Gdt: Mavs @ Cavs

[Hey Yo]

LeBron resting tonight.

CLEVELAND (AP)

[G.U.S.]

Lebron resting, blowout loss:lol

[Ranked 12th]

LeBron is undefeated against the Mavs since the 2010-2011 season


Mavs have historically been LeBrons b*itch for like 5 years now, total domination.







But too bad Brons not playing tonight

[pastis]

if lebron is resting, mavs may have a chance. but all in all, they are way to athletic for us.

anderson vs love would be a nice matchup to see

[IllegalD]

LeBron is undefeated against the Mavs since the 2010-2011 season


Mavs have historically been LeBrons b*itch for like 5 years now, total domination.







But too bad Brons not playing tonight

Except in the Finals :pimp:

[StephHamann]

Those fuc.kin Cavs commentators worst in the league, that black dude sounds like a drunk hobo without teeth.

[RoseCity07]

Put 10 on Dallas just now. They are +170 underdogs right now. I think they can take this.

[Nilocon165]

RJ

[nba_55]

Frye making a step back 3 points shot :biggums:
Is this guy really this good or these are fluke games?

[JebronLames]

Except in the Finals :pimp:
Lol mavs haven't returned to the finals
Dat chokebe Stan logic

[RedBlackAttack]

Kyrie with 16 points in 10 minutes.

[zizozain]

13 point lead :applause:

KYRIE AND FRYE BALLING

[RedBlackAttack]

AC just compared Channing Frye to Wilt Chamberlain. So... that happened.

[nba_55]

DAMN! Cavs are looking good. Irving and Frye are dominating. Love getting post up looks and converting them. They are playing good defense.

[nba_55]

This is why Cavs should post up Love more than Lebron, he is a much better post up player.

[RoseCity07]

Matthews, Deron Williams, and Parsons have combined for 2 points and it's almost half time.:facepalm

[Lebron23]

Channing Frye is a solid player off the bench.

[feyki]

I smell comeback .

[pastis]

felton and d-will are shooting 40% for the season. Matthews is shooting 38%
Parsons shrinks when we play against 0.5 teams.

and this is or starting 5

pathetic

[90sgoat]

Cavs beasting without Lebron.

Love beasting without Lebron.

[Lebron23]

Cavs beasting without Lebron.

Love beasting without Lebron.


Might be their first win of the season without LeBron. The Cavaliers if they win this game are 4-12 in two seasons when LeBron James doesn't play.

[pastis]

Cavs beasting without Lebron.

Love beasting without Lebron.

parsons defense :lol

and we dont have any guard to stop kyrie? jj barea? devin harris? d-will? lol, all patheitc defenders

even matthews is trash on d. and on offense anyway. 16mio :facepalm

[Stu Jackson]

Might be their first win of the season without LeBron. The Cavaliers if they win this game are 4-12 in two seasons when LeBron James doesn't play.
illegal big d and me divied your girls up

i get your daughter he gets your mom and sisters

seems fair to me :lol

[RedBlackAttack]

So much fun to watch this team when everyone is engaged. Good stuff.

[90sgoat]

So much fun to watch this team when everyone is engaged. Good stuff.

Lebron is overrated at this point. Still a good player but detrimental to getting the most out of the team, look at how Love is dominating tonight. Lebron doesn't get the most out of him at all.

This proves what I saw the first few games last season under Blatt. This team, with these players, are the best when Lebron is a role player leader. This team would flourish with a Lebron adding something like 18-6-6 on high efficiency.

[pastis]

dirk is mavs best defensive player at 38 years of age.:facepalm

RC:facepalm :facepalm

[Ranked 12th]

Lebron is overrated at this point. Still a good player but detrimental to getting the most out of the team, look at how Love is dominating tonight. Lebron doesn't get the most out of him at all.

This proves what I saw the first few games last season under Blatt. This team, with these players, are the best when Lebron is a role player leader. This team would flourish with a Lebron adding something like 18-6-6 on high efficiency.

Call me when the Cavs win the same amount of games with LeBron than without

Like the '94 Bulls without MJ







Cavs are 3-12 without LeBron in the last 2 seasons.



Bulls were one bogus call from 4-peating without MJ on the team.

[90sgoat]

Call me when the Cavs win the same amount of games with LeBron than without

Like the '94 Bulls without MJ







Cavs are 3-12 without LeBron in the last 2 seasons.



Bulls were one bogus call from 4-peating without MJ on the team.

Don't make me slap you Dubeta.

You're banned, stay banned.

[pastis]

Lebron is overrated at this point. Still a good player but detrimental to getting the most out of the team, look at how Love is dominating tonight. Lebron doesn't get the most out of him at all.

