11/5 Cleveland Cavaliers (5-0) @ Philadelphia 76ers (1-4)

[Lebron23]

http://images.parentherald.com/data/images/full/29370/kevin-love-kyrie-irving-and-lebron-james.jpg

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[Lebron23]

I have a feeling that LeBron is going to have a huge game against the Sixers. He's now 32 points away from entering the top 10 in scoring. Surpassing his mentor Hakeem Olajuwon.

[DoctorP]

no competition here. Cavs heavy favorites. yaaawn.

[Lebron23]

no competition here. Cavs heavy favorites. yaaawn.


Just like the Showtime Lakers in the 1980's.

[DoctorP]

Just like the Showtime Lakers in the 1980's.

sure. yep.

[Lebron23]

sure. yep.


Just like Bill Russell's Celtics in the 1960's.

[DoctorP]

Just like Bill Russell's Celtics in the 1960's.

whatever

[lilteapot]

I have a feeling that LeBron is going to have a huge game against the Sixers. He's now 32 points away from entering the top 10 in scoring. Surpassing his mentor Hakeem Olajuwon.
He's only two points away

[Lebron23]

Cavs going 6-0 against the Sixers.

[J Shuttlesworth]

no competition here. Cavs heavy favorites. yaaawn.
Just like the Warriors against the Lakers last nigh... oh wait

[chocolatethunder]

As a proud Sixer fan I want to point out that they are in fact 0-4.

[moongaze]

74-8

:rockon:

[Uncle Drew]

Tough game against another Beastern Conference powerhouse. Cavs by 6 after a long, hard fight.

[Uncle Drew]

Did they seriously just miss that blatant goaltend?

[G0ATbe]

What a savage block by embiid. Then forced bran into an airball the very next play. He won't be going into the paint again :lol

[Uncle Drew]

Embiid is really, really weak. Bulk up, son.

[RedBlackAttack]

Embiid is really, really weak. Bulk up, son.
Lots of big men have been pushed around by that TT/Love combo. He hasn't seen a team that rebound like this one does.

[RedBlackAttack]

Embiid body checks Love. No foul. Wow.

[francesco totti]

Embiid body checks Love. No foul. Wow.


Refs in love with Embiid. No goaltends, no fouls lol.

[Uncle Drew]

This game should be over by the 3rd. Rest some guys, try some new stuff, unleash Kay Felder.

[Rent Free]

Bronbron carrying the Cavs

[Nilocon165]

Embiid going off on us :biggums:

[raprap]

Embiid too good

[LilEddyCurry]

Trust the process!

[Trollsmasher]

embiid already has a far better jumper than bron from every spot on the court:lol

[Rent Free]

LeBron's teammates shitting the bed yet again :oldlol:

[Nilocon165]

What are they doing

[ArbitraryWater]

This game should be over by the 3rd. Rest some guys, try some new stuff, unleash Kay Felder.

lol

[Meticode]

1-2 more baskets without the Cavs scoring it kind of feels like the game will be out of reach if it reaches 8 or 9 points.

[Uncle Drew]

lol
Should is the key word.

[Meticode]

Ut oh, Embiid went to the lockeroom to change his shoes, now he's limping 2 trips down the floor.

[Nilocon165]

Bron For 3

[BeastMode24]

what a joke call. kyrie fell on his own.

[BeastMode24]

76ers missing so many wide open 3s.

[francesco totti]

Irving having awful shooting night with 3 - 17, he will come with the clutch shot at end.

[Meticode]

Shooters have off nights. Look at Curry last night. 0-10 from three.

[BeastMode24]

what the hell is covington doing?

[StrongLurk]

Damn Lebron's gotta make that shot and also go up strong! He's hesitating against Embiid :facepalm.

[G0ATbe]

Embiid 3 swats on bran thus far. Rook has him hesitant as **** to drive

[BeastMode24]

cavs have too many shooters.

[StrongLurk]

Embiid 3 swats on bran thus far. Rook has him hesitant as **** to drive

One was obviously a goaltend, but yeah Embiid is beasting this game.

[Rent Free]

Irving is a f*cking idiot

[Meticode]

Irving WTF was that? Why get a steal and try to push it down the court with a pass that looks like Jay f*cking Cutler threw it? Run f*cking time off the clock.

[BeastMode24]

how the hell do the 76ers turn the ball over every possession? are they loosing on purpose?

[Rent Free]

Irving WTF was that? Why get a steal and try to push it down the court with a pass that looks like Jay f*cking Cutler threw it? Run f*cking time off the clock.

