Big game tonight, the Raptors at home, 7 PM.

P.S. Time for a possible pre-game nap.

Cleared my evening plate to make sure I'd be able to tune into this one. Last one, in the words of Pat Shurmur, was a battle.

it'd be nice to get this one

Anyone got a stream they can PM me? I'm out of town for work and the one I usually use isn't working. Really surprised this isn't a national game.

PM'ing ya.

Cav's starting lineup:

Calderon, Hood, James, Love and Nance.

I dig it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Already look like crap on defense... we can't dig ourselves a hole with this team.

7 nothing COME ON

"Right down Euclid!"

Giving them open threes like it was free candy.

"That one was from Bedford!"

I love Fred! Great announcer for us. Him and Mr. Cavalier are probably my favorite announcers of all sports.

"It's a Spanish video game!" LOL

Tempo... I'm digging it.

Ohhhhhhhhh nice help with Nance on that play! Get that weak stuff outta here!

JR SMASH!!!!!!!!!!!!

24 - 28, end of first quarter, Cavs in the lead.

What channel is the game on? FSO has a
Reds game.

It's on FSO for me.

It's on FSO for me too.

HOW did Kyle make that shot! Wow, welcome back amigo...

Calderon to Love back to back three balls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow!

Fred is killing me right now

Perfección

Okay our defense is on point right now... and our three ball is on point as' well. Laying the whipping on em'.

Cool. I called the cable company and the game's on an unadvertised FSO2 channel.

Must be a location thing because the Red's game is on the FSO alternate on my lineup.

Gotta box out...

Pow!

Bam!

Cavs are lookin' really good.

TT gets no playing time it seems, goes to show you how the staff values his recent playing style. I only remember him in there for a flash tonight thus far.

I like seeing Nance and Love out there together.

That Kardashian girl is wearing him out.

As much as I liked/miss Frye, I'm so happy we got rid of IT and got Nance Jr. I didn't know much about him, but now after seeing him pretty consistently, we scored on that trade. Clarkson has been a nice piece too. Cheers LA.

Yea, IT was a bad fit here and rusty as all hell.

That was a nice shot by Jeff Green.

What a block!

Jeff Green is in a rhythm, don't see that much lol. Oh and he just blocked that dude on D. Niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

close it out

King James!

Can the sports media please just stop hyping up the raptors.

Lol Fred "that was filthy, absolutely filthy!"

The King!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How bad must Toronto feel, gonna be the one seed but they know they won’t get past cavs. Philly is the dangerous team in the east

Wow can't even dribble...

What is happening?!

Got a little too loose.

The entire East*

Good game!

Congrats Cavs!

Yep. The very beginning had me a little worried but after that? We had it.

Can we have the playoffs now? I'm ready.

good w

Yeah that initial start was pretty sketchy but then we handled it.

We get a break tomorrow, and Raptors go face Boston. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeee, good luck with that lol.

so, are we hoping toronto drops to the 2nd seed?

or do we want to see boston in the 2nd round?

I don't really care either way lol

Toronto getting that big brother treatment

Yep. The Cavs will be in The Finals again.

Doubtful they make it there without Altman making the necessary trades.

He don't make that trade would could have easily dropped out to the 7 or 8 seed..it was going horrible

That's for sure, that guy took a V-8 engine and swapped out the cracked cylinders and fine tuned the engine somethin' fierce.

Good balanced scoring from the starters on a night where they didn't get much from the bench.

Thinking of going to the last game of the year, what’s the odds that LeBron is resting for the playoffs by next Thursday?

probably depends if we are still trying to hold off Philly for the 3 seed

So we are definitely playing either Miami, Milwaukee, or Washington

Hoping it's WASH

There was discussion on the radio that LeBron wants to play all 82 games this year.

I think he'll play... just long enough to get his 10 points.

I'm assuming this is "fan appreciation night" as the last game always is. I've been to a few, we usually lose because we are down to the bottom of the bench by halftime. But then again, it is the Knicks.

That’s encouraging, don’t wanna ‘jinx’ it, but I wanna see LeBron play while he’s still playing for us.

In case he doesn’t play for us anymore.

Joe Thomas inspired him.

