Playoff Live Thread (Game 7): Cavs vs Magic 2024-05-05 Off By Nate Smith Let’s go. Playoff Live Thread (Game 6): Cavs @ Magic Podcap: Cleveland 4 Games, Orlando 3 Games (or, “We’ll do it Live!”)
Brunson 😂
this just in: Ben Simmons made it through the Met Gala without an injury or hissy.
😂😂😂
Halliburton has been AWFUL
No idea why DiVencenzo can’t miss from three now. I assumed he’d be that kind of guy out of college, but he was just a meh shooter up to his Knicks days.
A lot of distractions for the young pups, I reckon.
That should’ve been Pacers ball. Indy got refballed.
Good challenge. That wasn’t a foul on Brunson. You should be able to challenge every play on Brunson.
Challenging a phantom call on His Majesty. Won’t be surprised if they lose the challenge. It’d be a travesty, but won’t surprise me.
Please stop showing Thibs pouting cliches coming out of commercials. So tired.
Brunson with his hacky offense and the New York faithful chanting MVP 😂
halliburton with 6 pts in 31m in gm1 (at 105-104 with Indy up).. suckathons seem to be equal opportunity employers these days.. brunson with 31.. dude is a tiny stud
Tiny grifter!
Some one needs to put a Mo Wagner elbow into Josh Hart’s ribs
Or just block his ass out.
Stop the press. Brunson got called for a foul.
Don’t guys get tired of Hart punking them? Guess not.
Nesmith “with no regard for human life!”
Love to see him posterize that chump Robinson
OMG look all the celebrities. I’m so impressed! /s
Far and away the most annoying thing about games in NY and LA. Instant mute.
Knicks fans destroy Embiid for shooting 15-20 FTs a game, but they are all good with Brunson doing exactly the same thing because “it’s different!! Brunson is trying to score!!!”. Pathetic.
EVERYONE IS FINDING OUT HOW SOLD A PLAYER “ HARD ROCK “ IS ——— THIS SEASON/ PLAYOFFS ARE GOING TO EARN HIM A NICE PAYCHECK THIS SUMMER
the Cavs disaster that keep on giving!
Knicks grifting their way to the foul line
McConnell with 18 points
Hilarious to see McConnell clown someone other than the Cavs…
Always nice seeing the Knicks get clowned
Get off my screen, Haynes, you sub dumbass.
Toppin with a dunk contest throw down!
These NBA playoff “It’s a Thing” commercials are pretty bad.
I detest the Melo/ Perk draft suit commercials even more. Instant mute.
I don’t mind that one as much
Lol…no foul, sure…god, this Knicks team is annoying as hell…
Wonder if that exact same play was committed against Brunson…would it be a foul? Lmao…
Of course Brunson can’t possibly foul. 🤦♂️
Knicks grifting their way back to a tie.
So happy that with the biggest foul baiter/ flopper in the league, Embiid, out of the playoffs, we can still enjoy Brunson’s nonstop baiting and flopping. Jfc.
😂😂😂
Brunson continues his flopping campaign
Go Pacers.
+1
Good game? I’m at a belle and Sebastian show.
Nnnnice! Have molto fun mate. Pacers shooting well from outside. Tight game at the half.
I have some friends there
HAD A POST READY YESTERDAY IF THE CAVS “ LAID AN EGG “ ————- NATE CAN SAVE/ USE FOR FUTURE “ SHITTY “ GAMES ————-“ I WANT THE CAVS TO BE MY PALLBEARERS—- SO THEY CAN LET ME DOWN ONE ☝️ MORE TIME “ 🤪
THE NOM🍺D HIERARCHY LIST—“ THE “ MRS NOM🍺D ———- GRANDCHILDREN———— DOGS————CATS————-GOLDFISH————- GARDEN—FLOWERS———NOM🍺D 🤪
Ranking the roster:
1. Spida
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2. Allen
3. Mobley
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4. Garland
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5. Strus
6. LeVert
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7. Ice
8. Wade
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9. Merrill
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10. Thompson
11. Morris Sr.
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12. Niang
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13. Porter Jr.
14. Jones
15. Jerome
Pretty accurate after this series although we have no idea what Jerome is.
Allen should be by himself and Mobley ahould be moved next to Garland.
Agree with that, Allen’s got his own tier and Mobley ahead of Garland on the next tier. “If” Wade was durable enough to play 30 minutes consistently, you could argue for him above Strus – but at this point we have several seasons of evidence to the contrary.
I think that is fair and better than mine. Jerome is MIA so I put him last.
agree on Allen ahead of Mobley.
but Mobley still ahead of Garland. doubt if you will be seeing DG on any top defense listings any time soon.
Pretty good.
Might put Morris ahead of TT. Maybe even Niang with or ahead of TT.
That’s great and all but I could have done without the stress.
https://x.com/kendra__andrews/status/1787207130635796819
Do we know if JA was close to playing today?
