Cleveland Cavalier 2017-2018 Season

posted by Laley23

Lots of people, cause when do you ever see it by choice?

When I heard Lue elected to take it on baseline, I figured the rule allowed it, and that half-court advancement was not mandatory by rule.  I guess I didn't understand what needed further explanation.  

posted by ernest_t_bass

When I heard Lue elected to take it on baseline, I figured the rule allowed it, and that half-court advancement was not mandatory by rule.  I guess I didn't understand what needed further explanation.  

I kept seeing differing accounts of what happened. Some things I was reading said just that they didn’t have a timeout. Some said they inbounded it after the bucket.  I didn’t see anything live, so I didn’t know they had called a TO after the bucket. I thought it was just an inbounds after a bucket.

Advancing the ball is an option a team can take, definitely not mandatory. In most cases, it’s the smart call. Lue made a call to not advance it and I can only imagine the outcry had Bron NOT made that shot. 

posted by wildcats20

imagine the outcry had Bron NOT made that shot. 

Coaching, in a nutshell.  Surprised Lue is getting so much credit.  Typically it's

winning = players

losing = coach

posted by ernest_t_bass

Coaching, in a nutshell.  Surprised Lue is getting so much credit.  Typically it's

winning = players

losing = coach

Definitely. 

I’ve seen some say there was no way Lue made the decision and it was all Bron. More just hating on Lue though. 

Whether Lebron makes that shot, or not, I'm pleased to see that in his "old age" he's actually willing to sack up and take that shot. Ten years ago he's deferring to someone else and doesn't want to be in that spot.

posted by wildcats20

Lue made a call to not advance it and I can only imagine the outcry had Bron NOT made that shot. 

If the Cavs pull it out in OT (I like their chances with Lebron), then it would be swept under the rug.  

posted by ernest_t_bass

Coaching, in a nutshell.  Surprised Lue is getting so much credit.  Typically it's

winning = players

losing = coach

The ringer posted an article after game 2 about how Lue is running mental laps around Casey.  That was the headline at least.  I read it to see how this was actually possibly and the article can pretty much be summed up as 90% bashing Casey for being a system coach and not being comfortable to make adjustments in the playoffs and 10% pretty much saying Lue has no organization at all and it helps him in the playoffs, because he is unpredictable LOL.

I get what you're saying, but Lue definitely deserves criticism.  He does so much questionable shit, and there have been countless times where the Cavs look like absolute shit coming out of half time.  Not to mention there also have been countless times where piss poor end game management made the game much closer than it should be (pacers game 5, and this last game).  It has fucked over the Cavs in the past (game 3 vs Celtics last year for the most recent playoff example I can think of). 

Regardless if Lebron stays or not, I think Lue needs to go. 

posted by BR1986FB

Whether Lebron makes that shot, or not, I'm pleased to see that in his "old age" he's actually willing to sack up and take that shot. Ten years ago he's deferring to someone else and doesn't want to be in that spot.

Ever since that game 6 with the heat vs the Celtics, Lebron has been very comfortable being the man.  Coincidentally, that was the same season where Kobe called him out at the ASG for not taking the last shot.  I always knew Lebron had it in him though.  He showed us he was capable of taking the burden during game 5 of the 2007 ECF. 
 

IMO, it was Drew or LeBron that made the call of not advancing the ball and Lue rolled with it. 

Let's go with the Cavs, 106 - 100.

lol..”the Raptors have run into LaBrontosaurus”

C’mon...keep adding on and get LeBron a stress free win where he doesn’t have to be GOAT

....but we all know that’s not in the Cavs arsenal 

22 point lead.  Yeah, I'm calling double OT.

Has a 1 seed ever been swept in the conference semi's?

posted by superman

Has a 1 seed ever been swept in the conference semi's?

Decent question. I’ll guess once

posted by superman

Has a 1 seed ever been swept in the conference semi's?

Hasn’t happened at least since the playoffs expanded to 16 teams. A couple lost in 5, most recently Memphis over OKC in 2013.

Pretty bad foul there by Derozan

This is nice. 

Keeping the hammer down . Lead is 30.

The Cavs!

So how good were the pacers?

posted by like_that

So how good were the pacers?

I know right? DAMN what did they do to us?