Live Thread: Cavs @ Trail Blazers

Live Thread: Cavs @ Trail Blazers

2023-11-15 Off By Chris Francis

Good evening CtB!

The Cavs have traversed to the banks of the Willamette River to take on the tanking Portland Trail Blazers to wrap up their first west coast swing of the season. It’s silly to say that a November matchup against a tanking team is a must win game, but that’s exactly what this is because of how the Cavs have stumbled out of the gates to start the season. Georges Niang has been a complete disaster, yet J.B. Bickerstaff continues to give him minutes in hopes that he’ll actually start making some jumpers. Tower City looks extremely mediocre at best. The Cavs as a team are bottom 10 in net rating so far, with poor ball movement, poor shooting, and poor rebounding. They look like a team full of selfish prima donnas, unwilling to do the dirty work to grind wins out when they’re playing poorly. The only player upholding his end of the bargain so far this year is Donovan Mitchell (and perhaps honorable mention to Max Strus), so it’d be hard to blame him if he’s looking to jump off this currently sinking ship.

As the great John Madden said, “Winning’s the great deoderant.” This game is perfectly teed up for the Cavs to get back on the right track. Hopefully they seize the opportunity… if not, Mitchell’s name may be joining Zach LaVine as trade deadline darlings for teams looking to make a move.

Tip off is scheduled for 10:00PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sports Ohio, Go Cavs!

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