Live Thread: Rockets at Cavs
2018-11-24The Cleveland Cavaliers are fresh off a big win against the Philadelphia 76ers for only their third victory of the season. The Cavs will now go up against another tough match-up in the Houston Rockets and will be doing so on the second night of a back to back. The last time Cleveland played on the second night of a back to back, things got, well, let’s just say ugly. The Cavaliers were pummeled by a less than enthusiastic Wizards team and will be looking to avoid a similar fate against the Rockets.
Houston has had a bit of a rough season themselves with James Harden missing the first portion of the year. However, before losing to the Pistons just last night, they were on a small hot streak with five straight wins. Hopefully their tired legs will be more evident than Cleveland’s own. They will need all the help they can get going against one of the tough Western Conference teams. It would be nice to log two wins in a row but they will have to avoid sloppy turnovers to have a chance at all in this one. That hasn’t been an easy task for Cleveland this season and gets worse when tired. Here’s to hoping for another exciting game. As always, Go Cavs!
Sexton simply has scored better (volume and efficiency considered) than Young, Knox, Shai, and arguably Mikal given Mikal’s limited role. Knox has been bad. Young has been awful. Sexton has been awful, but simply is a far more efficient scorer than Young or knox at this point. The others have been better but in far more limited roles.
Yeah. I think Sexton is a top 5 rookie so far:
1. Doncic
2. Ayton
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3. Jackson (starter on winner)
4. SGA (starter on winner)
5. Sexton
If we keep winning some games & he is productive, and/or the Grizz/Clips stumble or the rooks stop starting, #3 is on the horizon.
Forgot Bagley.
Could care less if Sexton takes a million mid range shots if he averages 15+ ppg on 50+% from the field during the games he starts as a rookie.
Cavs doubled our pleasure this weekend!! Whoot! Whoot! I loved watching every moment of it! CP3 has never done well at the Q even sitting out.
Damn… Bagley went for 20 pts 17 rebounds.
Kyrie played Boston out of a win LMAO…
So weren’t we only supposed to win 3 games through January?
Glad to see even buck is turning around.
Boston going down. Dubs nip Kings by one at home. Got 2 o-boards to take a 1 point lead with 6 sec left & survive a miss & a tip to win by 1.
Cavs 4 back of Celts in the loss column. Let’s go beat the T’Wolves.
Thru 18 games, 9 different leading scorers: Sexton (4), Love (3), Clarkson (3), Hood (3), Korver, Smith, Hill, TT, Osman.
Mavs up 13 on Celtics, 5 minutes left…
One Sexton play I really liked was just an awareness play. Might have been the play where LNJ tweaked the ankle. Took us a while to advance the ball getting everyone untangled.
Sexton realized we were headed for an 8 second and hustled across the line with two quick steps. Not sure Kyrie makes that play.
Or Mo Williams 😁
Boston down 5 after 3 quarters in Dallas. With Smith out & Doncic running point.
AGREE ON T.T. -(ALL STAR )—-WOULD BE GREAT / DESERVING !!
WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE YOUNG BULL “TAKE IT TO ” KYRIE
That would be great 😁
Great slate of games upcoming this week – Timberwolves, Thunder, Celtics, and Raptors. I’m predicting 1-3 but the record doesn’t really matter if they continue to compete like they have the last 3 games.
I can see them going 0-4 but also 3-4. Crazy.
I just hope they beat Boston
Amen. Nwaba clamps down on Kyrie.
Sexton: 29/4/2 on 14-21 FGs. +7.
Clarkson: 20/5/4 on 8/16.
TT: 16/20/2 with 4 steals. +8.
Korver: 12 pts 3/3 from deep. 5 rebs.
Nwaba: 12/4. +11. Harden 3/15 vs him.
LNJ: 8/8.
Hood: 9 pts. 2/4 deep. Dagger 3. +15.
Cedi: +14.
Even the guys who did not shoot well (Nwaba, Cedi) or score much (Hood, LNJ) found ways to contribute. That is winning hoops.
Great summary.
Sexton and Clarkson found their rythm and made their jumpshots. Everyone else did what they needed to do to get the win.
Last night was great but it is definitely even better to see a win without the whole team needing to shoot perfectly.
WOW T.T. WITH 22 REB’S——WONDER HOW MANY CALLS KOLBY IS GETTING ABOUT T.T. —————TOUGH / PROBABLY PREMATURE QUESTION ——–SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED WITH OUR DRAFT POSITION ——OR WITH THE WAY THEY ARE PLAYING —‘FULL STEAM AHEAD —HELL WITH THE DRAFT ‘
Keep TT. No trading.
Agreed. TT not only redeemed himself but he’s also making that contract actually look Team friendly!
Agreed. With Love and Dekker out, they don’t have enough frontcourt depth if they got rid of TT. I also think TT is providing some intangibles in the locker room and his “never back down” spirit is rubbing off on Cedi, Sexton, Clarkson, Hood, etc.
