Live Thread: Cavs vs. Heat (Now With Bonus Tom Talking Cavs with Mark Neal!)
2015-04-02With the last regular season matchup between the Cavs and the Heat ready to unfold on national television tonight… the key question for LeBron (based on how the last three meetings with Miami have gone) might be “Where is my mind?”
So… which LBJ will we get for this potential playoff preview? Bizarro Tyler Durden LeBron (who we saw in his two odd trips to Miami where the Cavs lost both by an average of 12 points), or the real Narrator LeBron (who showed up for the 20 point win in Cleveland) in full on “I Am Jack’s Smirking Revenge” mode that we just happen to meet a very strange time in his life? (Maybe the presence or absence of LBJ’s close pal DWade in these games determines how these mind games go). We’ll keep a close watch on the King’s actions and body language, (including whether or not he’s calling his own plays tonight).
There’s a very real chance we may not get a true measure of how these teams stack up for this round of Fight Club though, as Kyrie (illness) is a game time decision and KLove (back trouble) is officially out on the Cavs side, while Hassan Whiteside (hand), Luol Deng (left knee) and DWade (illness) will try and give it a go for a banged up Heat team.
Miami is still fighting for its playoff life in a scrum between themselves, a suddenly surging Brooklyn squad, the Celtics and the fading Hornets and Pacers. While the Cavs have a fairly comfortable three game cushion over the Raps and Bulls for the two seed. A Cavs win could help increase their chances of avoiding a first round match-up with the Heat.
As Narrator LeBron would likely say “I’m really okay. Trust me… everything’s going to be fine…” How do you think this latest round will play out?
Also… check out Tom’s latest installment of Talking Cavs with Mark Neal at halftime! Always an excellent podcast (that’s always fresh and never stale)! Enjoy!
https://soundcloud.com/dayton-radio/tom-pestak-4-2-15
Suns vs Warriors had an exciting finish. Curry drills a last second 3 to give the Warriors the lead, then Bledsoe drives for a lay up with only 7 seconds left and it finishes with Harry Barnes with a throw in for the win. Kind of glad the Warriors won. They haven’t dealt with a whole lot of losing, which could be an advantage in the playoffs. Yeah I know I’m reaching here.
Tom,
Nice job on the Dayton Sports scene. I’ve enjoyed listening to these radio spots. Does Dayton have a ton of Spurs fans? Or is the same person calling in? It sounds like they’re more Spurs fans in Dayton than CAVS fans.
Hah – yeah Mark and I just give each other looks in studio “ANOTHER spurs fan?!”.
There are some regulars, the guy that called in today has called in before, but yeah – lots of Spurs fans around here.
Real recognize real?
I guess the Riverwalk extends through Dayton. The Spurs are a difficult team to dislike. They aren’t flashy. They don’t talk trash. They fly under the radar and really are easy to root for, especially when they destroy the Heat in the finals. I went to the 2007 finals games and although I was disappointed we lost, I didn’t have this disdain like I had for Pistons.
I had a disdain for the 7 seconds or Less Suns. Just felt like they were a gimmick, like the spread offense or something. So I really appreciated how the Spurs dismantled them repeatedly.
Lots of love for David Robinson too – seems to be one of the most universally liked people in sports.
Like when they thugged Nash and then Stoudemire and Diaw were suspended?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LT_C7o5ZGM
And how about freaking Shump! High score as a Cav with 17, and a whopping +28 for the game!
Cavs really turned up the D in the second half. Knocked the Heat down to just 42.7% shooting after they were at 55% at the half…
Angry Smurf? That’s what I get for showing up late! :)
Nate’s pet name for Perk…
HA! Thanks, EG! (An chance you are Joss Whedon??)
I wish! Joss is the man!
I am Groot ;)
(I should probably not say that – it might inspire the posters to match Cavs to Guardians? ;)
Or are you James Gunn?
Did you guys see the super slow mo finishes by Angry Smurf. Oh wait that was in real time. Dude is like a geriatric Neo.
We definitely need to see some Angry Smurf in “bullet time” mode…
he turns to run up court like a 747 pulling away from the gate
Cavs just dropped the Heat to the 8 spot behind Brooklyn…
WALLABY DAMNED!
Haha! You’ve been saving that one, right?
HA! Maybe just a little…
DELLY GOING NBA JAM!! AUSTRALIA STYLE!!
Perkins now playing point guard.
DELLY TREY!
Listening to Tom’s podcast and the listener call around the 16-17 minute mark . . . I can actually feel my IQ dropping listening to his “hot takes”. Tom fantastic as usual. His reasonable analysis soothes the savage Mac.
How many decades has it been since Dennis Miller was funny?
He’s pretty much a conservative troll now. God I want he and Barkley talking Indiana religious freedom laws.
Now THAT would be entertaining.
They should talk fracking, pro-life, and Jesus!!!
Somebody call 911! Perk on fire!
Love it! Great game. I was able to enjoy the CAVS “All For One” IPA while watching this beat down.
NICE! How did it taste? Like victory?
It’s actually pretty good. It’s from the Brew Kettle, a Strongsville Brewery.
PERK with the AND ONE!
Irving hurt his right hand or wrist on a rebound. Hopefully nothing…
Bron playing like a man possessed the last few minutes… LOVE the shiver he gave Dragic to send a message…
Dragic knocked James back to midcourt on that same action a couple trips prior. Definitely woke LeBron up for his last couple minutes in the game.
Bron deciding to guard Whiteside… I love that Bron is willing to try, but that seems like a mis-match
Webber needs to watch the last Grizzlies game again. Love is increasingly NOT a stand still guy on offense…and he is definitely a huge asset on defense. Love is the hardest guy to find space for on the floor…give it one offseason for Blatt to figure him out. We will be devastating next year.
I don’t get the sense that CWebb gets to watch that many games… I’ll forgive him that since he’s not usually on the announcing crew…
DELLY!!!!
That might do it…
DELLY Again! Nice ball movement.
Delly again! The lead is 23.
Aw man! Delly finally hits a floater and they wave it off…
Cavs need to keep up the intensity for a few more minutes… Kyrie with the awesome effort for the 50/50 ball!
Peanut butter delly time!
Delly trey! Cavs by 20. Starters rest coming soon.
DELLY TREY!!! WoW
Kenny Smith has his own reality show? What will TBS think of next?