Live Thread: Pistons @ Cavs
2024-10-25Good evening CtB!
The Cavs welcome the Coach JB Bickerstaff-led Detroit Pistons to the shores of Lake Erie for a Central Division showdown as well as the home debut of the good guys. The Cavs announced their arrival among the elite of the Eastern Conference with a methodical, ruthless beatdown of the Toronto Raptors Wednesday night. Can the Cavs show the same type of professionalism and competitive vindictiveness tonight at home against their divisional rival? Stay tuned…
As for the Pistons, they are trying to escape being an NBA doormat for the entirety of the 2020s so far. They’re hoping Coach Bickerstaff can bring some defense and physicality to a team who gets rag dolled by the entire league. This is a classic trap game for the Cavs, as such will be interesting to see how the Cavs handle early success.
Tip off is scheduled at 7:30PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Fanduel Sports Network, Go Cavs!
cap and LT up
looks like a plan progressing nicely. hope to say the same tomorrow!
SPIDA STILL HASNT HAD THAT “ SPECIAL “ SPIDA NIGHT—- ITS COMING 👍
The core 4 has probably had one player with one good half offensively all season (Evan at TOR)
Otherwise it’s just been kinda meh
Allen has been efficiently JA both games. Spida had a pretty good half vs the Raps.
Yeah: I think I’m saying relative to expectations.
The exciting part is that they don’t seem to be relying on Spida and Allen to stop every run and stabilize the offense
More of a team approach than stuff falling on Spida/DG to create everything with everyone else standing around or a JA pick to start.
JB deserved better than he got last night, but he is a culture/building blocks guy, not a guy that takes you to the top of the mountain.
agree.
yeah, but this is great. one glaring JR problem was playing the core four all the time, so they wound up being tired and injured.
Yeah someone made a good comment on the Raptor thread about how JB likely would had the starters in on their normal rotation – which was heavier than under Atkinson, it appears – until the final minutes despite that huge lead. Multiply that times 20 or so across a regular season (the “easy win” opportunities), it adds up eventually.
IF CAVS CAN LEARN TO REBOUND—— LOOK OUT
They seem a bit improved to me, especially gang / guard rebounding. Just eye test though
they’re bottom 5 in the NBA in rebound rate… they objectively suck at it still.
2–0 CAVS LETS GO —- WATCHING REPLAY—- JEROME MY GEM
Really impressed with Jerome. He looks like the heir to Rubio. And just impressed with the movement on the offense in general. We’ll need to see how it works against better competition, but it does appear to be a coaching upgrade.
i do think the Pistons will be a lot better this year. Cade looks pretty unstoppable in the midrange, and Harris is a good signing for them. They have some players, and JB and staff are an upgrade over whatever the hell Monty was doing last year.
On Reddit, re Jerome: “Nuevo Rubio, mui bien”.
Haliburton, Gods Favorite, looking weak as hell
as limp as it gets.. goose eggs.. zero in 26 min ?? like a late 2nd round rook
SHOTS FIRED DG SAID KA’S DEFENSIVE SCHEME BETTER THAN JB’s LMFAOOOOOOOO
Wait, JB had a scheme?
ha-ha!
exactly my thought — last year they looked like they were in a pick up game — some good individual moves, but everyone winging it.
Oh yeah, essentially if I heard DG correctly, he said their defensive scheme was against switching, which teams took advantage of because it forces help all the time.
now KA lets them switch, and it speeds teams up and forces mistakes.
I’M LOVING TY JEROME!!! He’s got an edge to him, and he talks mad shit I LOVE IT
Great Dean Wade game. Ty Jerome with another quality game. Ice high on the +/- charts. Mobes, DG, & Allen all pretty efficient.
I will take 2-0 all day long.
Niang only player with a negative plus/minus, so huge.
The double entendre is…solid.
same
LMFAOOOOOO thank you thank you here all week! tip your bartenders and servers!
Loving Ty Jerome so far.
absolutely
yeah it’s crazy he’s a rotation level player right off the rip, that’s a game changer..
GREAT TEAMS COVER, WE ARE A JUGGERNAUT YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST FOLKS
solid game from everybody not named Sam
That’ll do it!
Lot of butterfingers tonight.
Beautiful spin drive by Evan!!
DARIUS GARLAND DANCE TO THE HOOP!!!!
TY JEROME JARRETT ALLEN TWO MAN PNR
Giancarlo Stanton. ugh
THANK GOD FOR JAMES DEAN WADE
DEAN WADE!!!!
Jimmylanche!
Mobes and the travel bug….still got it.
Man… we miss a lot of FTs
Donovan and Caris are the culprits
Great d Ty
Pistons losing their marbles
LETS GOOO CADE CUNNINGHAM LOST HIS COOL LETS GOOOOOOOO
Cunningham 😂
CARIS LEVERT WITH THE SMART PLAY!!!!!!!!!! KENNY ATKINSON HAS UNLOCKED LEVERT
SPIDA!!!
SPIDA TIME!!!!!!!!!
GREAT DEFENSE SAM MERRILL BTW
Mini-Van!
TWO WAY MINIVAN
all wheel drive
LMFAOOOO THATS RIGHT
Return of the Caris touch.
in the bonus 4 minutes in, but not pounding the paint?
This unit isn’t cutting it.
JESUS CHRIST MERRILL MAKE A FUCKING THREE THIS IS YOUR TIME
Gotta stop w the techs
DEAN WADE REVERSE AND 1??????????!!!!!!! EAT YOUR HEART OUT JB!!!!!!!!!
Pistons dirtying up the game
Cavs should’ve expected it it’s classic JB
TV guys not courtside at home games? Or something special for home opener?
IDK, thought that was interesting too
Garland got rolled on defense during that sequence where Jerome was cooking. Still skeptical of the DG experience. Glad to be +10 at the half!
Offense rolls out another 60+ opening half.
Ready for some better effort on D and some Donovan Mitchell in the second.
yes
co sign
JEROME MY GEM 👍👍
Let Caris Cook!
…hopefully not following in the (injured) footsteps of one Joe Harris
TY JEROME!!!!!!!! PRIDE OF UVA!
Ty Jerome!
Jerome ballin’
REBOUNDING SILL AN ISSUE—-NEED TO FIX YOUR
James Dean!!!
Missing some open shots that will fall
THEY DISRESPECTING MOBLEY
Tobias Harris presenting a bit more of a challenge to Evan.
WELCOME BACK DG ——- GREAT TO SEE 👍👍
SAM MERRILL DEFENSE, DEAN WADE SHOOTING JBOZO RAGE TIMEOUT
defense has been non-existent period, awful start on defense
MOBLEY!!!!!
defense none existent, need to be a lot more physical against cade
OH MY GOD WHAT A PASS SPIDA
Great ball movement
BALL MOVEMENT, DG EASY 3
JUST GETTING HOME FROM PRACTICE—-“ I LOVE BEING IN THE GYM — COACHING/ TEACHING “ —— NOW IT IS TIME FOR………. “ MORE BEER 🍺 PLEASE “ AND A CAVS WIN ——- HOPE THEY DONT LAY AN EGG —— GO CAVS
Probably have to catch this on dvr due to social obligations
Normally a trap game, but I think they’ll get up for (in Chris’ words) Jbozo
RIP Phil Leah! Go Cavs!
…finally grateful??
RIP