Live Thread: Cavs @ Pistons (#Bandages)

The Cavs head back out on the road again tonight to the Motor City after a quick pit stop last Friday at home in an overtime thriller against the Clippers. They’re down yet another rotation piece with Iman Shumpert now set to miss about a week with a sore knee. However, LeBron maintains that the team has enough healthy members to keep things going…

“It’s good to know that we have depth,” James said after today’s shootaround. “It’s very difficult and it’s very challenging not only on the guys that’s on the court but on the coaching staff, trying to figure out. Sometimes you get a rhythm and then another guy goes down, so, that’s what we’re here for. We have the depth to be able to try to bandage it up until we can all become full.”

Let’s hope he’s right about that. Who knows, maybe Coach Lue will even let newcomers Cedi Osman and John Holland (just called up from the Charge to swap seats with Ante Zizic) assist with the triage. They’ll most likely need something if interim starting PG Jose Calderon makes a mess of the first quarter. Still, the Cavs have managed to win four in a row and five of their last six even with the dwindling numbers of able bodies lost to the MASH unit. They’ve also been better on the road (5-3) than at home (4-4) and seem to get up for tougher opponents. The Pistons are a surprising 11-5 on the year, although they are playing on the second night of a back-to-back following a tight victory over the Timberwolves.

I haven’t made a prediction to date this year, but I’ll go out on a limb here and say the Cavs dig deep into their first aid kit and patch together an impressive win over the tired Pistons tonight… 112-108.

Catch all the action on FSO starting at 7pm EST, and don’t forget to share your views here on the live thread…

GO CAVS!