This proves what I saw the first few games last season under Blatt. This team, with these players, are the best when Lebron is a role player leader. This team would flourish with a Lebron adding something like 18-6-6 on high efficiency.

what are you talking? its THE FIRST GAME where love showed up for a long time and even for a longer time regarding a game without lebron.

[RedBlackAttack]

Lebron is overrated at this point. Still a good player but detrimental to getting the most out of the team, look at how Love is dominating tonight. Lebron doesn't get the most out of him at all.

This proves what I saw the first few games last season under Blatt. This team, with these players, are the best when Lebron is a role player leader. This team would flourish with a Lebron adding something like 18-6-6 on high efficiency.
I wouldn't draw too much from one game. We've also looked pretty awful a couple times when he has sat out. Granted, he almost always sits out back-to-backs when the whole team is gassed (or 6 games in 9 nights like this one). But, I do think the Cavs will be better when LBJ starts playing the 4 almost exclusively and Love either plays the center or they play in different rotations.

They occupy a lot of the same areas of the court.

And, the realization that Kyrie is the Cavs' best scorer and one of the best isolation players in the league will also help him take on more of a facilitator role... which I think he can thrive in while playing PF, as opposed to pounding the ball on the wing.

[Lebron23]

90's Goat. I doubt you even play basketball in your life. You don't know $hit about basketball.

[Stu Jackson]

90's Goat. I doubt you even play basketball in your life. You don't know $hit about basketball.
i can help her with potty training :lol

[90sgoat]

I wouldn't draw too much from one game. We've also looked pretty awful a couple times when he has sat out. Granted, he almost always sits out back-to-backs when the whole team is gassed (or 6 games in 9 nights like this one). But, I do think the Cavs will be better when LBJ starts playing the 4 almost exclusively and Love either plays the center or they play in different rotations.

They occupy a lot of the same areas of the court.

And, the realization that Kyrie is the Cavs' best scorer and one of the best isolation players in the league will also help him take on more of a facilitator role... which I think he can thrive in while playing PF, as opposed to pounding the ball on the wing.

The point is, Love is an offense in himself.

You can build around Love in the low post. It's not just the scoring, that's a result, but it's the high IQ and passing. He is a willing passer and a talented passer and a high efficiency low post scorer. The fact he can hit 3s only work to keep defenders honest, but Lebron uses Love's 3rd and worst offensive skill as his main use, that's not going to work.

Playing with Lebron, Love does not utilize his two best skills, you have to see this yeah?

Fact is, Lebron really does not get the most out of Love. Problem is, Lebron does not have shooting or off ball IQ to play off ball. Dump the ball to Love, go on a cut, but Lebron does not want to do that and he can't do that, because he can't shoot.

Lebron simply is a limited player, a very talented limited player, but his role is limited, he simply can't play off ball.

[90sgoat]

90's Goat. I doubt you even play basketball in your life. You don't know $hit about basketball.

Hilarious, I've seen you play, you wouldn't get a single point on me.

[feyki]

Number #1 rule at this forum ;

If you did say bad thing about Shaq or Lebron or Kobe , You don't know anything about basketball .

[RedBlackAttack]

I just can't say enough about Delly. He should be in the conversation for MIP. He has gone from a guy that could barely play on the professional level to one of the best combo guards off the bench in the league.

[Ranked 12th]

Don't make me slap you Dubeta.

You're banned, stay banned.

:roll:


Please, you're a simple minded European with no understanding of the intricacies of Sports, or life in general.


Your purpose on this place.. is nothing really, the only time someone notices you is when they confuse you with being 3ball's alt.


You're cringe inducing, repetitive, and unoriginal with your trolling, and serve as much purpose as fleas over dog shit. Can't believe you've been here for over a year and noone even cares about you, or knows who you are.


Once you realize how pointless your life is, you can make like MJ's father and end it.

[Lebron23]

Hilarious, I've seen you play, you wouldn't get a single point on me.


You cannot even post your pictures in this forum. I doubt you can even post a video of you playing. I'll drop 81 points on your old @$$, and bitch slap you with left hand.

Anyway you are probably a gimmick account in this forum. Probably Jabbar, or Simon.

[Lebron23]

Cavaliers needs LeBron to average 28-30 ppg in the post season if they want to win an NBA title.

He's still averaging 25/7/6 on 51 FG%.

[DukeDelonte13]

I hate david lee. He always kills the cavs.

[Lebron23]

Damn it.

It's only a 7 points lead.

[90sgoat]

:roll:


Please, you're a simple minded European with no understanding of the intricacies of Sports, or life in general.


Your purpose on this place.. is nothing really, the only time someone notices you is when they confuse you with being 3ball's alt.


You're cringe inducing, repetitive, and unoriginal with your trolling, and serve as much purpose as fleas over dog shit. Can't believe you've been here for over a year and noone even cares about you, or knows who you are.


