Live Thread: Cavs @ Thunder
2018-02-13
A lot has changed in the few short weeks since Oklahoma laid a 148-124 embarrassing beat down on Cleveland on their own court. The Cavs have swapped out six old, tired, or useless legs for four brand new shiny pieces of what they hope is an NBA Finals roster. With the additions of Rodney Hood, George Hill, Larry Nance Jr., and Jordan Clarkson the mood has drastically shifted in The Land. Oh, and the Cavs won’t be forced to put a hobbled, overly proud Isaiah Thomas on the court.
LeBron is back to looking like he enjoys being the best basketball player on the planet and its lead to three straight wins, including possibly one of the best wins of the season against the Boston Celtics. Tonight should be a much better measuring stick for where the Cavaliers and their new guys are currently as the Thunder aren’t slumping and, as stated earlier, are fresh off of pummeling Cleveland in their last match-up. Cedi is still in the starting lineup and everyone else is available for this match-up. Hopefully the defense is much improved and Cleveland can get an exciting road win against a tough team. Go Cavs!
Lue rode Bron & JR + the subs.
Where did the “Lue is an idiot” contingent go? Maybe they had a bocce match against the “Corby is an idiot” crew.
I will say playing IT lowered his value.
This offense is going to be video game when KLove is back
He and Hood on the floor together will be fire…
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/963616133810028544
Smart timeout by Rodney
But they still got the jump ball…. I believe.
Nope!
Wow. LeBron puts the nail in the coffin with a fantastic drive and finish high off the glass over Adams.
Oh that was bad bad bad. Green has to pass it.
I really hate the lower ceiling this team has since they traded IT…/s
I actually get what others are saying–it’s tough to create offense against a defense like Golden State’s… can they win a series by being democratic around LeBron? It would be the biggest feather in his ridiculously large cap… I am inclined to want to see them try…
Good recover by James off an almost broken possession. Glad he didn’t settle for a j.
good grief – what a difference a trade deadline makes
With no KLove! Impressive!!
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/963616278316486656
This is awesome.
Can’t stop smiling. Love the hustle plays. It’s like drinking water in the desert.
BALL GAME!!
Grant is a player.
Love this team!
Me too! It is fun to be a Cavs fan again. Amazing
Not over yet. Gotta get some good shots. Too bad Clarkson finally missed
Lebron should try to drive and get some calls.
BALL DON’T LIE
Nance is all arms and legs…
Garbage call
Huh?!?! Where was the contact on a Melo?
The UNFLEECING continues…
Too quick on that trigger…
Nice pass from jr
Cavs are a modern NBA team again, 15 three pointers made. Not hard to believe considering who they got rid of and who they have now. So happy to never see Crowder, Rose, IT or Wade missing a three pointer in a Cavs uniform again
JR STEAL!
Sucks that got called a jump ball, but wow, what a pass by LeBron
Brent really selling the promo for “The Alienist.”
Nance dominant on o boards
Adams has 12 OBoards in 39 mins… but Nance has 6 OBoards in just 22…
Make that 7!
Love Nance…
sold on these young gunz as a whole
sold on clarkson as backup pg!
Tristan may start, but Nance showing that he should (probably) close games.
Yeah. Though bench offense runs so much better with him instead of tt when LBJ not playing.
True. Lue has time to figure out who works best when. I know A LOT of vocal folk here doubt Lue’s ability to put five on the floor, but I am more of the mindset that ye olde vets were tough to manage….
Unfortunately, they both struggle from the line.
Clarkson could be called the Filipino Flame!
Nance saves another LBJ ISO j for a Clarkson trey!
Nance with a great tap back!!!
24k!!
NO NO YEEEEEEESSSSS!
Clarkson!!!!
3 FT misses in a row.
Practice your throws with your pops Larry!
Nance giving Adams a taste of his own medicine
Nance team leading +17
Korver obviously needs to run a free throw shooting class.
Nance saves a possession with an o board
Nance outworking them underneath now
Lot of fouls called on Cavs… 25
We can get to 60 wins if we win out.
Our FT shooting is not good tonight!
One thing IT, Rose, Crowder, & Frye could all do was shoot FTs.
Nance gotta work with Kyle on his stroke.
Nance rim running, green with the nice find for the foul
Grant wisely fouls Junior before he puts him on a poster…
Jordan Clarkson seems like exactly what our bench unit needed. He’s a really big boost in energy when you compare it to the old timers running game last week.
Yeah…thought I’d hate him, but I kinda like him…obvious flaws, yes, but a good guy to lead bench unit…
I think Nance could stand to be a *little* more aggressive/ selfish on offense…but not much to not love about him…
No matter what happens this game I am just so pleased with the new direction of the team. Their energy is great and basketball is fun again. I love it.
They called something offensive on OKC.
https://twitter.com/CavsFredMcLeod/status/963612584665632768
Got him a bird!!
LBJ with a generous call.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HktV2yGtLv8
offense goes into slo mo with Lebron back.
That’s OK though as long as they score and don’t turn it over.
Ha. Yeah, if that’s the outcome, then no complaints.
Thanks ref….. Finally
LARRY SR has to be a proud papa —–every reason to be so —thank you for your playing time with the cavs and THANK YOU FOR “L-JR “—THANK THE MISSES FOR THAT ALSO !!
Can the Cavs transfer TT’s contract $$$ to Nance’s account? In just two games he has outplayed TT by far.
Damn Clarkson!
Thank god for Russ’s gunning
I love Nance.
Way to take it right back at them!
All good in the HOOD!