{"id":46085,"date":"2017-01-30T18:23:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T23:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/?p=46085"},"modified":"2017-01-30T18:23:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T23:23:27","slug":"live-thread-cavs-mavs-1302017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/?p=46085","title":{"rendered":"Live Thread: Cavs @ Mavs, 1\/30\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/chdnjMAIZfE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>(That&#8217;s Ember Moon, nee Athena, who is not only the dopest human alive, but also from Dallas. There&#8217;s always context in these videos of mine, except for when there isn&#8217;t.)<\/p>\n<p>Alrighty folks, quick little one-game sojurn for the Cavaliers as they go to Dallas before their date with the Timberwolves back at the Q Wednesday night. Kevin Love didn&#8217;t travel with the team due to back problems (hopefully those get better soon), but in somewhat of an unexpected twist, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcten\/status\/825905791777378304\">Ty Lue told ESPN.com&#8217;s Dave McMenamin that both Kyrie Irving and LeBron James will play tonight.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a no-good, very bad start to the season, the Mavericks are starting to pull things together &#8212; they&#8217;re 6-4 in their last 10 games, and woke up this morning just 4.5 games back of the 8th spot in the Western Conference. (Of course, they&#8217;re only two games ahead of the Lakers, who are currently dead-last in the West. This is kinda why nobody is willing to give the Cavaliers a point guard for free right now &#8212; not many teams have given up on the season altogether yet.) Former Warrior #4 option Harrison Barnes is currently leading the Mavericks with 20.4 points per game on 47.3% shooting, and the team plays a grind-it-out pace &#8212; they&#8217;re dead-last in the league at 96.9 points per game, but hold opponents to just 100.1 points per game, good for 4th in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;m looking for tonight:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; LeBron is starting to get more aggressive in terms of doing his work before the catch and getting easy baskets on deep-post touches or off-ball cuts &#8212; more of that, please.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Kyrie is not only making everything that leaves his hand, but his passing is starting to get back to its pre-hamstring injury levels &#8212; more of that, please.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; The OKC game was a MASSIVE step forward for the Cavs in terms of stopping dribble penetration &#8212; I don&#8217;t care if this team scores less than any other team in the league, more good defense would make me very happy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Settle down and wait for those open 3s to come to you, Kyle Korver. You don&#8217;t need to quick-trigger these contortionist looks off of down-screens to make an impact. Look at Shump &#8212; the looks will come if you read the penetration from the primary ballhandlers and stay patient.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Alright, Kay Felder. My adopted son, my Oakland Jesus, my Sun and Stars. My wish has come true and you&#8217;re the point guard of the second unit now. Please stop making this a Monkey&#8217;s Paw thing for me. You led all of college basketball in assists last year, and showed great playmaking instincts early this season &#8212; let&#8217;s try to get back to passing tonight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Tristan and LeBron, you make your free throws. YOU MAKE YOUR FREE THROWS. Also, how about 3 turnovers or less tonight, LeBron? You know, just for the fun of it?<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Shump, keep not missing 3s. It&#8217;s really a helpful thing when you make over half of your 3s.<\/p>\n<p>Alright campers, I&#8217;ll be back later tonight with the recap &#8212; you night owls will probably be the only ones to catch it when it gets up, but the rest of you will have it with your morning coffee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(That&#8217;s Ember Moon, nee Athena, who is not only the dopest human alive, but also from Dallas. 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