Live Thread: Cavaliers at Pelicans
2014-12-12
The Cavaliers look to rebound on the second night of a road back-to-back. Without LeBron James, Cleveland dropped a tough game to an OKC Thunder team desperate for every win. Unlike the Thunder, the Cavaliers’ next opponent was without huge preseason expectations.
Anthony Davis is on his way to becoming the NBA’s most dominant player. Though his Pelican team is still unlikely to make the playoffs in the loaded West, Davis continues to evolve into a legit MVP candidate. Currently sporting a PER of roughly 213 bagillion (32.97), the third year pro has improved in nearly every conceivable way. The arc on his jumper hydrates deserts. He doesn’t skate out of position on rotation defense. His off the dribble game has more confidence. Davis is currently the best player in the league.
Fortunately for the Cavs, The Brow doesn’t bring many talented friends to the party. Eric Gordon is out(which is the case whether he suits up or not). Tyreke Evans, though better, is still a one trick pony. Omer Asik has liberated Davis from consistently manning the center position, but is a limited contributor offensively. Ok, you’re right, Ryan Anderson is legitimately terrifying.
…and as of 7:20 It looks like LeBron, Kyrie, and their balky knees are cleared to play. The Cavaliers should have the depth of talent to take out the Pels for the second time this season — no win for the brow.
Nick Young is a clown!
Lots of movie quotes for the last two games:
Delly never says die – Goonies
Daniel Larusso is gonna fight – Kyrie
Drunk Santa in NOLA yelling expletives – Bad Santa
Ryan Anderson drilling Kung-Fu 3s w/ Marion in the game – Matrix
Hopefully Kyrie doesn’t break his nose, otherwise we might see the Dark Knight
Does Houston seem like a really good regular season team, but a one that gets destroyed in the playoffs?
No, it’s just Dwight Howard that has good years and gets destroyed in the playoffs . . . except in 2009.
I think it was an off-night for all teams. The Lakers, Knicks and Pistons won. It must be a full moon.
Lakers really pissing Magic Johnson off with the OT victory over the Spurs
It was a full moon, alright.
I think this is the first time the Cavs have scored over 100 points and lost
Chulapa’s for everyone!
This year, or ever?
I really think the Ryan Anderson gets hot against the Cavs because he plays against Shawn Marion aka Matrix… MR. ANDERSON!!! (Anderson blocks bullets Kung-Fu style then drains a 3).
Excellent! Why wasn’t that in the scouting report?
I think I heard him say “whooaaa” just like Keanu after draining each three…
Never send a human to do a machines job!
Cols will be happy Delly was -17. Too much mayonnaise on that Delly Trey!
LeBron should have sat tonight because we lost.
Delly was -17. I think you can use Delly’s +/- as a type of barometer. If he’s + we win. If not, it’s not looking good.
Kyrie started 0-13, but finished 7-19. I know it’s mathematically impossible, but he did it! He also had 7 assists. He also had one three (more than all the DNP’s added together!)
Kyrie was just sandbragging tonight
What an ugly loss!! Too bad Blatt didn’t trust Jones to come in sooner. He has GOT to get a productive bench with a legit bench not 3 players who play intermittedly with the starters. It’s NOT WORKING!! And when your lead bench scorer goes down(Waiters) this is what happens. Delly with Kyrie together in significant minutes is stagnant It’s like watching mud.
Ha they actually play great together. Kyrie just couldn’t move cuz of his knee and couldn’t shoot til the fourth
Or he couldn’t shoot because of his knee.
@uuords: The 76ers made just 11 two-pointers tonight, the fewest in a game in NBA history since the advent of the shot clock.
Let’s light an advent candle in celebration.
How about we just play them on a back 2 back.
On the bright side, we did score 114 (and we did it without Dion).
Yeah I hope Dion’s ok. He needs a couple more Scrub-Fuego games of his own to really start lifting that confidence going into the tough stretch of the season
Maybe he just had to take a massive sh*t
LOLOLOL. Do you mean a massive shot?
Either way… it works I think, right??
Cavs took to much Dramamine tonight. Hopefully they will be less motion sick at home.
When do we play the Sixers?
You only said the Sixers because you are afraid of the Wolves with Wiggins and Bennett. Expect a sub-fuego tsunami when we play them!
I’m not afraid of no stinking Badgers… I mean Wolves… I’ll take a nice run of Sixers, Wolves, Pistons…
I’m wishcasting GumDrop Bear for the SubFuego performance when they play Minny
He’ll tear it up, then give TT a Wet-Willie
Ryan Anderson seems very punchable.
He’s punch-tastic
New Orleans fan dressed as Santa was cursing up a storm
How do you know it was a fan and not Santa? Things have changed greatly since the year 2000. Before 2000, Santa had never sweared.
Then came Billy Bob Thornton…
The Chris Grant Curse!
Cavs only turned it over 6 times tonight, but Cans also took care of the ball with 7.
