Game Thread | 2022-23 Season | Game #2 | Cavs @ Bulls | Oct. 22, 2022

Great road win. Damn is this team fun to watch!!

Los216 said:

He's fine, JBB just manages the game terribly with minutes.

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Not a bad thing with the game tomorrow.

Cavs win by 32. 3rd string did well.

Final stats:

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letgocavs said:

Up 20 with 5 left. There aren’t coming back Buddy trust me. Mitchell rolls his ankle or Allen whoever, you’re taking a risk for the season not just this game.

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There are few games in the NBA where a coach pulls the starters on the road with 5 minutes left against a good team with their starters still in. Another 40 seconds passed, the lead expanded, DD ejected and our starters were pulled.

Find some legitimate to bitch about

Quality win without Garland

InBoobieWeTrust said:

He was REALLY good in every other facet of the game besides his pull-up midrange

If LeVert shoots 3-6 from 3, dishes out 8 assists, and plays great defense with a steal and a block...I really don't care that he shot 4-12. If anything, I hope he just erases about 2-4 of those shot attempts and then hes providing everything you could possibly want and more.

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The only way this works is if he abandons those bad shots and hangs out at the perimeter when he doesn't have the ball.

Good Lord this team would be SIIIIIICK with Lavine on it!

InBoobieWeTrust said:

He was REALLY good in every other facet of the game besides his pull-up midrange

If LeVert shoots 3-6 from 3, dishes out 8 assists, and plays great defense with a steal and a block...I really don't care that he shot 4-12. If anything, I hope he just erases about 2-4 of those shot attempts and then hes providing everything you could possibly want and more.

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I think he’ll eventually cut some of it out, especially with Garland there. Through two games, I’m happy with what I’ve seen. He just needs to cutout the off the dribble threes. I think the other stuff gets solved once Garland’s back.

Can we get Lauri back? Offering Okoro brothers. #35 and # 0

Great game!

The Cavs started off slow and than Don Mitch slowly started to take over the game and the Cavs never looked back.

Caris has been a defensive demon. Demar couldnt get going at all. I thought he had a great game besides not being able to make the middy shot.

Cedi has been fantastic early this season

Love was automatic

Neto looked good

I’ve seen enough of Okoro. Give those minutes to Wade.

Mobley looked good.

ROLO was a beast.

Fun game. Washington tomorrow!

Bob_The_Cat said:

I think he’ll eventually cut some of it out, especially with Garland there. Through two games, I’m happy with what I’ve seen. He just needs to cutout the off the dribble threes. I think the other stuff gets solved once Garland’s back.

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I agree

Him being able to dribble, pass, shoot a bit and defend makes him very useful when you have two elite offensive engines like Spyda and DG. Kind of like how Iguodala and Draymond make the GS offense so much more deadly by feeding Klay and Steph.

Im fine with LeVert starting at the 3 most nights. Some nights Dean Wade may be a better matchup but you can always rotate them early. Not that Wade will play over Okoro despite having a god damned picture perfect 3 ball form and being way more versatile on both ends.

Every night pushes me clsoer and closer to wanting to just trade Okoro for Jae Crowder. I dont wanna trade Osman or Dean Wade if I dont absolutely have to. Both are on really good contracts and are producing on the floor.

Hehe

Okoro would look so damn good in that Utah Jazz uni right now.

Individual stats:
Starters:
LeVert 14-4-8 with a steal and a block in 33 minutes and a lot of good defense against DeRozan.
Mobley 16-3-1 with a steal and a block in 25 minutes. 7-9 FG. I want him to play at least 32 minutes and take more shots.
Allen 8-6-2 with a block in 28 minutes. I want 32 minutes & 15 shots. But, it's good for a back to back.
Okoro 2-1-0 in 27 minutes. The less said, the better
Mitchell 32-9-8 with a steal in 34 minutes. 10-19 fg and 4-6 from 3, and 8-9 FT. Efficient!

Bench: 56-25-13 Unbelievable performance. Utter destruction from the bench.
Osman 15-2-4 in 26 minutes 5-8 fg 2-3 from 3 very good backup SF.
Love 15-12-4 and a block in 23 minutes Super efficient 5-9 fg, 5-6 from 3
Neto 6-4-4 with a steal in 15 minutes Very good job tonight. Acceptable backup PG
Lopez 12-3-0 with a block in 15 minutes. 6-7 fg. Chicago had no answer for him.
Stevens 0-1-0 in 4 minutes
I Mobley 3-1-0 in 4 minutes
Wade 5-2-1 in 4 minutes A dominant performance, 2-3 fg, 1-2 from 3.

RubioFanLifer said:

Okoro would look so damn good in that Utah Jazz uni right now.

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Ainge didn't want the raw sewage.