IDK I like the idea of resting him, purposely, here and there. If the man wants to play though, each game - how do you deny someone of his caliber that? You don't. He's so fun to watch play. Defense, offense and man he can see the court for some excellent passes. Gotta cut his practice time down though. Like we did with Joe Thomas.

Lebron get a ton of minutes, but he's the master of keeping things in first gear as much as possible. He might play 40 minutes a night, but he's not really exerting himself for much of that.

Tyronn Lue to return as Cavaliers coach Thursday against the Wizards

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2018/04/tyronn_lue_to_return_as_cavali.html

aint that the truth..lol.
on another note, I hope when George Hill comes back, Lue don't send Calderon to the bench never to be seen again.. I think Jose has proven he's a better option than Hill as the starting PG

Celtics reporting that Kyrie will be out for the rest of the season and playoffs because of knee surgery. Maybe we'll come out on top of this trade after all? Okay, probably not.

That depends how he plays the rest of his career. If he's entering another era of injuries like he had pre-Lebron, then we lucked out. If he's back to 100% next year and onward, maybe not. Then again, if Lebron leaves and we have a healthy Kyrie, we aren't title contenders anyway, so maybe a moot point.

We already have. Kyrie put us in an impossible situation by demanding a trade close to the start of the season. When we turned him into Thomas... and then unloaded him before another hip surgery, we already dodged the bullets as best as you can possibly hope. Not easy when someone else puts a bullet in the chamber and points it at your head.

We've indirectly turned Kyrie into a much younger squad with much less ego and a top draft pick that insures less hardship should LeBron decide to leave (he won't).

who knows.

if clarkson, nance, hill, and hood work out, it would've never happened if we didn't make the trade during the offseason.

kyrie was glass before lebron, during lebron, and after lebron.

Irving done for season and PLAYOFFS !!! what a shock always hurt

But his shot won Cleveland it's first Championship since 1964 ... lest we forget

oh i'm appreciative of him. he's always gonna be that.

but that has nothing to due with the fact that he's always injured.

He's missed 24% of his regular season career already. When you factor in his missed Finals games of 2015, that might have cost us a title.

I wonder how much the Cavs factored his health when attempting to flip him for Paul George. I'd bet a lot.

And yes Pastor, I will always support Kyrie for the 2016 Finals. Outside of when we're playing him, I hope he stays healthy and finishes off a HOF career. When we are playing him, I hope we beat his brains in...which is the same for every other opponent.

Kyrie played well for us and etc, he requested the trade and got what he wanted. No hard feelings. With that said, he just cannot ever stay on the court. Missing the entire playoffs, even worse.

Ouchy... best luck in his recovery.

Let's go!

tough break for bean town

That was a nice pass/shot.

Green with a nice finish there from the LBJ feed.

Lebron got down that court but fast!

I'd really like to see some of LBJ's minutes get cut short coming the second half. we got 76'ers tomorrow... I'm feeling this game though. The LBJ and Green connection is on point tonight.

Wow, that was great seeing Shack go after that other player.

Shaq Attack!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oops! You're right, it's Shaq not Shack.

Radio Shaq

Osman for three!

What did he do?

It was an old video, obviously. Shaq said he told one of the refs he was going to go after a player if he kept fouling him, and he did. He took a swing at him, missed, then went after him some more (he fell on him). Everyone kinda piled on, trying to get him off the other guy.

Here it is:

You can tell Lue is back coaching

Man we fell apart.

Yeah, night and day difference now.

When lebron runs the offense he’s a turnover machine. Yet Lue keeps putting stupid lineups together that puts the ball in lebrons hands

Yeah, I was not encouraged to find out he was back.

Wow this lineup is dumb

Love Clarkson but dude is a black hole

That was kind of weak from my point of view. Yeah, he stood up for himself a bit, and I can see that but still:

1) Oakley was the one who really fouled him, so he went after Brad Miller instead. Nobody messed with Oak!

2) He took a swing at him when he wasn't even facing him. Kind of a chicken poop move.

3) He missed at point blank range. But then again, Shaq sucked at free throws.

Yeah Lue , TT still plays like you coach

Shaq was the definition of all show no go

Lue just needs to go away.

From 16 down to within two...

110-110

Lebron erasing bad coaching, per the norm

Wow...

Not feeeling good about needing defense to win

Huge stop

I don't know who Washington's coach is, but it's funny watching him react to all this.