Mitchell seems to think he’ll be back soon but that’s all we know
Tuesday is real soon.
got that right!
but every so often, the rested team is totally flat in this situation. Let’s hope!
has mobley been the best defensive player in the NBA in the first round? more blocks than Chet and can actually flip his hips / move laterally
…might be worth a max.
gotta give him a max. while we wish he was an overnight superstar, he is young and getting a lot better every year.
MONSTER M-O- B- E 💪🦾💪🦾💪🦾🏀
Missed all but the last 4 minutes due to my oldest son’s 18th birthday party, and around the middle of Q2 was telling my Dad, “looks like we’re better off missing the game anyway.” Glad I was wrong! Just finished watching the NBA Team Pass replay with a Japanese play-by-play – more enjoyable than some English language broadcasts (e.g, Reggie Miller)!
Happy birthday to your son!!! GO CAVS
Happy Birthday young man!
MR STEAL —- MY BAD —-FORGOT ABOUT THE UNICORN BEING HURT——- ANOTHER “ MODELO “ HEADED YOUR WAY 👍🍺😃
https://twitter.com/TheLeadSM/status/1787220993980666367
Day 1 of Manzardo era coming right up.
HOPEFULLY THIS WILL GET SAM “ GOING—- GAINING CONFIDENCE “ AND JB WILL HAVE THE “ CONFIDENCE “ TO PLAY HIM MORE MINUTES———CAVS HAVE A MONUMENTAL CHALLENGE AHEAD OF THEM——- CELTS RESTED / INJURY FREE/ DEEPER BENCH/ BETTER COACHING/ HOME COURT ADVANTAGE/ TV— MEDIA WANT THE CELTS TO WIN ————————CAVS NEED TO EMBRACE THIS UNDERDOG ROLE———— “ PISS ON THE FLOOR—AND LEAVE YOUR MARK “ ————“ REMEMBER THE HOOSIERS “ —— GO CAVS
yo go NOMAD!
um, the Celtics are missing their center
how long for?
They think the whole series (which tbf is short with one day between each game).
You can see a narrow path for sure
https://twitter.com/statmuse/status/1787268861970014295
https://twitter.com/Projectnba1/status/1787215323269091612
Wasn’t sure our team had the fortitude to win a series like this. Glad to be wrong!!!
Jalen Suggs, your tears tasted so good. Thanks for all the flexing, Wagner bros. Dorks.
SAM MERRILL SAVES THE SEASON
https://twitter.com/JacksFlickinger/status/1787232115781669186
Good to see Sam get more than 4 minutes.
he’ll get off against Boston. Orlando finally, FINALLY lost scheme discipline on him once in the half court and once in transition. Boston isn’t as disciplined and they have smaller defenders
Teacher’s pet Okoro +24.
Gods Favorite Sam played well!
Wins for all
Donovan Mitchell led the charge for the @cavs in Round 1 to advance to the Eastern Conference Semifinals!
🕷️ 28.7 PPG
🕷️ 5.0 RPG
🕷️ 4.4 APG
🕷️ 1.4 SPG
Mitchell totaled 201 points in Round 1, joining LeBron James as the only players to score 200 or more for the Cavaliers in a playoff series.
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GOOD INFO WINDMILL —- THAT NETS TEAM WITH DC/PETRO BEAT A PRETTY GOOD CAVS TEAM——— MAN THAT “ SHORT “ REST BEFORE THE CELTS ON TUESDAY IS GOING TO BE GRUELING/ CHALLENGING 💪🦾
Cavs – Nets in ‘92 was a great series also although Cavs wrapped that one up in 4 (3-1). First game, Draven dropped 40, but the Cavs held on thanks the 40 from Daugherty + 35 from Price!
When is the last time we won a series without LeBron?
Did Mark Price play in it? Kemp?
1993
Good question. Mark Price/Brad Daugherty era.
Last good year of the Price/Daugherty/Larry Nance teams, beat the Nets in the 1st round but had to go 5 to do it (best-of-5 1st round back then). Those Nets had Derrick Coleman who was ahead of his time (PF with point guard skills) and Drazen Petrovic, one of the first great European NBA stars, but tragically killed in a car accident a few weeks after that series.
Fratello had 5 winning seasons (of 6) but lost in first round each of the 4 seasons his teams qualified for post-season play. Stuck at that level where tanking makes sense. And then Randy Whitman and John Lucas arrived. Please savor the current success!
You are correct, but fail to mention that they were year-in, year-out the slowest team in the league. They not only were just north of mediocre, they were as boring a 44-win team as you will find. Brandon, Mills, Phills and Hill were good dudes, but yes, no more of that!
oh those teams were buttcheeks. I liked the Price / Daugherty teams but the late 90s teams were so mid
I think around 1993
I credit Fratello w getting as much out of them as he did. Offensively challenged so slow it down. And even super slow, Andre Miller gets 10.9 assts, insane! “ Price/Daugherty” needs to have Nance added to it.
they would have done OK with Kevin Johnson.
Cavs win!!!! Woooot! Had to listen on the radio but made the drive so much easier.
