Live Thread: Grizzlies at Cavaliers, 12/13/16
2016-12-13Alright folks, let’s see if the Cavs can keep their run of strong play going against a very, very depleted Memphis squad on the first leg of this home/away back-to-back against the Grizzlies. I’m looking to see if Liggins can keep a rotation spot now that J.R. is back, if J.R. can start finding his game again, if LeBron’s MVP-caliber performances over the past few games were a pleasant blip or a sign he’s cranking up the intensity, and Kevin Love staying hot. Keep it here after the game for my recap.
UPDATE: Kyrie is apparently sitting tonight out to get some rest — he did look like his legs weren’t cooperating with him last game. DeAndre Liggins will be starting in his place, which should be an adventure. Part of me hopes there will be some #FELDERWATCH news tonight, but more than likely it’s just going to be LeBron making all the plays.
Ha! Curry blew the tech… game still pretty much over, but that was funny…
AD gets a tech and I don’t blame him… terrible officiating…
Damn… that sucks…
Dray gets away with another foul and strips AD… ball game
Dubs decide to foul… Holiday hits first one… Pels get the board
Wow! What a comeback by the Wolves! Revenge of the Thibs!
Ridiculous… they were down 27-6 in the 1st quarter.
Showed some mental toughness for a bunch of youngins…
Wiggins with some nice defense on Butler. Wade stuffed at the rim and got tossed!!!
Ball back… still down 3 with 14.9 to go…
Wade just got tossed.
And this game’s in NOLA too…
Wow… Dubs straight foul AD and get away with it…
Rubio to Levine for the TD! That might’ve been dagger.
WOW… Wiggins with a sweet jumper! For the lead!
Pels still have a chance… Down 3 with the ball and 45 seconds to go…
Damn you Tim Frazier!
Damn… bad play by KAT leads to Wade-Butler alley oop.
Iggy just rode The Brow out of bounds…
Wow… if Minny can with this it’ll be the largest comeback in the NBA this season!
*win …. sorry
Man, and there’s still OKC/Portland to go!
Just for you Cols…
Haha. Strength in numbers
Curry just made a shot where he was attempting a fake and flail… no call, but can’t believe he made it…
Fraud
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Maybe I’ll put in the game 7dvd
There should be no charges when a player steps under another player.
There was a chocolate chip cookie dough beer in my Mew Belgium Folly pack. It was surprisingly drinkable.
That sounds revolting…
It does. But it wasn’t awful
That crap was gross. Too sweet and buttery for a beer.
That’s because you are a beer snob. I can drink anything.
Wait… do you guys get the same beer of the month or something?
I think we just both drink a lot of beer.
LeBron is in the Frauds head.
They’re just orders of magnitude worse on D this year…
My Lord Anthony Davis is amazing…
Cols, you should be watching the Pels/Dubs game… Curry just missed another easy layup…
Yeah they have the stupid timberwolves
Chicago on here.
Man… IDK why they let Rubio shoot the ball…
EG, where are you watching the game? Local? League pass?
League Pass… had to do it
HAHA. I barely have time to watch Cavs games, or I would.
Early Christmas present to myself…
NBA TV is picking up stretches of the game.
Tim Frazier for backup PG!
He’s really playing well.
Dude… I agree. Tim Frazier is awesome. Can’t see Pellies letting him go tho… since Jrue can’t stay healthy…
Want the James Jones show tomorrow. Lets see how many threes he can get.
That’s going to be a defensive minded lineup (minus JFJ)
Liggins gives us another wing defender. This is really great. This is why you don’t sign the scrap heap guard you picked up and made useful. Once he becomes expensive you go back to the scrap heap and do it again only this time you get a more useful piece.
You’re drunk, aren’t you.
I’ve had a few.
Just finished the game. Sorry I couldn’t join you gents. That was a lot of fun. Love was awesome, J.R. was back, Andre Liggins was everywhere defensively and LeBron was the straw that stirs the drink.
And the big three get the rest of the week off…
Think they’re looking at the Christmas day game?
Maybe… wonder if Lue does the same thing next week with the Milwaukee back to back…
Their schedule stinks around Christmas. They play 5 games in 7 days. Don’t know why they had that mini-vacation with four off days in a row just before Thanksgiving.
