Live Thread: Cavs @ Sixers (#Loaded)
2019-11-12The Cavaliers get their first taste of a re-loaded Philly team tonight in the City of Brotherly Love. They’ll get a second serving at home on Sunday, sandwiched around a tilt with the Heat on Thursday. It’ll be a tall task to notch their third straight victory on the road after double-digit wins over likely lottery teams, though it might be a little less tall with Ben Simmons listed as questionable for a third straight game with a sprained right shoulder, and Al Horford being rested.
Still, with Joel Embiid dishing up his rare combination of cheese and beef, it could get messy in the middle for the Cavs. Tristan Thompson, Kevin Love and Larry Nance, Jr. will have their hands full. As such, the game will likely only swing in favor of the wine & gold if their young shooters can feast from the outside. If Collin Sexton can continue his hot streak, and Darius Garland, Cedi Osman and Jordan Clarkson can provide enough support, the Cavs might just be able to polish off Philly without too much heartburn.
Prediction: The Cavs load up on carbs and take a thinly sliced victory to go… 111-108.
Catch all of the delicious action starting at 7pm EST on FSO and NBATV. And, as always, chime in and spread the cheese whiz on thick in the comments…
I just have to say that sequence by TT at 97-92 was mind-numbingly stupid/bad.
Open guard the whole time. Instead he takes forever to get over halfcourt with his dribble routine & launches a 30 footer with 4 on the clock.
Yup, lack of trust in his teammates to get the job done.
AD is always dinged up. I’m sure Lebron will grow to love that.
They couldn’t challenge the call, they had no timeouts… also not even sure they’re allowed to challenge inside two minutes.
Should’ve been reviewed automatically. He should’ve lobbied the refs for a review.
Jackson needs to coach the Knicks. Needs to.
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Ah well… I was still entertained. Would have been nice to get a win over a shaky looking Philly team, but I’ll take the effort every time…
Yeah. Good game. Just annoyed how it ended. Refs wanted to get out of dodge.
The coaches really blew a couple there
The Cavs also should have had the ball side out with one second left but it was never reviewed…Embiid was touching the ball with his body out of bounds with 1 sec on the clock…
Yep. That’s on Beilein.
Really would’ve liked to see them try to get something closer to the rim down 1 …it was a wide open three but still they had time to get something inside
That’s a great look plus they had a chance at an o board on a miss.
Damn. Great effort by the Cavs. They were right there.
$20 says the Last Two Minute Report says the Cavs were screwed at least once…if they are honest.
Put money on it
Great look. Just missed. Terrible clock management on offense from about about 3-4 minutes left. Waiting far too long to get into a set in a five point game, then a 3 point game, then a 1 point game. Just run a normal offense.
Typical NBA ref job there at the end. Still had a clean look to win it.
Shot clock thing irks me.
Love missing the layup with like 1:30 left and then the final shot. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Ive always pulled for Love but the guy just has a way of not coming through when it matters. He gets the yips.
Prolly better they lost for draft reasons, but I wanted that one
Two fails late by the Cavs staff on the embiid oob and the missing the shot clock.
Brutal miss for Kev there…disappointing loss but they really competed well with a championship contender
Philly escapes with an official assist…
we saw what you did there… :)
Cavs should challenge. Embiid out of bounds touching the ball with time on the clock.
Yeah because the NBA officials would overturn that…
Got a challenge flag…
Have you seen that work much?
No, but most have been dumb.
They need some outside ref to do those…it’s been a joke so far…
I saw the same thing. Possibly Harris too with his foot sliding out (but the clock might’ve expired before Harris was out).
WOW…. Love had a wide open look.
Kev’s gotta hit that tho…
Yep, not going to get a better look than that…
Really disappointed, that would have been an incredible win…but nice effort from Cavs…
Sixers mug Clarkson… no call… thanks refs!
Ugggh! Great look, no dice…
He needed to stay under on Embiid and let TT switch
Nance really blew that cover
Nice push off Joel…
They’re never calling that.
It was blatant… but sure
Why’d they reset the shot clock? It should be at 11
Indeed!
No one had possession it should be at 11
Cavs staff missed it.
No matter what happens here… Cavs are really fun to watch and give a ton of effort… kudos to Beilein
Yes, Although I will be legit annoyed if Cavs lose
Yessir…
One stop.
No points for 3 min
I thought Kev called time out before he got tied up…
He certainly tried…
Me too. Really quick jump ball
They can win this with defense here.
Great D by TT on Embid
Need one stop…don’t let Korkzma (or whatever his name is) have a shot…
Nice hustle, Kev.
GREAT D by TT on Embiid
God…
Get into your offense. Argh. I hate the prevent offense.
There is no prevent in a 1 point game. Dumb by the guards or Beilein.
Dammit… a second quicker and that’s a wide open 3 for Sexton.
Way to early to let the clock get down to 12 before starting a set in a five point game.
1 point game.
Yeah they have been doing it for 4 minutes
Embiid just shovedsexton to the ground on that rebound… And no call
Saw that. It was blatant.
JC too much dribbling…
Dumbish shot by Tt. No glass. Sexy TO. Down to 1.
Put Clarkson in for Garland plz
Yeesh tt, know the clock. Also not good to force the inbound
Couple of very bad hero ball possessions.
Guys are getting straight up mugged out there… no calls…
bad play Sexton he had his man beat, should’ve just driven to the hoop.
Yep
Pass the ball, TT. Come on
So many uncalled contact fouls by the Sixers…
It honestly looks like they can’t stop Sexton. Ok, I said it.
KLOVE DRAWS THE FOUL!!!
Got to find a way to get love the ball. Sixers double prior to the catch and Cavs give up so easily on getting ball into the post
We got a squad, boys…
The floater again
Best I could find for Beilein and Clarkson meme…
haha…
Oooof Harris.