Live Thread: Cavs vs Nets
2021-01-20NBA Champion, Kyrie Irving is back in Cleveland! He also gets to spend two days on the jewel of Lake Eerie as the Cavs take on his Nets tonight and Friday. He’ll be joining Durant and Harden as three of the best offensive players ever to play together get to take the floor for the first time. Taking them on? Collin Sexton! Who rejoins his squad after missing a few weeks. Darius Garland and Dylan Windler are still on the bench and will hopefully return Friday No ETA on Love or Delly
Nic Claxton is out for the Nets and Spencer Dinwiddie is out for the year. Unfortunately, Kevin Porter Junior may never take the floor again in a Cavs uni after last weekend’s unpleasantness, but newly minted Cavs Taurean Prince and Jarrett Allen will play for Cleveland tonight. It should be fun!
Also back in the Fieldhouse? Austin Carr returning from Covid protocol!
I HAVE YOUR BACK BUCKAROO !!!
embiid devoured tristan this evening.. 42 – 2
Embiid is devouring most people this year. But that is a pretty funny line.
a star is born.. will all the sexton naysayers please apologize to the dude.. he is a stud.. not perfect, but a stud nonetheless. i know NOMAD will back me up on this..
Colin hit a 3 in Kyrie’s face. When he sat down during the TO , Kyrie had a weird smile on his face. I thought he was pissed, but he just said in the postgame he was enjoying the shooting display.
Hit one over KD, too, which shocked me…
That was a definite chip on the shoulder moment. I am here for all of it!!
https://twitter.com/cavsjmike/status/1352108928977534978?s=21
I rewatched the putback by Sexton. Incredible play. Beat Kyrie to the spot, jumped up, caught the ball on the right side of the rim, tossed it over his head on the left side up and in. Heady play, nutty athleticism
and clutch too…. kept the comeback alive with that play!
Just watched both OTs. He was everywhere. 2nd OT reminded me of Kyrie destroying the Spurs in OT in maybe 2015?
But tonight it was Kyrie missing, Sexton hitting. What a statement game.
Have not seen this much profanity of CtB for a while, so I figured something was up!!!
Osman looks much better when he gets to play some SG, he got a few buckets tonight beating Irving/Harris to the hoop and he can shoot over them. As a SF/PF he doesn’t get that extra space.
If Love comes back healthy and plays well I hope JB remembers how the 3 big lineups worked last year. Nance should play some 3 with Love and Drummond/Allen.
What a game.
Cedi is balling past two games!!!
Last 3, previous game he had 17/6/4. Last 3 he is averaging 22/6/5 to only 2 TOS a game.
even better!!!
Watched Allen’s post game zoom, really impressive. I think he’s a perfect fit for this team.
I’m finally seeing a change in the past couple of game on the offensive end.
I was thinking just before the game that i wanted to see Sexton take 30 shots and Cedi 20.
Sexton took 29 shots, Cedi 17….. Cedi was +18, Sexton was +14.
Dagnammit!!! Missed a good one. Sounds like an epic finale.
You need to watch it, Simmo…amazing game…
Watching now
LMFAOOOO u left literally when it got good LMFAOOOOOOOO
HOLY COW!… er… BULL!
Just woke up here in Romania and saw the score… sounds like it was an instant classic! So glad Cavs showed up big on Kyrie’s return…
definitely instant classic, enjoy the rewatch if you got it.
Me thinks yes.
I think so.
Too bad about KPJ. And one of McGee/Drummond probably gets traded.
Worst case: Drummond pouts about getting benched.
Best case: getting benched causes Drummond to realize he isn’t a max player, so he stops trying to be MJ driving to the hoop, and we are better for it.
Yes. To all of that.
Well cut my legs off and call me ‘shorty’! What a game!
LMFAOOOOOOOOOO
Important to note that Cavs can compete without Dre, who was mostly a nonfactor tonight. Allen down the stretch.
Reminded me of his ATL game.
Only Cav with a negative +/-…the Nets seemed to have had enough of Jordan too. Sadly, it also shows what they could do without Love.
Love coming back makes me nervous. Nance CANNOT lose minutes
Agreed. It will be up to Love to be a consummate pro and Bickerstaff to smooth egos. Think of how Nance guarded Durant and Harden tonight on switches–great versatility. Plus, injuries happen–just last week, they didn’t have a point guard. Having Love and McGee is a luxury right now–an expensive luxury.
I was for Nance over love to start at the beginning of the season. If nance hits threes like this, oof, tough to argue he shouldn’t be starting with what he adds on d.
Yeah, but I’d like Dre to wake up and play like Allen on offense…. then we really become dangerous IMO.
What’s the chance Allen’s BBIQ rubs off on Drummond?
