2023-24 Season | Game #43 | Cavs @ Bucks | Jan. 26, 2024 | 8:00 p.m.

[bushwick_bill]

The raptors drop to 16-29, they’re putrid and their fan base deserves it. Cheers.

Good I cannot stand Scottie Barnes, I know I say this a lot too...I also have a bet a modest twenty bucks lol they finish the season with a worse record than ATL...

 

[AustinCarr]

Heck of a road win. Tough 4 game road trip with a 3-1 result. Hard to complain. Go Cavs!

 

[jjvors]

Individual scoring:

Starters
Okoro 31-1 with 2 steals and 2 blocks. in 31 minutes.
Wade 95-0 with a block in 21 minutes
Allen 24-14-1 with a steal and 2 blocks in 36 minutes
Strus 11-7-4 with 2 steals. in 35 minutes
Mitchell: 32-8-6 1 steal and 1 block in 36 minutes

Bench: 33-10-8 in 26 minutes
Jone 4-7-1 with 2 blocks in 12 minutes
LeVert 12-4-5 with a steal in 24 minutes
Niang 10-5-2 in 26 minutes
Merrill 7-0-0 in 17 minutes

 

[MirORich]

The newest complaint is “aesthetics.”

People complain about Swifties following the NFL but it’s the closet ballet fans here that are the real story.

I understand what they mean. - to an extent

But it can sometimes take different ways to win on different nights..

Some teams offer almost no resistance and allow you to run around coming off screens and setting in motion a great movement offense.

But when a veteran defense decides to lock in and play you really tight, giving special attention to your shooters and jitterbugs(Merrill and Strus) that same space and ease of movement is not going to be there. So then you’re in a dogfight and being able to do some of the things we can do(and mostly did last year) is not a bad flip to be able to switch

But the idea that you can scluccesfully run the same offense all 82 games, against all matchups usually is not true and we should celebrate the diversity in the ways our offense can work rather than get upset or worried because in a game like tonight we played more iso/dribby

 

[bleedwineandgold03]

What a game the first half was whistle after whistle and in the second half Cavs took control and never looked back. What a team win

 

[J_J]

Allen continues to dominate again. I like the team got him 20 shots tonight. When he gets involved, he plays very confidently well on both ends. This guy should be loved because he works hard when rewarded and it’s happening.

 

[2 For The Brew]

Shout out to Jones who had seven rebounds, two blocks and didn’t do anything stupid. I’ll bet TT has been pumping him up this week. If he plays like this we’ll be ok at backup C - not great but ok.

 

[mds]

3-1 road trip. I’m going to reread this thread and laugh at all the silly ass takes.

I'm catching up now. Reading game threads after games we win is always hilarious. Ya'll such haters, haha.

 

[AustinCarr]

If this was the playoffs. We'd be heading home with Homecourt advantage. This team learned and adjusted.

 

[bushwick_bill]

Shout out to Jones who had seven rebounds, two blocks and didn’t do anything stupid. I’ll bet TT has been pumping him up this week. If he plays like this we’ll be ok at backup C - not great but ok.

I would still like to look for an upgrade at the backup C before the deadline, think that is a big need for the playoffs...

 

[Pierre Pan]

”I was too passive at the start”, JA

 

[shoes22]

Individual scoring:

Okoro 31-1 with 2 steals and 2 blocks. in 31 minutes.
Wade 95-0 with a block in 21 minutes

I knew they were good players, but wow

 

[Prime 1978]

Biggest winner of the night…
Damian Lilliard… he doesn’t have to see Isaac Okoro for the rest of the regular season.

Every shot he took against Okoro was tough. I wonder what his shooting numbers were against Ice tonight.

Okoro has given him hell in the 4 matchups this season. I love that JB mirrored Ice’s minutes with Dame’s.

 

[2 For The Brew]

I understand what they mean. - to an extent

But it can sometimes take different ways to win on different nights..

Some teams offer almost no resistance and allow you to run around coming off screens and setting in motion a great movement offense.

But when a veteran defense decides to lock in and play you really tight, giving special attention to your shooters and jitterbugs(Merrill and Strus) that same space and ease of movement is not going to be there. So then you’re in a dogfight and being able to do some of the things we can do(and mostly did last year) is not a bad flip to be able to switch

But the idea that you can scluccesfully run the same offense all 82 games, against all matchups usually is not true and we should celebrate the diversity in the ways our offense can work rather than get upset or worried because in a game like tonight we played more iso/dribby

Exactly. We didn’t try to force getting Merrill shots for instance; we drove to the hoop. Great to see us get so many FTs and play a different style.

The refs did a good job of calling Giannis’ bullshit hooks.

We’ve played a lot of very pretty basketball lately and I like watching that too. But we have to win ugly physical battles as well. Awesome road trip.

 

[KevinLoveFan]

I knew they were good players, but wow

Drippy Dean putting Luka to shame tonight.