WON WITHOUT JA AND “ WITH “ JB STILL “ COACHING—- WALKING THE CAVS BENCH——- “ MONKEY IS SO CALLED OFF THEIR BACK “ —- MAYBE THEY CAN LOOSEN UP AND PLAY BALL/ MAKE SHOTS——- DWADE POSSIBLY BACK???? ———CPJ AND OH YEAH JEROME ???
Thanks Donovan for being a man’s man all playoff long, to Maximus Strusimus for sticking with it and balling out to the finish, and, kudos to Caris and Sam for your valuable contributions to keep us in it in the second quarter.
Postgame, Coach Mosley whining a bit about foul calls, esp quick 3 on FW.
Cry more Mose
He had a point on some but P5 had a billion FTs too
I AM LIKE BUCKAROO ——- MY STOMACH/ HEART CANT HANDLE WATCHING LIVE——- “ MODELO MADNESS— MAGIC “ 👍🍺💪🦾——- GO CAVS ——- MODELO OFFER STILL ON ——- PLAYERS ARE INVITED 👍🍺👍🍺👍🍺
Cavs are now 3-0 the last two playoff series when scoring 100+ points… not suprising.
credit where credit is due.. nice and surprising win.. they have issues, but that is a discussion for another day.. enjoy the victory ctb..
Yep.
I forgot it was on early and missed almost all of it.
Spida is legit. Everyone else gave just enough: LeVert, Mobes (despite the TOs), Strus, Ice, & Sam. At least DG took decent care of the ball.
agree with buck!
Some Stats from Statsmuse on X:
The Cavs just completed the largest Game 7 comeback win in NBA history.
They were down 18 in the 2nd quarter.
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Spida today:
39 PTS
9 REB
5 AST
15-17 FT
The most FTM in a Game 7 since Harden in 2015.
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Donovan Mitchell scored 44.1% of the Cavs points in Game 6 and Game 7.
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Donovan Mitchell scored 89 points in Game 6 and 7.
That’s 2nd-most all-time, behind AI’s 90 points in the 2001 ECF.
Franz – I know you think you an Allstar but being outscored by Evan Mobley (Derrick Favors) in an elimination game is nasty work
From statMuse:
Franz Wagner today:
6 PTS
1-15 FG (6.7 FG%)
0-5 3P
The worst FG% in a Game 7 in NBA history (min 15 FGA).
ABC, please cut back to Stephen A. for the post-game. I have to hear how he controls the narrative and puts Mitchell in a Knicks’ uniform next year!
Stephen A. is highly entertaining, although utterly clueless. The chatGTP if sports broadcasting!
he was giving Knicks analysis and talked about how much Grimes was helping them.
in his defense it was only months after Grimes was traded
Cavs Down 10 at the half: Outscored Magic by 22 in the 2nd half 63-41 Cavs: 63 points 26 pts in the paint, 18 pts from the 3 point line 54.1% FG 46.2% on 3’s 5 steals 11 assists on 20 field goals only 5 TO’s Magic: 41 points 25.6% FG, 20% on 3’s, 9 turnovers 3rd Quarter Stars: (Cavs score 33 pts) Donovan: 17 pts (7-9 FG, 1-2 3PT, 1 ast) Strus: 11pts (4-5 FG, 3-3 3PT, 2 rbs) 28 out of the 33 points 4th Quarter Stars: (Cavs score 26) DG: 10 pts (2-4 FG), 3 ast, 1… Read more »
These teams deserved each other–seismic shifts in play and confidence throughout the series.
in the 2nd half:
Franz: 0-9 FG, 0-3 3PT = 4 pts
Banchero: 4-15 FG, 1-3 3PT, 5-8 FT, 14 pts
Forget the second half–Franz and Suggs went 3-28 (!) in the whole game… throw in Banchero’s 10-28, and the Magic’s three best players shot 23%. Kudos to the Cavs defense, and kudos to statistics (regression to the mean) as well. That team does NOT shoot well.
Need to show love to the players in the 1st half:
1st: 18 pts
Donovan: 8 pts
Caris: 8 pts
2nd: 25 pts
Sam Merril: 8 pts, 2-2 3PT, 2-2 FT
Donovan: 7 pts, 3 ast
Caris and Evan with 4 a piece
Is JB’s next job as asst in ORL? …just wondering…
Go Cavs!!
TT — 1 block, 2 assists, 4 boards (2 offensive) in 7 minutes. Yes yes yes!!!
And at least one tremendous screen
WHERES MY MODELO
And the Guardians took care of biz across the way
Gg cavs; even Garland finally came thru a bit in the clutch
Tremendous game from Mobley. Huge buckets down the stretch and mighty D.
My man catches three dump offs and he’s got 20 too. Hopefully this was a good lesson
We just won a playoff series!! Go Cavs!!!!
DG Clutch
Evan clamping (16 boards five blocks)
Strus here
A fucking hardway win. Needed to figure it out against a tough team and did.
1st playoff series win in 6 years.
1st without Lebron since 1993.
Jesus. Joe Ingles is enormous. Love to see him in a Cavs uni next year.