OGT: Cleveland Cavaliers (45-26) @ Milwaukee Bucks (34-35)

[Uncle Drew]

About to start. Let's go.

[You Cant Ban Me]

6 game losing streak incoming for the bucks

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[Uncle Drew]

So many turnovers.

[StrongLurk]

Bron has been missing a lot of layups recently.

[VengefulAngel]

Lebron laying an egg atm.

[Kidbasketball20]

Cavs need more help

[Milbuck]

Cleveland sleepwalking. Bucks are playing solid but Cavs could easily turn it on at any moment and overwhelm us.

[You Cant Ban Me]

Cleveland sleepwalking. Bucks are playing solid but Cavs could easily turn it on at any moment and destroy us.
:lol

[PejaTheSerbSnip]

Perkins with a 3

Did that just happen?

[Milbuck]

:lolRent free. Keep posting in Bucks threads, "Sixer fan" :oldlol:

[J Shuttlesworth]

Why is that dude obsessed with the Bucks?

[You Cant Ban Me]

Rent free. Keep posting in Bucks threads, "Sixer fan" :oldlol:

Why is that dude obsessed with the Bucks?

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[Milbuck]

Why is that dude obsessed with the Bucks?
He's a Sixers fan that doesn't like me.

[G0ATbe]

Typical LeShit.

He's gone in the offseason. Hopefully via trade.

[Milbuck]

Wtf Lebron?

Even outside of the weird inexplicable turnovers, Giannis doing a great job on Lebron. Still think Cavs explode in the 2nd half.

[Indian guy]

LeBron :oldlol:. Yeah, it's the jersey :rolleyes:. He's been having horrible 1st halves for a while now. Cleveland's sitting pretty as the 2nd seed in the East and their lack of motivation is obvious recently.

[SpecialQue]

As much fun as it is to talk shit about Lebron having a bad game, the Cavs really don't need to win this one. If he shits the bed, it's ultimately meaningless.

EDIT: that won't stop me from talking mad shit about the Hawks every time they lose a game because their fanbase is obnoxious as fvck

[J Shuttlesworth]

I'm expecting the defense to come out stronger in the 2nd half. We'll see

[J Shuttlesworth]

LeBron :oldlol:. Yeah, it's the jersey :rolleyes:. He's been having horrible 1st halves for a while now. Cleveland's sitting pretty as the 2nd seed in the East and their lack of motivation is obvious recently.
Hey bro I was checking out the 2012 ECF thread a few days ago and you were saying some really dumb shit that backfired hard :roll:

[BlakFrankWhite]

Inb4 LeBron rescues his team for the 10000th time

[Smoke117]

Lebron...playing like a chump.

[RedBlackAttack]

Bucks are playing a dangerous game right now. They're walling LeBron every time he gets the ball and essentially leaving Kyrie one-on-one. So far, KI's jumper isn't falling at a high rate, but it is a dangerous strategy.

[RedBlackAttack]

Mozgov blatantly hacked on one end... no call. Greek Freak drags his pivot foot for three feet on the other... no call.

[J Shuttlesworth]

Damn, Love missed a three to tie it earlier in the quarter, and another 3 to cut it to 1 just now. Both were wide open :(

[RedBlackAttack]

Damn, Love missed a three to tie it earlier in the quarter, and another 3 to cut it to 1 just now. Both were wide open :(
It's clearly a mental thing at this point. He has missed a couple of bunnies at the rim too. He's just thinking too damn much.

On the bright side, Milwaukee is shooting 60% from the field and only up 6.

[J Shuttlesworth]

AND JUST LIKE THAT TIE :bowdown:

[RedBlackAttack]

Greek Freak is not strong enough to check LeBron. He should be taken to the rim every play.

[You Cant Ban Me]

lol they zoomed in on jason kidd and he mouthed the word fk when lebron started taking over :roll: .Even the coach is shook

[J Shuttlesworth]

WOW what a close to the quarter

[J Shuttlesworth]

lol jason kidd just mouthed the word fk when lebron started taking over :roll: .Even the coach is shook
:lol didn't hear that

[RedBlackAttack]

In a playoff series, there's no way they could get away with playing Antetokounmpo on LeBron. Great talent and all, but he's not ready for that assignment.

[Milbuck]

In a playoff series, there's no way they could get away with playing Antetokounmpo on LeBron. Great talent and all, but he's not ready for that assignment.
Who else would we put on him?

And it's not like he's getting torched. He's played him well all game, Lebron just has it going last few possessions.

