Just watched the game - very exciting to watch this team play basketball- feels like it is actual basketball again. Really proud of the team and coaching staff. Played hard, moved around, and played with passion.
Basketball is fun to watch with this Cavaliers team. Looking forward to the young players develop and grow. At the same time, TT and Love were amazing too.
I watched the World Series last night and the Cavs game this morning. Awesome win! They hung tough after being behind until halfway through the third quarter and dominated the fourth.
So many things to like. The effort, the emotion, the teamwork. Thompson and Love are leading the way and the young guys are following. Where are the posters who were predicting fewer than 19 wins this year?
The Cavs shot 52.6% from the field and 41.7% on 3's. They dished out 25 assists and crushed the Bulls on the glass 47-32. TT was a stud with 23 points, 10 boards, 5 blocks and great defense. He's serious about getting named to the All-Defensive first team. His offense is on a whole 'nuther level this year.
Love with 17 points, 20 boards, and 6 assists with a team-high +12. What was great to see was the excitement and joy on his face when Porter blocked a shot, grabbed the rebound, and finished with a monster dunk on the other end. You can tell Love enjoys playing on this team.
Speaking of Porter, he had easily his best game yet with a line of 9/4/2 and +7 in 20 minutes. Beilein left him on the floor at crunch time in the 4th quarter when the Cavs were pushing out to a lead and the rookie did not shrink from the moment. He needs work on not letting his man beat him off the dribble, but his quickness and agility is tremendous. He also hit his first NBA three-pointer. He gets to the rim, draws contact, and makes his foul shots. Big upside for this teenager, but he needs to develop a reliable outside shot.
The Bulls only committed 6 turnovers to 17 for the Cavs and normally that adds up to a loss. The Bulls put up 90 shots to only 78 for the Cavs but the Cavs' defense, rebounding, and high shooting percentage carried the day.
Sexton and Clarkson did their jobs on the offensive end. Sexton was in foul trouble most of the way but still put up 18 in 28 minutes, including some spectacular layups in traffic. He's starting to spin his layups off the glass like Kyrie. That dunk over their big man in the final minute brought down the house. He needs to reduce the fouls and turnovers, though.
Cedi had a quiet game but was extremely efficient, hitting 4-of-5 three pointers. Those 12 points were huge. That's all we need out of him.
The Bulls are now 1-4 so they're not a good team and the Cavs were at home. But it was still a great win. This team is going to get better week by week. I'm not sure how Beilein is going to work Henson, Windler, and Zizic into the lineup once they are ready. The starting five is solid and we have a nice bench of Nance, Clarkson, Porter and Delly. It's going to be a very interesting season.
