Live Thread: Cavaliers vs. Bulls
2021-04-17Good evening CtB! Tonight we have a meaningful late season game, with the Cleveland Cavaliers traveling to the Windy City to take on the Zach Lavine-less Bulls. The Bulls stand tied for 10th place in the Eastern Conference, with the Cavs just two games back. The Bulls appear to be slight Vegas favorites (-2.5 before tip), but the Cavs should be competitive and have a chance for a big road win in April. Go Cavs!!!
oh man Juan Toscano Anderson just took a nasty fall.
Think he hit his head
yup the amount of towels they were using was disturbing.
GSW BOS looks like a game…
just tuned in, it should be a fine one down the stretch.
Lol, Marcus Smart just made my night. Airballed a 3, missed rim by several feet.
At least it was a fun game to watch. We’re not going anywhere anyway so probably best to lose at the end and win come draft day. DG is really blooming. The kid is going to be a real baller.
Agree. Entertaining losses and the odd win is ok. For now.
Darius is fun to watch and endlessly creative; I enjoy his deadpan reaction after making threes
spot on west coast, DG’s performance tonight was special.
Cavs quite good at ending losing streaks of their opponents.
it is a distinctive skill — and I note that League Pass appears to have noticed this — indeed, undergraduate papers in communications have been made of less factually sturdy stuff, so perhaps in the future a paper can be written entitled “Losing to the Losers: A Study of the Cleveland Cavaliers and NBA League Pass Headline Strategies in the NBA Eastern Conference, 2020-21″ with an appendix containing Cavs press releases about stat-stuffing by the young core. Look at them! Look at all those stats! They are impressive, no?
I wish to subscribe to your newsletter, Adam!
give me 90 seconds/days and I will set up a Patreon, careful!
lol!
LMFAOOOOOOOOOO @ Adam!!!! I smell a published article in an esteemed journal!
Caught the end. Everyone afraid to shoot no off ball movement
First reaction to this observation is that the coach has not clearly defined roles in game-specific situations.
Any word on why Wade has suddenly lost his spot in the rotation?
JB’s obviously trying to get Love and Nance going, but I think we need his shooting and defense.
The bench has been killing us, I don’t understand why he wouldn’t be playing other than the tank is on
I think the real problem is the limitations of Delly and just the obvious lack of depth on the perimeter.
WOW, 5 second call on the inbound out of timeout…. unacceptable turnover.
Billy Donovan spending last minute of the game to consider wording of his forthcoming nice thank you note to JB
LMFAOOOOOOOOO
Ah the Pistons await — so after all this play in excitement in reality the Cavs will have to scrap to stay out of the absolute basement of the Eastern Conference
LMFAOOO I told everybody have no fear, we’re tracking for a top 5 lottery slot!
And I think it’s absolutely appropriate. Talk of play-ins with this squad is … not.
Damn. Love misses. YB TO.
We still stink.
Big moments, make or miss. That’s what it comes down to.
Sexton another turnover, 5 point swing, that’s probably game.
OH MY GOD WHAT A PASS DG, LOVE YOU GOTTA MAKE THAT!!!
6 point swing.
My feed has frozen. Looks like I’ll be catching the replay. Keep the comments flowing CLF!
Still scrapping. Back to 1 possession.
DG WITH THE HUGE THREE!!!!!!!!!!!! OFF THE DRIBBLE!!!!!!! CAREER NIGHT FOR DARIUS GARLAND!!!!!
Online comment I just saw “Darius Garland is built different”.
YES HE IS!!!!!! Pride of Gary, Indiana!!!
oh no DG, hesitated on the shot, but nice hustle to get an extra posession!!!!
Why. Is. Nance. Shooting. Threes.
Sexton with hero ball, and then Okoro can’t contain White on the ball.
You are my window into the future, CLF. My feed is 2 min behind.
LMFAOOOOOO damn, I’m sorry I’m gonna slow up!
GREAT DEFENSE DG!!!!! FORCED TURNOVER!
DG WITH THE DEFENSIVE TOUGHNESS LMFAOOOOO damn!!!!
This feels like a getting-the-kinks-out game for Cavs. Very winnable.
there were a few beautiful stretches in an otherwise pretty ugly third quarter where it felt like they were a real team!
DG TO SEXTON TO ALLEN!!! GREAT READ!
Nice rhythm jumper Sexton. within 3 now.
Has Allen had many minutes? Looks fresh….
27 minutes so far, his finishing was off in the 1st half.
NICE FINISH ALLEN GREAT STEAL NANCE!!!!!
WHAT A PASS DG!!!!!!!! GREAT HANDS ALLEN!!!!!! RAGE TO!!!!!!!