[J Shuttlesworth]

In a playoff series, there's no way they could get away with playing Antetokounmpo on LeBron. Great talent and all, but he's not ready for that assignment.
Yep. He just has to take Giannis to the rim and get a layup, or give Giannis some foul trouble

[navy]

In a playoff series, there's no way they could get away with playing Antetokounmpo on LeBron. Great talent and all, but he's not ready for that assignment.
guarding Lebron is always a team job, so it doesnt matter that much

[RedBlackAttack]

Who else would we put on him?

And it's not like he's getting torched. He's played him well all game, Lebron just has it going last few possessions.
LeBron didn't start getting aggressive until the end of the third. He had just sort of been laying back prior to that. I think you'd see the more aggressive LeBron earlier and more often in the playoffs and he's just not strong enough yet. Plus, he'd get in serious foul trouble against a more aggressive James.

If it's me, I get a bigger body out there on him. :confusedshrug:

Make him beat you from the perimeter first.

[You Cant Ban Me]

In a playoff series, there's no way they could get away with playing Antetokounmpo on LeBron. Great talent and all, but he's not ready for that assignment.
mavs got away with putting jj barea and jason kidd on him so i dont see the problem :confusedshrug: .

[You Cant Ban Me]

In a playoff series, there's no way they could get away with playing Antetokounmpo on LeBron. Great talent and all, but he's not ready for that assignment.
mavs got away with putting jj barea and a 40 yr old jason kidd on him so i dont see the problem :confusedshrug: .

[J Shuttlesworth]

LeBron looking a lot more explosive now. the Cavs have woken up

[VengefulAngel]

You really forgot how great Lebron is. Coasting the whole game, and then boom, decides to take over.

[RedBlackAttack]

Whenever I see Bayless, I'm reminded of the ISH meltdown when the Thunder took Westbrook over him in the draft. :oldlol:

[J Shuttlesworth]

Bucks finally returning to earth with their shooting. Still 59% though :eek:

[Im Still Ballin]

Lebron: Chill mode deactivated

[Milbuck]

LeBron didn't start getting aggressive until the end of the third. He had just sort of been laying back prior to that. I think you'd see the more aggressive LeBron earlier and more often in the playoffs and he's just not strong enough yet. Plus, he'd get in serious foul trouble against a more aggressive James.

If it's me, I get a bigger body out there on him. :confusedshrug:

Make him beat you from the perimeter first.
The only players that match that profile are Ersan....and Jabari. Ersan would get blown by every time, even moreso with picks. Middleton would get bullied even more.

[RedBlackAttack]

The best player in the world taking over.

[J Shuttlesworth]

Damn back to back threes :cheers:

MCW couldn't take Tristan Thompson off the dribble :lol I'm so NBA'd out celebrating right now

[Milbuck]

Cavs lighting it up now.

[J Shuttlesworth]

The best player in the world taking over.
http://cdn.slamonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jr-smith-feat-cavs.jpg

[RedBlackAttack]

The only players that match that profile are Ersan....and Jabari. Ersan would get blown by every time, even moreso with picks. Middleton would get bullied even more.
Meh, maybe you're right just from a roster standpoint. You obviously know the Bucks better than I do. My biggest fear wouldn't even be LeBron scoring or playmaking... it would be Giannis getting in foul trouble. He's such an important part of what they do.



JR SWISH!

[Milbuck]

WTF was that breakdown? Get Bayless out of there

[VengefulAngel]

God Lebron is so good. i really miss him on the Heat.

[Uncle Drew]

Jr Swish.

[G0ATbe]

King Swish:bowdown:

[D-Wait]

JR is a god!!! :bowdown: :bowdown:

[RedBlackAttack]

Damn back to back threes :cheers:

MCW couldn't take Tristan Thompson off the dribble :lol I'm so NBA'd out celebrating right now
The reason they love playing Tristan late in games is because they can switch anything and he can pretty much guard all five positions in spurts. Hell, TT played Tony Parker really well on a few possessions in that epic Spurs game. He has just become a really nice complimentary player.

[navy]

God Lebron is so good. i really miss him on the Heat.
lol, this Lebron is garbage compared to 2013 Lebron. Dude had no weaknesses.

[J Shuttlesworth]

12 pts in 2 minutes

[You Cant Ban Me]

lol people play such stupid defense vs lebron.All he has to do is dribble in place for 10 seconds and someone will be wide open cause the defense is so scared of him.

[Im Still Ballin]

Oh my God

[dubeta]

God Lebron is so good. i really miss him on the Heat.


Blame Pat Riley

[You Cant Ban Me]

Damn back to back threes :cheers:

MCW couldn't take Tristan Thompson off the dribble :lol I'm so NBA'd out celebrating right now
Free that man

[Milbuck]

This is where not having OJ and Dudley hurts so much. Pretty much zero spacing out there, our offense has nothing to be but trash.