We don’t need no bsckup pig.
We are the best three point shooting team in the NBA.
Well, that was fun!
Pellies up 5 in the fourth now!
I’m jealous you’re getting to watch that.
Oh man… flipping back and forth between it and the Wolves/Bulls… some great basketball tonight
Kyrie basically gets a whole week off… not bad
LOVE THE DECISION BY LUE
We COULD stay in it with D. Ligs, Shump, JR, TT. They can D up. Andersen & RJ too. JFJ not so much.
I’d love for us to be within 1 of GSW for that game.
Man… Curry looks really bad this game…
The Cans are fighting back against the Dubs…
Wow!
Okay… most definitely a loss…
Got no problem with that. Probably a blowout, but give the kids some more run and the big 3 some more rest.
I like it. And gotta admire Lue for doing what he thinks is best even when it means drawing the wrath of Cols.
I dunno, Cols seems to be all about coasting, as am I with regards to rest.
Yeah, but he thinks LeBron should coast through about 45 minutes a night.
Dubs on a 14-1 run to take control tho… Bulls Wolves is good…
Was just about to mention Bulls Wolves…. Wolves came back from 21 down in the 1st quarter.
Getting chippy in the Cans/Dubs game…
What’d Green kick somebody in the nuts again?
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Meh, he’s just letting him know he is there. That is how you have to play the nut-kickers.
Stopped play for a bit…
Gasol alone will make things tough tomorrow. That team could be much better than I thought they would be this year considering how they have played through the Conley and Parsons injuries. I know they have played a weak schedule, but their game against the Warriors was impressive and they played us tough tonight for much of the game despite missing Conley and Gasol.
For sure. He’s been an All Star this season…
Pellies still up on the Dubs… but only by one…
29-13-3 w/ 2 steals from Love (9-17 FG, 3-6 3s, 8-8 FTs). Monster game.
Big game from KLove… 29 and 13
AGREE ON SITTING LEBRON TOMORROW —-WASN’T KLOVE ORIGINALLY DRAFTED BY MEMPHIS AND THEN TRADED TO THE WOLVES —-YES IT WILL BE PHYSICAL AND UGLY —WAS THA A HOOP FOR THE MAMBA OR AN OOOPS
McRae had a hoop. 1-1 FGs.
WHO WAS THA SITTING WITH GRIFF ?
I believe is better for the Cavs to sit LeBron tomorrow. I expect tomorrow’s game to be extremely physical.
In agreement on that.
YEAH THE ” MAMBA ” CAN’T DO ANYTHING RIGHT ——-CAN YOU SAY ” MIGHT QUINN “
WOW THAT SEQUENCE BY KSHRIMP SHOULD GET YOU EXCITED ABOUT THIS KIDS POTENTIAL
That was a Kyrie-esque move and mid-ranger…
Good game by the cavs and Memphis. They fought and were competitive for much of the game despite all the injuries. Always gotta respect that team.
Gonna be tougher tomorrow I would imagine…
No doubt. Is gasol back tomorrow? Again, wouldn’t mind sitting James tomorrow.
Gasol will be back and so will Kyrie… No indication about LBJ…
Pretty move and bucket by KShrimp
Ugh… Orange Julius…
Mike D not even in with the cigar team: Felder, McRae, Liggins, JFJ, Andersen. McRae scratches.
Liggs has pretty good court sense. You can tell he used to run point.
I like Liggins a lot. We may have found a gem.
WENT FROM AN ” OH SHIT ” TO A “WHEW “
Feel like birdman jumps too soon on half his rebound attempts.
YOU CAN SEE ” GRINDSON’S ” CONFIDENCE GROW EACH GAME —LOVING IT
Cigar crew!
Too early to call Mike D over.
Whew! Up 20.
JR PLINKO!
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I AM GUESSING (ALMOST HOPING ) LEBRON SITD TOMORRW ——IS DUNLEAVY OFFICIALLY DONE ?
I think it was officially announced this afternoon that he is done….oh wait, it was just me talking to myself…
At least it’s an attractive fork…