Live Thread: Thunder @ Cavs
2022-01-22Good evening CtB!
Tonight, the Oklahoma City Thunder visit the shores of Lake Erie taking on a rested Cavs team who finally got two days in a row off. Conversely, the Thunder will be playing their second game of a back to back after a thrashing in Charlotte at the hands of the Hornets. The NBA season is truly merciless.
Supposedly the Cavs will have both Rajon Rondo and Lamar “Top Dawg” Stevens available to play tonight. The Thunder come into the game with all meaningful hands on deck.
UPDATE:
Rajon Rondo is out tonight for the #Cavs against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
— Evan Dammarell (@AmNotEvan) January 22, 2022
In their previous meeting in Oklahoma City, Darius Garland and Evan Mobley had virtuoso offensive performances to stave off a feisty effort of the Thunder. The Cavs should be prepared for any and all attempts by the Thunder to neutralize DG’s impact on the game offensively.
The game within the game for the Cavs is staying mentally focused against an inferior opponent. The Cavs are favored by double digits, the challenge will be handling the expectations and maintaining the “scrap” as Coach J.B. Bickerstaff loves to say.
Tipoff is scheduled for 8:00PM ET and will be broadcasted on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, GO CAVS!
recap up!
JB has no choice but to give CtB favorite Mr. Wade some more minutes! That ankle sprain looked nasty, hoping for a quick recovery for Lauri. Hopefully with the Cavs’ relatively easier schedule, they keep their playoff positioning and don’t feel like they need to rush him back.
4-6 WEEKS IS STILL A LONG TIME—-YEP NEXT MAN UP—GO BIG OR GO HOME !!!
Markkanen’s X-ray was negative, high ankle sprain. Hopefully he’ll be back in 4-6 weeks. Such a shame, he was really finding his rhythm and was surprisingly defending at a high level. Next man up, Wade, Stevens, and Windler will have their chance.
MY BAD 51%—-WHICH IS STILL BAD !!!!—-UGLY
WATCHING REPLAY—-OUCH LAURI’S INJURY WAS BAD AND SOOOO WAS THE CAVS FOUL SHOOTING—WTF UNDER 50%—-MY GARNDSONS 5TH GRADE TEAM SHOOTS A BETTER % ——CAVS LEFT ABOUT A DOZEN PTS ON THE FLOOR
Hopefully not the full replay, Nomad? I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.
SAW WINDLERS –LACK OF MIN’S—-EVEN MICHAEL AT TIMES “SUCKED FOR 3 MIN’S “—-NEED TO GIVE HIM MORE RUN THAN THAT ESPECIALLY HOW HE HAS BEEN PLAYING RECENTLY// SHOOTING —-J.B. HAS TO FIGURE THIS OUT —TO ALLOW THESE PLAYERS —WADE // STEVENS// WINDLER TO GROW—-TO GIVE OTHER STARTERS A BREAK
DOING LIKE WEST COAST—SAW BOX SCORE WORSE YET SAW LAURI’S IN JURY—HOW SEVERE—MAN HE WAS JUST STARTING TO ‘HIT HIS STRIDE ” BIG TIME BUMMER …….” MORE BEER PLEASE “…….NOT SURE I WANT TO EVEN WATCH THE RECAP
Just finished watching the replay, couldn’t catch it live. Wow, text book game of playing down to your opponent, the Dort ejection summed up the sh#t show that OKC brought to town. A wins a win. Hated seeing Lauri hurt himself. Hopefully it’s only a sprain and he’ll be back in a couple weeks.
NASDAQ — Cavs FT% … Correlation or Causation?
😂😂
Rather won ugly than lose pretty.
Absolutely
No such thing as an ugly win.
What a bag of crap that was.
Phew
Yeesh thank god that’s over
a win is a win, but this game sucked…
Feel like I need a shower.
Cavs 18-35 from the line…just absurd…
Never saw Windler again after 4 mins.
Unreal
He wasn’t great…
3 minutes though???
It doesnt matter that he sucked in 4 mins. He is good enough to play. And JB isnt good enough to figure out how to play 10 guys
DG has decent numbers, just feels like a struggle for him tonight…
Lol. They should’ve lived with the Mobley free throws. That challenge killed em.
LMFAO. After all that, Muadib fouls Garland. Hopefully that’s ballgame.
Well that worked. Put the better shooter at the line. Thanks OKC
I like the idea of leaning on Mobley to finish games. He is going to be better than any other Cav at getting off a shot
Cool challenge
This game is a disgrace to basketball…
Lol what is this challenge?
W t f? Mobes was moving sideways the verticality wasnt even in play on that foul.
This game fell out of the ugly tree and hit every goddamn branch on the way down
Lol for sure
Just win and move on. dear God.
Lucky SGA missed two FTs…
Lol. He missed em both.
Completely purposeless offense.
My god we are playing so bad
Evan got attack there. Cavs struggling.
Rare dumb play by DG…but gotta run something…
All kinds of ugly…
This game is an eyesore…let’s just finish it, plx…
Ice cannot pass up that corner 3
Or the wing three.
Evan like a ten year vet from the corner
No one moving at all on offense
MOB3S!,
MOOOOBLEEEEEY!!!!
Yeah Garland gotta shoot. No one else can make a bucket.
100%
This is a pretty terrible game…
Dang this is a frustrating game
Bad travel call
Wade plz
If Cavs were reasonable from the FT line, they’d be up 20…
This might be one of our 3 or 4 worst games of the season. How the heck are we in the lead?
Okc has missed all their open shots
Thunder aren’t good…
Ugh, this FT shooting…
LOVE WITH PUMP FAKE!
Woof. Kev. Awful d.
Will make life easier for DG…
Wow Cavs got lucky.
Keg didn’t go after the Ref tho, just going after Dort
Wow, ejected…surprised…
Should be a T and a foul