Live Thread: Cavs @ Magic
2023-04-04Good evening CtB!
The Cavs have ventured south to Disney World to take on the Orlando Magic for a two game road series that should have the Cavs’ full attention. Despite their youth, the Magic have been building a good culture with two fledgling star wings in Paolo Banchero and, a personal favorite of yours truly, Franz Wagner. They have an above .500 record at home and over the last 50 games or so. If the Cavs think they can waltz in and get a win, they could find themselves winless and scrambling to hold onto the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference. This series is the ultimate test of being an NBA professional and mentally tough, hopefully the Cavs are up to the task.
DEAN WADE AGENDA
#Cavs Dean Wade will start once again in place of injured Isaac Okoro tonight against Orlando, sources tell @clevelanddotcom.
— Chris Fedor (@ChrisFedor) April 4, 2023
The Dean Wade Agenda continues unabated after his excellent performance against the Indiana Pacers on Sunday night. The Cavs posted a net rating of +29.0 in his 27 minutes on the court, the top Cav for the night. Hopefully he’s able to build off of that performance and look like the dominant two-way presence he was at the beginning of the season.
In looking at the Magic’s statistical profile, there are two things that stand out. They are a decent defensive team that rebounds well. Secondly, they are a poor offensive team that is prone to turnovers. The Cavs will have opportunities to create turnovers and push the pace on offense, but they will have to move the ball in the halfcourt to create good looks against Orlando’s size and athleticism. The Cavs need to play excellent defense, rebound the ball and run to eliminate Orlando’s ability to set their defense.
Tip off is scheduled for 7:00PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio/Great Lakes, Go Cavs!
Caps up!
TOOTHPICK OUT WITH FOOT 🦶 INJURY—
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Mavs / Knicks / Jalen Brunson saga:
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/36084951/mark-cuban-mavericks-get-shot-re-signing-jalen-brunson
SORRY DANK —-JUST READ YOUR OTHER POST ABOUT” 23 MINUTE” GREEN PLAYING
NO “23”MINUTE GREEN ?—IS TOOTHPICK HURT / WTF —-HAVE POSTED RECENTLY—-WILL POST AGAIN—-KNICKS BENCH IS FAR SUPERIOR TO THE CAVS ——EARLY “ EXPERTS “ ARE ALREADY PICKING THE KNICKS
Cavs sitting top 6 in the rotation plus Windler (actual injury) tomorrow night vs Magic. Probably looking at
Pg: Neto
SG: Cedi
Sf: Llamar
Pf: Deaner
C: RoLo
Bench minutes: Rubio, Sam Merrill, Isa Mobes, Diakite.
Could be an ugly one but I’ll be watching!
Whoops forgot Danny Green! I assume he’ll play some
Diakite should be playing over RoLo
That’s DanK LETS GOOOO
End of game turnovers scare the hell out of me and doesn’t bode well for the playoffs. DG in particular. Not sure how we can fix this.
I forgot to add, getting 50 wins is still a great accomplishment for this team.
And indeed. 50 wins plus securing first round home-court advantage is really awesome. Weird season overall as happy as I am with it. Felt like 75% of the season Cavs were trailing by double digits only to come back and win by double digits.
Had the same thought regarding the playoffs and DG at the end of the game last night. Post-season will be a system shock, but the hope is that in the long run he will get battle-hardened.
Recall drafting Wiggins because Embiid had a stress fracture and had to sit out a year. Ouch!
Yeah but didn’t matter who was drafted then
The Cavs history with Embiid might look pretty nice. LeBron probably would not have come, so the year Embiid sat would have been a high lottery pick.
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WTF –NO REPLAY OF CAVS THIS MORNING —WAS GOING TO HAVE MY RICE CRISPIES AND AN IPA —-” SNAP-CRACKLE-BURP “——–CONGRATS TO THE CAVS —-STILL WAITING FOR SPIDA TO ” BREAK OUT AND PROVE THAT TRADE WAS IN CAVS FAVOR “—BIG SARCASM ——STILL THINK CAVS FUB AT TRADE DEADLINE —-” 23 MIN GREEN — A PERMANENT NO SHOW —-DISGRUNTLED KLOVE –LEFT TO WALK FREE—–ROL-“O”-VER STILL OUR BACK UP POST —-AM TOTALLY CONFUSED// FRUSTRATED ON JB’S DECISION —UNLESS IT IS AN INJURY ISSUE —-OF NO FLOOR TIME FOR ” 23 MIN GREEN ‘ —GOCAVS // GAURDIANS——-HOPEFULLY THEY REST THE STARTERS AND POSSIBLY… Read more »
Congratulations to the Cleveland Cavaliers! (Just watched the tape) A fine regular season. Very likable bunch of guys. Mitchell willing the win tonight. That guy is pretty good.
you bet!
