Live Thread: Cavs @ Nuggets
2024-03-31Happy Easter, Cavs fans! The Cavs take on the world champion Nuggets this afternoon, after beating them earlier in the season. Cleveland will be without CPJ, Okoro, Dean Wade, and Ty Jerome, while Denver is missing Jamaal Murray, Vlatko Cancar, and Zeke Nnaji. Cavs look to follow up their solid effort against Philly with a tough road game a mile high. Go Cavs!
THAT END OF THE SEASON GAME WITH THE PACERS MIGHT BE A VERY MEANINGFUL GAME “ ALL HANDS ON DECK “ ——— NEED TO GET A “ W “ TONIGHT AGAINST THE JAZZ
PACERS/ KNICKS / MAGIC BREATHING DOWN OUR NECKS—- PACERS / MAGIC APEAR TO HAVE EASIER SCHEDULES THAN THE CAVS——THOSE SO CALLED “ GIMME “ WINS THAT WE LOST — COULD “ BITE OUR ASS “ ——- GO CAVS
race to the bottom. Knicks definitely regretting last two losses. They don’t usually give up gimme wins but they did v. SAS and now it’s tough.
Pacers, we basically control our own destiny. 3 games up in loss column plus a head to head at end of season.
Magic have a tough on paper finish but Bucks may rest guys.
Would rather be us than them
there is a reason why they play the games. the players know there are no “gimme wins” in real life.
Niang Teammate of the Year finalist
is that really a thing?
Apparently! I’ve come around on him big time.
nugget from NBA.com: outscored by 21.6 points per 100 possessions in 77 minutes with Mobley and Jarrett Allen on the floor together over that stretch and the duo is now in the negative (minus-0.5 per 100 in 630 minutes) for the season, with the Cavs having outscored their opponents by 8.5 per 100 in their 1,418 minutes together last season.
Pretty dramatic change there, missing Ice and Wade definitely seems to make it much easier for teams to drive on us.
IF the Cavs can get Mitchell to commit, they need to seriously consider trading Garland and Mobley IMO. Nothing against either player. It’s a fit issue and comes down to what you can get for those guys that will be a better fit. Bold move. Not likely to happen, but I don’t think that incredible run mid-season without those 2 was a coincidence.
PD injury report:
Cavs: Isaac Okoro (toe), OUT; Craig Porter Jr. (illness), OUT; Dean Wade (knee), OUT; Ty Jerome (right ankle surgery), OUT.
Jazz: Lauri Markkanen (shoulder), OUT; Jordan Clarkson (left SI); John Collins (back, OUT.
MItchell out tonight for load management. I don’t hate it
not if we win
No good outcomes tonight for the discourse unless blowout and DG out scores Sexton.
CAN THE CAVS STILL SIGN CAITLYN CLARK——-THE “ FEMALE “ LARRY BIRD —— MAN CAN SHE HOOP !!
Fun to watch.
APRIL FOOLS DAY IS AN EVERYDAY THING FOR “THE “ MRS NOMAD BEING THE “FOOL “ SHE MARRIED ( GOT STUCK WITH) 🤪🤪🤪
AS MUCH AS WE ALL ARE UPSET ABOUT CAVS RIGHT NOW——- I AM SURE THERE ARE OPPOSiNG TEAMS/ PLAYERS:FANS THAT WANT NO PART OF A HEALTHY /FUNTIONAL CAVS TEAM——— HOPE THEY CAN GET THEIR SHIT TOGETHER——— AM SURE SPIDA WILL BE CONDUCTING A PLAYERS MEETING——- TT/MORRIS s VOICES WILL SPEAK LOUDLY ALSO
absolutely. Current Cavs can go either way: whimper away in first round, or give Boston a scare in the ECF. Being competative in round 2 is a reasonable goal.
