Allen and mobley both out played Ihart after they both got dominated by him in the playoffs vs the knicks 2 years ago tells me the cavs are a different animal
That's the great job Kenny Atkinson is doing... Not playing 6 guys 40 minutes like a lot of coaches, getting everyone run, so if something happens you can just plug and play and not lose anything, everyone is in rhythm
He is an ELITE defender, able to guard lead guards and centers. Consistently overlooked when people talk about the Cavs wing defenders. He has been elite for years, especially on Tatum and Durant
One of the Cavs star had an awful game only scoring 11 points. And the Cavs were still able to beat OKC. That’s wild. This team just has so much firepower.
@@Someone-uh7ibyou play who’s on the schedule and every team has injuries. You can’t use that as an excuse. You lost a tight game to the best team in basketball. Nothing to be shamed about.
@@JohnRobart-u2w I mean sure but OP is trying to insinuate that Mitchel just had an abnormally bad game when in reality - Dort has always been consistent in locking up Donovan. Whats also a reality is that OKC didn't have their best big on the floor (and second best player) or their second best perimeter and sixth man (Alex). OP's train of thought is "Wow, our best player got locked up and we still inched out a win" meanwhile what they and the rest of the league should be thinking is "Oh shit, the Thunder kept this close without their second best player )Potential DPOY, and All-Star) and their sixth man. We are cooked".
No media has commented on the fact the Cavs scored 129 against a team that gives up 103 a game. Even though Donovan may have had the worst game he has had since being a Cav. No team has done this to OKC all season. No matter who you try to stop on the Cavs, someone else steps up. Good luck to the NBA trying to stop the Cavs the rest of the year.
This cavs team is the best display of team ball ive ever seen.We have a unity from our stars that is rare in this "Me 1st" era of selfish stars that exist. We run 11-13 players when most teams run 8-10 players which is why we dominate by the 4th qtr because our player's are less tired and it shows. Go cavs. 2025 champions feels obtainable without being delusional 😂💪🤘
These two teams are the future of the NBA. Dynamic flow, passing and contributions from everyone. Both play an unselfish, team centric game, both offensively and defensively. It is beautiful to watch. The era of a big 3 superteam is in the rearview mirror.
OKC 2nd lost in the last 2 months come from teams having 2 7footer and being able to play a 3-2 zone and offensively being able to force feed the paint. Nobody is talking about this. OKC just needs 1 more rotational big for these kinda of matchups, even when Chet is back
Loved the way the Cavs played. Happy we got the win. Donovan played very odd tonight. After the first quarter he looked like he didn't want the ball. Played off the ball probably the most I've seen him do this season. Almost acted as just a decoy. He didn't have it tonight, but the Cavs depth showed. Jerome and Strus were huge off the bench
Exactly right. He was a decoy most of the evening. Sometimes teams act like stopping Mitchell is the key, and they focus everything on him. The Cavs have educated several squads this year.
I think you guys are the only ones who actually watch the games, big props. Happy for the win, but OKC with Holmgren would have made this a different game, the Cavs exploited their size tonight. When Holmgren and Caruso come back this will be a different game, but I kinda feel the Cavs will find adjustments. One game doesn't decide the matchup, but I really like what I see, especially with Donovan being flat. Last year we lose this game, no question!
Me to but I got back to them few yrs ago at the end of the sexton era with him n markenan going in the DM trade still couldn’t quite get over the hump but Ty Jerome n new coach KA spreading the minutes around this team is a power house I’m a little confused how the hawks beat us 2 outta 4 losses but it really doesn’t matter at this point ! 👍GO CAVS !
@@Nmorganize10/28/23 Chet 16 13 2 1 7, 5/9 FG (wow) Mobley 14 15 3 0 2 5/12 FG 108-105 thunder win (Cavs no Allen or garland) 11/8/23 Chet 15 7 2 1 3 7/10 Mobley 22 5 1 1 1 9/16 Thunder win 128-120 However, these guys aren’t the same players whatsoever anymore and especially Mobley who is much better now
Good time to be a cavs fan but to be honest i am not satisfied with the win. Since OKC isn’t fully healthy and are missing Chet their 2nd best player plus Caruso and the other backup point guard A. Mitchell. Chet was leading with blocks with Wemby before he went down i know he would have caused headaches for our bigs.
I thought that for myself I didn’t know about there other couple backups being out were pretty healthy now except Merrill but this is gonna be a heck of a matchup every time n Boston to of course dg looks good this year and Spida is that guy can’t score 26 every night but we got others that chip in niang Jerome strus everybody really fun to watch go Cavs !
