{"id":57432,"date":"2020-02-01T08:15:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T13:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/?p=57432"},"modified":"2020-02-01T08:15:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T13:15:49","slug":"live-thread-warriors-cavs-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/?p=57432","title":{"rendered":"Live Thread: Warriors @ Cavs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The two teams who&#8217;s rivalry defined the NBA for four straight years face each other again tonight, and things could not be any more different. Gone are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jamesle01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">LeBron James<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/irvinky01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Kyrie Irving<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/duranke01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Durant<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/iguodan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Andre Iguodala<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/curryst01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Stephen Curry<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thompkl01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Klay Thompson<\/a> are both injured. JR Smith, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jefferi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Richard Jefferson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/shumpim01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Iman Shumpert<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/livinsh01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Shaun Livingston<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bogutan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Bogut<\/a> are all retired and\/or out of the NBA. At 10-39, the Golden State Warriors have the worst record in the NBA, while the Cleveland Cavaliers are tied for the second-worst mark at 13-36. The fall has been fast for two teams that last competed against one another in the NBA Finals just two seasons ago.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Cavaliers have begun to rebuild around young players such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/garlada01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Darius Garland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sextoco01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Collin Sexton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=porteke01,porteke02&amp;search=Kevin+Porter&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Porter<\/a> Jr. and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/o\/osmande01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Cedi Osman<\/a>, while looking to possibly trade veterans such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/loveke01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Love<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thomptr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Tristan Thompson<\/a>. Meanwhile, the Warriors have leaned on veterans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/greendr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Draymond Green<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/russeda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">D&#8217;Angelo Russell<\/a>, while also trying to develop young players such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pascher01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Eric Paschall<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/spellom01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Omari Spellman<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/poolejo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Jordan Poole<\/a> as they hope that this season is just a one-year blip on the radar before they return to contention.<\/p>\n<p>Despite what has happened to these two teams, this is still Cavs-Warriors. The rivalry may be dead, but there&#8217;s more than enough nostalgia to make the game worth watching. Be sure to turn in to cheer on our Cavaliers, and be sure to share your thoughts here at Cavs: The Blog!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two teams who&#8217;s rivalry defined the NBA for four straight years face each other again tonight, and things could&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":42205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[408,392],"tags":[373,364],"coauthors":[764],"class_list":["post-57432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-live-thread","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-golden-state-warriors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57434,"href":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57432\/revisions\/57434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57432"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=57432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}