end.
Garland should have pulled up!
Cavs 4-8 from 3 this quarter.. let’s Go !!!
Let Caris Cook!!!
COOK THESE FOOLS
The Jedi!
Some fan was yelling at JB, and was ejected. Wonder if that fan was a Cavs fan?
Do we know where CLF is right now? 😬
I’M NOT A CROOK!!!
*richard nixon voice*
I think we need to find this fan and send him a gift!
Good point. I think we need to get the New Orleans PD to investigate this.
Mobley gonna win a playoff game this year with that fadeaway.
Maybe he’ll pass LBJ for total points with it
Yep. Maybe many PO games.
Mobley throwing a bean bag up there. What a soft tough!
Helluva game for Mobley so far
Mid range Mobley becoming a thing.
He’s great facing up. He only gets in trouble on the turn arounds
That little 8-10 foot fallaway/turnaround is getting pretty reliable.
I think on the turns he’s sped up too much sometimes.
With his length, itis a shot he should be able to get almost anytime.
Gotta keep this 20 point plus lead going into the 4th
Ev!!! So good
Slim Duncan!
Oooh, I like that!
I didn’t invent it. Not sure who did?
MOBLEY IS COOKING
Take a time out
at least Willie Green called the timeout instead.
Word!
SHOOT THE BALL WADE
Close the quarter right
Garland with a rare FT miss
Allen tip in!
JARRETT ALLEN HUSTLE
Allen with the clutch play
I feel like we take Allen for granted
Dude is so damned athletic and coordinated
He makes it look simple.
Wow! Nice JA!
LMFAO Ingram in a box
Air Allen!
Neither JA or Mobes has scored this half.
And no fouls on the Pels yet, either. I think.
Garland, Mobley, Allen, & Wade all with 3.
We are getting 9utworked this half.
Get a board! Ton of fouls as well.
At this rate, Love is gonna have to play.
Man these fouls are freaking thin.
Horrible horrible calls
Nice Pass allen
Mitchell just missed.
Made next one.
F these refs!
SPIDA!!!!
JB needs to get a technical!