Live Thread: Cavs @ Timberwolves
2023-01-14The Cavs have a chance to turn this five game swing into a winning road trip, tonight. They head to Minneapolis to face a T-Wolves team nursing a lot of injuries. Minnesota beat Phoenix last night on the front end of a home back-to-back, and in addition to KAT being out, Anthony Edwards, Kyle Anderson, and Taurean Prince are all questionable. While Mitchell is also questionable for the Cavs, I feel like this Tweet from 5:20 is telling us he’s going to play.
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) January 14, 2023
That’s a fairly healthy roster for the Cavs, who had a scintillating fourth quarter against the Blazers.
Let’s hope Cleveland doesn’t play down to their competition and lets Rudy and D’Angelo Russell be thorns in their side like they’ve been in the past. Minnesota also seems like a place where January road trip shitgiving goes to die.
Converselely, you gotta feel like Darius Garland and Jarrett Allen would want to put up big numbers with All-Star voting looming, and Mitchell looks to be a lock. It will also be homecoming of sorts for Ricky Rubio who started his career with Love in Minnesota, and was a T-Wolf again before being traded to Cleveland. He and Love always seem to want to play well in the NBA’s most frigid city. Should be a good one! Go Cavs!
LT up
Cavs 7.5 point favorites (no Zion, Ingram, Jones)
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/trae-young-has-never-been-the-elite-shooter-his-reputation-suggests-and-the-numbers-continue-to-show-that/
Does Mitchell need to play 37 minutes if he’s not feeling well and not contributing? He played more minutes than anyone else.
good point
Should’ve never played, clearly wasn’t anywhere close to 100%.
I fell asleep and thankfully missed most of the 2nd half of this mess.
Soon as Mobley checked back into the game from injury it all went to shit, -24 in 31 minutes. JB continues to be unable to adjust when teams play a small ball 4.
READ THE SCORE—-PERUSED THRU THE CTB POSTS —-HAVE ALREADY MADE DECISION NOT TO WASTE MY TIME WATCHING THE REPLAY—–YOU GUYS ARE HEROES SUFFERING THRU GAMES LIKE THESE …….I AM BUYING ALL OF YOU ……..” MORE BEER PLEASE “
If DM is not playing or is playing but not well there’s really no one else who REALLY steps up. Everyone just plays like they would if DM is on the floor. That’s why we need to understand there’s some limit to the guys…Allen will only give so much…Garland is still another year from really taking his game another level…and of course Mobely is another year from that as well…then when you have Okoro/Stevens/Love not doing much and no one else really stepping up, this is what happens. Don’t know how you beat Blazers but not Wolves.
because players and teams have good days and bad days
Turns out we have one transcendent player. But we are not an elite team yet. The execution outside of mitchell heroics and iso ball sometimes working is bush league. This was a downright embarrassing loss.
https://twitter.com/realdcunningham/status/1614462045901946880?s=46&t=tyNJXlGVfQvOz677MZh3YQ
Terrible loss, even for a road game. This crappy Wolves team with their size and athleticism seems to bring out the worst in the Cavs.
Cavs just looking road weary and ran out of gas. Mitchell sick. And KLove and Cedi non factors again other than being defensive liabilities.
Some piss poor defensive effort. Minnesota is really where shitgiving goes to die.
Game over
Wolves have scored a crapload of easy points at the rim.
Oh, NOW you wanna defend the three…
Reid has sort of owned JA tonight.
Big time…
What is happening?
Cavs are losing for the second time to the Twolves, this time without Gobert and KAT…
Cavs turnovers.
man these guys are smoking us. seems we’re ice cold as usual from 3
7/23 on 3s for 30 percent
Every time I start believing, we lay a turd.
Mobley is shooting 20% from three. It’s not a good shot
11 in a row. I am out.
Up 14 to down 12 in 12 min.
What a turd the Cavs are laying. So disappointing.
These kind of games are absolutely infuriating to watch, and I really regret not doing something better with my limited time.
+1
amen
If you don’t defend the 3….
10 in a row.
Closers in.
Rivers, Nowell, & Garza led this charge. .
Another TO. 17.
Minny missed their first shot this quarter, and have made 8 in a row.
We do not deserve this one. Still time.
just gonna say this now that i dont like Ant. Saying it now so when hes mean mugging on us later i was already in with the comment
The games getting away from us and I fear Mitchell isn’t feeling good enough to take us home like he normally would
And another TO. 16 total. Everyone chipping in.
God, these unbelievably sloppy turnovers…all game. Cavs deserve to lose this.
Goddamit JA.
DG big bucket.
Cavs aren’t winning this unless DG can go off the rest of the game…Mitchell is wiped…
4 TOs in the first 4 minutes here. Lordy.
Garza killing us. Put Allen in.
i h8 love
Love with an OBoard & dime. .
And yet it’s time for him to head tl the bench I feel.
Look, more TOs.
The bunches bother me.
what are we even doing
Losing for the second time to the Twolves?
I’m not able to tune in tonight but the way I’m feeling so annoyed right now, watching this game might not be the best remedy ..
Mobley don’t try to do too much – Austin Carr
Cavs probably destined to lose this one to Garza…
man every game is so hard for us. never seem to be able to get a going away win. sign of parity in the league i think. plus some immaturity from us – we’re good but not great
Agreed.
Plus, we are very perimeter oriented. Our best scorers are both 6’1″. No post up threats. Lot of big swings with a lot of jumpers.
I think I heard Serena the other night say we have won 17 games by 10 or more which was towards the top in the NBA
man thats wild if true – doesnt feel like it at all
That 14 pt lead shrunk quickly. Still up 3.
Rubio has played 13 min. Anyone know the limit tonight?
Ugly but effective effective close to the quarter.
LET CARIS COOK
Ricky shake and bake.
FLOP
That foul call is utter bullshit.
Just incompetent reffing.
These turnovers are so effing aggravating…
We need a TO and a Llama.
In bonus. Keep attacking.
man kevin love is washed
Not a good sequence for sure.
Says a lot that LeVert took that tech with Love in.
DG, DM, Cedi Love, Mobley.
11-0 run.
No Gobert, attack the rim more.
This is going to be a super frustrating game, isn’t it?
Aren’t they all?
True, true….