He did the same thing in the last minute of the Finals, he ran and nearly threw the ball out of bounds to Draymond.


Irving has absolutely no court/situational awareness, dude is a tool.

[Meticode]

You know Joel Embiid is going to get the last shot.

[K Xerxes]

Irving WTF was that? Why get a steal and try to push it down the court with a pass that looks like Jay f*cking Cutler threw it? Run f*cking time off the clock.

I remember him doing that in game 7 for no reason either, and almost lost the ball. Just some adrenaline I'm sure - he'll learn better game management as he matures.

[StrongLurk]

Haven't seen Kyrie play this bad in a while.

In B4 Embiid gamewinner!

[Rent Free]

I remember him doing that in game 7 for no reason either, and almost lost the ball. Just some adrenaline I'm sure - he'll learn better game management as he matures.

Exactly, dude is lowkey the dumbest player in the league. Absolutely no court awareness

[Meticode]

Haven't seen Kyrie play this bad in a while.

In B4 Embiid gamewinner!
Told my wife, "Watch Embiid hit a game winner."

[bigkingsfan]

Never a doubt

[RedBlackAttack]

Holy cow, one of the most exciting terrible games I've seen in the regular season. Just horrible basketball, but it was fun.

I continue my love affair with JoJo, fwiw. Cavs should have drafted him #1 despite the injury.

[Nilocon165]

Ugly win.

With that said,

6-0

:banana: :banana: :banana:

[Keno]

that was clean as ****. 82-0 lets go.

[IGOTGAME]

Gerald Henderson is my least favorite in the NBA

[Uncle Drew]

Relatively speaking, these were the worst three quarters of Cavaliers basketball since the Luke Harangody days.

[Meticode]

Would've been a foul if LeBron didn't swat the ball away from him I think, but he lost control of the ball.

[StrongLurk]

Sixers with 5 turnovers to end the game...they are amazing at finding ways to lose.

[Rent Free]

Holy cow, one of the most exciting terrible games I've seen in the regular season. Just horrible basketball, but it was fun.

I continue my love affair with JoJo, fwiw. Cavs should have drafted him #1 despite the injury.

Whats the point, he wouldve been traded anyway

[ArbitraryWater]

That was absolutely awful by Kyrie but luckily they got away with the W :lol :cheers:

[Meticode]

Holy cow, one of the most exciting terrible games I've seen in the regular season. Just horrible basketball, but it was fun.

I continue my love affair with JoJo, fwiw. Cavs should have drafted him #1 despite the injury.
No Wiggins, no Love, no Championship more than likely if that happens.

[RedBlackAttack]

Relatively speaking, these were the worst three quarters of Cavaliers basketball since the Luke Harangody days.
That made me laugh out loud. :oldlol:

You talking about the Semih Erden days. There were only a few of us watching that hot mess.

[RedBlackAttack]

No Wiggins, no Love, no Championship more than likely if that happens.
I was joking. But, I always loved Embiid. He might have been my favorite draft prospect outside of LeBron ever... until the foot injury, which was devastating to me.

I wrote so many paragraphs about Embiid on here, I'm sure everyone was sick of hearing about it.

[Meticode]

That made me laugh out loud. :oldlol:

You talking about the Semih Erden days. There were only a few of us watching that hot mess.
I remember when I thought Alonzo Gee was the shit on our god awful teams.

[Uncle Drew]

That made me laugh out loud. :oldlol:

You talking about the Semih Erden days. There were only a few of us watching that hot mess.
http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Samardo+Samuels+Cleveland+Cavaliers+v+New+ibPrKaO7 DaBl.jpg

[Uncle Drew]

I remember when I thought Alonzo Gee was the shit on our god awful teams.
I remember getting excited over Earl Clark, who couldn't even inbound a basketball, and Henry Sims.

[Meticode]

Think about this. Less than 5 years ago Luke Walton played for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Now he's coaching the Los Angeles Lakers. WTF!?

[Meticode]

I remember getting excited over Earl Clark, who couldn't even inbound a basketball, and Henry Sims.
I remember that. The year before LeBron came I thought we were going to have a decent year with Irving, Waiters, Clark, Thompson, Bynum. Clark had one good year in LA then dropped shit all over the place.

[D-Wait]

That made me laugh out loud. :oldlol:

You talking about the Semih Erden days. There were only a few of us watching that hot mess.

