Live Thread: Cavs vs Timberwolves
2016-01-25G’Day! These fit as a Mallee bull Cavs fans traveled over 10,000 miles to be in Cleveland for Australia day at the Q, and ended up getting to meet their countryman, Matthew Dellavedova. You may think they’re as mad as a meat-axe, but let’s hope that kind of good karma pervades the arena tonight as the Cavaliers celebrate the holiday that started on January 26th, 1788. A couple of CtB commenters and even a staffer are in the arena bringing the #CavsGoodKarma, too. Hope the lads stone the crows for you, mates.
In other news, the Cavs are saying all the right things about their commitment to pushing the pace. As Joe Vardon reported for Cleveland.com, ‘Bron is fully committed to coach Lue’s vision of moving the Cavs out of 27th place in speed of play in the NBA. Hopefully, no one chunders.
This is what coach wants to do and this is what we’re going to do. This isn’t a LeBron thing. I’m talking out of IQ of the game, but this is what coach wants to do, so this is what we’re going to do.
So here’s to these these new look Cavs going off like a frog in a sock for the Aussies watching down under. I’m going to click “post” now so I can listen to the Wombat address the crowd. May your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny door down, Andrew Wiggins. In other words, Go Cavs.
Are you kidding me with that call on Parker after how much contact Bogut had on the previous one? Ben’s right, the Warriors get aw a with a ridiculous amount of contact.
THEY CALLED AN ILLEGAL SCREEN ON THE WARRIORS.
THE END TIMES ARE HERE. EVERYONE TO THE BUNKERS. — Matt Moore
These announcers are the worst homers I’ve heard since Tommy Heinsohn…
Kawhi is crazy good from the post.
Time to ignite, Kawhi…
Kerr is gonna have a heart attack… How can his team get a foul?
ISO ball goes to die against the Dubs…
Warriors bench outplaying the Spurs bench. This is so scary, it’s almost ridiculous.
Livingston is playing so well for them…what a freaking pickup. Wonder if he complains about his minutes?
Wish we still had him
Hhe would be incredibly valuable on the Cavs.
He doesn’t need to… they go 11-12 deep…
Livingston is a match up nightmare. Spurs need to play Slow Mo.
Spurs can’t figure out Livingston either…
Dubs make every pass so difficult…it’s almost unbelievable…
And with their spacing, ball, and player movement they make you work so hard on d. Spurs might be gassed by the fourth.
Green got mugged by dirty Draymond!
Uncalled double dribble on Everybody Hates Draymond…
Cols missed Diaw’s ISO play…how disappointing…
I still can’t figure out how Boris Diaw still plays…
We need a good post up player.
That is how you use a screen to get open.
Spurs need to get something out of Parker
I can’t figure out this Heineken ad… can someone splain it to me?
You’re a hero if you drink a lot!
But doesn’t the dude refuse the Heineken at the end?
He’s not a hero, but he is because he’s a designated driver.
Pop’s gonna run out of timeouts…
A zone, how bout that, interesting
Even against a great team, they make it look so easy…
It’s incredible these teams have sky rocketing intelligence.
It really shows how awful a coach mark Jackson is. This is nearly the exact same team that never got out of the second round
Yeah, but he’s Klutch… /s
That’s the most important thing…I expect him as Cavs coach next season…
It is like Kerr had the old konami code for the warriors offense
Spurs play such smart basketball.
Man it just feels like the Warriors get every lucky bounce
I agree, but part of that is they play their a$$es off.
This is where the Spurs should catch up… battle of benches…
David West was a great pick up.
Looks like Spurs have the same refs Cavs had. How about that??? Turnovers a problem
Good call, TV…
Remember last year before the trades, how LeBrons attitude wasn’t great. Then after the trades, he seemed rejuvenized and he believed that the Cavs could win. I want him to get back there. Because I don’t thinks he believes they can beat the Dubs.
He ain’t alone there…
They played them well until last week. Too bad they canned the guy that could get them over the top. Welp!
I think it’s past time that the word “welp” got entered into Websters…
If we try to play Lue’s faster pace, we are doomed.
LBJ is still the best player… in virtual reality…
He beats Curry one-on-one easily. Too bad it’s a 5 player game.
Best player in the East. Maybe.
KD/Westbrook might give him a run for 2 and 3
Whelp. Good night. This is terrible.
I knew Cols hated basketball…
I’m still waiting for the “ISO”…
Yeah, teams aren’t playing enough iso so Cols can’t watch.
No wasted energy or movement on that curry drive, take notes ky, we need you to be able to do that in the future.
