Live Thread: Cavs vs. Knicks (#EverythingsNotAwesome)
2019-02-11
Everything’s not awesome
Everything’s not cool
I am so depressed
Everything’s not awesome
Whoa, I think I finally get Radiohead
(Bro, you should check out Elliott Smith)
What’s the point
There’s no hope
Awesomeness was a pipe dream
(Aye, my spirits be at the bottom of the sea)
Love’s not real
I just want to eat carbs
Pass the ice cream
(I’m not a thing you can just use to fill emotional voids with)
Stop. Everyone okay, just… ugh, listen…
Everything’s not awesome
But that doesn’t mean that it’s hopeless and bleak
Everything’s not awesome
But in my heart I believe
We can make things better
If we stick together
Side by side you and I
We will build it together
(Build it together, together forever)
This song’s gonna get stuck inside your…
This song’s gonna get stuck inside your…
This song’s gonna get stuck inside your…
Heart
Everything’s not awesome
Things can’t be awesome all of the time
It’s unrealistic expectation
But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try
To make everything awesome
In a less idealistic kind of way…
These are most of the lyrics from the main song in the new Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. I’ll be honest, the movie wasn’t awesome. But, it did get me thinking about the Cavs this season. Sure, everything’s not awesome like it used to be, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be again. First though, the Cavs have to endure another tank battle with the New York Knicks for the opportunity to draft Zion Williamson this summer… and get on the road to being awesome again.
Kevin Love should be there, even if Cedi Osman and Tristan Thompson are still out. Maybe even the nomadic Sauce Castillo will make things a little more awesome with an appearance.
Prediction: The Knicks, who are trying to be a little less awesome than the Cavs these days in the race for the number one draft position, tank just a little harder as Cleveland wins 98-88.
Catch all the action… starting right now on FSO, and don’t forget to chime in your awesome thoughts below…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stH37F4B7k8
Rough sequence for sauce…. Bad shot, then bad turnover
Terrible shot there from Sauce.
Stauskas will find his shot… but his hustle and D have been surprising so far…
He’s an athlete and he hustled, I like it
Nice passing against the zone, Sexton just missed the wide open shot.
Bet Spike Lee digs watching this crew…
Great ball swing by Sauce… Sexton just missed the open three…
7 guys have at least one 3. Clarkson & YB both 0/2 and Delly hasn’t tried one.
Nance and Love have a good chance.to be a really good high low passing starting combo.
Cavs putting forth best effort to lose. Pulling love and knight is getting pulled next. Knicks so bad though it might not work
Sauce & Jr back to back triples. Up 17.
Refreshing to see all these three attempts…finally…
NANC3!
Nance 3!!!!!!!
At the half:
Love 14/9 on 4/10 & 2/6 3s. +13.
Sexton 11 pts & 2 dimes. 5/11. +18.
Knight: 9 pts. 3/4 3s. +7.
Nwaba: 3 pts/4 rebs. +15.
LNJ: 2/7/4 +15
Chriss: 12 pts on 4/4 & 2/2 3s. +2.
Delly. 8 pts on 4/4.
Love done for the night. Knight 5 min left.
Sexton, Knight, Stauskas, Nwaba, LNJ.
Sauce with the 3!!!! Nice kick out Sexton!
Hated the Sexton iso 20 footer against Knox. Just because you have a larger guy (who also happens to be a great athlete) switched on you doesn’t mean you have to iso and settle.
Great plays by Nance!!!
Knox is so bad…
Yeah, he has not been impressive to me at all…really all year…
Yes. He looks (size/athletically) the part of a guy that has star potential, but he has a very long long long way to go.
Sexton with some impossible no glass fingerroll finishes tonight
KLove done for the night?
Yes
Sexton has outplayed Smith so far tonight.
I’m not convinced Smith is good…
Me neither.
Neither was Dallas.
Some great passes by Nance tonight leading to wide open shots, not all of which have been made.
Is fratello cameo a permanent thing??? Love his takes
I wish.
Delly floater nice tonight. I don’t think Stauskas is an nba player. Never been a good enough shooter in the nba to make up for his other weaknesses. Maybe couldn’t extend his range.
AND YES GOOD JOB OF THE YOUNG BULL BATTLING BACK FROM A BAD START ——SHOWS SOME GROWTH THERE
knight-chriss = 30% of scoring (21/63).. probably way out in front of my skis, BUT.. i feel strangely optimistic about this team.. the deal with rockets may be one of those rare events (seemingly insignificant at first, but with a little perspective, apparently monumental).. plus, the rockets 1st.. is koby a savant? can he pull the rabbits out of the hat in a few months? we will see.. but the phoenix has risen.. this is f^*ckin remarkable.. uncle buck is all in on the cavs.. heck of a turnaround.. from deader than dead to alive, well and living in the… Read more »
THE ROCKET “PICK UPS ” HAVE 21 PTS —–7/8 FROM THE FIELD —–AND YES EVIL NEED TO HIVE DELLY SOME LOVE !!!————KNICK FANS –CHANTING ” ZION “
Man Herzonja is so bouncy. Thought he was going to be a very good player when he came in. Not much of anything but a dunker though.
How about Delly… 4-4 for 8 points and three assists…
He really ran that second unit well especially given all the new guys
“CHRISS CAN’T MISS “
In other news, the New York Knicks haven’t played competent basketball in 12 years.
Really encouraging to Sexton playing better. He was driving me insane for most of the year
He looked healthy, if not in top fitness…
This Knicks team stinks, and I mean STINKS, but Cavs pretty entertaining that half…
Chriss with some nice plays tonight.
Delly was great that quarter. I don’t think the Cavs have anyone bad enough to lose this.
Yeah, we might be screwed. Definitely have to sit Love. Probably should rest Nance, Clarkson, Nwaba, and Delly. They’ve all been injured at some point, right?
Knight and Chriss are 5-6 combined from three…
They can both shoot…. At least better than Jones blossom game and Payne imo
Love plays 16 minutes. Cavs up 15.
Whoa! Sexton in a blur!
Sexton blow by!!!!!!!! Ridiculous speed!!!
Knight looks not awful.
As an OSU fan, I always flash back to that game winner he hit vs OSU in the round of 16.
OSU #1 seed. KY #4. Think they went on to cut down the nets. I thought OSU would have if theycwin that game.
Chriss hits another.
Chriss again for 3!!!!!!!
God, I want the Knicks to end up with garbage this summer.
That YB drive earlier….
Klove drive!!!! Draws foul!
Sexton has a weird hitch in his shot tonight. Feel like he has adjusted his release about three times this year
Knight another 3!!!!!!
Love is gassed.
Not surprising
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Some things never change, like DJ destroying Cavs in the paint…
Love still not getting cslls.
Two men game with knight and love!!!
Allen is punishing Sexton. Push off there.
http://cdn3.sbnation.com/imported_assets/751436/kightrider2a.jpg
Knox is bricking.
Knox air ball…
Love playing well except for the outlet tovs.
Love needs to chill on the long outlets.
Lovd back again. Up 12.
Blitzing this squad!
Nance with hustle!!!!
Love with the planned bank of the backboard right to LNJ for the jam…
Sexton with speed and finish and 1!!!! Take that Knox !!!
More Love minutes…
Wow, Sexton! Nice finish!
Cavs aren’t good, but this Knicks team is a travesty…will be different next year with KD and Kyrie…
Maybe. If KD doesn’t care about winning and if Kyrie could stay healthy for once
Vonleh just moved his pivot foot twice…