Live Thread: Cavs @ 76ers
2023-11-21Good evening CtB!
The Cavs have made their way to the banks of the Delaware River to take on the Philadelphia 76ers in a massive, nationally televised matchup between two playoff teams from last season. The Sixers have never looked better as Coach Nick Nurse has unlocked a higher level of play from Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey. Perhaps it was as easy as flushing the Golden Turd down the toilet, and donating the Minivan to charity? Who can say. On the other hand, the Cavs can validate their performance against the world champs with a victory tonight, but they will have to do it without Donovan Mitchell, Isaac Okoro, Ty Jerome, and probably Caris LeVert. Can Craig Porter, Jr. keep the gravy train rolling??? Stay tuned…
Yours truly would be remiss to not mention that Embiid has totally owned Jarrett Allen every single time they match up… if Jarrett Allen can somehow do what he did to Nikola Jokić to Embiid, then that would go a long way in helping the Cavs steal victory from the jaws of defeat.
5-MAN LINEUP RANKINGS:
There has been some laughable talk about how the Cavs would be better without Donovan Mitchell and Caris LeVert, yet somehow four out of the top five 5-man lineups the Cavs have used this season (minimum 12 minutes) have Spida and Chef Caris in them, and they’re dominating the competition. Caris and Spida haters will have to continue to seethe and cope until further notice.
TOWER CITY AND SPIDALAND AGENDAS VINDICATED
Early returns on bringing back Tower City and Spidaland are favorable. Spidaland’s defense sucks but it doesn’t matter because they cannot be stopped on offense. Tower City doesn’t defend the three point line all that well, but it doesn’t matter because opposing teams can’t score in the paint and can’t stop JA and Mobley from finishing at the rim at an elite rate. All that really needs to be figured out at this point is what these guys can do against real championship contenders… so #staytuned
Tip off is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live and nationally on TNT, Go Cavs!
Great win.
Got sloppy late but hung on.
Wade is a good defender who hustles & rebounds, but was almost unplayable on offense tonight.
CPJ & Niang were fantastic off the bench. TT our best Embiid defender. JA man of the match. DG awful good too for the most part.
I would give Sixers and Nurse credit for cranking up the defensive pressure and really trapping hard and denying the ball
Say what you want about the 18 point lead, but the Cavs played the fourth 5-on-9 with the Refs and Nurse’s goonery. Really love the way they weathered the storm and grinded that out.
for a about a five minute stretch near the end of RT, the refs did their best to give the game to the 76’s. they did finally send DG to the line at the end.
Needed Mitchell so bad there.
Mobley and Strus are gonna feast off when the guards get trapped. Kind of amazing that we had so many dunks and bunnies in crunch time
JA gave Embiid 26/13! So aggressive!!
Mobley 18/12 and some great passes and late game rebounds (and a few frustrating turnovers but not many).
Really a nice physical performance.
Love everything I see from Strus and CPJ. Reflects well on our culture that we find/go after guys like that.
CPJ: lead team in +/- and assists.
A steal!
And only 1 TO. Assist to TO for the game. 9/1 is off the charts CP3 level stuff.
CPJ: 9/1
DG: 8/4
Strus: 6/2
JA: 3/2
Mobes: 3/4
TT: 2/0
Wade: 2/1
Maybe they’ll ask DG what he can learn from CPJ as a mentor
Glad JB was willing to go to CPJ for some possessions in the final minutes and OT (basically alternated offense/defense with D. Wade). Having a second confident ball handler really helped against the pressure defense.
and he is totally confident — did not look the least bit overwhelmed
I def think we found something with the “Struss to either JA or Mobley” play. That play/movement is going to KILL teams without big men as good as Embid (ie, most teams)
Strus is just good. And he’s used to playing with a versatile big because he played so much with Bam. Great signing.
Agree. He’s gonna have up & down nights as a scorer, but always up nights just a good basketball player.
It’s gonna free up so much for DG and DM since all three of Strus/JA/Evan are good passers
YES! I can’t wait to see Mitchell back in the lineup with what we’ve unlocked! Also, I think LeVert and CPJ sharing the court together off the bench will be freaking awesome…will we be the best ball handling team in the NBA (DG, Mitchell, LeVert, CPJ, Mobley…)?
I can’t wait to see this team grow together this season…we can def come out of the East I feel now
I’m psyched bc I think we basically solved the challenges we had against the Knicks. JA and Mobley attacking huge 5s and being strong rebounders without being physically overwhelming, crisp big-to-big passing and great decisions out of the trap Philly unleashed in the second half.
