Game Thread | 2020-21 Season | Games #67 and #68 | Cavs @ Mavs and Mavs @ Cavs | May 7 and 9, 2021

[Rodzilla]

I asked you a question.

What is your deal, specifically, with SExton.

For instance right now he's -9, which is tied for 2nd BEST on the team tonight. In a game they're losing by 20.

So, one last time, your deal with Sexton?

sexton is not delly, so that is my problem

i also have a problem with you and your posts about delly being -18 on the season and mocking him that he should retire but praise sexton for being -9 and improving to -81 recently, you should be embarrassed with this double standard

the team was doing better when delly was on the court no matter how bad he looked, everyone elses shooting percentages skyrocketed up with delly on court

 

[Dr No]

This season needs to end. No one played well tonight, except maybe Kabengele. We are out of gas. Nothing good happens from here.

 

[hud11]

Orlando, Okc are likely not winning another game this year, although anything can happen lat weekend when playoff teams rest starters.

Minnesota is likely to beat Detroit on Tuesday, I don’t expect Detroit to win again, so they are locked in at 2.

will Cavs win another? That Brooklyn game has me nervous. Seems worst case scenario is Cavs/wolves tied with 22 wins, best case scenario is some sort of tie for 2/3/4, most likely is a tie for 3/4/5. Then it comes down to coin flips, I’m not worried about lotto balls, only where they would place if they don’t get in top4. Big drop off from 5 to 6 it seems.

 

[Rich]

sexton is not delly, so that is my problem

i also have a problem with you and your posts about delly being -18 on the season and mocking him that he should retire but praise sexton for being -9 and improving to -81 recently, you should be embarrassed with this double standard

the team was doing better when delly was on the court no matter how bad he looked, everyone elses shooting percentages skyrocketed up with delly on court

Brother, I like Delly. I don't like you. Because every single night you'd stroll in to a game thread and declare how Delly was the only reason the team was competitive or winning or shooting well or not losing by 80. or whatever it needed ot be that night.

You harped on +/- endlessly.

 

[Rodzilla]

Delly was playing in line-ups with SExton and Hartenstein and Nance.

Like I said, Sexton just played with a lineup of Anderson Varejao, Daymean Dotson, Broderic Thomas, and Mfiondu Kabengele.

Get the difference?

oh please, delly started vs the pelicans with sexton and garland out injured, the cavs were unlucky not to win that game, it took a 75% court buzzer beater and zion to go off with 38pts (16-22) to beat the cavs by 7

maybe delly needed to play worse and have -35 or something so that you would respect him more?

 

[Rich]

oh please, delly started vs the pelicans with sexton and garland out injured, the cavs were unlucky not to win that game, it took a 75% court buzzer beater and zion to go off with 38pts (16-22) to beat the cavs by 7

maybe delly needed to play worse and have -35 or something so that you would respect him more?

I respect Delly. I don't respect you, who only comes into the Cleveland Cavaliers game threads to run down every one else on the team to prop up a dude that has played 10% of the games this season.

 

[Rodzilla]

Brother, I like Delly. I don't like you. Because every single night you'd stroll in to a game thread and declare how Delly was the only reason the team was competitive or winning or shooting well or not losing by 80. or whatever it needed ot be that night.

You harped on +/- endlessly.

not every single night, i gave the cavs a chance to play ok without delly and they failed so now im claiming victory on this topic

this is another almost 30pt loss and of course its my time to shine

 

[Rich]

not every single night, i gave the cavs a chance to play ok without delly and they failed so now im claiming victory on this topic

this is another almost 30pt loss and of course its my time to shine

BTW Sexton's -9 tonight is gonna tie for best on the team.

SO congrats on being wrong, yet again.

 

[Rodzilla]

I respect Delly. I don't respect you, who only comes into the Cleveland Cavaliers game threads to run down every one else on the team to prop up a dude that has played 10% of the games this season.

im telling the truth about the team being better when delly was playing and they are much worse without him

what do you want me to do? lie?

 

[OptimusPrime]

not every single night, i gave the cavs a chance to play ok without delly and they failed so now im claiming victory on this topic

this is another almost 30pt loss and of course its my time to shine

The whole team is -116 in the last 5 games, so -90 looks pretty good in comparison. You should probably dig deeper and find a new target if you want anyone to give a shit what you have to say.

 

[Rich]

The whole team is -116 in the last 5 games, so -90 looks pretty good in comparison. You should probably dig deeper and find a new target if you want anyone to give a shit what you have to say.

The target last time was the Cavs shooting percentage.

Nevermind that that was with Taurean Prince and Nance and Hartenstein and the whole rest of the squad healthy for that stretch. Meanwhile we now have Daymean Dotson and Anderson Varejao shooting jumpers at current time.

 

[Rich]

@Rodzilla BTW this was not the game to try and do this. Sexton was, by like ten miles, our best player on the court all night. From an effort standpoint alone he stood head and shoulders above the rest of the starting unit. You'd think for a guy who loves Delly you'd respect a dude who plays his ass off all the time no matter the score.

 

[Rodzilla]

BTW Sexton's -9 tonight is gonna tie for best on the team.

SO congrats on being wrong, yet again.

-81 in the last 5 games for an average of -16.2 per game

you once came at me when delly had a sequence of -1, 0, -2, -11 (total -14)

btw if you go back and count delly +/- over the last 2 years he is somewhere between 0 and -18 in 70 games, this is like a hercules type performance

 

[Rodzilla]

The whole team is -116 in the last 5 games, so -90 looks pretty good in comparison. You should probably dig deeper and find a new target if you want anyone to give a shit what you have to say.

-90 looks good when the team is -116? are you sure about that?

to me that sounds like most of the damage is done when sexton is playing, but the point is the team is -116 without delly, so i win anyway

the team over the last 2 years is somewhere between 0 and -18 with delly over 70 games so that looks good in comparison

 

[ryanf]

This conversation has turned to yuck. Someone comparing plus minuses in different timeframes? Like, in the middle of the season when the team is trying to win vs the end when the team is actively tanking? Jeezuz...