Have to make these

Lebron choking at the line.. again

Cedi with the defense!

Osman with a huge steal!!!

Poor Scott brooks

And game

Cedi seals the win.

Osman has been a HUGE difference since he's gotten on the floor.

Cancel the rest of the season and start playoffs already

Philly game going to be huge

wow...

what a comeback ... great win

I'll also say this was a confidence booster IMO .. I hope we play Washington in the first round

Wow, it looks like lead complained us all the way to a win! Maybe he'll complain us all the way to a championship like he did 2 years ago. I'm going to add to the complaining.....Tristan Kardashian brings nothing to the table anymore.

Agree on TT ... even Lue admitted he'll get less PT now

Just watched the end this morning. What a great comeback!

Shaq was a monster, but I don't think I've ever seen him connect on a punch during his NBA career.

The only thing worse than his free throw percentage.

https://cavaliersnation.com/2018/04/06/r...ayoff-rotation/

As it should be. IMO, TT should't see much time in the playoffs, starting or coming off the bench. JR least gives you that chance to get into a scoring zone and etc, but yes, I can see why he could get pulled too. I figured TT was because I barely see him playing these last games.

i understand TT, but i can't see JR not in the rotation. he still gives great defensive effort.

I think Calderon has earned a starting spot.
Cedi has earned minutes
Zizic should be a match-up play

Yes I think Calderon has a good feel for the game and etc.

Big game here in a bit against 76ers.

I think we will see JR in spots. TT officially is the worst contract ever. How great has Jose been. He really turned a weakness into a strength on this team, he’s better than hill imo

Osman, LBJ, Hood, Green and Love.

Love's three ball looking good. Guess he worked with Korver and he just drilled that three.

They better start to catch up!

Larry Hughes contract beats TT's by about 22 and a half feet. That was a max contract!

Ut-oh

I see our defense is is typical peak form in the first quarter

This is hideous...

We are getting owned.

My guess is we're tired, but so long as we have Lebron, you're gonna have to be up by way more than this before I'll throw in the towel.

This is true.

But Lue is back, which means we’re seeing stupid lineups again.

28-41, Cavs down, end of first quarter.

Only way this team will make it out of the first round is if Lue is relieved of duties. It’s not a coincidence the defense went to hell since he was back. I said it before, philly is the team to beat in the east, not us

Yeah, I just don't want to see him here next year. I'd not complain if Drew just came back and took it over. TT all of a sudden playing a lot and what do you know... we getting whipped and dipped.

very lackluster start here

Why WHy WHY? It was working Ty! If it ain't broke DON'T FIX IT!

Korver is not worth a spot in rotation. Dude is trash for most of the game. Osman should be playing not Korver

76ers are hitting their baskets well.

Not even close, Hughes actually produced and his contract was not as much. TT is getting 16 million

This is the dumbest lineup we’ve ever used

Cavs have no chance in playoffs with this defense and Lue as coach

All this without embiid

Off a back-to-back, I'm not worried. Heck, I'd rather avoid Miami in the first round.

They are scoring at will on Korver.

scary

You should be, this isn’t being tired, this is being bad and horrible coaching

Korver should not be in the rotation, Osman should be in his spot. Korver hits a couple threes ever 5 games and gives up 15 a game

oh man

Holy crap this is the worst game I’ve ever seen. There is a new king of the east.

ugh

These lineups are amazing that an nba coach decided this is who should play together. Mismatches all over from 1-5

Ouch man... not sure this game will be coming back on after halftime. This is painful to watch. We must've burned ourselves out with last night's struggle at the end there or something.

yeah, this has been tough to watch

They're killin' us.

Philly showing how old lebron is getting

Lebron is gassed, they are running on us like we have never seen

Gonna give up 80 in the half

Get lebron his 10 and sit him and love

Wheels are off. Screw you Lue

our defense is just horrific

Yeah we are.

Nice shot by Green.

55 to 78 at halftime, with the Cavs losing.... Badly.

We go 11 games looking like we figured it out and Lue comes back and we look as bad as we ever have. This can’t be lost on Gilbert

Lebron only with 9 ... I bet he plays a bit, scores, then we just throw in the towel

That’s what I said, get him 10 and rest everyone that actually tried the first half

Lebron wants to win rings and stay in the east, go to philly

that was the speculation on the DP show today

They have everything you need to win now and are setup for years

good little start

Korver and Clarkson seem lost on defense.