GOOD POINT s RAOUL / STEALIT —— YOU GUYS ALWAYS “ PUT THE TRAP – DOUBLE TEAM “ ON ME 👍🤪
i mean, we’re mediocre to bad if our max players are at 50%-75%. i like a lot of the flashes DG is showing and I think DM can get it back, but there’s no solve for “best players playing bad.” we don’t suck and every one of the teams in the East playoff picture is trick or treat at the moment, BUT we haven’t put together anything close to what we need. all we have is a hope that rest and a consistent opponent / gameplan with the same lineup allows us to access a top gear that we know… Read more »
SPIDAs LATEST COMMENTS SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO MINE/OTHER CTB BROS ——- HE IS VERY FRUSTRATED/ CONCERNED ABOUT THE CAVS RECENT PLAY ( SINCE ALL STAR BREAK) —THOSE COMMENTS DO NOT SOUND LIKE SOMEONE WHO IS READY TO STAY HERE LONG TERM……………” MORE BEER 🍺 PLEASE “
anyone ought to be pissed off about the lousy play of their team, but not obvious if it has anything to do with staying or not.
yeah, the extension is a business decision, like Dame.
he has to be better personally, too, for us to beat great teams.
but no competitor will look at March (7-10, bottom third in everything) and be like “oh, that’s cool” — so there’s probably a players-only / clear the air meeting soon.
on tactics, i’d probably sit the whole team vs. PHX, especially if NY loses to Miami and we beat Utah. rest up until Saturday.
Big basketball result here in Australia – national championship won for the first time by my old island state of Tasmania in a best of 5.
The losers: Melbourne United, featuring Delly and Luke Travers.
wow!
don’t bet against Doncic in H-O-R-S-E:
https://www.chron.com/sports/rockets/article/luka-doncic-trick-shot-toyota-center-19378374.php
I was pretty good at a thousand times easier shot: from behind the backboard, shoot it up over the top and down through the hoop.
Only good thing about today, Thunder win by 1 at MSG..
Watching the replay, Cavs feel like the only team where a player drives to the paint, is one foot from the basket and then tries to make a difficult pass to the bigs for a dunk and it gets stolen or the big actually catches it and barely gets it to go. I actually have to give Mobley and Allen credit for the amount of those tight passes they are able to finish.
Vert and DG try extremely hard passes. team as a whole is plus passers that try some wild stuff. low key one of the reasons the DM January squad was so good was that they kept it very simple and low risk. DM is good at simple reads, DG is good at complicated reads. DG has license to do that if he doesn’t have the brain fart TOs that he’s had all year, I consider the big dump-offs to be good turnovers. but when he’s not hitting on those and giving the ball up to bread loaves at the top… Read more »
Still #3
APPRECIATE “ KEEPING ME GROUNDED “ —- BUT THE “ CLOCK IS TICKING “ —- YOU POSTED IT ISN T GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT 2 WEEKS—— JUST DONT THINK YOU CAN GO FROM PLAYING “ MEDIOCRE —UNINSPIRED “ BASKETBALL TO PLAY OFF/PHYSICAL BASKETBALL—- AND THEY HAVE TO DO IT MORE THAN 1 GAME—-4 GAMES TO WIN A SERIES—— JUST DONT HAVE CONFIDENCE THIS TEAM HAS THE TOUGHNESS TO SUSTAIN THAT——1 THING TO WIN GAMES IN “ JANUARY AGAINST AVERAGE TEAMS “ NOT COMPETING AT THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL—-ANOTHER AGAINST PLAYOFF LEVEL COMPETITION
I don’t see good signs outside of Evan on days like today. I see them tough one day (the one possession games v Miami, Indy and Philly were really good) and then awful the next. I don’t know if they can be consistent enough in April but my hope is that with rest and being able to scout one opponent they will be competitive through two rounds. If not, JB goes and there’s a scramble to find more size and physicality, which I think you can get without giving up a ton (Caris plus another bench guy plus the FRP… Read more »
also don’t have confidence that it will happen, but it might.
it feels like we don’t have two games against the same team with the same lineup at this point.