Yes. Those were also the days when I was a Waiters fanboy and chose his nickname on ISH. :roll:

[Nilocon165]

I remember when I thought Alonzo Gee was the shit on our god awful teams.
COUNT IT FOR 3 ALONZO GEE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMTKgae3TWE

EDIT: We had Luke Walton and Shaun Livingston on that team.

That's so weird to think about.

[Meticode]

I remember anytime I saw Carrick Felix on the floor I always thought of this every single damn time...

https://s.yimg.com/ea/img/-/111214/felix_the_cat_2_17eg72t-17eg734.jpg

[Uncle Drew]

Think about this. Less than 5 years ago Luke Walton played for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Now he's coaching the Los Angeles Lakers. WTF!?
Luke Walton made some decent plays though. I recall one game (vs. New York?) in which he got about 8 assists in a span of about three minutes.

[RedBlackAttack]

Yes. Those were also the days when I was a Waiters fanboy and chose his nickname on ISH. :roll:
Man, what self-respecting Cavs fan wasn't a Waiters fanboy? I used to argue for hours with Wizards fans that he was >>>>> Brad Beal.

True story.

I remember there was, like, a 5-game stretch where the Cavs obviously pulled Kyrie for no good reason whatsoever and Waiters took over the team. He had a buzzer-beating three and I think we had something like a 4-1 or 3-2 record. Best week of my life.

[Meticode]

COUNT IT FOR 3 ALONZO GEE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMTKgae3TWE

EDIT: We had Luke Walton and Shaun Livingston on that team.

That's so weird to think about.
Luke Walton sighting.

[Meticode]

Jarrett Jack, dribble 16-20 feet from the basket and shoot a jumper...every...single...time...no matter what.

[Uncle Drew]

AYEEEEE and one

[Uncle Drew]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-SEd2og5rc

Forever in our hearts, Dion Waiters.

[Nilocon165]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-SEd2og5rc

Forever in our hearts, Dion Waiters.
The game thread during that had me crying :roll: :roll: :roll:

I couldn't believe how bad he was

[Rent Free]

LOL LeBron had a bad game and still finished with 25/8/14


Dude is STILL the best in the world


10 seasons strong

[Meticode]

Anyway I was looking at highlights from the Pacers/Bulls game. Apparently Paul George kicked the ball into the stands, hit a fan in the face on accident with the ball and got thrown out of the game. :oldlol: Yet the Pacers still win. Wade shoots 1-9.

[D-Wait]

COUNT IT FOR 3 ALONZO GEE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMTKgae3TWE


The 3-pointer I remember the most is Anthony Parker's 3 at the end of the game in 2011 in which we beat the Heat :D

[RedBlackAttack]

Luke Walton made some decent plays though. I recall one game (vs. New York?) in which he got about 8 assists in a span of about three minutes.
Speaking of surprising standouts on that horrible team, how much better would the last three years' Cavs squad be if we would have re-signed Shaun Livingston?

It's easy to forget that his re-emergence as a player didn't start in Golden State. He was damn good off the bench for the Cavs a couple years before he was helping GSW win 50, 60, and 70+ games a year.

He had no desire to re-sign here, unfortunately.

[Indian guy]

Embiid had LeBron hesitating on his drives big time. I've only seen a couple other big men do that to him in his career.

Anyway, another W means Cavs will just continue completely half-assing it.

[RedBlackAttack]

Jarrett Jack, dribble 16-20 feet from the basket and shoot a jumper...every...single...time...no matter what.
The thing that would be maddening about Jack was that he'd receive a pass wide open for a three, calmly take 2-3 dribbles right into a defender and pull-up for a contested 18-footer. He was the anti-JR Smith.

[Meticode]

The game thread during that had me crying :roll: :roll: :roll:

I couldn't believe how bad he was
God damn, that three by J.R. at 1:25 against Waiters. :dancin

[Meticode]

Embiid had LeBron hesitating on his drives big time. I've only seen a couple other big men do that to him in his career.

Anyway, another W means Cavs will just continue completely half-assing it.
Howard was another in his prime.

[D-Wait]

Luke Walton made some decent plays though. I recall one game (vs. New York?) in which he got about 8 assists in a span of about three minutes.

Yes, he always made some high IQ plays... But of course, he only got playing time because Scott rode with the veterans and put young guns like Waiters in his famous "dog house"

[RedBlackAttack]

Anyway I was looking at highlights from the Pacers/Bulls game. Apparently Paul George kicked the ball into the stands, hit a fan in the face on accident with the ball and got thrown out of the game. :oldlol: Yet the Pacers still win. Wade shoots 1-9.
The Bulls shooting was bound to come crashing to the ground like a glorious, firey meteor. That's going to be a theme all year. They'll have games of lighting it up, but they'll be bookended by some awful looking boxscores.

