Live Thread: Warriors @ Cavs
2023-01-20Good evening CtB!
The Cavs welcome the G-League Golden State Warriors to the shores of Lake Erie for a B-team scrimmage against the old nemesis. The Warriors entire starting lineup was too cowardly to show up, and Donovan Mitchell and Ricky Rubio are both nursing injuries along with the usual suspects. This game is purely about whether the Cavs want to be professional and handle their business with sharpness, or if they want to screw around and get beat. Let’s find out which door they choose!
Tip off is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, Go Cavs!
cap/LT up!
Cavs are 18-14 with DM and DG
8-0 DM w/o DG giving up 106 w/ 4 additional OT mins albeit not against the elite, save @Boston, and 5 of those right out of the gate to start the season
1-5 DG w/o DM giving up 116. 4 home losses, 3 of them to 10 seeds or higher including last nights GSW game of H-O-R-S-E
Stats are never that simple, many variables to consider but have to figure out how to play winning basketball together.
yup
unless things drastically change, opponents will do whatever it takes to take DM out of the game and force any other Cav to beat them and it won’t work, especially in the playoff series…this should have been an easy win, less pressure game prior to an elite matchup against an in conference power…now even more pressure to win tonight and then more calls on whether JB has this team in control….maybe Cavs need to make even more moves and multiple positions (mostly wing), etc….JA scoring 8 points last night…good lord that dude should dominate and yet really doesn’t on consistent… Read more »
JB may or may not the right coach.
But the team ABSOLUTELY does NOT need to make a bunch of panic moves. That would throw away an excellent young team in hopes of going an additional round in this years playoffs.
What they need is for the young guys to figure out how to win consistently.
Is Nic Claxton good enough to be an all-star?
Shannon Sharpe tried to fight the Memphis Grizzlies last night.
Don’t fret, Jimmy Dean here to solve all.
Was just going to post that… at least we have one more player to help tonight.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CnrjoHVOtus/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
And Rubio will be playing as well.
Brad Daugherty forgot the rule – don’t let a bunch of scrubs get easy shots and confidence up, because it can be hard to put the genie back in the bottle. And if Brad thought the Dubs hot 3pt shooting was going to cool off, you know the team probably did too.
Can’t wait for Chris Fedor to ask those hard hitting questions!
The Cavs have basically been a .500 team since winning 8 in a row at the beginning of the season. They’re 20-18.
True, but they have also had a shitload of injuries…something new and different…every team has them, but it’s still a fact.
I’m thinking we should have 5 more wins, if not for mismanagement, and that’s being generous, as the last two games should be included in that mix.
nah, margin is more like 2 games, but enough to matter.
That’s what I mentioned yesterday as well.. we’ve basically loss 3 in a row, won 3 in a row and have alternate wins and losses before this 2 game losing streak.. just sucks that we haven’t been able to stay consistently good or “fair” these past few weeks..
I miss those fun competitive games at the beginning of the season.
I think the major minutes the starters have logged (including the 6 OT games), plus the games of short 8/9 man rotations is really starting to catch up with this team. I think this is why you see a team like Memphis able to play more consistent towards the middle of the season, whereas they maybe the start a little slower. It’s a long NBA season and it’s incumbent on the coaches (and Front Office) to develop a deep enough bench unit to keep you afloat throughout the dog days, last year the bench actually helped this team win games… Read more »
Wow,just reading the score glad I had a gig tonight and didn’t spend my time watching this debacle.What in the world.I’d be ashamed to show up for the next game.
Cavs should just bring up the G League squad tomorrow and have Boobie Gibson coach the game. I’d watch that!
Good thing Miami and NY lost tonight..
JB won’t get fired until the opposing team runs out of players due to fouling/injury and they still beat us playing 4 on 5. Oh and one of their players will be snoozing on the bench.
Maybe not the worst loss of the season, but probably the most infuriating.
ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh.
we are not even close to contenders.
there’s just no cohesion, toughness, accountability.
if we win one playoff series this year, it will be far exceeding expectations.