Nice little run here to get it to 15. If we can get it within 10 by the 4th, I think that will put some pressure on the 76ers.

wow

Doing better now, down by just ten.

Looks like lebrons pep talk at half worked

Atleast we are moving on defense now

Love how Osman plays. He’s going to be so much better next year. If he’s here. Rumor is we might swap him and the pick for Leonard

Damn, I changed the channel for a bit, come back about half way through the third and we’re only down by 9.

What a battle back

I’m tired of watching Clarkson never pass

down 9.

Great job that quarter, looked like they actually were trying.

I can't believe they came back like they did. Good job. Now let's see if we can win this or not. It's possible, but I don't know.

Osman is really making a difference

down 6

Even if they don’t coming back like that was huge

Lebrons defense ...ugh

Lebron!

Has JR Smith scored ANY points?

Nope yet we keep him out there instead of guys like hood who could help

what a comeback

He's about to win this game by himself, or at least try!

Oh yay Korver is in

Wow, down thirty to within two...

Might wanna make it easy on yourself and keep it within a possession or two from now on.

Lebron with two bad possessions

Really tired of Clarkson

He ball hogs too much.

POW!

If your philly use of the off arm is ok

Damn lebron

LBJ just threw the hammer down right on that dude! Pow!

Run the damn offense that doesn’t end with osman shooting and Love really has disappointed. Getting abused inside

Cedi missing two WIDE open 3 looks

wow

Going to lose this game but they did show something tonight.

Looks like we get the Pacers in the first round and Raptors in the second. Just like last year.

good effort to come back

Not really liking Osman more and more I see of him. Not this game only. Foolish mistakes often.

He isn't ready. I just think he is raw.

Jeff Green with 33. Last two games he has showed up.

Osman needs to play but it should be hood closing out the game

Even if we lose this game? WHAT A GAME!!!

Wow this game, lose or not, was a complete difference when we came out in the second half.

Why can't we play that sort of D from the beginning of games?

wow

Yeah it was encouraging after the first half. Makes going into the playoffs feel a little better they were able to respond

No timeouts, thanks Lue

No way to win now. Good game though

Uh oh

Lebron at the line though.. not confident

OH WOW THREE POINT CHANCE AT THE LINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And there’s lebrons kryptonite

Nance hasn’t made a play in two weeks

=[

damn

Man that was actually so very close.

Great game.

yea it was a good game. we did come back and that was great effort in the 2nd half.

the problem is we need to stop getting into holes.

and while embiid was out, we was out two PG's.

Jose would have helped I think

Lead needs to step up his game, he came up a little short complaining us to victory. Those back to backs must be wearing on him.

I’d fire Lue now, give Drew the job.

He did say we were a first round exit around a week ago, so I'm feeling much better about our Finals chances now.

I don't even think he dressed in the last game...

Tonight is the type of game we "should" just throttle the opponent.

jc

our path to the ECF is actually easier if we remain the 4 seed.

we will play the pacers, and assuming toronto doesn't get bounced by the wizards, we will play them in the 2nd round.

+1

I didn't want to face the Heat in round one.

Yep. You know they just party when they get to Miami. Make them go to Indiana instead.

Sensible. Make LBJ a player/coach. Maybe less inclined to leave. I did not miss Lue.

Go, Cavs. Just win, baby!

I’d rather face a banged up boston team in round two than Toronto though

Or that backfires and you have to play LeBron against Giannis for a series.

tomorrow, game of the night:

Wolves vs Nuggets.

aaaaaaaaannnd

http://www.tmz.com/2018/04/10/tristan-thompson-cheating-khloe-kardashian-pregnant-kissing/

i really hope TT doesnt become a distraction during the playoffs.

He's not going to be playing so... dude becoming a real joke on and off the court. Why did we pay him?

What a guy...

*shakes head*

Takes a special kind of guy to make people feel bad for a Kardashian.

oh damn! That's a good one!

Last time TT got caught cheating on his pregnant girl, we won a title.

Can we just get rid of him, please. Dead weight with drama attached.

Rather not point to that as a good sign for the teams future.

