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The young Cavs are a fun team to watch. I also love watching Hockey and it's kind of the same thing. I have Fubo so it's a hit and miss.

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Cavs in a nail-biter right now. Garland is just playing out of his mind.

Great oop to Mobley to take the 4 point lead.

Markkanen with the dagger!!

Cavaliers finish up their road trip going 5-1.

Great come from behind win after being down 18. This team is so much fun to watch

Also. just wanted to add that Mobley scored 20 .... Allen had a double double ..... and so did Garland, with 27 points and 18 (!) assists.

18 assists is the impressive number. Anybody who plays like him needs to have a high assist total. That is how you win games. He wouldn't have score at least 36 more points had he not dished and tried to score himself.

Garland, when he’s on and clicking, is so impressive. He’s a high volume ball handler so we need him to be efficient when it counts

Prior to the season, I read a few articles opining that the Cavaliers would probably keep Garland, and trade Sexton. I thought that was nuts.

Garland has definitely changed my mind. I thought that he might be a slightly lesser Sexton clone, a decent scorer, but not a whole lot more. Man, he has definitely changed my mind. I love being wrong in that regard.

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What a game!

Go Cavs

5 wins in a row. Nice streak! Up to 4th in the East.

Question about Colin Sexton’s injury. He had surgery 11-21-21 on his left knee meniscus. Recovery time is 6 weeks to 3 months. Playoffs start 4-15-22, that would be almost 5 months, all reports have him out for the season. In the NBA can he come back or once your put on IR your done?

Oh yeah great game vs the Nets today. Love this team, and yes they are now 4th in the East

Sounds like the plan is for him to completely recover and return to the NBA for the 2022-23. My guess is this was decided b/t the Cavs and Sexton's team as the best path moving forward given his contract status.

Have you planned a trip for a game yet? Good times! Heading again to see them play on 2/6.

https://sports.yahoo.com/collin-sexton-attacking-rehab-full-120317765.html?src=rss

I'd really be surprised to see Sexton on the team next year, I think he will be moved for more wing help. Garland has flourished not having to share backcourt with Sexton, who is a pretty selfish player, i'm not sure how sexton's game fits in this new cavalier team.. Which might I say have been absolutely spectacular to watch what they've done this year. If anyone wants a blueprint in team basketball, look no further. I'd even say this is a better TEAM than the lebron years. We are a couple pieces away from true dominance. I think we need more consistent wing play, and another go to scorer off the bench and a backup PG that can keep the pressure offensively. Rubio was such a huge signing, He really helped Garland and we are still seeing the fruits of that now. JB has been so good this year, I like his demeanor and seems to get these guys up every night. Mobley and Allen are like the new twin towers. The biggest difference this year is consistency. They don't go on these stretches where they get down and stay there until they play a team that lets them up. This team comes out swinging every game. Bet ol Lebron was wishing he was here..which is funny because he'd fit in here because we have a hole in his position. But after his stat sheet checking during the game, its pretty clear he don't care about winning anymore.

1st let me say that yes, the Cavaliers were missing Markenen )injury) and Allen. (sickness)

However, 19 turnovers, and -4 in steals is just unacceptable. I "watched" the game on cbssports.com's gametracker, and it was really frustrating. Turnover after turnover, after mistake, after mistake.

They escaped the game with a 2 point win, but they really should have lost this one. They got lucky, but they need to play better than this.

Yep. But isn't it refreshing to play that bad and walk away with a win? Not making excuses, just so pleasantly surprised with the scope of this turnaround this season.

Sure is. They played good defense when they needed to. The Knicks could barely get the ball inbounds with 1.7 seconds left to get a shot off. Randle had to heave up about 35-40 footer that never had a chance.No Jarrett Allen and no Markkanen tonight either.

On a side note, I had Mobley over 15.5 points and he finished with 15 points. Making only 1-4 FTs in the minute, lol. <shrugs emoji>

Ouch. Go right back to him next game bro.

this team has 2 major weakness, FT shooting and making and defending the 3. The OK game we missed like 20FT, just can't have that . Teams are living and dying with the 3 against us because we are so good inside. Interesting to see what we do at deadline. We need wing help and a reliable backup PG that can help (thats not Rondo)

There have been rumblings for awhile that the Cavs are targeting Caris LeVert.