At least LBJ only played 38 minutes…
Yeah, like that Big Mac cost only $4.95.
Well I’m glad we don’t have to see Ryan Anderson again this year.
Ugh. Anderson is so annoying! This felt like the stupid Orlando team we met in the playoffs. Just red hot from deep and able to find an open three at least once every possession and so they just started chucking. Unreal effort from Lebron but we were never in this one after halftime…everyone was exhausted cuz we have nobody on the bench to get minutes from.
Every night somebody has a career game against the Cavs. We ought to hold a lottery before each game with everyone guessing who it will be. We’ll keep stats.
This is a fantastic idea. If we attract enough attention maybe Blatt will actually remind guys to check out guy’s tendencies on the scouting report. “Ryan Anderson: will shoot ANY 3, regardless of distance, and is particularly lethal when never getting run off the three point stripe.” We might even begin to quell the scrub-fire
Wait…perfect opportunity to invent a word: “scrub-fuego”
I love scrub-fuego.
Then again, I love anything-fuego . . . even more than wishcasting.
+2 on Scrub-fuego
You invented a word Scotch! (It’s something everybody should do in life.)
Not a tough one to write up tonight unfortunately. Davis goes out and the Pels go nuts and Can everything in sight.
JAMES FREAKING JONES!!! Wish he could shoot it from half court for a 6 pointer…
EvilGenius – I think you and I had some pretty good stats tonight.
We had the two-man game working tonight ;)
Yeah. We were the Big Two.
Wow. BABBITT with the dagger. SMH
He wants to be called “Luke.”
I enjoyed this comment
No quitting on this team I keep wanting to stop watching but it is the least I can do as a fan
Well, no quitting at the end.
If you don’t play the first 3 quarters it’s not quitting, what is it? (This is a perfect opportunity for someone to invent a word.)
Bleeding out? Lollygagging?
Cruisin’ to a losin’
Procrastidestination?
Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication!
Dropping the proverbial ball?
you can Google it.
My son said “Cleveland ballin” I said your too young to say that you haven’t put in your time yet.
Hah. Like social security – only eligible after a 40 year grind
JAMES FREAKING JONES!!!!!
Where was this earlier??
Need to sign Reggie Miller real quick to come in and get 11 points in :30 seconds like he did in that one game…
Maurice Speights. That’s who we need.
Maurice Speights. That’s the guy we need.
One more time….
Comment monster ate the third one.
It said, “Get that weak comment outta here!”
Why didn’t they go to the zone D earlier? That seemed to work on that possession
This is arguably going to be a much tougher loss to swallow than last night. Not sure if it was mostly an effort or rotation thing on D
Where’s Cols when you need him?
Did you really just type that? How much avocado did you put on your BLATT?
Maybe it wasn’t avocado. All I know is that it was green.
Honestly, Cavs fans everywhere need Cols to rally them.
Well, now it is probably time to take LBJ and Kyrie out. Probably not the way Blatt drew it up those last three possessions
***BREAKING NEWS*** STILL WAITING FOR A CAVS BIG MAN TO PUT TYREKE EVANS ON HIS ASS
Evans and Anderson are just unstoppable tonight for whatever reason
***BREAKING NEWS*** DON’T LOOK NOW, BUT IT’S A 7 POINT GAME!
The the Pelicans decided to get serious.
It’s pretty disheartening the Cavs can’t stop Tyreke Evans’ forays to the rim. It’s not Russell Westbrook we’re talking about here.
This is vintage Tyreke, back when he was playing with Boogie Cousins in Sacto
From Wikipedia concerning the 2009 draft: James Harden was drafted 3rd overall in the 2009 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder. This made him the first player to be drafted by the franchise as the Oklahoma City Thunder whose franchise moved from Seattle to OKC in 2008. The Sacramento Kings drafted TYREKE EVANS to average at least 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in his rookie season, joining the elite club of Oscar Robertson (1960), Michael Jordan (1984) and LeBron James (2003). (I edited Wikipedia to make that second statement . . . . . . . .… Read more »
Anderson’s arm and leg weary. Kyrie with 10 points in the quarter. 106-99 with 3:45 left.
Anderson is going limp.
***MORE BREAKING NEWS*** KYRIE IRVING ACTUALLY HITS A THREE
***BREAKING NEWS*** RYAN ANDERSON MISSES OPEN THREE
Joe Harris with as many threes as Love and Lebron combined. Heck, as many as everybody combined.
THE ROOKIE with a nice three
LBJ just needs about 5 more of those…
And a few mousetraps for Anderson and Evans
Peanut butter works best on them.
Just in case some people out there are using cheese. Mice actually don’t care for cheese unless they are starving. Also, did y’all know that a mouse can fit through a hole the size of a ball point pen? I read it on the internet.
I got an idea. Let’s leave Lebron in the game and see if his knee will get sore again?
