Live Thread: Raptors at Cavs
2014-12-09
The Cavaliers look to extend their winning streak against the Toronto Raptors. This will be the third meeting already between the two projected playoff teams. The Drakes are still without DeMar DeRozan as he recovers from a torn groin. Ouch. Kyrie Irving versus Kyle Lowry is always a good time. James Johnson is one of the few people on the planet who seems to actively enjoy defending LeBron.
Fire away.
This team rocks
Cavs are 12-1 when they score +100 points and they have rised to 4th on defense eficiency.That is a pretty darn good recovery for them after the sloppy start.
Fun fact from tonight: Toronto had previously won it’s last 39 straight games when leading after the third quarter. Streak…snapped!
Helluvadova is such a pimp! And this proves it…
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So pleased Delly is back to his old self after just 2 games. Great team game. Super effort down the stretch.
Toronto will be tougher when DeRozen comes back.
I think the Cavs would have beaten them even with DeRozan tonight. They were not going to be denied in the second half.
Did anybody mention that Lebron had 35 points tonight? Dion 18? You need a lot of guys to have good games to beat teams like Toronto.
Weirdly, the scoring didn’t stand out nearly as much as the hustle and defensive effort from all of the guys in the second half. After giving up 63 points in the first on 65% shooting, they gave up just 38 on just over 40% shooting.
Tristan switched onto Lowry in a critical moment at the end of the game and showed me footwork I’ve never seen before. This is not the same guy I watched last year. He’s also stronger than anyone knows. Lately, he’s been the last big man standing at the end of games.
Zach Lowe was watching and tweeted about that – that Tristan is switching onto guards effectively
After the game Kyrie said that Tristan “leads the league in switching onto guards.” What does he mean? Is there a stat for that. After TT stopped Lowry on that late play he shouted, “Yeah, that’s what I do! That’s what I do!” Kyrie said, “Yeah Tristan. Ok. That’s what you do.” : )
And then LeBron beast fury punched him in the right shoulder 3x. If he’d have done that to me it would have been FATALITY.
Delly should get the game ball.
Or at least a meat pie and a pint of Fosters
Lowry: 2 points in the 4th qtr. Delly: The human eraser.
Halfway through the game I thought, “Hmmm Valanciunas is not too bad. In the last six minutes he must have gone to the restroom or something because he disappeared and Thompson dominated.
Kyrie and Love must love this playoff-style basketball. I think this end of game intensity against top teams can become like a drug to players. In other words, the drug can kick in during games like this on a regular basis.
Hang around and win down the stretch.
my Dad was at the game.
He was like “yeah that scrappy guy you like…Dellalevda…Dellah…Dellved…”
Me: “you can just call him ‘Delly’, Dad”.
The town I grew up in had a place called “Daddy’s Deli.”
Well tonight he was a Helluva-dova!
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Thanks for the compliment nomad! There’s no shortage of fun topics on this board. Just a terrific group of bloggers and commenters! I’ll give the CTB shirt idea some thought ;)
Just scan the 4th quarter pbp.
88-81 Delly rebound
91-83 Delly assist
91-85 Delly assist
95-88 Delly draws charge
97-92 Delly draws charge
99-97 Delly oreb
that’s so beautiful
DELLY IS DION’S ” BATMAN “
I SEE DELLY AND EXCLAMATION POINTS!
DID MY BOY THE SUPERDOVA ASPLODE IN A RAY OF BLINDING LIGHT?
He played a good game in 21 minutes. 6 points,5 assists,3 rebounds and 2-4 on field goals. Nice numbers from him.
And he was FREAKING EVERYWHERE on the court tonight it seemed like. He was like that shot of adrenaline or when the paramedics hit someone with the paddles. CLEAR!!! IT’S DELLY TIME!!
I MISSED THE GAME.
Quick, I need recaps from EvilGenius and the rest of you.
GO
Toronto shot 65% in the first half – not because we were bad – they were just good. Everything they threw up went in. But we kept it around 10 points. It would have been easy to break down, but we just kept playing. Defense really tightened up in the fourth (Delly!) and nobody can shoot that well all game. They started missing down the stretch and we hustled like crazy, played error free ball, and made plays. Lebron, Dion, Tristan, and Delly all had great games. Kyrie didn’t shoot much, but played well. Love had a typical game. Marion… Read more »
Thompson, Delly and Dion played great. Dion carried the team in the first half and Delly and Dion got every lose ball and every stop in the 4th. Tristan would not be denied any rebound. The big three got the big baskets at the end
Hey, Welcome back Rodney Mac.