OFFENSIVE REBOUND s ——- I ALWAYS RESPECT YOUR POSTS STEALIT AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE/ POSITIVE CAVS FAN —— BUT I AM ALSO A REALIST AND NOT GOING TO SHY AWAY FROM WHAT I SEE ———- IT IS STILL THEIR WEAKNESS THAT KNICKS EXPOSED LAST YEAR ——— WHEN THE GAMES BECOME MORE MEANINGFUL/COMPETITIVE/PHYSICAL——- THEIR “ WARTS “ ARE EXPOSED———“ SOFT AS CHARMIN” ————- I HOPE JB / PLAYERS READ MY POST s AND GET PISSED !!!!——— “ PLEASE PROVE ME WRONG “!!!!
they have to get right. i see them as inconsistent, not soft. you see them lock in for flashes and then disappear. it’s maddening, because JA was super physical with Jokic last game.
right now, just too tired and too many injuries to have a get right game on the West Coast trip. it isn’t going to happen in the next two weeks.
CLEVELAND “CHARMIN “ CAVS ——- SOOOO SOFT ——-LeVERT LEADING REBOUNDER WITH 6 ———MOBES / ALLEN WITH 4 EACH ———— THIS EFFORT SCREAMS “ 1st ROUND EXIT “
How you gonna rebound when the other team doesn’t miss?
Following a gritty effort with a whiff is ugly but oh well
SO GLAD EASTER FAMILY PARTY PREVENTED /SAVED ME FROM THIS “ MATINEE MASSACRE “ ——- I HEAR A “ NOMAD ECHO “ ——- CAVS NOT ADVANCING PAST THE 1sT ROUND———- THIS TEAM IS “ TOAST——-AGREE WITH WORLD B
Classic Sunday stinker!
Cavs problems this year in order of impact:
Probably coach takes the fall as a scapegoat. You trade DG, it’s a real problem getting a player of his potential / talent back.
It’s crazy bc all the rest of the team has gotten better.
1. Coaching
2. Korby
3. Garland regression
grow up, don’t start the Korby crap again.
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ever been diagnosed as bipolar? some days you make a lot of insightful comments, other days go to 12 year old mode.
Look in the mirror 🤡
Happy April Fool’s day!
Hope this team can beat Boston in the finals; hard to not like Jokic
agree
16/24 on 3s. Tip the cap to Denver and Jokic.
Hate having to flush every other game but wow.
Liked Mobleys first half again
Why is TT out here on Jokic instead of Allen or Mobley?
The denver announcers are just like constantly bickering about fouls and rules
Man they are smoking us
Cavs getting out rebounded 16-29
Mhm was thinkng same
Other team not missing
It’s so hard to beat Denver when Jokic can dominate without ever getting out of 2nd gear.
He’s amazing
Like a road grater.
Yeah,deceptive ,not flash ,but so gifted with touch and vision and i q and strength.Listened to Larry Bird interview about” people I’d like to play with”.He just gushes over the joker
Thea’d be 40 down with Murray playing.
Woof. Cavs in afternoon games are cheeks.
Good finish to a pretty lackluster game.
Pure laziness. Team is not coached well. Garlands look like he was partying all night.
Jokic on a +/- heater
Switched over to Purdue.
Morris gotta stop fouling.
Nvm. Was Allen. Same comment though.
Caris on a heater.
They just not calling goal tending anymore?
Watching how the Nuggs are playing this game I think we can definitely win. They seem to be sleepwalking
Anotehr passed up 3 by darius.. grrrr
Niang is garbage this afternoon.
Maybe JB will realize he’s off and restrict his minutes. Lets give Morris Sr a little more run today
Dislike this lineup.
Niang come on. At least offer token resistance at the rim.
Best he can do is neither contest nor attempt to rebound
That was as a lame reversal.
Garland had Niang wide open.
Mobl3y!
At least dg is attacking the trap. And getting downhill
Go Cavs!
Solid start. Don’t love the pace, but this might not be the arena to get into a shootout.
Shoot the open three, Darius.
or the open layup. Nonplussed with his strategy so far