Live Thread: Cavs @ Hawks
2023-03-28Good evening CtB!
The Cavs have ventured to the Georgia Piedmont to take on the Atlanta Hawks in a classic Eastern Conference clash. The Cavs have all of a sudden found themselves with a tiny shot at the third seed with a recent skid by the Philadelphia 76ers, while the Hawks are jockeying for play-in position. Unfortunately the Cavs will be dealing with a slew of injuries pressing both Lamar Stevens and Caris LeVert into starting duties.
Who are the Hawks statistically? On offense, they play at a fast pace and take care of the ball well mainly because they don’t care much for ball movement. On defense, they largely stink and can be exploited by crashing the glass on offense. The Cavs can find exploits such as finding transition opportunities because Atlanta doesn’t shoot the ball well, and crashing the glass on misses to exploit their lack of rebounding.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, Go Cavs!
Recap and LT up!
OUCH.—-SAM MY MAN ROUGH DAY AT THE OFFICE 1/ 10 FROM 3 PT LAND. TOOTHPICK DIDN T PLAY ELDER MOBES NICE GAME 30/12 —CAN HE SUIT UP FOR PLAYOFFS
Basketball Reference’s projections give Cleveland a 93.2% chance of finishing fourth
bummer
Randle out at least 2 weeks:
https://www.nba.com/news/new-york-knicks-forward-julius-randle-out-at-least-2-weeks-with-sprained-ankle
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/36007481/knicks-julius-randle-ankle-reevaluated-2-weeks
Randle out on Friday.
That was a bad sprain. He may not even be ready for the playoffs which would be a huge blow for the Knicks.
Good for the Kings. Will be watching them and hope they do well (not as well as the Cavs obvs).
Article about Evan:
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2023/3/29/23654150/evan-mobley-cleveland-cavaliers
Great article. Thanks for posting.
Philly wins
Luka has given up on this season already. There is zero reason dallas should have lost this game.
Philly is just better. I don’t think they put the clamps in till the 4th quarter.
Mavs up by 1 against the Sixers
Philly up 5 with 3.5 min to go
Knicks about to beat the Heat. Need that 3 seed so we can face Brooklyn.
Knicks starting to pull away from Miami.
Jrue Holiday has 51 pts, 8 asts (with only 3 3’s and 20 FGM) and Giannis has 38 against the Pacers..
Nowadays feels like so many people can get 40 easy… a few days ago it was Quickley from the Knicks with 40.
So easy I find it hard to care about the nba now. Never thought I’d say that considering I have been a lifelong Cavs and nba fan.
Quickley is really good, and those 40 came in starter minutes, w/ Brunson out.
And another player with 40..
Talen Horton-Tucker scored a career-high 41 points and the Utah Jazz defeated the Spurs 128-117 on Wednesday night in what could have been coach Gregg Popovich’s final home game in San Antonio.
Quentin Grimes is really good for the Knicks.