[J Shuttlesworth]

No clear path

[You Cant Ban Me]

This is where not having OJ and Dudley hurts so much. Pretty much zero spacing out there, our offense has nothing to be but trash.
Brandon knight chucking made your team better without his chucking all these bums are getting exposed (not counting giannis)just admit it the team was better with knight.Stop looking at the stats and use your eyes you blind stan

[Trollsmasher]

Go check that!

[Jud]

Milwaukee might slip out of the playoff race. Next couple games are going to be tough.

[Uncle Drew]

The reason they love playing Tristan late in games is because they can switch anything and he can pretty much guard all five positions in spurts. Hell, TT played Tony Parker really well on a few possessions in that epic Spurs game. He has just become a really nice complimentary player.
Kyle Lowry also couldn't get by him, as TT forced his shot to go over the back board late in the game, earlier this season. TT really found his role as first big of the bench.

[Milbuck]

Brandon knight chucking made your team better without his chucking all these bums are getting exposed (not counting giannis)
No, he didn't.

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[You Cant Ban Me]

Brandon Knight chuckings means everyone had more energy for defense when will you blind stans see it.This trade ruined your franchise for the next decade :lol :oldlol: :roll:

[Smoke117]

That's six in a row. Stay losing, Milbitch.

[You Cant Ban Me]

That's six in a row. Stay losing, Milbitch.
ayyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Milbuck]

Brandon Knight chuckings means everyone had more energy for defense when will you blind stans see it.This trade ruined your franchise for the next decade :lol :oldlol: :roll:
Why is this retard allowed to freely troll on his admitted alt?

Anyways, MCW with another bucket.

And Giannis with an inexperience mistake.

[navy]

Cant believe there are Brandon Knight stans now.

[You Cant Ban Me]

Why is this retard allowed to freely troll on his admitted alt?

Anyways, MCW with another bucket.

And Giannis with an inexperience mistake.
retard?trolling?admitted alt?

Dont get mad @ me because your team was better with knight and fk'd up by trading him away

[Uncle Drew]

Lol. Wow.

[J Shuttlesworth]

Such an entertaining lineup in right now :lol

[Milbuck]

Cant believe there are Brandon Knight stans now.
There aren't. Just posters that don't like me.

For all the clowning MCW gets, the great Brandon Knight has been putting up a monstrous 14 ppg on 38% FG.

[You Cant Ban Me]

you dont see sun's fans in denial claiming that they are better even though they have a losing record since the trade like blind buck fans.... thats why brandon knight doesnt get shitted on

[navy]

Gonna be hilarious if Blatt benches Kyrie and Love in the playoffs.

[Milbuck]

you dont see sun's fans in denial claiming that they are better even though they have a losing record since the trade like blind buck fans.... thats why brandon knight doesnt get shitted on
Because they traded Goran ****ing Dragic and got him, they would literally have to be the dumbest fan base in NBA history to think they would be better with Knight.

[J Shuttlesworth]

28/10/6/5 on 10-17 shooting. Damn

JR: 23 pts 8/11

[Smoke117]

http://letshavefunwithenglish.com/vocabulary/numbers/animated/animated_six.gif

[Milbuck]

We gonna ignore that Enes Kanter is wiping his ass with your team right now? :yaohappy::yaohappy:

[Im Still Ballin]

Lebron showing off that Chill mode on/off switch tonight

[SaltyMeatballs]

JR Smith: 7/9 from 3 :eek:

[Lebron23]

LBJ = Best Player in the NBA

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[RedBlackAttack]

Gonna be hilarious if Blatt benches Kyrie and Love in the playoffs.
It's not a case of guys being "benched." It's just that, if a certain lineup has taken over a game, you don't ruin the continuity by making subs just to compensate player egos. You saw Kyrie and Love both up celebrating with those threes and dunks down the stretch. Once the lead reached double-digits, it made little sense to bring all the starters back in.

[Lebron23]

JR Smith: 7/9 from 3 :eek:


Jesus Smith

Current JR > Ray Allen in 2013.

[RedBlackAttack]

Because they traded Goran ****ing Dragic and got him, they would literally have to be the dumbest fan base in NBA history to think they would be better with Knight.
Didn't you ask to be banned for a month? :oldlol:

What the hell happened?

[Milbuck]

Didn't you ask to be banned for a month? :oldlol:

What the hell happened?
Lol I have no idea either. The ban went through, and then something happened and a ton of banned posters, including me, got randomly unbanned for whatever reason.

