First preseason game last night.. that starting rotation even without Mobley was crazy. Philly got lit up, the floor spacing was unlike anything we've ever had. DM was as advertised. This might be one of the most fun years in Cavs history. If they could stay healthy it could be a huge step forward for them.
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. -John Wayne
Great game. Had the feelings of a playoff atmosphere. Cavs come up short. Cavs win if Garland does not go out for the game in the 2nd quarter after getting jammed in the eye.
Mitchell was spectacular. Raul Neto is brutal.
It will be huge when Rubio returns to this team.
Cavs Notes @CavsNotes .@spidadmitchell 31 points are tied for the most EVER by a player in his @cavs debut.
The only other Cavs player to score 30+ PTS in his debut was Ron Brewer (31 points) on 12/26/1981 vs. Milwaukee. (via @EliasSports ). #LetEmKnow
Yeah I was on the fence whether I prefered Garland or Sexton, Garland is dainty and always seems to be hurt..We def. need Rubio back. Cavs should cut Neto, you can't tell me he's the best option out there.. Rest of the team was looking great and held the lead most of the second half. Mitchell is scary good.
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. -John Wayne
Getting jabbed in the eye is hardly "dainty". Geesh.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
I was unable to watch the game, so I looked up a game recap. I'll post it for others who live out of town. Also, those of you who watched the game can confirm or dispute points in the article. One thing that stood out to me was the 16 turnovers that led to 25 Toronto pts. Also, the Raptors had too many offensive rebounds.
1:45 Donovan Mitchell scores 31 in Cavaliers debutDonovan Mitchell highlights vs. Toronto Raptors ByAP Updated: 9 hours ago
TORONTO -- — Pascal Siakam had 23 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out, O.G. Anunoby scored 10 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter and the Toronto Raptors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-105 Wednesday night.
Gary Trent Jr. scored 19 points, and Scottie Barnes and Fred Van Vleet each had 15 as Toronto outscored Cleveland 32-21 in the final period.
Donovan Mitchell scored 31 points in his Cleveland debut, Jarrett Allen had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Evan Mobley added 14 points for the Cavaliers, who held an eight-point lead through three quarters but failed to close it out.
Mitchell shot 12 for 21 and scored 18 in the second half.
“He’s an elite basketball player,” Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. “There’s not many guys in this league that are better than Donovan and capable of doing the things that he can do.”
Cedi Osman scored 17 points and Mitchell had nine assists for the Cavaliers, who are hoping to take a step forward this season after acquiring Mitchell from Utah over the summer. Cleveland reached the play-in tournament last spring, but was eliminated after losing in Brooklyn and at home to Atlanta.
Cleveland All-Star guard Darius Garland injured his left eye in a collision with Trent late in the second quarter and didn’t return.
“His head was clear and all those things but he was cut and bleeding pretty bad from the inside of his eyelid,” Bickerstaff said. “You miss an all-star. You talk about being able to stagger his and Donovan’s minutes so that one of those guys is always on the floor. We know through history what Darius is capable of and how he can carry an offense as well.”
Garland shot 2 for 8 and scored four points in 13 minutes.
“To see DG go down there, it’s tough,” Mitchell said. “I’m proud of the way this group responded.”
Toronto shot 8 for 22 from 3–point range through the first three quarters, but made 5 of 8 from long distance in the fourth.
“We played both ends like we needed to in the fourth quarter,” Raptors coach Nick Nurse said.
Toronto had 12 offensive rebounds to Cleveland’s six. The Cavaliers made 16 turnovers, leading to 25 points for the Raptors.
“We didn’t do a bunch of things that we can control,” Mitchell said.
The Cavaliers led 97-92 with 4:55 left in the fourth before Barnes scored and Anunoby made a pair of free throws that cut the deficit to one.
After Allen turned the ball over, Anunoby fed Barnes for a driving dunk that put Toronto up 98-97 with 3:31 left.
“That one time we let our guard down, they hit us with a hook in the fourth,” Mitchell said. “It’s hard to recover from that.”