[Indian guy]

Howard was another in his prime.

Nah, I don't recall that. He was attempting obscene amount of FTs in that 2009 series against Orlando.

The other bigs I've seen do that to LeBron are Hibbert around 2013-2014 and Biyombo last year.

[BeastMode24]

LOL LeBron had a bad game and still finished with 25/8/14


Dude is STILL the best in the world


10 seasons strong

aganist the 76ers

[Spurs5Rings2014]

LOL LeBron had a bad game and still finished with 25/8/14


Dude is STILL the best in the world


10 seasons strong

Thought you were a Hawks fan, my man.

:oldlol:

[D-Wait]

Btw, what's Samardo Samuels up to these days? :lol

[RedBlackAttack]

Nah, I don't recall that. He was attempting obscene amount of FTs in that 2009 series against Orlando.

The other bigs I've seen do that to LeBron are Hibbert around 2013-2014 and Biyombo last year.
Speaking of which, Dwight was making an obscene amount of free throws in that series. It was driving me insane. He shot 70+% from the line, if memory serves. And, in such a close series, it was probably the difference between going to The Finals and going home. That and Rashard Lewis' PED use, but I digress.

[ArbitraryWater]

Howard was another in his prime.

Bron always went completely at him and suceeded, too

[ArbitraryWater]

He was making an obscene amount of free throws in that series. It was driving me insane. He shot 70+% from the line, if memory serves. And, in such a close series, it was probably the difference between going to The Finals and going home. That and Rashard Lewis' PED use, but I digress.

Bron shot 75% from the line, not really anything to get that stingy over

[RedBlackAttack]

Btw, what's Samardo Samuels up to these days? :lol
Last I heard he was balling out on some young Italian gentlemen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzCW-zajXzA


Fun fact: Samardo was ranked the #2 player in the country coming out of high school. He picked Louisville over UNC, Duke, etc. He was ranked way ahead of guys like Draymond, Klay Thompson, Kemba Walker, Demar Derozen, Tyreke, etc.

Mardo. :bowdown:

[RedBlackAttack]

Bron shot 75% from the line, not really anything to get that stingy over
Huh? Howard is a career 57% free throw shooter. He never shot close to 70% from the line in any playoff series before or since. :oldlol:

EDIT: I just looked... in the round before against Boston, he shot 54% from the line. In the series after against the Lakers, he was at a stellar 60%.

[ArbitraryWater]

Huh? Howard is a career 57% free throw shooter. He never shot close to 70% from the line in any playoff series before or since. :oldlol:

EDIT: I just looked... in the round before against Boston, he shot 54% from the line. In the series after against the Lakers, he was at a stellar 60%.

Okay, I thought you were talking about LeBron? You didn't really make it clear that you meant Howard :oldlol:

[RedBlackAttack]

Okay, I thought you were talking about LeBron? You didn't really make it clear that you meant Howard :oldlol:
True. I just re-read IndianGuy's post that I responded to. He was talking about LeBron... I was talking about Howard. Ha. Edited for clarity.

[lilteapot]

Besides the opener, cavs have lost big leads to every single team that they've played.

[moongaze]

Besides the opener, cavs have lost big leads to every single team that they've played.

Same with Kyrie. His shot has fallen off as the game goes on. A couple games now one he started 3-3 from three then finished 4-6. Next game started off 3-4 ended up 3-8. He's also had really bad third quarters. Not sure why the cavs have problems sustaining leads

[Ben Simmons]

Besides the opener, cavs have lost big leads to every single team that they've played.
There are too reliant on 3 at times. This is what happens. Also, they have no rim protector so their defense is inconsistent.

Luckily they know how to close games and get big leads.

[SamuraiSWISH]

Nah, I don't recall that. He was attempting obscene amount of FTs in that 2009 series against Orlando.

The other bigs I've seen do that to LeBron are Hibbert around 2013-2014 and Biyombo last year.
Agreed.

[RedBlackAttack]

There are too reliant on 3 at times. This is what happens. Also, they have no rim protector so their defense is inconsistent.

Luckily they know how to close games and get big leads.
What you see as flaws in the roster and the system, I see as complacency. The Cavs have gone through spells of 'going through the motions' until things tighten up (if they tighten up), at which point they focus back in and close the show.

They are a little too talented for their own good at times. But, they're also 6-0 so no complaints from me.