Just like we said a while ago, wouldn't be Cleveland without drama.

I’m just trying to spin this, because honestly this sucks.

I could care less about the cheating, but this crap one game left in the season? Right before playoffs?

Real life is so much more dramatic than fiction.

Just like when Josh got suspended the first time and it was reported the second night of the draft when we got Manziel.

Can't have any good news without some damn bad news.

Meh, I don't see it as that big of a deal. This happened back in October, so it's not like he did this recently. And he's not getting playoff minutes anyway, so I don't see how this really affects the team much. It's between TT and his girlfriend. Now, if he was caught making out with Gloria James, THEN I'd be concerned.

LOL when I saw this story the first thing I thought about was Delonte West.

I actually liked his game. Too bad he slept with LeBron's mom.

The article also said he was seen going into a motel room with another woman this past weekend. I'm afraid this story's going to follow us through the playoffs.

I can't wait till we're done with the Kardashian-West clan. We shipped Iman out now we just gotta wait to jettison TT. I hope Jordan Clarkson broke it off with Bella Hadid or he has to leave too.

He had a chick this past weekend, and one of those chicks apparently posted a sex tape on her IG last night.

Should have made it priority to move on from him. Worst contract/performance ratio we've ever had. Sooner he's gone the better

If it’s true we’re signing Kendrick Perkins I say we let th guy go and play Nance, Zizic and a Perkins at that spot.

Kevin Durant will make them pay. I hope that he goes the Lebron route, with a 1 year max deal, and a 1 year player option.

Kevin Durant will reportedly opt out of contract to restructure deal with Warriors - CBSSports.com
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/kevin...-with-warriors/

When Kevin Durant re-signed with the Warriors over the summer he did so at a massive discount. The expectation was that he would take less than the max, but nobody expected him to sign the two-year $53 million deal he agreed to. It turns out, Durant didn't plan to stay in that contract for long.

According to Chris Haynes of ESPN, Durant plans to opt out of his contract in the upcoming summer to restructure his contract with the Warriors. In other words, he's going to set himself up to get paid a lot more money.
Golden State Warriors All-Star Kevin Durant plans to decline his player option for the 2018-19 season and become an unrestricted free agent this summer, league sources tell ESPN.

However, his time on the open market will be brief.

A nine-time All-Star and the reigning NBA Finals MVP, Durant will be turning down a salary of $26.2 million, a figure well below that for a player of his caliber, in order to restructure a new deal with the Warriors, sources said.

It has yet to be decided what contractual route Durant will take, sources say, but there are no real incentives -- for himself or for the team -- to take such a drastic reduction in pay this time around.

Durant's discount was so Golden State could re-sign players such as Andre Iguodala and Shaun Livingston, but it also has given him the flexibility to make another move in the offseason. That kind of leverage and freedom is something a lot of superstar players strive for in their contracts. It's something LeBron James has been doing for multiple seasons. Now, Durant can go out and get the money he thinks he's worth.

Anybody who is hoping this will lead to the end of Durant's time with Golden State should probably wish for something else. Durant is only opting out so he can re-sign with the Warriors on another deal. The chances of him leaving Golden State are as close to zero as it gets.

I'm all for TT being released. Truthfully, the guy's play of recent isn't worth it. None of it.

I truly believe he's out of the rotation too come playoffs like what's been reported, so just move on.

Problem is you can't really "release" players in the NBA. The contract stays on the cap. And any player we sign to replace his spot on the roster is triple the cost because of the luxury tax.

Haven't we already done that with Perkins? It's on NBA.com we signed him so I'm taking it as a legit source.

Guess I should post the link:

http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/releases/perkins-signing-180411

no love, no hood tonight

LBJ likely pulled after 10 points, no Korver either.

So the only reason the Bucks would try to win tonight would be to avoid playing the Raptors as the 8 seed...

If they lose, and MIA and WSH wins ( which is going to happen ), they play the Raptors.

If they win and we win, then they play us in the first round.

If they win and we lose, they play the 76ers.

The ideal scenario for them is to Lose and hope that one of either MIA or WSH loses.

Oh wow, Hill just stuffed that dude.

That was great.

Why isn't Kevin Love playing?

probably just precautionary

Sore hip.

Thanks guys.

