Live Thread: Cavs @ Raptors (Game 4)
2016-05-23
Gus Chan / The Plain Dealer
The Cavs are in Toronto again looking to bounce back after a 15 point loss. In game three, the Raptors caught Cleveland snoozing. Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love combined for just 16 points on 4-28 shooting. The team was out rebounded by 14 boards.
The Raptors morphed into prehistoric beasts. Bismack Biymobo was a T-Rex at the top of the rebounding food chain, without the short arms of course, sucking up 26 boards. DeMar DeRozan utilized his prehistoric game perfectly. He went 9-20 from mid-range.
In games one and two, the Cavs had 22 and 24 assists, respectively. In game three, the Cavs had just 15 assists. When the Raptors squeezed them, they froze up and quit playing the quick passing offense that helped them win ten straight in the playoffs.
Despite the Raptors scoring just 99 points, they posted an offensive rating of 114.2, and although they had just 15 assists, their offense was running well. The Cavs will find out the answer to this question tonight: Did the Raptors just make shots or is the offense they witnessed on Saturday something truly sustainable?
Cleveland will pull out the win tonight. In game three, they were sluggish, didn’t fight as hard as they needed to on defense until the second half, and let their offense stall out from too much isolation play. Tyronn Lue‘s film session for this game will be pretty simple. He will start by showing them clips of failed possessions at the rim because they forced shots (instead of passing).Then he will show them the wide open looks they had in games one and two from all over the floor because of their ball movement. Cleveland knows the way to win against Toronto, they’ve done it twice now. I’m picking the Cavs, 113-90.
The Cavs will be without Dahntay Jones. Jones is suspended for one game after hitting Bismack Biyombo in the groin. LeBron James is paying Jones’s $80 fine.
Jonas Valanciunas is a game time decision for the Raptors.
Kyrie has completely messed up our balance on offense
couldnt agree more, we need to score out of this timeout, cant get let it become a 2 possession game
Bail out call for toronto…
there was no contact there on Derozan…stupid…
Bad call but those go both ways.
The point forward to RJ
https://vine.co/v/i9BFrtJeZqA
as soon as Kyrie come in we dont get a nice look on offense
We just cannot stop Derozan…
Refs are freakin crap right now
No foul cripes.
Derozan has been absolutely money in this entire series
get some or any stops guys -they are going to run Bron to ground in this one
seems like only Delly can get Lebron good looks in PNR
Hey Tyronn, Delly is going to play the whole quarter, right?
https://vine.co/v/i9BFaV27QVF
Kyrie and KLove are morons
The Raptors have made them both unplayable. An undrafted backup and guy we picked up at the deadline (and a lot ous were not excited about adding) are better options.
https://vine.co/v/i9BtaZtJHOO
Kyrie with bad defensive position.
another crazy shot by Toronto
That foul was such bull I can’t even believe it!
Uh oh. Kyrie back.
how;s that not a breakaway foul?
Can Lebron hit his free throws
Jefferson is so much better than Sean Marion
Frye is nervously clacking his jaws on the closeup. Dude will have TMJ
Love may have rolled his ankle but it’s his knee that he’s rubbing and holding…
Is drake gettin kicked out?
Mark Jackson is definitely calling him Shannon Frye…lol
I thought so.
The Cavs need to be more physical with DeRozan! He is just walking down to his spot and shooting comfortably.
So does Kyrie not understand how to run plays like Delly out of that set with Lebron in the high post? Seems like those are plays that he and Lebron could run but does Kyrie just not have the same court vision as Delly?
I just think he basically doesn’t understand how to play basketball…give him the ball and let him go one on one, that he can do…
Kyrie has shown flashes of chemistry with LeBron in the playoffs, but he still has a lot of room for improvement.
James is slow on the roll, so Delly makes it himself
https://vine.co/v/i9BIKwmmMzv
James and RJ play catch. Teams trading baskets now.
https://vine.co/v/i9Bj2FH6KY7
Got to get some stops…Derozan scoring at will…
cavs just can’t stop the raptors…giving derozan and lowry too much space and this joseph guy just throwing in the air off glass
I thought Shump was the Cavs defensive stopper….. What a joke!!
The defense needs to be better, we are scoring, but they hitting every shot too
Omg. What a ridiculous travel by derozan.
Dude is so Kobe-esque it’s silly.
It wasn’t even close.
LeBron drives for the first lead of the game
https://vine.co/v/i9BjX2AnEMu
Please can someone stop the raptors from throwing random shots up and praying?
Is he saying shannon frye?
Great pass James!
Delly is sucking…the life out of the Raptors’ D
https://vine.co/v/i9BjbX1M2V3
Hope Irving is watching how to run the point
f$$$ scoring -get some stops
Delly dime!
Frye double-pumps and makes
https://vine.co/v/i9BDV11HHl5
That was in biyambo’s grill!
Hope Lowry hurt himself on that flop.
Shump is so dumb sometimes.
Lowry endangered his own life trying to kick shump and get the foul call
Let’s hope Kyrie can have a good scoring quarter when he comes back I think LeBron will run out of gas soon.
Keep up the d Cavs! And use Frye to space that floor for drives!
F’ing fantastic!
The value of Delly! First the defensive play and then the assist.
One point game!
Making the run with Delly at the point, and Frye on fire.
https://vine.co/v/i9BpAO3agZJ
So refs are trying any way they can to make sure Cavs don’t win. Joke’s on them though…love needed to be benched anyway
Delly time! Serving up delicious Fryes!
https://vine.co/v/i9BdUn6UQ5D
Frye to the rescue on offense so far again…lets get some more stops no
cavs 3pt shooting regressing to mean ..just need defense
Frye coming to save the day!!!
RJ with the old-man bob, weave and reverse
https://vine.co/v/i9BdnDrqUQV
OIC: Love rolled his ankle on the official’s foot away from the play.
wonder what Lue will have to start the 4th.
Cavs cut the lead from 16 to 9 after 3, 6-8 from three in the third quarter.
So that Patterson foul…How is it not an illegal screen when he never stops moving…and for that matter Biyombo has yet to set a legal screen all game and has not been called for it…His screens are a constant motion where he never gets set at any point…
It ain’t pretty, but I’m seeing some fight from the good guys.
Irving from midrange
https://vine.co/v/i9BHBiOiM9P
Maybe we should consider hack-a-Bis? He is a bad dree throw shooter isn’t he?
Cavs in reach. Love gimpy. Frye time.
somehow Cavs within 10 after all that….run an offense….be aggressive…and lockdown d…and rebound the eff out of every shot no matter what
Oh boy gimpy love.
Plz plz plz kevin love don’t come back into the game. Holy crap that dude is fragile