Where have Mallory, Cory Hughey, and Kevin Hetrick gone?
Uh, Cory is a staff writer now – you can read him tomorrow.
Kevin Hetrick stepped away from CtB last year. You can still find him on twitter:
Tweets by hetrick46
Mallory is just busy with work I think.
Huge game from LBJ. He did it all and looked like he had a lot of his old energy back. Raps came out guns blazing to the tune of 65% shooting in the first half. Cavs didn’t close out on the perimeter like they’ve been doing of late. Maybe a NY hangover, but Raps seemed just a step or two quicker tonight. They were obviously pissed and looking for payback from the last tilt. Andy had energy early, but it was matched and exceeded by Jonas V. That guy is a beast when he wants to be. Got Andy in… Read more »
Oh, and also some guy named Greg Johnson (who Jeff and I figured out MUST either be Brook Lopez or Brook Lopez’s agent) was so desperate for support on a mis-guided plan to bring Lopez to the Cavs, that he wrote an open letter to all of C:tB beseeching us to start a campaign to put pressure on the front office. All the while abusing the word “calipers.”
You scared him off.
Boom. Dion, Leb, and Love are players of the game.
Love played like garbage. I think you meant to type Delly.
He might not have had as much hustle, but if “garbage” is 17 and 9, I’ll take it!
Annnndddd boom goes the dynamite. hard fought win against a team that, while missing their best scorer, clearly came to get some revenge of their own. Delly and Tristan get players of the game.
Delly? 6 points? We really need Ray Ray to come take his place.
you weren’t watching the game maybe? Delly hounded the crap out of ball handlers til they wanted to punch him in the face. He raised our energy level by soooooo much when we were flat coming out for the second half. He grabbed two offensive rebounds in a row when we were down 99-97 and could have given the momentum back to the raps. he made several key assists when we needed big buckets. He refused to force a shot in transition when we were tied 99-99 and everyone in the crowd and on the court thought he was going… Read more »
Don’t bother responding. Cols just enjoys getting a rise out of you. He is kind of like a 10 year old making fart noises with his armpit when his mother has friends over.
You just got punked by Cols, scotch.
Cols is still riding the high of the Ray Ray Christmas song ;)
Well hopefully we can just knock down free throws and not have to worry about the rest of the game, but Tristan Thompson out worked about 4 Raptors per offensive board in the last 3 minutes of this game. He just wouldn’t let us lose, man. If anybody with size and no jumper wants to know if they can make an impact in the NBA, watch his tape over the last several games.
what on earth is lowry arguing about?
TT is earning soooo much money right now.
judging by the lack of response with 25 seconds left I take it everyone having this issue
some crazy ad issues coming from the home of this site
I got that on my phone. Seemed like a browser hi-jacker.
Anyone else had this problem?
I did. Seems to have gone away.
It was like the site was hacked. Great end to the game though!
Maybe the most entertaining game yet. Both teams playing well. Treat to watch
Game was like the Eastern Conference finals preview.Cavs began sloppy at first half but picked it up later especially in the 4th.Good win.
Great make up call.
KLove needed that one. Keep up the intensity guys
Delly Has just been awesome this game. Awesome
This game would be won by now if we had Ray rY
You should sing the song Cols!
Kyrie!!! Turning up the D and converting on the other end. Getting the crowd into it!
Wondering if it’s possible for Kyrie and Dion to both have a good game at same time. Dion great the last two games but Kyrie bad shooting in both.
Although he DOES have 9 assists tonight which is awesome
HOLY CRAP DELLLY!!!!!
DELLY AND TT TURNING THE Q INTO LOB CITY MIDWEST!!!
Great pass from Delly for the dunk!
Dodged a huge bullet in that missed dunk. Dude was sky high for it too.
Need the Royals to show up again.
Cavs getting a lot of suspect foul calls underneath. Granted Jonas is being aggressive, but it seems disproportionate
Delly TREY!!!! Nice feed from LBJ
Delly Trey!
James Jones… can’t guard anyone…
Is that really a surprise though?
5Shhhh. I’m trolling Cols.
Very sorry ;) please continue
Kyrie and Dion with back to back nice inside finishes. As long as Cavs can keep it under 10 going into the fourth, they should be able to gut this one out if they turn up the D
UGH. Dion: straight on brick.