It also feels like we’ve solved the rotation too…I see basically Wade + either CPJ or Okoro based on team we are matched up against. Because all three are good to great defenders, we can split minutes between Wade and CPJ when we need offense against bigger teams, and split minutes between Wade and Okoro when we need defense against smaller teams. We are so versatile now it feels!
Okoro in the Wade spot is gonna be amazing bc he will at least press the advantage on offense and run / attack.
Exactly! But we can utilize Wade in those situations or against teams where we need his rebounding and height. That guy is a GOOD rebounder…he just always seems to be around the ball
People must feel dirty rooting for this Sixers team and constantly apologizing for Embiid’s bullshit.
Really nice game tonight,played aggressive and didn’t fold.JA did better against Embid.CPJ couple nice plays at the end.
Let the “better without Mitchell” talk begin…
Think that started 2 days ago….😂
I don’t think the Cavs are better w/o him, but DG generally is.
They have to learn how best to complement each other.
Mitchell really can get some nice and easy points playing off DG. It’ll come. Every good open shot Strus and CPJ got is open for Mitchell.
Wade is his own walking plus-minus. Plus 15 rebounds, minus 15 turnovers/misses. It’s a wash.
Dean Wade! Great win, got everything they could handle and squeaked out a W.
Man great W; feels good man
What a W!!!
This was a fun one. Thanks CtBers!!!!
Great game – other than that stinker of a 4th quarter!
BIGGEST WIN OF THE SEASON
you bet
so far!
After alllll this bullshit we 8-6. Same as last year
Thank god. Eff this garbage team.
What a game!
Cavs win!
💪💪💪💪
Foul them.
Have a foul to give. Take it pls
No foul no foul no foul no foul
PUT IN CPJ FOR DG JB GET SIZE AND ATHLETICISM ON THE FLOOR DAMMIT
Lmaooooo come the fuck on
Gotta catch that Wade!
Foul. Them. J. B.
Embiid gets him on the shoulder, maybe after the other foul, but whatever.
Bye bye Joel.
Making up for the earlier one on Mobley that should have been called on him but went on Harris
Lol, will they give that to Embiid?
Gotta hit some foul shots
Holy shit what a game.
Refs really wanted to give that ball to Philly. Unreal.
You’re not wrong. That they even reviewed it was ridiculous.
man they will not foul out embiid no matter what
I know right…
Trae has diplomatic immunity
Beautiful play. COJ’s maturiy is a
marvel.
Porter so calm. Holy Cow!
yeah! that really stands out
Porter is a dude.
CRAIG PORTER JR SAVES THE FUCKING DAY
Love CPJ!
CPJ again!
CPJ!
Ceeeeee Peeeeee Jaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!
How on earth taht isn’t on embiid is ridiculous
Of course they don’t give that foul to Embiid. We saw this last year too.
Should have been 6 on Trae there.
Six fouls? Oh on Harris.
Well we’re knocked out of the tournament anyways since the Pacers won.
That turnover by Mobley was so frustrating…take it to the f$&@ing hole
As usual the coach seems to think whoever you ended the 4th quarter with you have to play that lineup all of overtime as well
WHY IS MOBLEY SO HESITANT????
TENTATIVE?
Mobley with a great pass and then we chew him out for passing. Damn (and agree, he had the advantage)
Can they generate any easy shots?
Need Donovan
GARBAGE DEFENSE BY JARRETT ALLEN GET YOUR DAMN HEAD IN THE GAME
Philly’s D has been bothering Cavs transition all night.
TAKE THE DAMN SHOT MOBLEY!!!!!!!!!
No idea what he was thinking. He gets fouled
almost definitely.
Just dunk the fucking ball, Evan!
LETS GO BIG TO BIG!!!!
CMON MOBLEY YOU HAVE TO FINISH THAT
76ers have played very though D here in the second half. Foul trouble could loom large in the OT.
Lets get a little CPJ action
EARTH TO JB
Was really surprised to see TT in there on the final play defending Embiid
Ooovertime!
Well, OT, anyway…
OT
Whatever happens, this has been a good game.
I’ve stopped enjoying moral victories… especially after you had a 18 point lead.
Yeah I hear ya
Allen ready need to catch better in the paint when it’s not a an alley oop.
Or just squeeze the ball when he has it, period.
He got fouled on the arm hard from the replay by Beverly, after the ball was poked a little but not really loose.
Lets pop a Struss 3 gamewinner
This was fine. Really could have used Mitchell
JB special