Total
iSo play.
Bwahahhaa, well played evil, well played.
So many times I had to say this to my son when he was 12 years old. That age is so damn funny especially in their minds concerning girls.
Uh got a pass out of bounds with a wide wide open lane? Pass and curl gave him the lane, not dribbling the ball against a set defense.
29 points in a quarter against the Spurs….not bad. But the Spurs will be okay if they take care of the ball.
Yeah, but the spurs were sloppy to begin the qtr, gave the warriors a bunch of extra possessions.
Wish we had a coach like Pop. Too bad we vacated the Israeli Pop.
Come on, Arch. You’re better than this!
Blatt will have a tremendous career in the NBA.
Here comes the Spurs bench. A true strength to them
And just like that spurs down by 4
Harrison just slipped on a banana peel…
Thats what teams gotta do against the dubs take every advantage of size mismatches you possibly can.
Nice foul, Barnes, you scrub…
When’s the last time the Spurs had 8 turnovers in a quarter?
I’d love for someone to clock Iggy in the jaw. Hate that guy!
Both of these teams play a lot of ISO. Don’t see much of a difference between them and Cavs.
Huh?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dude… what game are you watching?
Lol….he just has his bot program turned on…an automated bot message every five minutes, based on a few keywords…
Ezeli is a dirty little player.
Or a dirty big one…
No Hush Yo Mouth! That title was given to Delly. /s (sarcasm)
I know the Dubs D is tough, but the Spurs are being too sloppy…
Holy cow, that is going on sc not top 10
Oh, Simmons… that was almost great…
Draymond might be one guy that I root for injury… Like an ACL tear.
I’d love something a little more permanent… ;l
A beheading??????!!!!
Whoa Nooo Identity crisis instead
Seriously? That was terrible
Should have been a Flagrant 3…
If that’s not a flagrant and JR’s was… smh…
If they could call fouls on his 3s, believe me, they would.
Wtf wtf wtf, get the f out refs
Warriors continue to have Oakland refs on their side.
It’s amazing how well Draymond Green can defend players bigger than him.
Should be a Flagrant 2 on Festus…
Pasta Euzeli with what looked like a flagrant.
It’s the warriors, it’s all good — NBA Refs
If dray green can defend a guy like Aldridge like that in the post, smh.
Spurs look like crap
They’re only down 8, not 43.
Then how did the Cavs look to you ?
They are under 10 near the 2nd qtr, so they are well ahead of the Cavs.
Alridge looks as lost as Love.
Yah… LaMarcus hasn’t looked good…
Put your elite flopping skills to use on Braymond, Manu…
Can’t believe we were almost up 3-0. I think we missed our shot.
Think about how much different the narrative would be if the Cavs had won the title last season…
Blatt wouldn’t have accepted the trophy. He would have said he already won one in Euopre.
They were a little shaky, first time in the finals…they have been playing like the Jordan Bulls this year…as condfident as any team I’ve ever seen.
Spurs gonna need some oxygen…
Yeah, they are without Duncan, but depending on what transpires in this game, I may be afraid, very afraid.
Yeah Cavs can’t get caught up in running against Dubs. They will lose series 4-0.
If they play, I think the Cavs might lose 4-0 no matter how they play.
Yeah, but Coach Lue says part of how they’ll win is injury, so I’m expecting some big ones… /s
Lol yeah still cannot believe that
LaMarcus is playing like he did against the Cavs…
Glad they finally called that mouthy prick Iggy for a foul.
Yeah… he stepped out when he got turned into a freaking sandwich by Bray and Klay…
Cavs need to move the ball more like how the Warriors do it effortlessly
LOL, really? really now? you don’t say….
Going to be near impossible to get quite that fluid in 39. We can improve tho, hopefully…
I don’t think LeBron wants to play like that. Period. Blatt wanted them to move the ball like that. They want to play ISO ball. They replaced the coach with someone who is going to let them run up and down the court and play ISO or pick and roll with a kickout in their “sets”. Basic high school ./ pickup offense. It just seems to everyone, other than LeBron, that to win in the NBA you need more than talent – you have to run an offense that creates efficient looks.
My goodness this is absolutely frightening.
Curious, is curry having the most efficient season in terms of true shoot % for a guy averaging at least 30 pts of all time?
I’m sure he is, and 2nd place probably isn’t in the same galaxy…
Yeah, we may be watching a dude ascending to never before seen levels. Terrifying
Spurs won’t panic, they will continue to run their sets.
Well it may not matter.