Judging from what I've read online about TT? He must be exhausted. lol

Painful to watch us getting handled by a 28-53 team.

Saying we're going to face Pacers most likely.

lol bro

According to CBS, at the half our personnel group was Holland. Thompson, Osman, Perrantes, and Zizic. I would be surprised to see Lebron after the half. He got his double digit scoring to maintain his streak.

Most people on the floor don't see the floor often enough for me to feel bad about this.

Let's see ... we get Brooklyn's pick .... and the Nets and Knicks are tied in record ..... and we want the Knicks to win and the Nets to lose soi we get a better chance at the lottery .....

I expect Perkins to hit the floor at some point. LOL

I'm shocked Osman hasn't fouled out yet...

Haha he's in there!

Fighting back here. Playing with some pace.

this wolves nuggets game is intense

101-101 with 4.4 secs left

Truth be told, I'm kind of glad we've got Indiana in the first round. Lebron tends to mail it in when playing Miami, and I want no part of Delly in a playoff series!

We also get to hate watch Lance Stephenson for a round. That's always a plus.

Well here we game against Pacers. I'll be watching this game today.

I'll be meeting up with my friend at Hooters to watch this game.

Should be good times.

One way or the other, good times indeed!


Guess you will be out there with the Cavaliers on "a wing and a prayer" day at Hooters . . . .

This is first time newly assembled #Cavs have had all players available for game since Feb. 8 trades.
#NBAPlayoffs

https://twitter.com/twithersAP/status/985586383623467009

That's pretty crazy. Even before that, we rarely had everyone available.

These first round games in the east have been following the same blueprint so far it seems.

Home team goes up by 8-12 points.

Away team goes on a run and goes up 8-12 points.

Home team goes on a run and pulls away from the away team.

i like this starting lineup.

WOW that shot by Middleton!

WOW On Celtics Game buzzer beater

Man I thought my Celtics had game 1 but great shot by Middleton ... Oh well OT GO Celtics

love is cold

Swirl/out

Defense looks pretty good early but we can't hit anything...

Come on!

what are we doing on offense?

it looks like we're just out there doing random crap.

At this pace we will lose 80-32.

4 points?

OMG

this is embarrassing.

Pretty much what I said was going to happen. You don’t magically start playing defense. Lue needs to be gone

Celtics 1-0

Defense isn't really the issue right now. We are shooting 20% from the field and 0% from 3.

Yep. I just was gonna say we can't hit hardly anything at all.

Well Love doing his normal big game disappearing act hasn’t helped, but getting turnovers and running would get the offense back on track. Lebron needs to stop playing like a pansy and attack. He’s not doing any dominating. Make them defend you, get to the line and then everything will open up

Why is Jeff green starting again?

Stephenson shutting lebron down

At least someone is in post season mode today.

And the worst acting job since trainwreck

lol

This team needs to get pissed and realize they have to go and take it

Has jr ever dribbled into the lane without going behind the back

Embarrassing.

At home getting blown away in every phase of game

Hilarious

At least find a way to get it to 10 points by halftime.

Nance hasn’t done squat since injury

Daggers

Lebron getting destroyed

Kind of hard to win with more turnovers than field goals.

Let drew coach second half

Defense leading to offense

I’d try to get zizic some minutes, we are getting moved down low

need love to put in some work

We need to stop being so soft. Christ. Impose your will

Keep the crowd into it now and ride it

Doing better/still behind.

If we can ride this wave and take the lead before half that would be pretty demoralizing for Indiana.

Next 5 minutes here will be key.

And right back to the suck. Moment too big for these guys

Well so much for that...

well, there goes our defensive effort as well.

the are getting whatever they want

He really steps it up for the post season. Hes in the zone

Nance has really sucked. He’s invisible. I rather see TT at this point. He’s atleast been here. And zizic

These guys just don’t trust each other on either end. That’s not going to end well

looks like lebron is gonna have to do everything himself.

Wow!

You said it!

Love out there stealing money

and our crap FT shooting follows

Missed 4 free throws in a row.

9% from 3 PT range.

Oladipo

Home Depot

Lebron works on so much, it’s amazing he’s so bad at FT

Centipede effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Centipede%27s_Dilemma

FT Line is Killing the Cavs

pathetic effort.

pathetic defense. pathetic shooting, pathetic FT shots.