Once you realize how pointless your life is, you can make like MJ's father and end it.

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=401514

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[Lebron23]

Kyrie Irving is putting on a show.

[DukeDelonte13]

these f*cking cavs... move the damn ball.

[Nilocon165]

Oh my god we're gonna ****ing lose

[Nilocon165]

Kevin love is ****ing awful

[DukeDelonte13]

Cavs are just plain embarrassing on both sides of the floor here in the 4th.

[RedBlackAttack]

This Cavs team has shot its wad. I'd be shocked if they held on.

[feyki]

What a pass by Dirkkk , amazing ..

[fiddy]

Cavs getting killed by Zaza lmao

[PsychoBe]

pachulia lookin' like prime bill russell :roll: :roll: :roll:

[RedBlackAttack]

The Cavs only needed to score 20 points in this quarter to hold on. Right now they're at 11. Not good. Lots of missed, open shots.

[$LakerGold]

Bron? Close game.

[90sgoat]

Bron? Close game.

No Bron, only Love.

[Nilocon165]

Kyrie!

[DukeDelonte13]

Kyrie Irving needs to get his ass whooped. Move the f*cking ball!!

[Nilocon165]

Ayeee He Threw It Away

[raprap]

Mavs :roll:

[RedBlackAttack]

Kyrie Irving needs to get his ass whooped. Move the f*cking ball!!
To be fair, the other Cavs have missed a TON of wide open shots in this quarter. Love, Delly, Shump... everyone else is missing.

[WadeStan]

I thought Parsons was a good playmaker. A bounce pass and Dirk has a wide open layup.

[Nilocon165]

WTF was that?

[90sgoat]

K-Love would be a beast in the triangle. Phil should get him to NY, trade Melo.

[Nilocon165]

We win:cheers:

[zizozain]

kyrie CLUTCH

[fiddy]

Mavs gave it away :oldlol:

[RedBlackAttack]

Dallas coaching staff deserve a metal for almost pulling this out. Great defensive scheming.

[zizozain]

Kyrie Irving :applause:

[zizozain]

was that a foul or it was smart basketball?

[feyki]

First Brea and Zaza and then Carlise didn't get a timeout and last Devin ..

Dirk :( .

[Lebron23]

Cavaliers win 99-98. First win without LeBron this season.

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[Tarik One]

That was a savvy 12-year veteran move by Irving.

[RedBlackAttack]

was that a foul or it was smart basketball?
A little of both... but, the officials are going to swallow their whistles in that situation every time, so it was really just smart basketball.

I thought we were done when they pulled within two with a few minutes to go. It really looked like we had nothing left and we couldn't solve their defensive scheming.

That defense flat-out would not work with LBJ on the floor, btw, so it doesn't do other teams much good down the road. He'd get to the middle of the court and set guys up right where they want it.

I'll take the win without complaint.

[Lebron23]

That was a savvy 12-year veteran move by Irving.


I hope he's healthy in this year's playoffs. He's dependable 2nd scoring option.

[Ca$H]

I hope he's healthy in this year's playoffs. He's dependable 2nd scoring option.

He will probably be the number one option in the finals. Bran is very inefficient vs Iggy.

[Lebron23]

He will probably be the number one option in the finals. Bran is very inefficient vs Iggy.


Sure

[fiddy]

Dallas coaching staff deserve a metal for almost pulling this out. Great defensive scheming.
:rolleyes:

[RedBlackAttack]

Kyrie is pretty close to overtaking LBJ when it comes to pure scoring. LeBron is obviously still the superior player. But, if the Cavs are ever going to isolate and let a guy work one-on-one, I'd prefer it to be Kyrie over LeBron at this point.

I just wish he had the instincts to know when to let go of the ball. His amazing ability to dribble out of trouble is both a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing because he will somehow get through a maze of defenders and come out the otherside with an easy layup. It's a curse because he thinks he can dribble himself out of any problem and it sometimes stalls the offense.

He hadn't been doing much of that lately, but without LBJ out there, he resorted back to some bad habits.... maybe out of necessity (I don't think we would have won without him scoring in the last six minutes when no one else could make a basket).

He's still just 23 though... the youngest player on the team, amazingly. His growth has been fast-tracked because of LBJ coming back and the acquisition of Love, JR, Shump, etc. But, truthfully, he probably won't be hitting his prime for another few years.

[RedBlackAttack]

:rolleyes:
What? I'm just talking about awarding them an alloy compound for their troubles.

lol good catch

[lilteapot]

Irving could easily average like 8 assists per game if he learned how to pass more often.

[Hey Yo]

He will probably be the number one option in the finals. Bran is very inefficient vs Iggy.
please :rolleyes: ....don't talk about GS in the Finals until they get there.