One question about Wiggins my friends daughter went to same college as him but didn’t the Cavs draft him in like 2018 and trade him to Minn for k love or am I way off on that situation ?
Credit to dort and the OKC defense but Mitchell’s problems were equally on himself. He had plenty of open shots, good shots, and missed them. He just had an off night.
Chet’s absent was the difference in the game. Unfortunately we won’t see the matchup this year bc Chet won’t be back for the next game and Cleveland won’t make the finals
I’m not a huge NBA fan like I use to be. Seems like the brand overall got kind of boring the last several years. But this game was 🔥 from start to finish. Both teams were all gas no brakes.
This could have been a lot worse for OKC, Mitchell was cold and missed a couple uncontested open 3's early on, so did Strus, and Garland. Nothing to do with the Thunder's very good defense aggression. CAVS were just not hitting for stretches. But Mitchell was cold, and he knew it
As i cans fan i cant wait to play a fully healthy thunder them and boston the only teams the can match the cavs interms of defense and scoring no other team in the league play as good as the cavs thunder a okc
@@seemooremuttsCavs played the Celtics at 15-0, didn’t have okoro levert Wade strus all our wings and SF to guard Tatum and brown and garland shot 3/21 in Boston we only lost by 3, no one cared. We then beat Celtics while brown and white sat out and everyone gave Celtics the excuse. Goes both ways. Thunder were on a 15* game winning streak with and without those players beating the other best teams in the nba they’re still elite
The FIRST 3 words of your comment is "They're the best". That is you admitting it. Mobley will own Chet when Chet gets back. Media is not wanting to tell people like you how dominant the Cavs are. Thats why you right now are looking for excuses why a team with a 15 - 0 run loses to the Cavs. The NBA and companies like ESPN hate teams like the Cavaliers and will not create content to watch for viewers about them. With how great the team is your still likely seeing more coverage on Lakers, Knicks, Celtics (and whatever else your area has a hunger for) but, Cavaliers will still not get covered. This trend will continue all season long. Go watch some previous Cavs games. The fact is "They're the Best". They have been the best all year long. You just did not have that information presented to you well enough for you to believe it yet.
false. We have gotten to Chet before..and if you had Chet, you know full well that less people on your team that can eat, making it easier to lock OKC down in the end.
@@O.G.LIL-MAN With Chet on the floor even Mobley would have been able to take advantage of his speed vs ihart and his height advantage vs dub the paint would have been much more available for Jdub and shai with Chet spacing the floor and would take things off of Ihart back with having to guards even mobly and Jarret Allen
@@larrylobster9174 I was actually thinking of playing Zay and Chet together. I thought that containing the Cavs bigs was a bigger issue than OKC scoring
SGA was the best player in the game. However, the Cavaliers played the better team basketball. Thunder played much more isolation basketball. The Cavs superior team, chemistry, and superior passing ability was the difference in the game as they were too to get many many easy buckets. Seemed like the thunder had to work much harder for their buckets. Donovan Mitchell had the worst game of his season and the Cavs still found a way to win.
I disagree with you on why Donovan had a tough game. I think good players have bad games, this was just a bad shooting game for Don. The shots he took are the shots he’s been taking all year and making. It’s not like old forced him to take tough shots or forced him to spots he’s not comfortable being in. He had a bad offensive game. 9/10 times Cleveland shouldn’t win that game but JA made up for it. That cavs bench as a whole is playing like one hell of a superstar.
Lol okay keep telling yourself that. The Thunder didn’t have 3 of their top 8 players. Their 2nd best player and either best or 2nd best defender in the league, Chet Holmgren. Their 6th man and all NBA defender, Alex Caruso. Their backup point guard and most consistent player off the bench all season, Ajay Mitchell. The Cavs were healthy, rested, and at home in front of a rabid crowd, and despite all of that they were up by 2 points with 2 minutes to go. I really like this Cavs team, I really enjoy watching them play, and I believe it’s a toss up between them and the Celtics to make it out of the East, but let’s pump the breaks with all of this undisputed best team in the NBA. I promise you if the Cavs played in OKC under the exact same circumstances of the Cavs missing 3 of their top players, vs a rested fully healthy OKC team, and in front of a rabid OKC fan base the Cavs would have been put away in the 3rd quarter. I picked the Cavs to do the same thing tonight. I thought with everything going against the Thunder and the emotion of the game and crowd the Cavs were going to have everything snowball against OKC and hand the Thunder their first blow out loss of the season. I’m actually convinced the Thunder are even more likely to win the Championship once everyone is healthy after tonight’s game. This should have been a score of like 130 to 110 and the Thunder nearly beat them. If Chet, Caruso, and Mitchell played tonight the Thunder win by 10+ and I’m more convinced after the game than I was before.