Cleveland led 57-51 at the half. Mitchell scored 10 points in the third as the Cavs took an 84-76 lead to the fourth.
TIP-INS
Cavaliers: Caris LeVert had 10 points and seven assists. … Osman took Garland’s place to begin the second half. … Cleveland shot 14 for 22 in the second quarter and 9 for 18 in the third. … F Mamadi Diakite (not with team), G Ricky Rubio (left knee) and G-F Dylan Windler (right ankle) were not available.
Raptors: Barnes had a team-high seven assists. … Toronto has eight international players, leading the league for the second consecutive season. Dallas, Indiana and Sacramento have seven. … C Khem Birch (left knee), F Chris Boucher (left hamstring) and F Otto Porter Jr. (left hamstring) were not available.
Getting jabbed in the eye is hardly "dainty". Geesh.
He's constantly hurt is my point.. He's a great player but very fragile. His being injured kept cavs from playoffs last year. Some players are just prone to injury, he's one of those guys.
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. -John Wayne
Cavaliers win 128-96. Mitchell with 32/9/8. The bench made sure that the Bulls had no chance to come back. Contributions all around. Nice win.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
I think some fans are surprised with how good Mitchell is … I have an uncle who is a die hard Jazz fan, so I watch them quite often … and Mitchell is GOOD
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
I got to watch the game because Direct TV is having a free preview for NBA League Pass right now. Some observations:
--I like how Mitchell tried to let other guys get established early on. We got down early and he went off. He is a very athletic player. His athleticism reminds me of OBJs. It's just different.
--Love played very well. Hit multiple threes, grabbed a ton of rebounds, and took a couple of charges.
--Mobley is smooth. Needs to rebound better on the defensive end.
--LOL at the Lopez hook shots. Ugly. But damn, he makes them. I think he can play a role on this team.
--Cedi had a very good game. He is playing w/more confidence than I remember from previous years.
--I thought Neto did a nice job. Wasn't a liability.
--LeVert is long and made some nice plays. He's good in the open court. Needs to finish stronger on some of his drives.
--I didn't get a good feel for Allen. He made some plays, but I thought he was a better rebounder.
--Speaking of.......this team needs to rebound better on the defensive boards.
--Getting Garland back will give us two guys who can create off the dribble.
--When is Rubio supposed to be back?
--This team is very athletic and has a lot of nice role players that can work w/our two stars. Fun team to watch.
Mitchell might be the most talented guard we’ve had in my lifetime. Man if we would have had him during lebron years would have been unthinkable. Hell put lebron on this team and we’d win 75
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. -John Wayne
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. -John Wayne
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
Cavs are going to be so fun this year, hats off to Altman
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. -John Wayne
yeah thats what I was saying in the guardian thread.. This town needs to stop pretending its a football town.. worst coached and ran team in the City while you have two extremely young teams with great coaching and FO's, give them the money, especially the Guardians so Dolan can spend and get some more offense for next year. Browns are 10-15 years from being watchable at this rate
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. -John Wayne
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
It sounds like this is what the fans are thinking as well based on Mitchell's description of the arena last night. He basically said couldn't believe how awesome it was.
LOL - The Rish will be upset with this news as well. KS just doesn't prioritize winning...
Cavs are going to be so fun this year, hats off to Altman
I wouldn't even bother with the Browns. Guardians and Cavs deserve Cleveland's fandom.
Most of Cleveland is doing this. Guardians completely rejuvenated the fan base in the city and most of the chatter is about the Cavs.
However, if you listen to local sports talk it's 90% Browns dominated. I believe the primary reason for this is that both WKNR and 92.3 are the radio home of the Browns and WTAM which is news/politics radio is home of the Guardians and the Cavs. WKNR and 92.3 have vested interest in jamming Browns talk down the city's throat.
Listened most of the day today on my drive to NY and the Cavs win opening night win and Mitchell's incredible performance was but a footnote on most of the shows. Otherwise, right back to Browns talk.