Agree on additional help for Garland at the PG position.

LeVert would be a great signing, the less Cedi has to play the better, He's a huge hole in the lineup, a guy like LaVert would really elevate that starting unit. Most of the time they put Okoro in for defense, but you really need points from the 2 and we don't get that with either option.

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Huge, huge win for the Cavaliers tonight against the Bucks, 115-99.

Man, this team is so resilient. We will jump the Bucks innthe standings with tonight's big win.

What a win! Stomped the Bucks after trailing by 10 early in the game.

Love and Cedi with a combined 48 points off the bench and hitting 11 threes.

Mobley and Allen were such huge pickups, so was Rubio...if rubio was still playing man this team Id pick to be in the ECF. I'm excited to see what Altman does at the deadline. This team is more fun to watch than the lebron era

Cavaliers are up to 3rd in the EC, 1 game behind Chicago, and 1.5 behind Miami.

If he does much. I suppose we have some trade chips, but I wouldn't say many, and I wouldn't want to trade a draft pick.

To me, anybody worth trading for on this roster is a player who helps make the team what it has become.

To me you make roster moves at the deadline because you suck and know you have to build for the future, or you are a player away. We haven't proven anything yet except that we don't suck. I am not sure we are a player away. That statement also includes we may already have the players we need.

To me, if we make a move it will be to retool the bench a bit. I just don't know the roster well enough to know who we might want to trade. I know that Love has been talked about in trade, and we might want to trade due to money and future status, but he is probably the best 6th man in the league. I wouldn't want to trade him. Maybe we could part with Sexton, but being injured there would have to be a pretty good discount given on our part.

the talk is we are going to be active at the deadline, I can see us moving sexton. I think Osman might be someone we look to upgrade. He had a good game last night but for the most part he's basically an Andy Varejao type.. We def have a hole at the 2/3. Rubio is an attractive trade piece as well because of his contract. Thats only if they don't have long term plans for him.

I agree that both Sexton and Rubio could be used as trade pieces.

This is from the The Athletic discussing Boston moving Dennis Schroder....

As far as places to trade him, I think Cleveland is by far the most logical destination. The Cavs could trade Kevin Pangos, Ed Davis and the better of their own or Golden State’s 2023 second-round pick for Schröder and stay just under the tax; the same deal would keep Boston below the line.

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Good read.

This worries me. lol

NBA Power Rankings: Suns keep dominating; Anthony Davis' return gives Lakers hope; Cavs taking league by storm - CBSSports.com
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...lakers-hope-cavs-taking-league-by-storm/

#2: CAVALIERS Holy moly, Cleveland just keeps on rolling. Lauri Markkanen went down with an ankle injury and Jarrett Allen missed a game this week -- pfft, so what? Three more victories for the Cavs, including a statement win over the Bucks on Wednesday. Kevin Love stepped up with Markkanen and Allen out, putting up 22.5 points and 10 rebounds on 11-for-21 3-point shooting over the last two games. Darius Garland averaged 18.3 points and 10.3 assists in three games, while Evan Mobley added 15.3 points and 12 rebounds. The Cavs are a game and a half out of FIRST PLACE in the Eastern Conference. Let that sink in. 30-19

This Raptors vs Heat game is really good, 3 OT’s, with the Raptors winning. And they play again on Tuesday night.

All 5 Raptors starters played over 50 minutes

The Heat lose, anmd thus the Cavs move to 1.5 of 1st place. (and there is a total of 4 teams 1.5 or less back of Miami)

2:24 left, and we're down 6 to Detroit .....

Ugh. Down 9 with 1:01 left ..... to soon to be 12-37 Detroit.

Embarrassing.

Crap sports day so far. Bleh.

Today was one of their worst losses thus far. I bet they took Detroit lightly

Oh, I'm quite sure that they were riding high for the past few days after beating the Bucks so handily .....

I hope that this is a good lesson for them, that they cannot afford to take any teams lightly.

Oh boy ...... no Garland, (out with back) and we're losing to the Pelicans late in the 3rd.

I was somewhat on the side of standing pat at the trade deadline, but this team definitely needs another reliable outside shooter. (or 2)

Cavaliers got really lucky tonight, winning by 3. The defense was there, but the offense was MIA for much of the game.