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Cavs vs. Pacers - 2018 NBA Playoffs 1st Round

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What will the final result be?

  • Cavs in 4

    Votes: 48 26.8%

  • Cavs in 5

    Votes: 80 44.7%

  • Cavs in 6

    Votes: 34 19.0%

  • Cavs in 7

    Votes: 8 4.5%

  • Pacerd in

    Votes: 3 1.7%

  • Pacers in 6

    Votes: 3 1.7%

  • Pacers in 5

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Pacers in 4

    Votes: 3 1.7%
  • Total voters
    179
  • Poll closed .
Role players just need more reps.

And you have to keep feeding Korver no matter what.

He is the one guy on the roster that teams will set out to defend no matter what.

It doesn’t matter if Korver is 0-10, defenses will stay home on him. And if he gets hot? Oh man! You saw it last night.... it totally ripped open the pacers half court defense.
 
Man I'm pretty pleased with how the series is going. Once George Hill comes back and we have someone that can capably spam 1-4 PnRs with LBJ and bring the ball up this team is gonna reach another level. That was the play carving up the Pacers in the first half of G3. This team badly needs this adversity to gel and trust eachother.

Once the Cavs make it through this series and get their zenkai boost they're gonna look like a completely different team in the second round. This first round is one big trust building exercise. Now if only someone could convince Rodney Hood he needs to take time off to spend it with his newborns
 
Curious how a pairing of DeAndre Jordan and Love would do against this front court.
 
Sir'Dom Pointer said:
Crush them most likely. DeAndre's gravity as a roll man would give our shooters open shots and he would also dominate Turner on the boards.
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Interesting. I was against the move at the time it was being debated. Unfortunately, we’re getting torched in the paint so badly that it may be our undoing. Gotta think DJ would be a huge asset in that regard. Plus KL playing his natural position.
 
DeAndre wasn't brought in because of the Warriors. Every move this team has made, has been to face the Warriors.
 
Alec Zander said:
Interesting. I was against the move at the time it was being debated. Unfortunately, we’re getting torched in the paint so badly that it may be our undoing. Gotta think DJ would be a huge asset in that regard. Plus KL playing his natural position.
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I thought so too but then I think I remember people saying Jordans pick and roll defense had really fallen off so I'm not sure how good they would actually be
 
So, what do we do NOW, with rotations. I honestly don’t get why Lue won’t start Nance. Solves multiple problems. You want shooters? Let Bron run the point, and leave KK and JR in.

Second unit: Calderon-Hill-Clarkson-Cedi-Zizic.

Bring in Perk to give Lance a concussion. Fuck it - I’LL pay the fine.

Left out: TT, Hood, Green.
 
Alec Zander said:
Interesting. I was against the move at the time it was being debated. Unfortunately, we’re getting torched in the paint so badly that it may be our undoing. Gotta think DJ would be a huge asset in that regard. Plus KL playing his natural position.
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I was against using the Brooklyn pick on him. I wasn't against bringing him in. I am pretty sure they would have given up the Cavs own pick.

Yeah he would look good here, and would make Love better. Maybe that was the move. One thing is for sure, it might have been something the Coaching staff could have figured out integrating one player.

However, don't underestimate how poorly Lue uses Centers. He is possessed with going small.
 
The one crazy thing I noticed looking at Friday's boxscore was Bojan was 7/9 from 3 and the rest of the team was 1-17... That's kind of sad, considering we basically got beat by Bojan, the guy LeBron mostly refuses to go at...
 
czvo said:
Hey guys, TT was actually... good last night.

View: https://twitter.com/MZavagno11/status/988454785455190016


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View: https://twitter.com/MZavagno11/status/988457229270552577


View: https://twitter.com/MZavagno11/status/988458636308512768
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I thought that offensive fouls was bullshit, but damn both that guys feet were in the restricted area. Even worse than I thought.

Gotta get some better calls at home. Gotta get some new refs if the Cavs make it to the next round. They have truly seemed like they have a vendetta even if they got the Lance thing right last night.

I am actually not against TT getting some more burn. I think he can help with the Kevin Love situation and just freeing up some looks at the rim.
 
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czvo said:
TT should play in this series. Flat out. Doesn't allow Turner to hide on any of the guards. Forces him into the action because TT is a great on and off ball screener.

Myles Turner is pretty bad defending in space. The Cavs need to exploit him.
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I mean, he can set screens. That's about it. Offensively and defensively he's still god awful and that was again the case last night.

@LeShaq did a good job breaking this down

He should not be playing. He certainly should never be playing over Nance.
 
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