Wow that’s true on TT. He keeps playing this well he’s bound to get an all star invite.
Forget the draft. If we are bad enough to need it, we’ll get it. If we are good enough to lose it, then that means we are actually a good team in Year One without LeBron.
If we are that good then not only will this year be a lot of fun, but also Sexton, Cedi, Nwaba, Nance, Hood, and JC can all keep improving. Not to mention how funny and shocking would it be to see TT in his first All Star game?
Sexton’s shooting is much better than was advertised in the pre-draft process… he definitely is going to keep improving throughout the course of the season
I agree, his problem is taking too many tough shots… But he can definitely shoot.
Plus he is a gym rat/sponge type of guy. He loves to play & compete. He will get better.
No offense at all meant to George Hill, but I really would prefer he not play much from now on…if he can be traded it would be nice…
Hill is way better than Harrison. Way better.
Keep so he can teach some. Then look for a trade. Hill is 48% from deep and 56%? on FGs. Play him less minutes, vs reserves, and trade value will go up. Sexton has to start.
Agree on Harrison…I would prefer Harrison not be on the team, either, but you need bodies…
AGREE WITH YOU CLF ( ON SEXTON )
MAN NWABA HAS TO GET WITH KORVER / DAILY —-IF HE GETS A CONSISTENT JUMPER —LOOK OUT
Yep. He is Bruce Bowen with better finishing at the rim with some more air under that ball.
Getting great contributions from a number of guys: Sexton, TT, Clarkson all excellent tonight. Korver providing some timely shooting. Nwaba affecting the game on the defensive end even when his shot wasn’t falling.
YEP AN “OHIO ” PRO FOOTBALL TEAM WIL WIN TOMORROW ————-HOPE IT IS THE BROWNS TO COMPLETE THE WEEKEND !!
Sexton playing like one of the best rookies in the NBA from a stacked class.
yes
Wins over the Sixers and Rockets, back to back…who woulda thunk it…maybe Duke can beat the Rockets?
Apparently Gonzaga can too, right?
YEP-MIKE O —” DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES “—-O.K. I HAVE HAD TOO MANY “LAGUNITAS ” / GETTING CARRIED AWAY—BUT HEY THIS IS FUN AGAIN !!! : )
I fear for our draft pick. But I do not care.
Great win 💪💪💪
what a win!!!!!!!! Western conference finalists!!!!!
Holy $#!+
2 in a row!
Huge win! Great sports weekend for Ohio. Now the Browns just need to cap it off tomorrow.
Damn good win…nice to see Sexton playing with some swagger…
I like it better. Shooting, aside from Sexton & Korver, was more normal. Won anyway.
What a win!!
Such great energy. These guys are fun to watch.
Clarkson gets a cheap call against the guy who gets all the cheap calls!
I can root for this team, win or lose…
Great drive, Sexton gotta finish that… It was wide open
Capela is a heck of a rim protector, even if he doesn’t register a block
Agreed, but Sexton smoked him and had a wide open layup that he just lost control of. Did the same thing yesterday. It’s the NBA gotta finish better over bigs, probably the weakest part of his game.
Nice find by Sexton, but not great to ‘find’ Nwaba from three right now…
Finally Zebras call it right!
Great drive Sexton Nwaba needs to hit that.
Love how they’re attacking Harden on the offensive end – great side to side action with Hood draining the 3
I like the Cavs roster now…I don’t need JR or Hill…
HOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy Hood!
2 POSSESSIONS THEY REALLY SAT ON HARDEN’S LEFT–HE SETTLED FOR CONTESTED JUMPSHOT —KEEP DEFENDING HIM THAT WAY
Can a staff member look up the stats for Sexton/Clarkson on the floor at the same time during the past 3-4 games?
Sexton/ Clarkson have 47 points…
Clarkson is unconscious!!!
Capt. Bandaid!
Capela going over the back on every possession
Sexton in your face!!!!!!!!
YOUNG BULL!
Sexton!
Officiating getting in the way of deciding the outcome of this game
I hate the Rockets
This is BS.
Ball sometimes lies…
Rockets doing what they do best, acting their way to the FT line
That should have been a no-call!
Terrible freaking call on Nwaba…
Posey tech?!
Nice drive Nwaba, got to finish that tho
Nwaba, gotta make that, dude…
Harden 3-14 with Nwaba on him.
Wow. Remarkable.
He doesn’t let him go left
Harrison with a couple ugly moves.
Iso plus silly TO on a fast break.
Sub in Sexton for Harrison. We can’t let simple mistakes cost us this game.
Yeah, I trust Sexton way more than Harrison…
Two stupid plays by Harrison…if the Cavs lose this, point to those two plays…
Two terrible plays in a row Harrison… At least 5 point swing.
Two bad possessions by Harrison