Live Thread: Cavs @ Heat
2023-03-08Good evening CtB!
The Cavs venture to the beaches of South Florida to take on the Miami Heat in a pivotal late season Eastern Conference tilt. Miami is desperate for wins to hop into the sixth seed and avoid the play-in while the Cavs are fighting to hold onto the fourth seed. It appears that former Cavs and NBA champion Kevin Love is probable for the game, but the Heat will still be missing Kyle Lowry. The Cavs are fully healthy, exactly where they want to be heading into the playoffs.
What do the stats say about the Heat? That they’re not a good team and if the Cavs lose to them (which they already have once this season), it would only add ammo for those casual NBA fans who think the Cavs are a fraudulent team. While the Heat still have an excellent defense (ranked top 5 in the NBA in defensive rating), their offense is a disaster (ranked bottom 5 in the NBA in offensive rating). It shouldn’t have been a surprise to see the desperate Heat pick up Kevin Love and start him because their roster outside of Jimmy Butler is overrated and stinky. Unfortunately for the Heat, Love’s shooting woes from January have carried over to Miami in his short time there. The fact that Erik Spoelstra has this team above .500 is a miracle.
What will the key to victory be for the Cavs? It would help the Cavs to push the pace against this poor shooting team, as they prefer to keep the game a half court grind much like the Cavs do. Rebound and run will help mitigate the Heat’s excellent half court defense.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio, Go Cavs!
What an abysmal quarter of basketball.
Took 40 minutes!
So many reviews
endless…
Miami’s bench STINKS… Cavs runs coming against them both times.
I f’ing hate these stupid rules!
Shawn Kemp involved in a drive by shooting. In jail. Crazy.
Show me the foul there, refs…
How are you supposed to play defense on 3-point shooters? Dumb call!
They should overturn this and make it offensive.
Super job getting out of the trap by DG on the previous play. Love to see it.
I sure hope this gets reviewed.
That was a cheap ass call…so tired of guys shooting threes being treated like princesses…
Strus flop
DG TO MOBLEY WHAT A PLAY
LEVERT WHAT A PLAY
Mobley a man among boys
Darius! What a finish!
Heat have been getting away with a lot of physical play all game…what else is new…
And somehow we are getting all the calls
WHAT A FINISH DG
WOW!
Jinx
DG got hacked and made the bucket – no call
Zeller looking like the team accountant.
LMFAO
😂😂😂
Ball don’t lie
Have a feeling Butler is going to live at the line the rest of this game…
Give me a break with Butler getting all these stupid calls!
Ball don’t lie
Double donk
Mobley big bucket!
Nice play to Mobley
Wonder if Heat are challenging that?
Not a good challenge.
Was thinking because of the time out
They’d be dumb to. It was a very clear foul.
Butler flipping and flopping
This line up ain’t working
Chonky cat! Two in a row.
Love giving Miami a run
and totally baited Stevens into that three.
He’s earned it.
Couldn’t be worse than Mobley from there.
Take a time out – too easy
The. Miami big shorts and t shirt doing love no favors. Looking chonky.
Ill advised lob to Lamar
Stevens really active on D, I’ll give him credit…
better be or else what the hell is doing out there?
Stevens grabbing rebounds
Cavs abusing love here.
Haha, DG got Love at his own game…
The master and the apprentice
DG got a Love bird!
Good luck airball
Cavs trying too hard and TO
Confident stroke.
Nice work Llama!
Gotta love getting two shots when you’re playing d.
I say it’s a Flagrant 1 not a 2
THATS A FLAGRANT
Lol that was definitely a bit of acting
Veteran move!!!
LeBron like! Lying on the ground holding his jaw.
100%
That should be a flagrant on Vincent
For sure!
Nah.
Flop by llama.
He got him in the neck.
Nice defense Llama
yup
Okoro staying with his man!
OK. On the floor at least.
Regardless DM should have let that land – the clock expired
What a product you’re putting on the floor here, Mr. Silver.
Mitchell constantly matched up on Love this game. What is up with that?
By design. I don’t hate it.
Yeah Love is really not punishing anyone with post moves down low anymore
WOW, smart play Love
Also how is that a shooting foul.
Refballed!
I swear to god, when it rains it pours…so much nonsense…
F’ing bullshit!
Sloppy
WHAT KIND OF SHIT DEFENSE IS THAT STEVENS?
Come on get it together
This is just so dumb. Imagine if they called this all over the court and not just out past the 3 line.
Or at literally any other level of basketball.
Flagrant fouls on threes
Such a stupid call!
Or stupid rule!!!
Cavs with a real advantage in unis. Not a good luck look for Miami tonight.
Herro jumped into him.
That’s no flagrant!
Mitch just broke Collin Sexton’s single season three pointers made record.
JR Smith held the record
BS call
Mitchell with the franchise record
GOT DAMN SPIDA WHAT A SHOT
PASS THE BALL TO ICE DG, GOOD HUSTLE ALLEN