UGLY shot from Dion. 6 point swing on that run out and 1
Sh*tty call on Andy. Was that his fourth foul?
Just getting murdered by the Raps on the perimeter so far tonight for some reason
Terence Ross is unconscious right now
it seems like whenever KLove puts the ball on the floor to drive to the basket, he never looks to pass and only tries to score.
Just a question for those with the league pass: who are the biggest homer announcers? AC and Fred have to be top 10. Sean Elliott might be biggest right? At times AC exhausts me. Even my 6 year old asks if AC watches the same plays as us
AC has been pretty hard on the Cavs last couple games. Tommy Heinson has to be the #1 homer.
Yeah I forgot his blood is Celtic green. Even bill Simmons mentioned his bias.
The Clippers announcers can be homers at times. Haven’t paid too much attention to many others to be honest. My 15 year old son actually loves listening to AC because he’s so unfoundedly demonstrative and has all the same cliched sayings that he repeats ad nauseam throughout the game. He just laughs and laughs. But then he is my son and has my sardonic sense of humor. It’s too late for him already.
My 6 year old loves the chuckles. And the breeze jokes.
And the “what does pressure do? it breaks the pipes!”
Rough night so far for the D. 63 points is waaaaaay too much to give up in a half. No chance Raps continue to shoot 65 percent from the field. They’ve been hitting wide open shots as well as contested. Inside guys giving too much up to Jonas and James Johnson. Hurts that Andy has 3 fouls already (at least one was a cheapie that should have been a no-call).
LBJ with the sweet skyhook!
Looks like LBJ had some fun with that reverse dunk. Looking more like himself tonight
Terrific series of plays! TT!!
LBJ’s shot seems on though, and he’s got good energy
Toronto playing like Orlando in the ECF five years ago. Funny how something so long ago still feel so painful.
A little too much bubbly with Jay-Z and the prince last night.
How about all weekend with the NY lifestyle. Definitely seems like a hangover game (particularly on D)
Andy looks like villain from Miami vice.
Yeah, I thought that was just a Movember thing, but he’s definitely looking sinister
Jonas making a difference tonight. Trying to make up for his poor showing last week.
KLove with the help!!
ANDY get the weak stuff outta here!!!
No way Raptors keep this level of shooting up. Cavs need to challenge more of the passing lanes
Toronto came to play. This is going to be a war in the second half.
This seems like it’s going to be a high scoring game right now
Help me here, Please! An opportunity to fix the Cav’s one major weakness in the Center has flashed before us. The Brooklyn Nets are rumored to be in the midst of clearing house a little and the word is that Boston has the inside track to acquire the three mentioned players on Brooklyn’s roster. The Cav’s should push quickly and confidently to acquire Brooke Lopez. we desperately need a Center and one of the better players appears to be made available sooner than later. Let’s trade Waiters, Haywood and possibly Anderson to bring him to Cleveland, with Le Bron’s permission.… Read more »
That was a lot to post in a Game Thread Greg Johnson.
You’re also OUT OF YOUR MIND if you would trade Dion, Haywood AND Anderson for Lopez. I am not a supporter of such a panic move.
Dude can’t stay healthy. No thanks. Rather have Mozgov or Henson.
Henson in my opinion. He would be inexpensive and available.
Would only trade Dion for someone like Nerlens. Dion just has too much potential.
I wonder if cavs fans over estimate his value because he is on our team. I know some wolves fans who thought Derrick Williams was worth a future top 5 pick. Dude couldn’t admit he was a bust. Thinking dion might be valuable but only to mediocre teams where he can try to be Steve Francis 2.0.
Maybe, but would you trade him for Mozgov or Henson?
Probably not. But that might be because I have watched dion with an eye on what can be. Plus would dion get much time in Milwaukees backcourt? Don’t know if the Bucks would think dion fits. Dion has best fit in Philly. Roster wise and geographically
And it’s “caliber” not “caliper.” If you’re going to beg for people to support something stupid, at least don’t sound stupid doing it.
I would bet money that “Greg Johnson” is actually Brooke Lopez desperately trying to become a Cav.
LOL, or Brook Lopez’s agent
James Johnson taking like 5 steps right there
Don’t know if i like James Jones at the 4.
Raps really looking like a team that has something to prove tonight. They’re shooting the lights out early
Dion staying RED HOT tonight. Showing some nice moves around the basket
Cavs seem to be a step or two slow on closing out on shooters tonight so far.
Raptors red hot. It’s Delly and Dion time!