Game Thread 2019-20 Season Game #47 | Cleveland Cavaliers vs Detroit Pistons | Jan 27th, 2020

[avs2000]

Good game, started off with Sexton taking a back seat... Love and Thompson really efficient. Add a little Porter sauce and Nance's version of the Energizer bunny, and the Pistons stopped trying.. Sexton and McKinnie shine when everyone stops playing defense..

I think this demonstrates the subtle difference Porter makes, and shows that TT and Love would be the center of this team if the goal was to win.. Maybe Sexton learning a bit.. more awareness and did not play ballhog until the game was effectively over..

Sexton outplays garland every game. Sexton is not the issue Garland is. He sucks

 

[ansatsusha80]

They should just cut sexton now He is horrible.

Mind as well because people will find some way to complain about him. He could average a quadruple-double and they'll complain about it.

He's been passing the ball a lot more ,the last two and half weeks and people are still complaining about him.

 

[Szuch77]

Sexton wtf?

What did he do at the end of the game? I missed it.

 

[Rich]

What did he do at the end of the game? I missed it.

He tried a silly bounce alley-oop thing.

Which, the game is over so its not a huge deal but showboating when your team blows dongs is a little much.

 

[red.]

What did he do at the end of the game? I missed it.

Had a few turnovers at the end. JB should’ve sat him and played the bench!

Still had a stellar game, just played too many minutes at the end.

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

The Cavs catch a huge break with Rose unexpectedly being out which was a bridge too far for the Pistons. Without Griffin, Rose, Kennard, and Snell they were pretty much Drummond and a cast of backups.

That being said, the Cavs played well and were very balanced with a lot of players contributing. Start with 25 assists which contributed to 50% shooting. They won the battle of the boards 45-37 and held Drummond to 15 points and 8 boards, which is almost astonishing.

Kevin Love had 20 points in 24 minutes. TT had 17 and 11, bouncing back nicely from a tough stretch. Sexton got 23, which is not unusual, but those 5 assists are probably a career high. All five Cavs starters were +10 to +19 which is great to see, even against a depleted Pistons lineup.

Nance had a 10/5/3 line with 2 blocks and some excellent passing. McKinnie had 15 points in 25 minutes, hitting 3's and skying for dunks and put-backs. Best of all, Kevin Porter Jr is back. He looked a little rusty airballing a 3, but he was a +11 in 16 minutes as he was very active on defense and had a beautiful and-one on a driving layup.

It was a nice, balanced effort with good defense, rebounding, solid shooting, and a lot of assists. They only made 9 shots from long range and 10 free throws so most of their points came on 2-point shots, mostly in the paint. Outside of Love and McKinnie the Cavs were 1-for-12 on 3's so that was disappointing, but hey, we're never going to have a perfect game. I'm just glad to get a W after seven straight losses.

Last night I watched the Pelicans, with Zion Williamson back, take apart the Celtics so I'm not expecting another win tomorrow so it's good we got this one.

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

Nance does a good job of keeping movement on offense and does find open men.

Nance is playing the best basketball of his career this month. I'm thinking he may have turned a corner. He's averaging 66.7% from the field in January and 46.2% on 3's. I just wish he could block a few shots. The two he had tonight were his first two of the month. He had gone eight straight games without a blocked shot which is crazy for a guy who jumps as well as he does at 6''7".

 

[dartandbeer]

I know delly can’t shoot for shit but seriously not even any garbage time?
F you Beilein

 

[CleveRocks]

Sexton outplays garland every game. Sexton is not the issue Garland is. He sucks

Garland is already a better point guard.. Sexton gets his points, but winning basketball requires efficient scoring. Tonight in the first half, we played some good defense and the scoring was primarily Love and Tristan, with some Kevin Porter spice. All three were very efficient..that continued out of the gate in the third, with Nance showing up, but once we got up, Sexton took the scoring load along with McKinnie..

Garland will struggle until he is strong enough to run with NBA athletes.. He is getting minutes beyond his ability this year, which will speed his development, but he is definitely a weak spot..I think he is getting better, and the bright spot is that he has been healthy..

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

Looks like Garland may have hit a wall now that we're past 40 games. Let's see how he comes out after the All-Star break.

I saw this in the cleveland.com game column on Sexton:

“What’s exciting is when he doesn’t make the reads right, and you see his recognition that he didn’t,” Beilein said of the second-year guard. “The excitement and the thirst he has to get better, it’s really fun to coach him.”

Early in the third, Sexton got past Detroit’s Svi Mykhalliuk on the perimeter and scored before Drummond could rotate to him at the basket. When the Pistons adjusted later in the half, Sexton penetrated and found Tristan Thompson and Alfonso McKinnie for dunks on two separate occasions.

Sexton had five assists last night and you could see him making better decisions and recognizing when he can get the ball on the glass without getting blocked and when he needs to dish off. It's great to see that improvement.