Talking Cavs with Mark Neal
2016-04-27https://soundcloud.com/dayton-radio/tom-pestak-talks-cavsnba-playoffs-wmark-neal-on-dss?in=dayton-radio/sets/dayton-sports-scene
Mark and I decided to forego the usual Thursday afternoon NBA hour on Dayton Sports Scene to focus on Browns draft coverage. Browns fans should tune in, as my friend Jared Mueller is one of the best I’ve ever heard talking Browns.
Mark and I discussed how cleanly the Cavs disposed of the Pistons and the injury implications around the league.
cavs in 5.
I’m sorry, but Cavs in 4…
I agree. The Hawks are worse than they were last year and do not have DeMarre Carroll to check James, and the Cavs have a healthy love and Irving. Bazemore cant guard James. Cavs in 4.
Hawks are at the podium talking about how they are better at this point than they were last year against Cavs…a Cavs team that didn’t have Kevin Love AT ALL, had a hobbled Kyrie Irving, and a tired Cavs team coming off a tough bulls series, and still we swept them. Give me a break ESPN
Cavs get the chance to extend their ATL domination to 12 games and tie up Detroit for suffering quotient. I love it.
Atlanta it is. Let’s go Cavs.
Boston fans hanging around until the bitter end. Impressive, actually.
Ok actually a game 7 Hawks win would be ideal
I am happy to see the Hawks lose most of their lead so they lack confidence, but still win cuz we matchup against them better and own their brains.
Man, I miss the Cavs…
Dude this Boston/Atlanta game is trash
Yea, Boston is really struggling.
Yet Atlanta still hasn’t really put them away.
Go Atlana! I want me some Hawk Fricassee in the next round.
I think Delly would be the best quarterback out of anyone on the Cavs’ roster.
Lebron
No way, Lebron would have been one of the best TE/WR’s in NFL history if he went pro.
I think Colorado has the best weather. I think mountains are better than the ocean.
Mountains vs. ocean is a good debate. Unless you live in Cali and have both.
I think the Jets Stink.
I think EG put The Blaze in the wrong town in Colorado.
Why is there only one game tonight?
Why can’t the Cavs play every day?
Why is there nobody here?
I think the tropical IPA fad rules.
I don’t like fruity beers. Waiting for the milk stout fad to hit.
It’s not really fruity in the sense of say a blue moon or other wheat beers. Left Hand Milk Stout is great. I think the milk stout fad has already come and gone, but there are plenty out there.
Hm I may need to revisit some tropical IPAs this summer. And the milk stout fad came and went? I missed this??? (and yes Left Hand is very good, CO has some great breweries.)
I think the Browns will draft someone who won’t be good.
I think the Steelers should draft Braxton Miller in the 2nd round.
They’ll need all the help they can get to beat the Bengals.
I think the Revenant looks really stupid.
Looks dumb but I keep hearing it’s good so I’d watch it.
Whelp, since no one else has anything to say…
I think the Cavs will win the next series in 4 or 5. I think the Raptors beat the Pacers but could lose to the Hornets. I think the Trailblazers will win at least 2 games from the GSW. I think a healthy Clippers team would have beat the Warriors without Curry. I hope the Thunder make it out of the West.
Lue had some really good comments on the use of isolation plays at the end of the 4th quarter. Lue is so far a great coach.
Hopefully Lue can get LeBron and Kyrie to initiate sooner. The chuck-at-the-buzzer approach doesn’t work. They have to attack early enough so that when the defense collapses, there’s time to kick out and get an open shot on the second or third pass. Otherwise they’re playing one on five.
We are fortunate to have one of the best closers in the league in Kyrie Irving, but I hope that one of the things the team is practicing this week is “4th quarter” plays: 8 seconds left on the shot clock, Go! Maybe come up with five or six different plays that they practice over and over.
The refs are going to have to start being willing to call fouls when people drive to the basket in the final seconds of the game. Wade was clearly fouled. This is why James and other stars have resorted to taking jumpers at the end. They know if they drive there will be no foul called.
Great comment — it goes from “let the boys play” to “well looks like we can foul the crap out of him and get away with it” when it’s called like it is. Although, on the Wade non-call, I think there’s been way worse. He didn’t get hacked, but Zeller for sure wasn’t going vertical when his chest bumped Wade midair, which would have been the foul… and maybe that’s the problem: defenders know they can slam a guy as long as they keep their arms straight up in the air! Maybe take some pressure off the refs and go… Read more »
I don’t know, replay kind of sucks as well and takes a lot of the drama right out of the game.
I just want people to remember this stuff the next time Irving or Leb tries to win the game with a jumper. This is why.
Warriors might pull a Cavs from last year — with their weakest link on defense, Curry, out, they could be the best defensive team in the postseason.
Yeah I brought that up in the segment above – everyone’s forgetting how good GS is defensively.
Oh my lord the rockets are put together ALL wrong. They don’t need Dwight they needed Kevin Love. That this isn’t Utah playing and BEATING the injured mvp’s team is another incredible stroke of luck for the dubs.
Great to see verajao play…not all that fun to see him play this well…
Considering he mainly played garbage time vs a garbage team, it’s not surprising he didn’t make a fool out of himself. He still looked slow and terrible to me though. I’m glad he’s not going to be on the Cavs when we win the title.
Wade was fouled there. Heat has a right to be mad
I am 90% sure the league will agree with the ref’s in their report, and I am 100% sure he didn’t get fouled. He was out of control and Lee hit ball, seller went straight up. It was great defense
The two teams I least wanted to face in the playoffs, Miami and Boston, on the brink of elimination.
Cleveland v Charlotte ECF. I’m all in.
Not a team in the league I dislike more than the Rockets. For goodness sakes, pitiful group. An unbelievable amount of talent down the drain. Despicable disgrace to the sport.
Yes. They are an embarassment. I can’t watch them.
I turned that garbage off after halftime. The Rockets are awful and should not have made the playoffs. Utah would have played with some pride if they could have got in.
Two or three years ago–whenever it was–the Houston GM looked like a genius. But the Rockets really stink.
The 2012 Draft hurt the Cavs and The Rockets.
Dion Waiters
Jeremy Lamb
Royce White
Tyler Zeller
Terrence Jones
ouch
Never seen wade denied a foul call in that situation. I just gained a whole new level of respect for the NBA playoffs in 2016
And I thought that the Cavs would have to face the Heat in the ECF. I wonder how Joe Johnson feels now lol.
Do you think Charlotte can actually close this series out at home with the pressure ?
They’ve already handled the pressure of winning three straight after being down 0-2…
Yes. They have a great coach and a top 10 defense.
I wonder if having Michael Jordan at the end of their bench every game gives Charlotte an extra gear of motivation or confidence. Hitting a game winning shot and being congratulated by the GOAT has to be a surreal feeling.
JJ chose salary and playing time over winning.
So he did what he always does? =)
Good discussion. The Warriors wont make the Finals without Curry. They are toast
Obviously I hope the Cavs can win it all but if they don’t I would prefer any team but the Warriors.