GREAT PASS NANCE HUGE THREE DG!!!!!!!!!
Love annoyed with team’s D there….made the point of not closing out on that 3, though he could have tried. Sending a message. Was that Okoro’s guy?
just did it again, gave up an open corner 3.
JB’s quote at Okoro just after his rage timeout I believe was “What are you f*******g doing?”
awful on ball defense Sexton, just lazy…. and then a bad shot, contested jumper.
MORE LAZY DEFENSE SEXTON GET HIM OFF THE FLOOR.
Okoro subbed in for Sexton, about two possessions too late.
Mo-Mentum….
HART STEAL!!!!!!
LOVE WITH THE DRIVE AND FINISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dammit Love just hesitated a little bit on the trigger, just let it fly LOVE!!!!
STRONG 4TH QTR START—-D.G. 11 ASSISTS ONLY 1 T.O.
WOAH WHAT A PLAY NANCE AND HART!!!!!! HART WITH THE REVERSE DUNK?!!?!?!?!!?!?!?!!!
Oooooo-Hooooo!!!!
HARD ROCK !!!!!!!——-YEP J.B. HAVE TO GIVE HIM MORE THAN 4
Love off the glass!!
WOW DG WITH THE BIG TIME THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!
GREAT DEFENSE HARD ROCK GREAT HUSTLE HARD ROCK!!!!!!!
nice pass Sexton, Love just missed.
LOVE WITH THE KISs!!!!!!! NICE PASS DG!
SEXTON TOUGH FINISH! needed that.
Garland player of the game right now, 13 points, 10 assists already, only positive impact starter (+4 plus/minus)
I was incorrect, Love also +3 plus/minus…. offense should revolve around them down the stretch.
NICE LITTLE RUN BY CAVS —NEED STRONG 4TH QTR START
some nice sequences in there NOMAD, gotta love the chaos. Hartenstein making a nice impact and Nance looking like his old self
Has there been a lid on the rim, or are Cavs a turnover machine?
Ball movement is the issue on offense tonight.
Ah, that old chestnut…
LMFAO EXACTLY!!!!!
Better there at the end. Still down 10.
down by 10 heading into the 4th… not looking good
WOOOOOOOOOOOO WHAT A PASS NANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Slick hands
WHAT A PASS GARLAND AGAIN!!!!!!!! SEXTON FOR THREE!
I heard someone say “dog’s breakfast” and realised I was missing a Cavs game!
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO dog whistle for dog breakfast!!!!
WHAT A PASS DG!!!!!!!!!!!!
nice defense Hart!!! way to compete!
WOW what a pass Vucevic… dominating theh game.
HEY HART NICE FINISH!
Jumpers vs layups.
Sexton with an awful shot, wide open for 3, steps in and bricks a 2.
4/5 point swing
We still stink.
HOLD MY BREATH ANYTIME PRINCE DRIVES TO THE BASKET—NOT A THING OF BEAUTY
11 points in a game like this…
triumph! the lead has now been cut to a manageable ten
NO CEDI OR WADE TONIGHT —DOES J.B. GO BY THE ‘LOTTERY ‘ SYSTEM WHEN SUBSTITUTING
I would definitely try Cedi over Delly at this point, or Wade at the 3, Sexton at the 1, Prince at the 2.
LAST 3 POSSESSIONS HAVE BEEN TOTAL ” DOG BREAKFAST”—AKA:SIMMO : -)
LMFAOOOOOOOO yes indeed!
Delly’s really struggling tonight, defense non-existent in the 3rd quarter.
DG rushed that 3, you were open take your time.
NANCE WITH THE PURE MIDRANGER!
PRINCE WITH THE DRIVE AND FINISH!!!!!!!
touch foul on Prince, worst of both worlds
DG not a good shot, shoot a 3.
PRINCE TO LOVE PICK AND ROLL!!! FEED LOVE!!!!
awful defense Taurean Prince… this is your chance, man up!
DG TO OKORO FOR THREE!!!!
Sexton with the quick hook, thank you JB!
wow Okoro open, bad miss.
JB Bickerstaff not happy, Sexland with some silly shots right out the gate.
Sexton now up to 4 turnovers in 18 minutes.
i think he was yelling at Okoro straight away there about trying to cover two guys on the perimeter when this meant he was in reality covering no one, should have closed out Valentine
NICE DEFENSE ALLEN!!!!
LOVE JUST SHOOT THE LAYUP!!! terrible turnover.
that was a confusing possesion, what is Love doing there? stop and pop needed
yup, just trying to do too much, needs to be a scorer first IMO.