Jazz just tied up the Lakers, after they put up an 8-0 run.
Good W on the road!!!! Our core 5 are going to be playing a ton of minutes against the NYK with Okoro next in line and then just a smattering of Rubio, Wade, Cedi and Llama. Cavs in 6! Let’s go!!!!!
Collin Sexton
Lol stop it
I’m completely joking.
Lol I know.. meant more like leave poor Sexton alone.
I have no issues with Sexton, just his fanboys who think he’s better than Mitchell.
everyone sez something dumb once in a while, but that goes in the Hall of Fame
I’m watching the Lakers / Jazz game and Sexton is back after missing like 18 straight games due to injury.
6 pts
3/8 FG
3 ast
9 minutes
I know. I didn’t think sarcasm font was necessary.
Obviously it’s LeBron
Guardians just tied it up.
Bell not coming out hot. Another CLE cleanup who can’t cleanup. Let’s hope he turns it around.
Yeah it’s early tho. Apparently he was hitting well in spring training.
Arias belongs in the starting lineup, either first or short
I’ll be at the game with the fam on Thursday in Orlando. Go Cavs!
LETS GOOOOOO!!!!
The kids first NBA game!
HELL YEAH DAVE HAVE FUN!!!!
Philly wins. Barely. Boston had a chance to steal it. Doesn’t really matter because Philly would still likely win the last two vs Hawks and Nets.
Watch Philly to intentionally tank vs Nets to face them in first round.
Lol instead of a Miami team..
Yep. I think they’d rather not deal with Miami
Philly up by 6 with less than a minute to go.
PJ Tucker with 3 3 pointers in the last 3 minutes.
Yeah Philly is gonna win this. So really no point to treat the last two games other than exhibition games.
Super game for Caris. Big shots, good D. You love to see it.
There’s a sniper in the building for James Harden.
Great win! Young, talented opponent maybe lacking the mental toughness to hit shots down the stretch.
DG still looking vulnerable to traps but credit the boys for pulling it out. Now we can rest up and get ready for the Knicks.
There’s still like a slight chance of getting the 3 seed. But Philly needs to lose out and we need to win the last 2. Doubtful. Philly down 3 to Boston in the 4th.
15-3 run by Philly.. and 2 3 pointers back to back from PJ Tucker and Philly is up 7 points… and now up 3.
A little glad to have missed this one by the sounds of it. What’s the takeaway? DG still struggling, bench underperforming?
If was a fun game.
yup, good game, big win!
Not DG’s best shooting game, but he was okay…and Donnie put up another big scoring night. Magic have some annoying players, so it’s usually not going to be easy.
Welp. Got the win. Playing down to the competition. Not a great way to enter the playoffs.
nah, Orlando’s good… this was a low key good win.
Big win!
FOURTH SEED LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Nice!!! Go Cavs!
DONOVAN MITCHELL MVP MVP MVP
Don’t foul the 3 point shooter
😂😂😂
Thank goodness for Donovan Mitchell. DG is no all star. He is a good point guard but nowhere near elite.
That should do it. Nice job. MVP performance from Spida.
Garland with just about the worst crunch time performance I have ever seen.
4 seed! Now get Ice healthy. He’ll be key against the Knicks.
Hope he can play
Health is priority #1
Dodged a bullet
I hope they learn their lesson.
Garland shitting bed. Lazy weak shit
What the hell are you doing Garland
Need to score here
This is harrowing. Just a brutal turnover.
Darius careless
Nice. Wagner turnover
Just need one more stop
And a score
4th consecutive 40 point game for Mitchell
And 10 of our 22 points this quarter.
2/3 on 2’s
2/2 on 3’s –
MVP !!!
Donovan Mitchell …professional scorer.
Spida!!!!!
Slow it down
Yes LCC
Garland started this with his piss poor one on one shit
Late game Garland Isos ain’t it.
Wendell Carter Junior was an absolute heist by the Magic.
yup
JB takes Allen out lead goes away immediately.
GIVE THE BALL TO CARIS DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!! HE CAN COOK HIS MAN!!!!!!
I feel like every time the Cavs hit a 3 tonight, the Magic come back and hit a 3 on the next play.
Cavs too gassed to run an offense.
There goes the lead
Can’t hold the lead
DONOVAN MITCHELL!!!!
Yes Spida time!
Allen with two monster plays. Magic do them a favor with a timeout.
Allen was fouled there
JARRETT ALLEN HAS ARRIVED