I really really tried not to comment this evening…It is so very hard when I look at the lineups that this idiot BLATT puts on the floor…I do admire the tenacity of most of our players…but if you are slow and can’t check my Grandmother(god rest her soul…she past away years ago) then you should not be on the floor at crucial times…Somebody please help this idiot figure out who the best suited players for game time situations are…he has nooooooo clue!!!!!!
Isn’t that why they have Tyronn Lue?
Lue was a quick defender. Gave Allen Iverson fits. Maybe we should put him out there. Yeah, that’s why we have Lue.
To be fair George, not sure much choice he had tonight with the way some of the guys were shooting.
Considering how well the pels are shooting I doubt a rim protector would have done much. Anderson is just killing it
Is it the Pels or Cans? Genius called them Cans – so I’m going with that. Besides, they’re really “Canning” it tonight.
Nice pun Udog. You can call them Pels or Cans, but tonight they’re $$$
I guess there’s no “I” in Pel-Can. That’s probably why they’re winning.
I just heard a mouse trap snap in my kitchen drawer. That’s number five this week!
Man, that’s beyond a mouse problem… that’s an INFESTATION
They’re small… and kinda cute. If a kid brought one up to me I’d probably pet it. (Like the Cavs treat opponents in the lane.)
LOL, that’s about right. Aw, look at Tyreke. Isn’t he cute?
You should name your mice after NBA point guards…
wow might be time for a Cat
Had one, but he died. I think the mice ganged up on him.
It was kinda like Gulliver’s Travels . . . but with a cat and mice.
Question: What’s the difference between a hamster and a gerbil?
Answer: A hamster has more white meat.
They just can’t stop Ryan Anderson tonight. Crazy. He’s got like 72 points in the two games against Cavs this year (so far)
Nice three from Joe
Rough night for Delly tonight. Wondered why Joe Harris was out there, but they just said Dion is out with abdominal pain
Dion experiencing abdominal pains. Me too.
Haha great comment. This game is a shit slurry smothered in cheese.
This is where Cols comes in and tells us everything is going to be ok . . . and that we’re still going to win 60 games.
No Cols in sight tonight, or maybe he’s just being quiet…
Anderson hit another three. If I’m him, I’m buying a lottery ticket after the game.
I’m not feeling it for the Cavs, so it’s time to switch to humor.
Cancel the switch to “12 minute energy.”
Bring on Jimmer & Joe Harris.
Joe Harris with a three!!! Folks at home are pleased.
I want to see a Joe Harriss / Jimmer Fredette match up.
13 point deficit is doable, but not easy. Got to have some big shots from other guys besides LBJ and need to tighten the screws on D like they have in previous few games.
Time to switch from gatorade to “12 minute energy” – a super concentrated beta version of five hour energy.
Bron shooting a ridiculously efficient 15-21 from the field. Kyrie still with a goose egg
. . . against Babbitt.
True, but he’s still got to hit the shots. Babbitt’s still got some length
True, but we’re talking Babbitt. Neither one of us has even used his first name because we don’t know it. He might not even have one. Is it possible to have a kid and not give it a first name?
It’s LUKE.
Come on I talked about this a few years ago. After the Cavs signed Luke Walton and had Luke Harangody they only needed to sign Luke Babbitt and Luke Ridenour to have fielded every Luke that ever played in the NBA.
That’s why you are an Associate Editor and we are Associate Editor wannabees.
Guess how many points Kyrie has?
Cavs shooting 9% from three tonight. Moondog shots better than that flipping it over his head at midcourt after games.
Evans has hit that shot like 10 times this game. SOMEBODY PUT HIM ON HIS ASS PLEASE
yeah it’s nauseating. freaking reverse layup after reverse layup. No rim protection whatso ever
Cavs being exploited.
No A Davis, LeBron can’t miss – and they’re still down double digits?
You knew that the rest of the Cans would step up and play well, just didn’t think they’d play THIS well
The Cavs are the Cans when they don’t play well. It’s like they’re kicking Cans.
Poor Babbitt. What did he do that caused Pelicans coach to put him on Lebron all night?
After Lebron’s 60 point game tonight, he can say he scored them on Babbitt.
Bron 33. Rest of Cavs 40
Bron doing it all right now. Need some help from Kyrie and KLove
Can the Cavs hire Kobe to give his Charmin extra soft speech during one of their practices?
This could be my age showing, but I remember when big men would put guards on their rear ends when they tried to come inside and use their six fouls to enforce the paint. Not just Cavs, but teams just don’t seem to do that anymore.
This could be my age, but do you think Kurt Rambis would come back and play for the veteran minimum?
Only if he brings his Hansen Brothers glasses with him
I think the rules have changed in the past 30 years; physicality in the paint is now a foul (unless you’re Blake Griffin).
Anyway, yay Pelicans win!!
ANDY with back to back nice buckets inside
We switched to a “self check” defense and it seems to be working.
Can feel the run coming
For which team?
For a second, it felt like the Cavs, but too much interior penetration from the Pels
I guess Blatt’s halftime speech hasn’t sunk in just yet