Recap: Cavs 98, Bucks 107
2012-04-04
The Cavs lost. It wasn’t really as close as the score indicates. I was kind of surprised Kyrie Irving’s suit wasn’t better. Here are facts based on things that actually happened:
–Monta Ellis scored 16 straight points to end the game.
–Anthony Parker finished with 27 points, seven boards, four assists, three steals, and one turnover. This game was not played inside a wormhole that made it 1999. At least I don’t think that happened because Brandon Jennings would’ve been, like, nine.
–A man named Lester Hudson played 28 minutes for a professional basketball team. He took 13 shots, missed most of them, and I have literally no idea who he is.
–Donald Sloan can tell people he is a starting point guard. Good for Donald!
–Antawn Jamison wore a Mavericks jersey and was paid the veteran’s minimum for this game. Rick Carlisle was displeased with his performance.
–Samardo Samuels was a minus-22.
–Tristan Thompson was plus-13.
–No idea how that happened.
–The Bucks shot a higher percentage from the field than they did from the free throw line.
–The Cavs shot 51% better from the free throw line than they did from the field.
–I kinda zoned out around the third quarter and started paying attention to the Heat/Thunder game (very entertaining, by the way). I snapped back in when the Cavs cut it to single-digits in the fourth. I don’t know why. They were definitely still going to lose.
–There was this one really cool moment when LeBron jumped in the passing lane, tipped a pass, ran alongside the rolling ball and then—nope, that was the Heat/Thunder game. Sorry, guys.
–Brandon Jennings is the opposite of Luke Harangody. He’s like Luke Harangody antimatter. Luke Harangody touched Brandon Jennings and instantly transformed into a pile of grapes.
–There are 14 games left in the Cavaliers’ season.
I lied about some of the things. See if you can guess which ones. Raptors on Friday. Until tomorrow, friends.
I’m down with MKG, Beal or Barnes. They should pick in the top 5 and they will bring in a solid addition. Drummond is the man of mystery with an outside shot. It would be tough to pass on his ceiling at 5 or 6.
Jimbo, thank you. I really like Barnes and think he would be awesome in the Ketch and Must with Kyrie. Pair those 2 with Thompson and Varejao and that is a pretty good starting four. I like the idea of getting Beal and maybe Terrance Jones (maaaaaybe, we’ll probably be picking too late for him) with the 2nd 1st round pick. That gives us a solid solid starting 5 with Gee off the bench. I like MKG but he really needs to work on his outside shot, it isn’t developed like Barnes is and just looks funky. Any of Barnes,… Read more »
Anyone watching Dwight Howard go for two points through three quarters on the same day that his coach accused him on having inside info that Dwight wanted him fired?
What a nightmare for Orlando. At least Lebron waited until his last week in Cleveland to turn everything into a cluster*@!#.
Man, I call BS in this post. It’s not funny and if the writer can’t be bothered to write something worth reading about the game, I wish the blog owners would replace him with someone who will. Btw, too bad u didn’t pay attention as Hudson actually ran the pick n roll w/TT better than any PG has this season, including Kyrie! Just sayin’…
I still think Harrison Barnes paired with a solid guard in Kyrie can be an effective player. Just don’t depend on him to be an iso-hero.
Also, there is not a chance that the line up last night could beat Kentucky.
Hahaha, I think Colin is slowly losing it. Hang in there man! 11% chance for Anthony Davis
top three a davis mkg and beal all sound perfect. you got tt to play pf but lets be real ad23 is getting taking first no matter who is picking and tt whose a fan favorite is still no anthony davis and we cavs fans would salivate to add him to our roster. mkg at sf a position of need. beal at sg love beal what he brings defensively and his huge rebound numbers definatly a bonus considering the a tad undersized sg label hes trying to avoid. however beal has some point skills and though kyrie is a pure… Read more »
What a contrast to the beginning of the season when Kyrie and Tristan had to “earn” their PT from Scott. Now 10 day contracts and the like are starting. Could you imagine if the Cavs swung the LA deal to include Fisher? Not a bad idea (for 3.4M + 2 more seasons) to have a guy that can impart some wisdom to Kyrie before riding off into the sunset. Fisher getting traded to HOU probably shows how much LAL appreciated him. He could take the buyout and sign with a team of his choosing. He should think hard about that.… Read more »
Are we including pictures of tanks in every recap for the rest of the year? I’m on board, but apparently missed the memo.
I can only hope that Harangody actually turned into a pile of grapes so that we never have to see him play again. Or maybe a pile of grapes would be better than Lester Hudson. Can someone remind me why Anthony Parker didn’t make the All Star team? The dude is a baller. But now that Eric Gordon and Carl Landry are back, I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if the Hornets somehow strung together enough W’s to jump ahead of us in the overall standings. It all depends on how well we play in our next three games (Toronto, New… Read more »
Man, it’s kind of depressing how right Hollinger’s power rankings can be.
Definitely not BS: http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/3996/lester-hudson
Definitely calling BS on this “Lester Hudson” dude…i mean, it just doesn’t make any sense…
I’m not sure which team would win if you asked someone on the street to name as many healthy Cavs or Indians as they could. Maybe even streets in Cleveland.