NBA Champion - Cleveland Cavaliers 2016-2017 Season Thread

• like_that

  

  friendfromlowry;1846295 wrote:Hawks taking care of Boston tonight. Eastern standings are getting pretty interesting. Bulls and Pacers tied for 7th/8th right now. Bulls have a few cake games to end the season - same with Indiana minus playing Toronto. Miami (a half game back in 9th) on the other hand plays at Toronto and Washington, Cleveland, then Washington again lol.

  Hawks already announced that milsap won't be playing tomorrow. Cavs better take care of business, because if they win tomorrow that's essentially a wrap on the 1 seed.
  
  Edit: that's assuming the hawks don't choke tonight away.
• Laley23

  

  They essentially have a 2 games lead, right? Loss tonight by Boston and W tomorrow makes it 3?
• sleeper

  

  Laley23;1846308 wrote:They essentially have a 2 games lead, right? Loss tonight by Boston and W tomorrow makes it 3?

  Yes. Basically would make the magic # 1 so the Cavs just have to win one more game or have Boston lose a game with 3 remaining.
• Laley23

  

  sleeper;1846309 wrote:Yes. Basically would make the magic # 1 so the Cavs just have to win one more game or have Boston lose a game with 3 remaining.

  Thanks, back now and checked out the standings.
  
  I think Indiana could very well beat Boston, if that ends up the 2-7 matchup. Nobody will touch Cleveland the first. Washington could give them some trouble...like a 6 game series of single digit games.
• like_that

  

  Laley23;1846319 wrote:Thanks, back now and checked out the standings.
  
  I think Indiana could very well beat Boston, if that ends up the 2-7 matchup. Nobody will touch Cleveland the first. Washington could give them some trouble...like a 6 game series of single digit games.

  If the Cavs win tonight, that pretty much wraps up the 1 seed. They SHOULD win tonight. Atlanta played last night and Milsap won't be playing tonight. Win this game and rest everyone up to the playoffs. Also, I think out of all the teams, Toronto will cause the most problems for the Cavs. As for the first round, I would still prefer to avoid a team that has a superstar. Give me the Heat, but it most likely will be Indiana, because the Bulls have a very light schedule to end the season.
  
  I can see Boston losing to the bucks/pacers/bulls in the first round. Hell, even the Hawks will give them a very difficult time.
• SportsAndLady

  

  So...Deron Williams is not very good :/
• SportsAndLady

  

  2nd quarter has been awful.
  
  Losing by 9 points against a .500 team without multiple starters.
• like_that

  

  I really hate regular season cavs.
• slingshot4ever

  Fox sports Ohio is showing the reds game up here in Toledo...can't even see the cavs...blessing in disguise
• Sonofanump

  Sad performance against Hawks second squad.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Inexcusable. If Lue hadn't won it last yr, I'd consider firing his ass.
• Midstate01

  

  It's their effort that pisses me off so often. Like just try hard. They thought they were gonna just jack 3s all night, running no offense and the Hawks were just gonna lay down for them.
  
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• Midstate01

  

  I hate the Warriors, but those guys play so hard every game. They hate losing. I respect that.
  
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• Benny The Jet

  

  Last night sucks, and I get that. But the fact that they put forth the playoff effort and housed the Celtics at their place, makes me still comfortable with them being able to literally flip the switch when they want. Why they didn't last night? I can only assume when they saw before the game who wasn't playing, that intensity went out the window.
• friendfromlowry

  Lol what are the Bulls doing. Tied now for the 8th spot after losing to Brooklyn.
• sleeper

  

  Liggins waived today. Varejao's name is being tossed around to replace him.
• friendfromlowry

  Frye wants NO part in guarding Dwight.
• like_that

  

  Glad they played like this against the B team hawks on Friday....
• sleeper

  

  Epic collapse. OT now after being up 26 in the 4th.
• like_that

  

  Wtf happened?!?! They were also up 111-106 with 10 seconds left.
• Benny The Jet

  

  This team is full of awful decision makers at end of games. Almost every night you can count on an idiotic foul while someone is shooting. It was LeBron tonight
• sleeper

  

  Benny The Jet;1846612 wrote:This team is full of awful decision makers at end of games. Almost every night you can count on an idiotic foul while someone is shooting. It was LeBron tonight

  This sums it up.
  
  Terrible decision making and low effort. Cavs are going to lose.
• sleeper

  

  I blame Lue 100%. Absolute dog shit coaching and dog shit preparation.
• SportsAndLady

  

  lol Jesus they lost this game? Inexcusable. They were up 20 pts the entire damn game smh.
• Benny The Jet

  

  sleeper;1846614 wrote:I blame Lue 100%. Absolute dog shit coaching and dog shit preparation.

  I agree. Tired of seeing his open mouth-stare while things are crumbling around him.