Live Thread: Cavs @ Hornets
2022-02-04Good evening CtB!
Tonight, the Cavs are in the Queen City to take on LaMelo Ball and the Charlotte Hornets. This game will be the third matchup of the season for these two teams, splitting the first two games. Charlotte is also desperate for wins trying to fend off surging Eastern Conference teams such as Atlanta and Boston for play-in position. The Cavs are desperate for their own wins to keep their name in the conversation for the playoffs and top seed in the East.
Unfortunately, Darius Garland has been ruled out with the back injury. Expecting the Cavs to win tonight is probably unrealistic. But if the Cavs can maintain the scrap and fight, that will give them a chance to win down the stretch, which is all you can ask for.
The game will be an interesting contrast of styles. The Hornets are an elite offensive team, the Cavs are an elite defensive team. The previous two games were really dictated by the Cavs’ ability to get clutch stops. The Cavs can score on the Hornets, but will they be able to buckle down the high flying circus that is LaMelo Ball and the Hornets’ offense? Tune in and find out…
Tip off is scheduled for 7:00PM ET and will be broadcasted on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, GO CAVS!
Recap is up!
rising stars rosters:
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Go team Barry!
Team Barry is gonna dominate!
I think so! That the same Jon Barry that was playing when I was a kid?
Ugh… I hate that guy!
Man the first three are stacked. The third not so much.
I didn’t get to see the game tonight…can someone explain what happened…I read that they called the technical and Rozier missed the 3 but the refs counted the shot he didn’t make and gave him a technical FT…is this true or am I lost in translation?
they called a technical and made shot on a practice shot that never was supposed to count.
Ok thanks…from what I read they made it seem like he missed the practice shot..,but they somehow counted it
He missed the shot. Three seconds after it was a dead ball. And they counted it. Somehow. Sorry, I’m not going to be charitable to this shit, completely unprofessional crew.
What?! That’s friggin insane!
Now you have a full understanding of what happened.
https://twitter.com/RedBlackAttack/status/1489807547565551616?s=20&t=QgpgmPaL08mRLgiXrUwdyQ
Yep. If anyone who wasn’t watching live wants to see the most incompetent (to be charitable…if it’s not that, it’s fixing) call in NBA history, it’s in plain view right here. Rozier is credited with a three several seconds after a dead ball whistle, a three he *didn’t even make*, AFTER they spent several minutes in conference and review. And we are subjected to countless “was that a flagrant??” multi-minute reviews on run of the mill calls. This is completely unacceptable, and I don’t GAS if the refs said ‘my bad’ after the game. Merits suspension at the very, very… Read more »
Pretty much. 3 full seconds into a dead ball situation, with play long stopped, Rozier takes a practice three and gets the ball slapped at by the Cavs bench. Should have been a bench tech at absolute most (if that…play had been stopped seconds prior), but refs somehow gave the Hornets three points and a FT for some incomprehensible reason. And now the ref crew wants to call this a ‘miscommunication’. Mind you, they conferenced together for a few minutes to make sure they got this ‘right’. It’s literally the most egregious call I’ve seen in 40 years of watching… Read more »
And to top it off we just watched the horrible officiating against the ROX, which I won’t say was the reason for the loss, but just fed into the inconsistency and helter skelter play of that particular game.
I’m also surprised the refs gave KLove that foul call (in this game), because that never happens at end of games. I wonder if they got a call in from the league office about that ridiculous call they had made?
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/1489805837598175236?s=20&t=7XuodUbv8P9i9UAhiSQY5g
Yeah thats all you can ask from a crew. Kudos for sure.
I mean, okay, but they had plenty of time and resources to get this right during the game. Unacceptable.
Yep
I’m pretty sure a whistle ends any miscommunication. I’m glad they owned it, but I reject their apology.
I mean the weird thing is even if head ref didn’t hear the whistle, how could he not notice all the players stop??
Their explanation is total BS.
All I ask is for this ref crew to cite the rule they were enforcing on that four point gift. They are professionals, should be a simple matter.
I mean they huddled and discussed it, they should have a rock solid defense of that call. I just want them to cite the rule. Very simple.
LAVERT WITH A MONSTER GAME TONIGHT —42 PTS—HIS TRADE VALUE JUST INCREASED —PACERS PROBABLY WANT A STARTER AND 2 # 1 PICKS NOW
Too bad Indy lost. I think they want a couple of 1sts for LaVert.
LAST 3 GAMES GOODWIN 14PPG–6 APG —I CAN LIVE WTH THAT—–AND ALSO SOME GOOD DEFENSE//ENERGY//INTENSITY —-A “TRUE DAWG ” !!
GOODWIN HAS GOT TO BE GIVEN THE MAJOITY OF THE MIN’S OVER RONDO —-KID HAS ALOT OF MOXY FOR JUST BEING HERE A SHORT TIME
36 for him and 17 for Rondo. move that down to 15-20 and 5 for Rondo once Garland is back and I’m good yeah
Just great to see that it’s the Cavs finding a player this way and developing him for once.
Absolutely. That is definitely a new thing for this org
Deserve some credit for Stevens and Wade as well.
Absolutely darn tooting!
and they grabbed him the second his 10 day was up in Detroit (or, Toronto?). they must have been holding their breath hoping he was not resigned.
amen
And maybe Goodwin will show some fast improvement now that he is in the bigs. That is so awesome when a walkon turns out to be valuable. BTW, I have a vote for the best walkon in history
JB KEEPING HIS COMPOSURE BUT YOU CAN SEE // SENSE HIS DISPLEASURE// FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE SO CALLED OFFICIATING TONIGHT
https://twitter.com/Reflog_18/status/1489787628119597060?s=20&t=TKlIkBdB_wNi4q3IxSdhxg
JB doesn’t want to talk about that ref issue. “It’ll get me in trouble.”
JB not gonna get fined tonight…
If he’d lost mjght be a different story.
If they’d lost that, and I were JB, I would have gone scorched earth…