55 - 38 at the half, Cavs down.

Looking a lot like 2010. Lebron starts shooting left handed we will know

I guess it can’t be much worse. Though I hate saying that knowing Lue is still the coach

pathetic

Oh for God sakes.

Right back at it

Why is nobody under the rim for a rebound?

Nance has TT hands

Lebron just mailing it in

Jr needs to stop trying to be something he’s not. Shoot the damn ball that’s it

we look like we have no idea what we're doing on offense.

We don’t, this is all on Lue. Dude should have just stayed gone

JR

These refs suck

Cavs getting frustrated because Pacers have outhustled them most of the game, now the Cavs have turned up the intensity and the Pacers haven't quit.

there we go!!

Nance playing his ass off now

YES!!

LOVE AND THE FOUL!!!!!

Maybe that’s the play that gets us rolling

these FT misses are killing us

These Ft are ridiculous

We can’t get any momentum

They need to start giving Stephenson some flagrants. Dudes ghetto

We just had a 13-1 run...

Holy god these refs suck

yo jeff green has been garbage lately

And then what? Back to a 10 point lead. Thus lost momentum hence my post

I don’t understand him starting

Damn, that last 3 would have been nice.

We need a few more people to get going, like hood/hill

With about 5 minutes left in the 3rd and the Cavs down by 22, I was hoping to get to the 4th down by only 12... down by 8 is well within striking range...

Not sure I’m seeing why green playing ahead of cedi. Maybe normally but green isn’t getting it done you have to find someone. Cedi always plays hard

Hopefully this game wakes these guys up and they realize they can’t coast for a single possession

Cut to 7...

Entering lebron takeover time

agreed. this game, win or lose, better be a wake up call.

bring the intensity in the 1st quarter.

Getting closer...

Who other than LeBron, JR, and Love have any real playoff experience? I'm hoping the same thing, win or lose, they need to start the game with more intensity.

These switches are dumb

I hate the moving screen call. 90% of all screens in the NBA look like moving screens to me.

Need more urgency

Getting worked inside

Green's so bad they're leaving him open purposely.

Please take Jeff Green out.. I have nothing against him but this just is not his night.

That should do it

Oh no

green is 0-6 from the field.

and DC: not many players on the pacers have playoff experience, or at least deep playoff experience.

yet they are bringing it.

25 minutes for Green so far, 0 points, 0 assists, 4 rebounds... c'mon man.

The Pacers are bringing it because they have something to prove, they have hunger. Can't help but think the young Cavs just assumed LeBron will get this done in the end.

This trash ass switching everything needs to go along with Lue

Again.....why did we pick Anthony Bennett instead of Victor Oladipo?

we have players who should have something to prove as well.

yet they aren't bringing it. if they're expecting lebron to simply carry them, we're gonna get bounced in the first round.

James, Green, Hood, Clarkson, Calderon, Korver... a combined 0-16 from 3 point line.

I think they decided they need to start bringing it when we were down by 20...

lets hope this game is indeed the wake up call.

Horrible offensive sets

No urgency

Just a bad showing by all, they play like this anymore and it’s a first round bounce

Oh well, gonna have to win at least 1 on the road.

I'd say to throw the game plan in the trash, but I don't think anyone on the team could hit the trash.

LeBron needs more than 56 points from the rest of the team.

It's the home games on national TV that have been our bane all year.

Well all of these will be on national tv so we better get over that.

Just way way way too many missed shots.

we'll sill win the series, but no chance we make the finals IMO

i'm not sure thats a given, we have alot going against, They owned us in the regular season, so they aren't scared of us. They matchup well with us. We have Lue, We still can't play defense and our offense has no flow. Next game is imo the biggest one of the series. We have to respond. It needs to be a convincing win, not this eek out a win type stuff...we need to return the blowout and get things back on track . Being the 4 seed we have the most difficult round 1 matchup. So its either going to make our break our playoff lives. We will either get bounced, or we will come together and roll, we've seen both sides of the coin from this team.

the only kind of hunger a Cav has shown lately is when Tristan was
racking up inside Lana Blair last week

it really doesn't matter cause LeBron is gone after the season

I'm starting

1 Jose
2 jr
3 lbj
4 Kevin
5 nance