Game Thread | Game #15 | Hornets @ Cavs | Nov. 18, 2022

[CavsKermit]

Cavs were outscored 35-10 on turnovers. Disgraceful.

They also gave up 17 offensive rebounds. It's a miracle they won.

Another unbelievable choke job as they led by 10 points with 1:45 left. Somehow they let Charlotte scored 14 points in 1:44. Are you freaking kidding me? The Hornets got a layup and then went 4-for-4 from deep.

Other than those four 3's at the end of the 4th quarter they were 10-for-42 from deep.

Mobley had an awesome game with a line of 21/18/5 with 2 steals, 2 blocks, and lots of contested shots that were missed. He's really coming on, but no more 3-point attempts in OT, please.

Allen was a monster with 20 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Garland had a great shooting game with 41 points but those 8 turnovers really hurt. He and Mitchell combined for 14 of the Cavs' 19 turnovers. I love the points but they need to take better care of the ball.

The bench was awful, scoring just 13 points in 72 mintues. But LeVert had a monster defensive play early in the 2nd overtime, stealing the ball from Oubre and also drawing Oubre's sixth foul. Not having him on the floor the last three minutes was huge, especially when Rozier finally ran out of gas after 42 minutes and missed a couple of 3's.

Okoro had five fouls in 16 minutes. He's not a good defender, IMO. He gets beat for buckets as much as anybody and he fouls like crazy. Stevens didn't contribute much, either, going 1-for-5 with 3 points and 3 fouls in 29 minutes. We need Wade badly. And Rubio.

LeVert was 1-for-8. He cannot buy a 2-pointer. His only bucket was a layup. He continues to get open looks right in front of the rim and doesn't come close to making them. He's 2-for-13 the last two games.

If the Hornets had LaMelo they win this one easily. This was not an impressive win. As I feared, the Cavs let Oubre get going and he had 34 points in 37 minutes. Wish we had him on our team.

P.J. Washington was impressive. Averaging 15 points he scored 28 with 10 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 steals.

The Cavs have some big problems. Their bench sucks. They once again got hammered in the last 2-3 minutes of a game they appeared to have won. And they have nothing at small forward, except possibly Wade.

Okoro's a very good defender who gets whistled for the same thing that opposing defenders do to Garland or Mitchell on a routine basis.

 

[Pierre Pan]

Lauri with a career high 36 and counting, Jazz up 4 on the Suns with 2:00 left

 

[DCTribefan]

Miami would take that in a heart-beat. Robinson's contract is bad and he has been garbage the last two seasons. They DNP'd him in the playoffs last season.

And he would be beneficial to take on? Really?

 

[Benway]

Mobley as today’s junkyard dog with career high 18 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks, 2 steals, and 21 points. Very key in getting that offensive rebound to Garland in sending it to 2OT. Was poised and physical tonight.

Them's some big feets.

 

[Pierre Pan]

Holy shit. What a shot by Lauri….deep turnaround 2 with the shot clock winding down; up to 38 with 15 for 18 shooting

 

[Pierre Pan]

Them's some big feets.

It’s the angle; one I always prefer when having my Johnson photographed

 

[Bob_The_Cat]

Okoro doesn’t just provide nothing, he’s routinely a net negative.

2 wing spots absolutely wasted on Okoro and Windler. Stevens is fine but shouldn’t need to play 30 minutes ever.

Wade is a significant upgrade from all of them but that only fixes so much… and Cedi getting only 7 minutes when the bench sputtered yet again?

Wade will definitely be an upgrade, and he’ll be our best option until we make a trade, but I’m just not sure if he’s durable enough to be a starting SF in the NBA. Would be a great combo forward off the bench though.

 

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[Bob_The_Cat]

The Bulls are crashing and burning.

I'd take Alex Caruso easily.

He's not having a good season, and he doesn't fill the SF hole, but he still would be an upgrade over Okoro and Osman.

We probably don’t have what it’d take to get him, but I wonder at what point they’d consider moving DeRozan. I’m sure if their pick wasn’t only too 4 protected they might consider tanking, though they might not have any other choice.

 

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[InBoobieWeTrust]

I’ll say this as a positive.

Sometimes when you lose 5 straight, and everything that was going right is now going wrong, you just need a win. Any win. Any way. Any how.

We showed the capability to play some seriously high level basketball for the first 9.95 games.

This team can work. We’re not perfect but we are a lot better than we have been since blowing the lead during the Clippers game.

I think we will get back on track in a real way after tonight.

 

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[Alec]

Double OT against an AWFUL and hurt team, at home.

 

[Alec]

When will Altman fix the broken wing situation?