Chet is only player out of three you talking about,probably would have made difference!Stop acting okc is missing all star players,take your L like a man and play better next time,Cleveland have two players just coming from long term injuries and one of there best shooters was out!
@danieljordan9004 you’re absolutely correct. Just Chet Holmgren alone would’ve made this a vastly different game. Not to mention the impact of Caruso who’s one of the best perimeter defenders in the league and Ajay Mitchell who is an absolute stud. I agree, this game shouldn’t have been close… Cavs shoulda blown them out. I’m a fan of neither team but I’d take a healthy OKC in 6 games based off of what I saw tonight.
You play with what you got. The Cavs were injured last year in the playoffs. That does not matter now. It seems the Thunders injuries did not prevent them from winning over the last several weeks? What is real is what you can put on the table right now. When the Cavs go to OKC to play it does not matter who has what injuries. Whomever wins that day will be the best for that day's game. Presently the Cavs have the most wins in regular season. That makes them the best team at winning basketball games. If the Cavaliers lose their next game after the OKC game they still will have a better win-loss record than OKC so they still will be the best winning basket team. OKC now has experience and can modify their game to beat the Cavs when they play in OKC. Injuries are irrelevant. Will they accomplish it? One thing is for sure, the Cavs will have a lot less pressure than OKC will to do so.
Ny guys "th" in the beginning of words is "d" and"th" at the end of words like with turn into an "f". It's like a whole different language. Please pronounce your "th" correctly
Great channel. Interesting chat. Josh. Clean your goddamn microphone. It’s gross dude. My take is that it’s very strange the NBA isn’t making more of these two incredible teams, their win rate and the overall level of offence and defence on display. They have promotional one track minds to market the sport and it’s clearly not working. At what point will their success be covered properly, together with a serious talk about SGA for MVP.
Idk how you could they are the NBA’s best “no doubt” when they are 1-1 against Boston and then beat an injured OKC team without Chet and Caruso and AJ Mitchell lol. Boston is still the favourite to come out the East and win it all
I don’t know if they leave no doubt about being the best team in the nba. There were 30 lead changes and this was a 3 point game with 90’seconds left. Plus the thunder was without Chet and Caruso.
yeah, excuses for the Thunder. The absences of those two players never came up when OKC was winning 15 straight games. No one mentioned how their absences affected OKC. Only now that they lost, people are making excuses about their absences. Any team can get injured players and the mentality should always be next man up.
Let's be clear about this right now, the Cavs are a good team and they earned a win tonight but with Chet, Caruso, and Ajay they would win 1 game maybe in a 7 game series with this team.
Wrong. Okoro and Strus just returned and aren’t fully back in rhythm yet. Plus, Merritt was out, and Mitchell wasn’t at his best. This wasn’t the Cavs' best performance offensively. Remember, the Cavs once scored 80 points in a half against the Warriors during their win streak, when Golden State had the best defense in the NBA. So this was just the beginning.
@@Kemet3.0lol there’s a reason this wasn’t the Cavs best offensive game, OKC’s defense is awesome. Add Chet and Caruso in the mix and they’re nearly unbeatable
Look at the job we dine on Mitchell. If Caruso was playing he would have done even lesss. And as far as Allen goes, we know Chet will school the f" outta him. Inside and outside the paint. Game meant absolutely nothing.
yeah, excuses for the Thunder. The absences of those two players never came up when OKC was winning 15 straight games. No one mentioned how their absences affected OKC. Only now that they lost, people are making excuses about their absences. Any team can get injured players and the mentality should always be next man up.
Lol okay keep telling yourself that. The Thunder didn’t have 3 of their top 8 players. Their 2nd best player and either best or 2nd best defender in the league, Chet Holmgren. Their 6th man and all NBA defender, Alex Caruso. Their backup point guard and most consistent player off the bench all season, Ajay Mitchell. The Cavs were healthy, rested, and at home in front of a rabid crowd, and despite all of that they were up by 2 points with 2 minutes to go. I really like this Cavs team, I really enjoy watching them play, and I believe it’s a toss up between them and the Celtics to make it out of the East, but let’s pump the breaks with all of this undisputed best team in the NBA. I promise you if the Cavs played in OKC under the exact same circumstances of the Cavs missing 3 of their top players, vs a rested fully healthy OKC team, and in front of a rabid OKC fan base the Cavs would have been put away in the 3rd quarter. I picked the Cavs to do the same thing tonight. I thought with everything going against the Thunder and the emotion of the game and crowd the Cavs were going to have everything snowball against OKC and hand the Thunder their first blow out loss of the season. I’m actually convinced the Thunder are even more likely to win the Championship once everyone is healthy after tonight’s game. This should have been a score of like 130 to 110 and the Thunder nearly beat them. If Chet, Caruso, and Mitchell played tonight the Thunder win by 10+ and I’m more convinced after the game than I was before.
