Cavs At Bucks Open Thread
2009-12-18
Pay no attention to the life behind the curtain: as it turns out, I’m about to embark on an impromptu weekend trip and there’s no guarantee I’ll be able to watch tonight’s game in as timely of a fashion as I’d like, so I might not have my recap up until tomorrow afternoon or so. I apologize for the inconvenience, and encourage you guys to try and fill the gap by doing some citizen recapping in this right here open thread.
The Bucks are definitely going to be motivated after a very tough loss to the Lakers in overtime that hurt in just about every way possible, so let’s hope the Cavs bring their A game, move the ball to keep LeBron from having to work against Mbah a Moute for all of his points, keep Jennings from getting hot, and make Jennings work on defense.
On a completely random note, saw Avatar at midnight last night. You should see it in 3-D immediately. It’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before, visually. And I’m not a blockbuster movie kind of guy. Whoa. The epitome of getting your 10 bucks worth. And the script is more than good enough to justify the spectacle; some of theĀ dialogĀ is predictably getting ragged on as a form of cultural posturing, but does anyone remember some of the clunker lines from The Dark Knight, supposedly the greatest and most nuanced blockbuster for geniuses ever?
Alright folks, have a good weekend and I’ll try to get a Bucks recap up as soon as I can.
I only saw a few minutes in the 4th, so that’s all I can comment on. I did like the small ball lineup, and it seemed like they were very intense on defense for a while. They were all flying around and had great energy defensively, and it got us to up 15 points until the offense went stone cold. I was really bothered by the complete lack of penetration by our offense at the end. It seemed like every shot was an ill-advised jumper and nobody was going to the hole. Fortunately some very good defense bailed us out.… Read more »
Quick recap: Cavs were uncharacteristicly cold out of the gate, but fought their way back by the end of the quarter behind a joint effort from Mo, Z, and James. Delonte provided a much needed punch off the bench in the second quarter after the Bucks tried to pull away again, although his outside shot is still on indefinite leave. The Cavs seemed to have an opportunity to blow open the game a couple times, but struggled with turnovers and mysteriously were 1 for 3 on 3’s in the first half (none in the 2nd). Stifling defence and some much… Read more »