AC is visibly pissed. He needs to take them to the woodshed
Biggest observation tonight: a lack of composure was apparent that was not there this time last month.
really missing DM in the game.. I feel like this is last year again.. close to the all star break we started loosing after starting the year so good.
Very much so. But if Cavs can’t beat the bench of these teams without him in regular season, playoffs with DM won’t be much better.
This is team is currently less than the sum of its parts. Meaning we will always underachieve when missing any single player. We certainly won’t live up to the talent that is here. When healthy we also will never overachieve.
Tomorrow will be interesting. I’d say this is the low point of the season. A blow out tomorrow will take that down another notch.
We should have to bring Poole into our locker room and award him the JYD chain
Amen.
Looking forward to getting schooled in the play-in games again this year, to the cRaptors and Hawks! #Cabs
Love Kerr doing a virtual coaching dunk on us too by challenging a meaningless call to waste time
Honestly.. if we couldnt win this game tonight.. how will we win on a back to back against Bucks who’ve had our number with 2 wins already in the season.
How will they win a playoff series?
How will they make the playoffs?
Kerr >>> JB
worst game of the year
alot of games have been “worst games of the year”.. lately.. especially against the West…
I hate these let down games and also hate the games where we had a lead and just ish the bed in the mid term to 4th quarter and couldn’t close it.
Agreed–our expectations make these games “the worst”… early success and some close wins allowed to expect more of this team. Realistically, they cannot defend the three-point line with any consistency. They also are not the rebounding team we thought they’d be. We knew Mitchell and Garland would take time to mesh. Is time the answer to their issues?
JB needs to answer for shitting the bed against every small ball team.
and there is no one in the press media that will ask the tough questions…the reason for the loss will be.. we just couldn’t defend, they hit tough shots also..
We got out rebounded, that’s about effort.
They hit over 20 3s, that’s not about effort that’s defensive scheme and matchup/lineup choices.
I haven’t checked the number, but too many corner threes that were wide, wide open. That’s scheme.
and that dagger 3 is just how this game has been..
Challenge.
JFC…so sick of Jerome…
Scrub dagger
Ouch
Oh Levert…..
Jfc why is Stevens in the game.
Darius clobbered. No call.
JARRETT ALLEN HAS FINALLY ARRIVED
I want noses in front when the hack action starts
5 point game.
BIG SHOT CARIS
Another stop. Ok.
THANK YOU JB FOR GOING TO STEVENS
SHOULD BE CEDI THO
Allen finally
If they lose this game JB should throw the JYD in the trash.
Gotta get stops cuz they have no three point shooting
It’s been that kind of night. Cavs can’t get out of their own way.
GET OKORO OUT OF THERE JB
CARIS
have we had an easy win in the past month?
Crowd booing. I haven’t heard that for years… they deserve it.
So put the bench guys back in now that they got a blow
Giannis smells fried chicken. Tomorrow night going to be ugly
No names raining threes on the Cavs…having flashbacks to the 2009 Magic playoffs…
LMFAO damn
I hate the Warriors forever, but its impressive even their B squad plays a strong motion offense when we just stand around
Yep.
Cavs take the first available crappy shot every time.
Well drilled squad.
Okoro and Allen a complete no show on defense tonight.
What the eff was that play caris?
GET OKORO OFF THE FLOOR
What’s he do?
JB put in three guys that can’t shoot the 3.
dafuq is Jarrett Allen doing tonight????
Getting out rebounded and generally schooled
Time to bench Neto for LeVert.
Just absurd shooting from these scrubs…
Warriors work for a good shot in half court Cavs don’t. That and rebounding is the difference in the game.
NEED TO LAUNCH THREES
Cedi’s yr guy
need to defend 3’s
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We can still win; 12 points is manageable
Just waiting on a cavalanche
Go Cavs! but i fear this is going to be the worst loss of the season
Someone needs to knock Poole on his fucking ass
Lol
Makeup call.