Could I get another one till the 15th?

[navy]

It's not a case of guys being "benched." It's just that, if a certain lineup has taken over a game, you don't ruin the continuity by making subs just to compensate player egos. You saw Kyrie and Love both up celebrating with those threes and dunks down the stretch. Once the lead reached double-digits, it made little sense to bring all the starters back in.
Haha, we'll see. This is the nba not Europe.
Egos are everywhere. :no:

[RedBlackAttack]

Lol I have no idea either. The ban went through, and then something happened and a ton of banned posters, including me, got randomly unbanned for whatever reason.

Could I get another one till the 15th?
:oldlol:

I'm done using the ban feature for a little while. It just doesn't make a ton of sense atm. You'll have to use old-fashioned restraint for the time being. :oldlol:


Haha, we'll see. This is the nba not Europe.
Egos are everywhere. :no:

Saw no sign of it on the bench. The media would probably try to make an issue where there isn't one, but they've just got to tune out the noise. Letting that lineup finish the game (for all intents and purposes) just made sense from a strategic standpoint.

I thought Kyrie did a nice job tonight of keeping the team close until LeBron went into takeover mode and JR starting hitting rainbows. Love was off for the most part tonight, but his finishing the game on the bench really had nothing to do with that.

I think the guys have pretty much figured out that Blatt is going to do what is best for the team as a whole. If they aren't adult enough to handle it, oh well... but, again, there was no sign of any strife... in fact it was the total opposite.

This team really does seem to like one another, which is quite a turnaround from earlier in the year (prior to the trade). When Kyrie was hitting daggers against the Spurs to will the team to victory, guys were jumping around on the bench. Tonight, when JR was the guy tossing up the haymakers, KI was the first guy up on the bench.

If the Spurs have taught us anything, it's that this is a team game. No room for egos on a championship roster.

[VengefulAngel]

:oldlol:

I'm done using the ban feature for a little while. It just doesn't make a ton of sense atm. You'll have to use old-fashioned restraint for the time being. :oldlol:



Saw no sign of it on the bench. The media would probably try to make an issue where there isn't one, but they've just got to tune out the noise. Letting that lineup finish the game (for all intents and purposes) just made sense from a strategic standpoint.

I thought Kyrie did a nice job tonight of keeping the team close until LeBron went into takeover mode and JR starting hitting rainbows. Love was off for the most part tonight, but his finishing the game on the bench really had nothing to do with that.

I think the guys have pretty much figured out that Blatt is going to do what is best for the team as a whole. If they aren't adult enough to handle it, oh well... but, again, there was no sign of any strife... in fact it was the total opposite.

This team really does seem to like one another, which is quite a turnaround from earlier in the year (prior to the trade). When Kyrie was hitting daggers against the Spurs to will the team to victory, guys were jumping around on the bench. Tonight, when JR was the guy tossing up the haymakers, KI was the first guy up on the bench.

If the Spurs have taught us anything, it's that this is a team game. No room for egos on a championship roster.

The only worry for the Cavs at the moment, apart from the lackadaisical effort is the role of Kevin Love. The problem is that his finishing has been off, and he's a massive hole on defense.

[J Shuttlesworth]

Am I the only one who didn't see this part?

http://gfycat.com/FittingLoathsomeDeer

[VengefulAngel]

Am I the only one who didn't see this part?

http://gfycat.com/FittingLoathsomeDeer

No I saw it, he did take two half court shots though. So 50% on half court shots this game.

[Lebron23]

The Cavaliers are currently tied with the Clippers with the 6th best record in the league.

[J Shuttlesworth]

The Cavaliers are currently tied with the Clippers with the 6th best record in the league.
Nope. Clippers are slightly ahead and they are about to beat the Pelicans.

I think the Cavs will finish with the better record unless they rest some players

[dubeta]

If LeBron didnt get injured early on the Cavs would have likely won 60 games

[RedBlackAttack]

If LeBron didnt get injured early on the Cavs would have likely won 60 games
Injured?

The Cavs would have probably gotten to 60 wins if they had made the Mozgov, Shump, Smith trade prior to the season instead of halfway through. They weren't winning 60 games with their previous team.

[Hey Yo]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAun8cNVEAAwzSg.jpg

[Lebron23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAun8cNVEAAwzSg.jpg


Underrated Center.

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[Lebron23]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR-rwLY41oQ

J.R. Smith Serves Up the Big Alley-Oop to LeBron James

[coin24]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR-rwLY41oQ

J.R. Smith Serves Up the Big Alley-Oop to LeBron James

He must feel so much more free and less weighed down without the 5 headbands:oldlol: