Playoff Live Thread: Celtics @ Cavs Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals
2018-05-21
The Cavs took care of business in Game 3. In a game where LeBron James and Kevin Love didn’t have to score 60+ points and still win handedly, did the Cavaliers find a new formula for sustained success the rest of the NBA Playoffs? Will the role players continue to show up? Does Ty Lue trust the lineups that don’t combine Jeff Green and Tristan Thompson for another game?
While many are expecting the Cavs to have found the switch, the Cavs are gonna Cavs so we really don’t know what to expect. Expect Brad Stevens to make some adjustments and the Celtics to perhaps not let Jaylen Brown get into early foul trouble.
LeBron and Co. will play in a much more competitive game tonight but the good guys will take it, tying up the series 2-2 and heading back to Boston.
115-108 Cavs.
6 minutes to go. Lets foul Morris out.
I know we love to crap on Jeff Green but he literally just played 18 minutes straight.
WHY?!
No player does that. Poor coaching evident again!
Fair point. That’s inexcusable for any player…
And frankly, I don’t want to hear about Blatt trying to call a TO he didn’t have when compared to this…this is more inexcusable…
You channeled your inner trump there!
It’s a circus out here. Just pitiful that he’s the head coach
True. Lue totally asleep
KLOVE WITH THE HUSTLE!!!! LBJ WITH THE FINISH!!!!
Lebron seems totally disengaged on d tonight. Not going after loose balls/boards. Roaming the lane. What happened to LBJ from game 3? Also is love dealing with back issues. He is running (jogging) the floor like a 75 year old.
was really good in first quarter
Didn’t see the first half. I almost wonder if him expending the energy to lock in on d is better than him attempting to create out of thin air on offense.
Lets go! finish!
Couple of big plays by Love! Offensive board and then a great outlet that leads to a bron layup
(probably a travel)
Man if brown hits that 3 this would be ugly
Nice hustle from Love on the tap. Bron to the rack. Back up 11. Breathe again.
God Jeff Green is absolutely brutal this series…
Terrible rebounding there.
I feel the choke coming.
Hill, Korver, Lebron, Love, TT
Thank god Green is finally out
Great effort this half cavs
GET JEFF GREEN THE F OUT OF THERE
Love has had so many shots half way down only to rattle out.
Baynes just smacked kev in the face. No call.
This is the one of the worst crews in the POs.
Scott Foster & Tony Brothers are the worst.
I could slap a small child right now
Once again, Lue thinks Green is awesome, even thoug he’s done virtually nothing…
Why are they running offense thru Green???
yep,yep everyone keep missing please.
Get JR in for Green
Instead Nance leaves.
Green is so GD useless.
Bron, Korver, Green, Love, Nance.
1 second half assist for us. Putrid.
Lue should be waterboarded until he gives Osman some of Green’s minutes
That was really awful defense. Got to get Bron and TT back in.
Lead down to 8.
Trouble. If Love fouls out, our coach will play Green the whole 4th.
I’m afraid you are right.
Things fell apart after that BS travel call on Green.
ugh Nance positioned himself so poorly
Really? That’s more kyle’s fault, IMO.
Cedi should play for Green. Always. It is not like you lose rebounding.
So Green has played like 12 minutes straight. Bc of course
Love had a chance to push it to 16 and suddenly it’s 8
Possession too late on that TO.
Why not green on brown
Damn. Time for Bron.
We need to quit fouling.
Green is pretty useless in this series…(I say for the 6th time)
God. Jeff green is such garbage. Easy double to help Kover on the post-up instead just stands there and guards no one.
Hill is taking over here!!!!
Hill, Korver, Green, Love, Nance.
Good lineup, but Jeff Green killed it with a turnover and terrible defense.
Hill great iso on Baynes.
Bron resting. Need Love, Korver, & Hill to cash in.
Way to go Kev!
More of that, please, George…
Hill! Big bucket.
Nance with an O board.
Hill Lost rozier there. Dang.
come on KLove, we need you
If Cavs had brought nance in instead of Green when Love went out, they’d be up 20.
Green, Clarkson, Hood- like why? ever
Nance, Korver, Hill really giving them a lift at the end there….
Nance just has to get more minutes.
That was a great close to the quarter.
Got to give LeBron a few minutes of rest. Literally a few minutes lol.
Too bad they gave up that sloppy bucket…if Lebron had drilled that shot it would have been proper…
HILL WITH THE HUSTLE!!!!!!!!!
Screwed that up. Still up 13.
James went way too soon. Bad clock management.
KORVER WITH THE HUSTLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice play by Bron & Korver there on the tap.
Hate that 3. Great play from Hill.
CAVS JUST WANTING IT MORE!
Korver with the Dellyesque hustle
NANCE WITH THE HELP DEFENSE!!!!!!!!
Dive-zus
Korver might be in the top 5 37 year old players ever…
Good Call. No. 1 Kareem. Who else?
Duncan, Karl Malone, Stockton, MJ off the top of my head.
Manu may be up there
Lebron will be the greatest 37 year old player ever
KYLE ON THE FLOOR!
Nance with huge block. Saving our game
Good close to the quarter. Nance all over the place. Maybe Lue will let him play more. Sheesh.
Man. Nance with another great play. Big block, Nance.
LOVE these missed dunks from Tatum…he needs some humility
Nance’s energy saving the end of this quarter!!!!
Nance with a strip. Dang George, make that.
Way to go Larry. 3/3 on FTs there.
Nance knocked the ball away at one end, gets run over by Baynes at the other