Re: 2024 Playoffs Round 1: Cavs (4) / Magic (5) (4-3)
Posted: Sun May 5, 2024 8:22 pm
3rd times a charm! A short break and tough 2nd round series.
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jbk1234 wrote:Very happy good LeVert showed up today.
Impressed with JBB's innovative second half strategy of just don't play any of our sucky PF options and give TT 3 minutes so Mobley can get a quick blow. Not sure it scales, but in a Game 7, it worked. I thought he did a pretty good job with timeouts as well given the fact there would be no rotations.
Hopefully, Allen can go Tuesday. Also, anyone have any info as far as Wade? It's been two months which is a long time for a non-surgery injury.
toooskies wrote:jbk1234 wrote:Very happy good LeVert showed up today.
Impressed with JBB's innovative second half strategy of just don't play any of our sucky PF options and give TT 3 minutes so Mobley can get a quick blow. Not sure it scales, but in a Game 7, it worked. I thought he did a pretty good job with timeouts as well given the fact there would be no rotations.
Hopefully, Allen can go Tuesday. Also, anyone have any info as far as Wade? It's been two months which is a long time for a non-surgery injury.
Playing small against a Porzingis-less Celtics squad should be plenty viable for however long we need to do it. Okoro or Strus on Tatum isn't ideal but Horford and Kornet shouldn't kill us inside.
I'm sure jb will try to use Niang against him loljbk1234 wrote:toooskies wrote:jbk1234 wrote:Very happy good LeVert showed up today.
Impressed with JBB's innovative second half strategy of just don't play any of our sucky PF options and give TT 3 minutes so Mobley can get a quick blow. Not sure it scales, but in a Game 7, it worked. I thought he did a pretty good job with timeouts as well given the fact there would be no rotations.
Hopefully, Allen can go Tuesday. Also, anyone have any info as far as Wade? It's been two months which is a long time for a non-surgery injury.
Playing small against a Porzingis-less Celtics squad should be plenty viable for however long we need to do it. Okoro or Strus on Tatum isn't ideal but Horford and Kornet shouldn't kill us inside.
Tatum will feast on Okoro or Strus. We need Allen back no later than Game 2 if we're going to steal a game before coming home. Also, I like TT a lot more against Horford than Kornet and we need both Allen and Mobley in order to dictate that matchup.
JujitsuFlip wrote:I'm sure jb will try to use Niang against him loljbk1234 wrote:toooskies wrote:Playing small against a Porzingis-less Celtics squad should be plenty viable for however long we need to do it. Okoro or Strus on Tatum isn't ideal but Horford and Kornet shouldn't kill us inside.
Tatum will feast on Okoro or Strus. We need Allen back no later than Game 2 if we're going to steal a game before coming home. Also, I like TT a lot more against Horford than Kornet and we need both Allen and Mobley in order to dictate that matchup.
jbk1234 wrote:toooskies wrote:jbk1234 wrote:Very happy good LeVert showed up today.
Impressed with JBB's innovative second half strategy of just don't play any of our sucky PF options and give TT 3 minutes so Mobley can get a quick blow. Not sure it scales, but in a Game 7, it worked. I thought he did a pretty good job with timeouts as well given the fact there would be no rotations.
Hopefully, Allen can go Tuesday. Also, anyone have any info as far as Wade? It's been two months which is a long time for a non-surgery injury.
Playing small against a Porzingis-less Celtics squad should be plenty viable for however long we need to do it. Okoro or Strus on Tatum isn't ideal but Horford and Kornet shouldn't kill us inside.
Tatum will feast on Okoro or Strus. We need Allen back no later than Game 2 if we're going to steal a game before coming home. Also, I like TT a lot more against Horford than Kornet and we need both Allen and Mobley in order to dictate that matchup.
toooskies wrote:jbk1234 wrote:toooskies wrote:Playing small against a Porzingis-less Celtics squad should be plenty viable for however long we need to do it. Okoro or Strus on Tatum isn't ideal but Horford and Kornet shouldn't kill us inside.
Tatum will feast on Okoro or Strus. We need Allen back no later than Game 2 if we're going to steal a game before coming home. Also, I like TT a lot more against Horford than Kornet and we need both Allen and Mobley in order to dictate that matchup.
Tatum was 6/19 against Okoro and Strus in the regular season.
jbk1234 wrote:toooskies wrote:jbk1234 wrote:
Tatum will feast on Okoro or Strus. We need Allen back no later than Game 2 if we're going to steal a game before coming home. Also, I like TT a lot more against Horford than Kornet and we need both Allen and Mobley in order to dictate that matchup.
Tatum was 6/19 against Okoro and Strus in the regular season.
If you want to take comfort in regular season stats after watching what just happened to the Heat, you can, but the Celtics remind me very much of the peak Warriors in that they sometimes lack urgency and take quarters off. When they decide to put their foot on the gas, however, they're scary and you need all hands on deck.
toooskies wrote:We don't have to try Niang or Morris on Tatum the way we did against Paolo.
toooskies wrote:Fun random stat: after being the only Cavalier who played 10+ minutes with a positive +/- from last year in the first round (+0.1), Okoro is the only Cavalier with a positive on-court plus-minus from the Orlando series (+1.0).
ijspeelman wrote:toooskies wrote:Fun random stat: after being the only Cavalier who played 10+ minutes with a positive +/- from last year in the first round (+0.1), Okoro is the only Cavalier with a positive on-court plus-minus from the Orlando series (+1.0).
He really showed out in game 7, but obviously is ever present on the defensive end.
Don't want to say anything negative since it was a pretty solid series for him, but I'd like for him to take a few more of his open jumpers. Otherwise, no complaints