Live thread: Cavs vs Blazers
2019-11-23Kevin Love is questionable tonight with a still ailing back, but Damian Lillard and Hassan Whiteside are expected back for Portland. Also returning to the Q, Carmelo Anthony who was thrust into the starting lineup this week a day or so after signing as a free agent. So that’s a thing. Portland is a weird team, but beatable. It begs the question: if they were sitting Kevin Love, why didn’t they sit him versus Dallas instead of for a winnable home game against the Blazers?
One things for sure, this team could use a win. Unfortunately, so could the Blazers. Let’s hope the positives from last game (Cedi Osman and Darius Garland combined for 41/5/7) outweigh the negatives and the Cavs get some positive home cooking. Go Cavs!
A casual 41/ 6 /10 for Doncic today against the Rockets. Vlade sure is smart.
SO NO KYRIE TOMORROW—NO SURPRISE/ NO SHOCK / NO BIG DEAL ….” NO THE EARTH ISN’T FLAT KYRIE “—JUST GETTING IN SOME “EARLY JABS ” : )
KI was a good Robin to Lebron’s Batman, but brother, I don’t miss his nonsense.
He definitely isn’t a guy that can carry a team without another superstar or a very stacked team around him. Not that there are more than a few guys like that. But the Nets have a very similar roster to last year where they finished 42 and 40. They lost Davis, Hollis-Jefferson, Crabbe, Carroll, and Napier and got Taurean Prince, DJ, Garrett Temple, and some other minor pieces. Didn’t watch them much last year so don’t know how important the guys they lost were. They replaced Russell with Kyrie, but the core of the team is the same. They still… Read more »
Cavs 3PT% thru 16 games. Our best/volume shooters are average at best or poor to awful.
40%+: Thompson 42.9%
37.5%-39.9%: McKennie 38.5%
35.0%-37.4%: LNJ 36.6%, Osman 36.2%, Love 35.7%.
33.3%-34.9%: Knight 34.6%, Clarkson 34.2%, Sexton 33.3%.
30.0%-33.2%: Garland 32.4%
Sub 30%: Porter 24.2%, Delly 11.5%.
Did anyone here honestly think the Cavs would have a better record than the blazers at this point in the season?
Noooooope.
Nope. Though that is more because Portland is unexpectedly terrible. 5-11 is 26 win pace. That is a bit better than I thought.
Clarkson hitting all 6 triples ain’t gonna happen often, though.
A win without Love is a big accomplishment, especially the way the last week has gone.
Yep
NOW it’s over…good win…
Geez, still not quite over…hit those FTs boys…
Pretty good win, even with the Blazers beat up and struggling…
We are beat up a bit as well. Good win.
Cedi can’t shoot tonight, but he’s been huge!
Huge on D, yes.
TT finishing this one…
You gotta hit those Cedi…
Melo bricking a ton of 3’s…
More please
Cap’n Bandaid killing it
And on he goes!
Boy, I’d love to get Simons if there is any trade with Blazers in the future…
Danger time
Perfect Timeout
Clarkson got the old banana in the tailpipe there…
Larryyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!
Important I think that they stick with it, and get a win here. Would be huge for their confidence as a group.
JC with the buckets the buzzer…Cavs up 7…
Pretty good game from Sexton tonight…
Part of the reason Lillard is complaining a lot
Cavs stinking it up now, and inexperience showing. Cedi Running into three defenders openly showing a ball
Oh, TT, wasted a great Cedi pass…
Ball movement has stopped, dumb early long range shots… Get a hold of them coach
Are we good again?
Great defense by Cedi x2
I think any win when Whiteside is sitting is a good win…let’s see if they can get it…
Whiteside?
Did you mean Love?
No, Whiteside. He sucks.
Garland defending Lillard decently…yeah, I know Lillard is not 100%…
Great ball movement, and starting to get reward for effort!
Wow Colin – that was quite something
Philly up 80-46 on Miami.
Everyone gets squashed sometimes.
I’ve been terrified to post something happy and jinx this, but this has been great to see them looking like an NBA team again!
Especially without Kevin Love.
Halftime lead!
Garland, strong move to the hoop! Haven’t seen that much.
TT’s timing looks off tonight
Really amazing how seldom LNJ finishes at the rim…at least he got it second try there…
Glad DG is taking more threes recently, would be nice if he were canning more of them…
NICE drive by Porter! Tough shot.
Cavs looking good this qtr…JC hot from 3…
Resting love on a back to back? Progress so far compared to Dallas.
His back is iffy from that Embiid cheap shot.
Lillard looking annoyed by Delly. So Delly rubs it in with a 3. Fun. Hope it lasts.
Low scoring rock fight…
TT rare experience where’s like the biggest dude inside…
Seems like Sexton is really looking to pass a lot of the time, he’s just not great at it…
More or less same starters, just Nance in.
Really looking forward to Melo shrieking profanities after every rebound, as is his style…
OR IS KLOVE’S SITTING A ” HANGOVER ” AFFECT FROM LAST NIGHT’S DRUBBING –KLOVE “CASHED IT IN EARLY “—-NEEDS A BREAK FROM ALL THIS NON COMPETITIVE THRASHINGS —–MAYBE WE WILL SEE MORE DWADE SIGHTINGS —DWADE AND MELO WERE ” HALF OF THE BANANNA BOAT “—: )