Game Thread | Game #52 | Clippers @ Cavs | Jan. 29, 2023

[cavsfever]

C Zubac 7'0"
PF Batum 6'8" (age 34)
SF Kennard 6'5"
SG Powell 6'3"
PF Jackson 6'2" (age 32)

Bench:

Mann 6'5" (4th year, 75 career starts)
Boston 6'6" (2021 2nd round pick)
Coffey 6'7" (4th year, 40 career starts)
Diabate 6'10" (rookie 2nd round pick)

We're dead meat.

Three out of five starters shoot over 40% from 3 and the fourth (Jackson) shoots 36%.

 

[kevincleveland]

Clippers by 9

 

[Jscc]

The Heat lost, but I'm not sure what that even means because my faith in this team is nearing empty.

 

[Cement]

 

[ice cream man]

Disagree with Mitchell playing tonight, but what do I know? Maybe he's truly 100%. Let's see if he could get away from dominating the ball tonight.

 

[bushwick_bill]

Disagree with Mitchell playing tonight, but what do I know? Maybe he's truly 100%. Let's see if he could get away from dominating the ball tonight.

He’s an absolutely must play tonight. Feels like the season is on the line here…

 

[kookoo]

So, is it just me or do a bunch of teams rest their players against us? I don't know if it's just coincidence or...

 

[David.]

So, is it just me or do a bunch of teams rest their players against us? I don't know if it's just coincidence or...

Ot looks like everyone just plays their schedule. They concede games where it's close on paper but their main dudes are hurt or tired. Or on back to backs, or playing Cleveland when we're home when the opponent is on a road trip.

 

[kookoo]

Ot looks like everyone just plays their schedule. They concede games where it's close on paper but their main dudes are hurt or tired. Or on back to backs, or playing Cleveland when we're home when the opponent is on a road trip.

So, coincidence.

 

[ticon12389]

 

[KilgoreTrout]

Schedule loss.

 

[jjvors]

I hate to predict and be wrong, but I love to predict and be right. So I'll go ahead. We have a 55% chance of winning and will win 119-114.

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

Schedule loss.

For which team?

 

[MirORich]

So, is it just me or do a bunch of teams rest their players against us? I don't know if it's just coincidence or...

Well you could just take a look at the schedule and see the Clips played last night with Kawhi at 39 minutes and PG13 at 37 minutes. Also 3rd game and 4th night and resting thise two in these situations. Especially Kawhi, has been par for the course all season long

The Golden State gane was second night of a b2b with the first night an OT game against BOS in which the 4 starters who sat all played big minutes.

So I tend to think it lends more to scheduling coincidence and team specific situations behind any thing else

 

[Rich]

The load management is killing my interest in this league. And fast.

I normally side with today's guys when the NBA legends of the past shit on them about this and that and how they'd dominate them.

But this is one area they have the right to do it. The 82 game schedule didn't just start two years ago. It was worse 30 years ago with three games in three nights. No one was bitching then. There was no load management then.

Just reeks of entitlement and softness. People need to stop spending money to go to this shit.