Contract year. Has to get his shots up. Think that will be the way of it unfortunately.
Always a chance, and he had to see what Allen did tonight to get playing time so…..
And Drummond has great defensive BBIQ…. just doesn’t apply on the offensive end.
One would hope. We’ll see. Bickerstaff obviously has that carrot to coax. Hopefully he takes it and doesn’t go the opposite rout and pout or get angry. Seemed to work after the atl game for a few games.
That is the advantage of having 2 (or 3) guys who can play each spot. If one guy is below par one night, for whatever reason, you just go with the hotter hand.
Glad JB is willing to do it. Hope the players are OK with it.
HOPEFULLY THE REMATCH ON FRIDAY DUPLICATES THIS GAME —AM SURE NETS WILL BE OUT TO PROVE A POINT
PRINCE IS GOING TO BE A NICE ROLE PLAYER —–POSTED EARLY IN THE GAME WHEN HE WAS STRUGGLING TO BE PATIENT WITH HIM —-
The rematch on Friday is gonna be fun
INSTANT CLASSIC !!!!
One of my favorite post Lebron games, and one of the NBA’s best games of the year. So fun to watch it with you all.
So rare to get hosed on a late call like that & shake it off and win.
Makes it REALLY sweet.
mental toughness!!!!
Two calls, that Harden travel.
Victory had to be sweet for the Nets guys.
Now let’s get Garland & Windler healthy & beat them again!
im guessing both back Friday, will be another fun one!!!
WOW TAUREAN PRINCE AND JARRETT ALLEN…… MONSTER GAMES!!!!
Prince +20!!!!! Allen +10 with a double double and four blocks!!!!
Prince started shaky, but boy he picked up. He wanted it bad against his former team. Allen was superb on d. Definitely knows his role on o. Impressed with some of his contest on js, and he gobbled up shots at the rim
Everything we hoped for.
And hey Cedi actually found him and drummond on rolls a few times.
I know the stat sheet looks stuffed when you only play eight guys in a double-overtime game…but Cedi’s 25/7/7 +18 and Prince’s 17/7/4 +20–when the opposing wing is Durant!–makes KPJ’s dismissal less painful, doesn’t it?
If they play like that definitely lessens the loss. Cedi puts games like this together with regularity and he is just a different player.
Absolutely Christopher!!!! LMFAOOOO
TOTALLY AGREE —THANK YOU DANNY—-BUT YEAH WOULD NOT MAKE A HABIT TRADING WITH HIM
Well that was the most fun I’ve had watching a game in a long time.
100%. The rare games like that is why we put up watching so many duds.
Yawwp.
I’M BUYING ……..” MORE BEER PLEASE ” —-WHAT A FUN NIGHT !!!!!——–THIS IS FOR YOU EVIL
This was a joy to watch. Cavs rested, Nets a bit older and fatigued. I didn’t like the Sexton show as a game closer, but Bickertsaff wanted this one enough to bench Drummond late…
Detroit game 5
So we just officially won the Kyrie trade right. Like that’s settled?
Was pretty sweet that it was over Kyrie. First time he’s been back right?
Sexton is a bona-fide All Star now
Wow. Just wow.
And another one!!!
We no longer need charts, arrows, and strings that would make Carrie Matheson proud to assess if we won the Kyrie trade. We can just say Sexton >>>> Irving. Plus other stuff.
Scoring the last 20…. literally insane
Sexton with 20 straight …friggin insane!
PRINCE SAYS GOOD NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this brought me back to LeBron vs Milwaukee in 2009. completely unconscious outside shoot
I literally thought the same.
Except this was in double ot and that I believe was in the third and they lost.
Nah they won that game. They hardly ever lost in 2009 until the hit the Roided Magic. https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/pbp/200902200MIL.html
I’m thinking of a different Bucks game against Michael Redd I think.
This one.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200512100MIL.html
Had me back to LeBron vs DET circa 2007
So cool to see DG and Love on the sideline…
BW JUST CLONED HIMSELF INTO ” CLF ” : -)
Lol. That one was definitely dedicated to CLF.
Just going crazy at my house, keeping my kids up lol
Gonna have a couple more rounds and order a Sexton jersey in every variation they offer tonight
it might be time to hit up the team shop
AC needs to start hyperventilating
GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAN HAVEN’T BEEN THIS EXCITED ABOUT A GAME SINCE 2016 FINALS WOW !!!!!
WHAT THE FUCK SEXTON!>!!>!>>!>!>!>!>!>!>!>!>!>!>!>!>>!>!>!>!!
On a floor with Harden, KD and Irving… Sexton is the one with the offensive show
Cannot remember the last time I have ever seen someone this hot! SEXTON!!!!!
Lmfao
HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KING PRINCE !!!