Yeah it’s sad. Both those teams are 10x more deserving of loyalty
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. -John Wayne
I just watched the one game, but they are a fun team to watch. I think there is today is the last day of the free NBA League PASS promo. I will watch tonight's game if that is true. Looking forward to it. I think the Cavs have one game coming up against Boston that is on ESPN and I'll get to watch when they play Charlotte. Wish I could watch more.
I just watched the one game, but they are a fun team to watch. I think there is today is the last day of the free NBA League PASS promo. I will watch tonight's game if that is true. Looking forward to it. I think the Cavs have one game coming up against Boston that is on ESPN and I'll get to watch when they play Charlotte. Wish I could watch more.
You could. You could buy the pass, but I get it , I wouldn't do that either. Fan ot not, I am not so big a fan to pay to watch 80 or so games. The only sport i would pay for a pass is the NFL. Only because you are talking 17 games. I can do that. No way cold I watch a 162 game baseball season or 80 game basketball or hockey season.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
Yeah, I could buy it. I did have it at one time. But, I've soured on the NBA as a whole. Load management hurts the game. Tanking hurts it even more. The social justice stuff was over the top. Guys like Kyrie and Ben Simmons not wanting to pay and then wanting paid for it. I used to love watching hoops, but not anymore due to those factors. I do like watching the Cavs, though.
I have always had Sunday Ticket since I moved out of the local area. I watch a ton of other games on Sundays. I often have three TVs going at once w/the sound muted on two of them. Thus, it's worth the investment.
I just watched the one game, but they are a fun team to watch. I think there is today is the last day of the free NBA League PASS promo. I will watch tonight's game if that is true. Looking forward to it. I think the Cavs have one game coming up against Boston that is on ESPN and I'll get to watch when they play Charlotte. Wish I could watch more.
You could. You could buy the pass, but I get it , I wouldn't do that either. Fan ot not, I am not so big a fan to pay to watch 80 or so games. The only sport i would pay for a pass is the NFL. Only because you are talking 17 games. I can do that. No way cold I watch a 162 game baseball season or 80 game basketball or hockey season.
They're the same price. Are you saying you'll feel like you ripped yourself off if you don't watch every game?
Cavs beat the Magic. 6 guys in double digits. Nice game.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
And did it with poor shooting nights from Mitchell, LeVert and Love.
Cavs did what they had to to get the win tonight. Doubt Garland is back against Boston after seeing his swollen eye. My guess is the hold him out until next Wednesday, at home, against Boston.
I haven’t had a chance to get to watch a game because of the time difference and not really into getting a game pass. What I’ve done is search on YouTube cavaliers vs ___ game highlights. I did this an hour ago (4pm) so that’s 10 pm eastern time. So it comes out fairly quick. It’s full game highlights, I know it’s a cut up and there’s more to the game then a highlight will show (ie. the game drama building up to the climax), but it’s a good 10 minute (average) watch. Example from tonight below.
I just watched the one game, but they are a fun team to watch. I think there is today is the last day of the free NBA League PASS promo. I will watch tonight's game if that is true. Looking forward to it. I think the Cavs have one game coming up against Boston that is on ESPN and I'll get to watch when they play Charlotte. Wish I could watch more.
You could. You could buy the pass, but I get it , I wouldn't do that either. Fan ot not, I am not so big a fan to pay to watch 80 or so games. The only sport i would pay for a pass is the NFL. Only because you are talking 17 games. I can do that. No way cold I watch a 162 game baseball season or 80 game basketball or hockey season.
They're the same price. Are you saying you'll feel like you ripped yourself off if you don't watch every game?
I don't know if I would say ripped off, probably more about not caring all that much. I know I wouldn't watch all that many games. The NBA is my least favorite sport. Always has been. I root for the Cavs because they are Cleveland. If Cleveland didn't have an NBA team I wouldn't watch NBA basketball very long if I had control over the TV. My interest level is maybe a 6 out of 10 for the Cavs and maybe .50 for the rest of the NBA.
I'd rather watch bull riding over some random NBA game, and I can't say I like bull riding all that much. At least it's interesting.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
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