Live Thread: Cavs @ Lakers
2026-03-31Good evening CtB!
The Cavs are in the City of Angels as they take on the Los Angeles Lakers for a classic measuring stick game against one of the West’s best. Cavs are unfortunately missing two of their best three point shooters and their best wing defender. But the new core four are all ready to go, so let’s see what they have!
Tip off is scheduled for 10:30PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted on Fanduel Sports Network, Go Cavs!
HAWKS ARE 18-3 SINCE ALL STAR BREAK—— WALKER / DANIELS CAN PUT THE “ CLAMPS “ ON OTHER TEAMS SCORERS——- TRADING – “ GIVING “ AWAY TRAE WAS A GREAT MOVE BY THEM
Prefer ATL or TOR as a first round opponent?
they’re pretty similar teams i think, probably prefer ATL but not confident in that choice.
ATL
LMAO 👍 STEAL
ALOT OF MEDIA PICKING CAVS / HAWKS IN ROUND 1 —- PICKING HAWKS TO WIN
Man bites dog gets eyeballs
It’s classic clickbait, nearly all of it. Don’t click.
I think they’ll lose however many games they need to, to stay in the 4 spot.
WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE EVERYONE HEALTHY FOR ONCE TO ACTUALLY WITNESS HOW GOOD WE ARE / CAN BE
FTS WITH SOME HONEST GRADING—— PUTTING MORE CONERNS QUESTIONS THAN HOPE ——— UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS NOT THE END OF FEBRUARY/ BEGINNING OF MARCH WHEN WE ALL FELT CONFIDENT THAT THE CAVS WOULD GET HEALTHY/ FIGURE IT OUT GOING INTO PLAYOFFS—— JUST HASNT HAPPENED
The Allen injury was the killer there. And he’s going to be managing the knee so we are going to need good TB minutes against good teams I think.
Hope he can outplay Reed and Garza.
AGREED RAOUL—- WHICH I AM SURE CAVS KNEW OF KNICKS OUTCOME BEFORE THE GAME POSSIBLY INFLUENCED THEIR PLAY ——— HOPING KA “ RIDS HIMSELF OF HIS SMALL BALL FANTASY “ BEFORE PLAYOFFS OR YES WE WILL BE 1 AND DONE———- “ THE CLOCK IS TICKING FAST “ TO FIGURE IT OUT
whew! that was close — Cavs could have tied the Knicks and been in danger of having to play the Celts in round 2.
Hot take: I think Nico Harrison made the right call at the time. And it might have saved Luka from an Elvis Presley trajectory.
Lol. The string of bad decisions to get to where they were (starting with Cuban selling the team) was laughable. And the actual trade they did make was terrible compared to what they got. (Do I think there was a boatload of extra cash moved under the table? Probably).
Luka has gotten in pretty good shape recently. Doesn’t seem easy for him.
And yet, there’s that prima donna still lurking: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVY8TzREc5Y/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Proctor is having the Tyson redshirt year. Hopefully he advances enough over the off-season to force some tough decisions.
So clearly prioritizing health / managing minutes
AGREE WITH CLF —— PROCTOR HAS ONLY PLAYED IN HALF OF CAVS GAMES—— SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN MORE RUN —- COULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN “ SPOT “ MINUTES IN THE PLAYOFFS
I mean he’s fine, but he’s not the reason they lost last night. Cavs lost offensive discipline when Mitchell tried to get going in the third. They stopped playing in the half court, stopped feeding Allen, and went to their ridiculously small lineups against a team much bigger than them to predictable results.
Also, Luka was unguardable, especially with shrimps. I liked Nae’Qwan on him, but there was not enough.
DAMN JUST READ ABOUT JEREMIAH SMITH NOT PLAYING THIS YEAR— SITTING OUT— GETTING READY FOR NFL 🤬
THIS TEAM IS SO FREAKING HARD TO READ—— YES THEY COULD GET KNOCKED OUT 1st round—- BUT ALSO HAVE THE TALENT TO MAKE ECF FINALS— MAYBE MORE—— DEPENDS ON WHAT TEAM SHOWS UP—————DOES ANYONE ELSE GET THE FEELING OF A “ DISCONNECT “ BETWEEN KA / PLAYERS— ESPECIALLY WITH SPIDA/ HARDEN
ANTICIPATED THIS—- LAKERS HOTTEST TEAM RIGHT NOW/ WEST COAST TRIP / LEBRON——- WOULD HAVE RESTED STARTERS ( in essence – guess they did ) GO ALL IN AGAINST THE WARRIORS
Spida was weirdly off. Didn’t see a lot of shake/bake from him. Either carrying something, or conserving?
Back to back on the road, refusing to play off Allen/Mobley.
KA doesn’t look too happy these days.
Glass jaws.
Again, I think we likely lose round 1.
Hard to argue against.
I do wonder whether there’s fight in that dog. I’m hoping.
I highly doubt it.
Turnovers.
Nico Harrison is an utter fool
Seriously, the Mavs probably had the biggest rug pull of all time
Might be about bedtime
Even for those of us on the West Coast. Ugh.
Goodnight campers…
Luka seems impossible to guard tonight
Basically, yeah
MVP-level play recently.
But also I’d be falling down and dragging that arm bar down with me.
Lotta prima donna foul calls.
Harden looks like hes incement boots on d
Strus bringing some energy.
Caught up. Man. Find something you live as much as Kenny loves playing tiny lineups
:)
Not enough D, 3PT shooting, or rebounding.
Lakers will tighten up on Allen. Hope KA is coaching for the opportunities this will bring.
ZERO DEFENSE, ZERO REBOUNDING
JUST PLAY THE BACKUPS IF THE STARTERS DONT WANNA COMPETE DEFENSIVELY
Clank.Clank.Clank.Losing contact. Sigh.
GREAT JOB KA PARKING PROCTOR ON THE BENCH AFTER A GOOD GAME SO CPJ COULD SHIT THE BED TONIGHT GENIUS!!!!!
WE ARE GETTING MURDERED ON THE BOARDS KA DO SOMETHING FFS
That dribble-sort-of-drive by Mobley was terrifying.
Can really tell when JA not on floor.
Yeah, minutes restriction?
I think gouls
Allen just crushing it!
Agree with BD – Cavs anxious on the offensive end.
Lakers getting all the rebounds right now. Sorta lucky.
awful reads Evan and Tomlin…. Evan got double teamed, Tomlin didn’t cut on time to give Evan an outlet
Is Canard still #1 in 3pt%? If Cavs keep him quiet, would bode well.
he’s up there thats for sure
alright not sure about this lineup, don’t like Tomlin at the 3 with Schroder spacing at guard.
Getting outrebounded by a mid rebounding team, offense bailing the Cavs out
The Qwan!!!
needs to get back to being uber aggressive
If they wanna leave Strus open, it’s gonna happen.
Fun game so far.
both offenses are clicking
Cavs lazy defense let them back into it, rage timeout KA
Very interested to see what bench players can get it done.
got energy at least it appears
Cavs are getting EASY shots right now on offense, Lakers having to work
Good start.
Jarrett Allen domination!
Strus back in the startling lineup.
Missing Merrill, Wade, & Tyson sucks. Gonna have to ride Strus & Ellis & maybe get some Tomlin minutes.
Big 4 need to play big.
This should be interesting.
Wife watching Guards, so hopefully I’ll catch up by halftime
Understood. Go Cavs!