Live Thread: Cavs @ Magic
2026-03-11Happy Hump Day, Cavs Fans. Cleveland travels south to the land of mouse to take on the Magic who are still without Franz Wagner and Anthony Black. Cleveland will be without Jarrett Allen and Tyrese Proctor, and Max Strus has been sent to practice with the Charge. The rumor is his return is eminent.
The Magic have won four straight including a quality victory in Minnesota. Will Cleveland fall back to their doldrums, or will they rise above the level of the competition? I won’t be making any predictions. Haven’t had the greatest luck with that of late. Let’s hope the wine and gold bring the energy south. Go Cavs.
ON AN AVG MOST NBA TEAMS ARE GOING TO HAVE 85-90 POSSESSIONS/ GAME—— HOW EFFICIENT ARE YOU WITH EACH POSSESSION—- CELTICS GAME 2-23 FROM 3 ——- 30% or better WERE NOT EFFICIENT POSSESSIONS—— EACH POSSESSION COUNTS WHETHER IT BE 1st FEW MINUTES/ GAME OR LAST MINUTES/ GAME——- MAKE EACH POSSESSION COUNT !!!!
A lot of weird stuff rimmed out in Boston. Allen’s finishing ability is such a stabilizer.
HOPE YOU ARE RIGHT MR STEAL——- DG HAVING SOME NICE GAMES FOR THE CLIPS / CONGRATS——- KHAYES ALSO HAD A GOOD GAME FOR THE KINGS 👍
SOME VERY VALID POINTS NATE ———— MAGIC / HEAT —6 GAME WIN STREAK s ——- CAVS 5-5 LAST 10 ——4th SEED NOT A LOCK —— NEED TO START TURNING IT ON STARTING AGAINST THE MAVS !!!!
Fourth seed is pretty close to a lock to me. Crunch Dallas twice and you are three games up with ten games left.
VERY OBVIOUS HOW VITAL JA IS TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS CAVS TEAM—— JUST ADD s A DIFFERENT DIMENSION BOTH ON OFFENSE/ DEFENSE——— REALLY NOT SURE WHAT YOU DO WITH WADE —— CANT AFFORD FOR HIM TO “ FLATLINE “ FOR 2-3 GAMES IN A 5-7 GAME PLAYOFF SERIES—— BRYANT MIGHT BE THE BETTER OPTION—- OR STRUS ———TYSON STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW—— NYQUIL WILL NOT SEE ANY PLAYOFF MINUTES —- SCHROEDER HAS TO “ RESURFACE “ — KA / COACHING STAFF HAVE TO START HONING IN ON THEIR PLAYOFF ROTATION s
Tyson isn’t struggling. He doesn’t get the same level of patience as guys like Schröder who haven’t earned it with this team. The dude is one of the best catch and shoot players in the association this year and Schröder is clearly not. Just play Tyson the minutes and get him shots. Kenny is outthinking himself here.
Also Schröder gambles a ton. He’s a much more high variance player.
Schröder should only be getting the non Harden minutes or when the Cavs need a high variance gamble. When Strus is back, I’d move him out of the playoff rotation entirely unless his decision making improves. That being said, Tyson needs to stop turning down threes.
Wade is so matchup dependent. Ellis being good against a huge Magic team is interesting!
Mobley and Mitchell have to (and will be) better.
Harden having the ball in the 4th >>>>>>>
K3ON / KEEP IT GOING YOUNG MAN —— HOW MANY MORE GAMES DO YOU GIVE SCHROEDER TO HOPEFULLY PLAY UP TO HIS CAPABILITIES——- WADE ALWAYS A BIG ??? WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET FROM HIM——— AGAIN JA MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE AS HOPEFULLY SO DOES STRUS
Kenny angry. Should be an interesting postgame.
Did get it down to 2…
TB and Keon tremendous. Lots of not so tremendous. Looking at you Tyson, Wade (some good D), Umlaut
Everyone shoots free throws
I think a lot of that (Tyson, Wade) was Kenny’s janky rotations preventing them from getting any flow. I was a huge Kenny fan last season — thought he was truly a huge part of it success — but have been pretty baffled by his coaching this year. Just seems like he’s been trying to figure things out all season rather than putting a system in place, doesn’t seem to have a feel for when players need extended run (or need to be benched) and doesn’t seem like he’s particularly connected to the players or having fun.
usually a good idea to find out what works before you decide what system to put in place
That first quarter challenge biting Kenny in the ass
I see you working, Keon.
NYQUIL BEEN IN A FUNK——— REALLY THOUGHT WE WOULD GET MORE FROM SCHROEDER/ DISAPPOINTED—- KA NOT HAVING “ A “ GAMES COACHING—— AGAIN THE CLOCK IS TICKING!!!
And why can’t we hit free throws? Or rebound?
Or get a clean shot off, or cover their perimeter adequately.
WADE / SCHROEDER——-FLATLINED IT TONIGHT—— JA / STRUS WOULD HAVE HELPED ALOT —- MAGIC PLAYING GOOD AT THE RIGHT TIME/ NOT AN EASY PLAYOFF OUT——THE CLOCK IS TICKING TO GET IT RIGHT
Have not been impressed with Kenny’s coaching of late. Way too much experimentation with lineups. Schroeder over CPJ? no Naequan? Over-reliance on Merrill?
That’s likely the ballgame.
Argh, Merrill. That’ll do it. Cavs can’t match the D.
WTF is this lineup
Get Harden in before Cavs lose contact.
Bryant should have gone up then.
Overpassing
Mobley has got to shoot that
Magic’s flopping finally not helping them.
WON OUR REGIONAL GAME 👍💪🏀 !!!
Bryant has been awesome tonight
Entertaining half! Much better defense in the second and nice close.
Solid finish to the half – team is engaged. Active hands, quick thinking. A lot to like. Shooting could be better but it’s an intense game.
WADE / SCHROEDER GIVING US NOTHING—- GO CAVS 👍💪🏀
Starting to lose the 3pt battle. Feel like this is a game where cool heads will prevail, hope Cavs don’t get sucked in by the physicality.
Penda has a laughingly bad handle for a professional player.
THAT’S the way Mobes. Strength in the paint!
MOBES / WADE NON EXISTENT 🤬
LMAO RAOUL —— EVEN “ THE “ MRS NOMAD WOULD NOT PICK ME UP 🤪
Go Cavs!
👍🙏 NATE —— MAGIC PLAYING GOOD RECENTLY/ RESTED / READY TO SEND A MESSAGE—— IF I AM A BETTING MAN- PROBABLY PUT MY MONEY ON THE MAGIC ( hope I m wrong) WIN OR LOSE WANT TO SEE ALL PLAYERS COMPETE ALL 4 QTR s AND SEE SOME CONTINUIETY OF PLAYERS/ ROTATION s TO CONTINUE TO COME TOGETHER——————— MY TEAM I HELPED COACH GOES FOR REGIONAL WIN TONIGHT—WILL BE LISTENING ON RADIO FOR THAT GAME ( recent knee surgery not allowing me to be on the bench 🤬🤬🤬)
if you see NOMAD hitchhiking, tell him to hop in!
I am not expecting a loss tonight.