Live Thread: 76ers @ Cavs
2023-03-15Good evening CtB!
The Cavs welcome the Philadelphia 76ers to the shores of Lake Erie for a primetime, nationally televised showcase between two of the elite teams in the Eastern Conference and NBA at large. The Cavs are fighting to stay alive for the third seed in the playoffs while the Sixers will be looking to essentially lock that third seed up. The Cavs will have to play the perfect game in order to pull off the upset, this is their second game of a back to back and they will still be without big man Jarrett Allen. However, it looks like Ricky Rubio has his minutes/rest restriction lifted as he’s available to play tonight. Other than missing bench piece Jalen McDaniels, the Sixers are healthy and very rested.
The Sixers statistically are one of the best teams in the NBA, especially on the offensive end. They have very few weaknesses, but they can be exploited on defense by crashing the boards and pushing the pace. They don’t rebound all that well and they don’t like to run. Unfortunately their offense is so good those opportunities to run will be far and few in between.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes and nationally on ESPN, Go Cavs!
Game slipping away
GREAT PASS CARIS CMON MOBLEY MAKE YOUR SHOTS
Need stops.
God the Sixers are such foul merchants.
Another 3… just great…
That is their entire offensive. Harden/Embiid and then kick to a good 3 pt shooter
It’s not rocket science.
Sure ain’t! But stopping it is another matter
Philly 5-9 from 3 since that Niang 3 to close the quarter.. and two of those makes are on offensive rebounds.
LCC!
Rebound the ball .. 2 3 pointers by harden off the offensive rebound.
Great passing.
Niang stands no chance on Caris.
THATS RIGHT SIMMO!
CARIS AGENDA VINDICATED OVER AND OVER
Can’t waste a good game by the bench by loosing this.
The bench didn’t lose this. JB riding the IceLlama starting lineup killed em in the third.
YUP
Diakite just locked up Harden there.
Cavs got lucky that foul wasn’t called.
LeVert en feugo!
Cavs sagging too far off the wing shooters
Good lord, Spida.
Cavs need to defend the 3 point line… it’s killing us right now
CARIS EN FUEGO LET HIM COOK
4-4 on 3’s lately
Let Caris Cook!
Coffee is for closers.
Why are they fighting for the damn rebound… come on
2 quick 3 pointers by Philly after we went up 2.
3 3’s back to back.. that dumb play led to 3 points
Cavs have the same amount of free throw attempts.. but missed 6
Philly : 16-18
Cavs: 12-18
Philly shooting 53.6.. cavs shooting 44.8%
Horrendous quarter got saved by the refs
Nice shot Niang. Cavs did not close well.
DUMB OFFENSIVE SET LEADS TO NIANG THREE CALL THE RIGHT PLAY JB
I honestly don’t trust Cavs to defend on those full court last second defensive possessions.. feels like the other teams usually gets a wide open look.. like just now.
Thought the set was fine, just didn’t get back.
Niang can’t move his feet, they should be going after him every possession he’s on the floor.
GO AFTER NIANG
DG playing big this quarter .. 9 out of his 15 points .. and 9 out of our 23.
DG nasty
LET GARLAND COOK
Embiid so smooth.
BS. Melton had his hand on it last
Ball don’t lie on the turnover.
CARIS TO CEDI WHAT A PLAY!!!!! CARIS MVP BABY!
I like the way Embiid fouls. If I was 7-2, that’s how I’d foul.
That was a 16:1 run before JB did a single thing to adjust to philly. We are likely going to see this guy get extended. Really hope he’s the type of guy who learns from reviewing film
He does not.
He is so freaking lucky Philadelphia is stupid and the refs are actually calling offensive fouls
Darius from Spida!
Let’s go DG!!!
Awesome sequence!!
Highlight of the game so far.
18-1 run by Philly since the 9:44 mark (before DG point).
So we had 1 free throw/point in 6 minutes wow…
GREAT JOB JB YOU SPOTTED THEM 20 POINTS THIS QUARTER
Horrible quarter. 11 points…
Okoro goes to the bench
Thank god
OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER, FINALLY JB ENDS THAT TERRIBLE LINEUP
Okoro pump fakes and Embiid fouls him like ate would.
YOU AT LEAST HAVE TO HIT FTS ICE!
THIS LINEUP HAS BEEN USED 25 TIMES THIS SEASON AND IS A -12 ON THE SEASON YOU ARE A MORON JB
JB SHOULD BE FIRED FOR THIS DAMN LINEUP YOU’RE A CLOWN.
We need spacing more than defense right now.
100%
The Isaac Okoro “stop turning down open shots” challenge.
SHOOT THE BALL OKORO GOD JB YOU SUCK!!!!!!!
Cavs are ice cold
Harden tries to grab Stevens arm LMAO
MAKE THE RIGHT PASS DG
10-0 run… Cavs gone cold after all that
Energy gone since being up 13.
GET CARIS AND CEDI BACK IN JB QUIT SITTING ON YOUR HANDS YOU BOZO
Hand down man down, mobes.
Donovan doesn’t see wide open Stevens, Stevens can’t do shit against Embiid. WHAT IS THIS OFFENSE
I honestly feel we need this win for momentum.. to get a solid win against a contender..
GET OKORO OR STEVENS INVOLVED IN THE OFFENSE OR GET THEM OUT JB
Okoro is time machine Tucker.
Quick 5-0 run for Philly..
8
8-0 run now..
Cavs didn’t have any solid looks..
– blocked floater by DM
– fadeaway jump shot by DG..
Third block by Embid
No prisoners!! Choke them out before they wake up. I wanna see solid garbage time in the 4th.
PHILLY DOESNT LIKE TO RUN!!!! DOC RAGE TIMEOUT!!!!
EXCUSE ME THREE STEVENS!!!!!!!
ICE TIME!
I put head down to read the blog and Okoro scores.. nice find DG and run out Okoro.
Llama Time!
Big shot
SPIDA TIME
Evan hustle.
MOBLEY HUSTLE
Slim Duncan Time!
ITS SPIDA TIME, LETS GOO TIME FOR YOU TO TAKE OVER