Last time I looked, the Celtics were the champs. They are the measuring stick, not OKC. Let's see the Thunder beat Boston in Boston. I don't care who they have back from injuries. Stop all the talk about injuries till you beat a healthy Celtics team on their own floor. You faced the Cavs on a 15 game roll. I did not hear any talk about injuries then. But, you didn't get the job done. You will get your chance to return the favor in a few days.
Evan Mobley sticking his shoulder into IHart's chest with a minute left in the 4th and scoring at the rim was a beastquake moment.
Allen and mobley both out played Ihart after they both got dominated by him in the playoffs vs the knicks 2 years ago tells me the cavs are a different animal
Cleveland is like Hydra in Marvel, “Cut off one and two more will take its place.”. It’s called team ball baby.😎
That's the great job Kenny Atkinson is doing... Not playing 6 guys 40 minutes like a lot of coaches, getting everyone run, so if something happens you can just plug and play and not lose anything, everyone is in rhythm
We’re probably better than the 2016 champ team because of having a deeper bench ! Let’s go !!👊🏼
I think Dean Wade is an underrated piece for the Cavs, another big that can stretch the floor and get those hustle plays
He is an ELITE defender, able to guard lead guards and centers. Consistently overlooked when people talk about the Cavs wing defenders. He has been elite for years, especially on Tatum and Durant
One of the Cavs star had an awful game only scoring 11 points. And the Cavs were still able to beat OKC. That’s wild. This team just has so much firepower.
By the same logic you beat an unhealthy OKC team..? 😂. Good game good win, don’t get ahead of yourself
@@Someone-uh7ibyou play who’s on the schedule and every team has injuries. You can’t use that as an excuse. You lost a tight game to the best team in basketball. Nothing to be shamed about.
@@Someone-uh7ibCAVS HAD INJURIES THIS YEAR AND SMOKING EVERYONE
Mitchell always struggle against Dort. OKC is superior with the lead guards. Cavs is clearly superior in frontcourt if Chet is injured.
@@JohnRobart-u2w I mean sure but OP is trying to insinuate that Mitchel just had an abnormally bad game when in reality - Dort has always been consistent in locking up Donovan. Whats also a reality is that OKC didn't have their best big on the floor (and second best player) or their second best perimeter and sixth man (Alex).
OP's train of thought is "Wow, our best player got locked up and we still inched out a win" meanwhile what they and the rest of the league should be thinking is "Oh shit, the Thunder kept this close without their second best player )Potential DPOY, and All-Star) and their sixth man. We are cooked".
No media has commented on the fact the Cavs scored 129 against a team that gives up 103 a game. Even though Donovan may have had the worst game he has had since being a Cav. No team has done this to OKC all season. No matter who you try to stop on the Cavs, someone else steps up. Good luck to the NBA trying to stop the Cavs the rest of the year.
Okc struggles against teams with multiple quality bigs without Chet and I Hart being healthy at the same time.
This cavs team is the best display of team ball ive ever seen.We have a unity from our stars that is rare in this "Me 1st" era of selfish stars that exist. We run 11-13 players when most teams run 8-10 players which is why we dominate by the 4th qtr because our player's are less tired and it shows. Go cavs. 2025 champions feels obtainable without being delusional 😂💪🤘
OKC needs another guy that can run point. I feel if Cleveland hit their 3s like they usually do... This would have been a blow out dub
Caruso is that guy. Looking forward to seeing what the squad looks like fully healthy
They did hit their 3s, 42% as a team tonight
If If If If youre depending on an Opera singer (Caruso) to be your final piece, GOOD LUCK! YA LOST! WE BEAT YOU! SEE YA IN A COUPLA WEEKS.@thedimenba
@@thedimenba and Chet would help a lot
@@travisgibson1235 Sorry wasn't able to check the box score, I watched the game and thought they missed a ton of open 3s.
Go Cavs. We ain’t messing around. Great game. More good content fellas.
The only ones with valid non biased takes.
Thank you Mongo 🫡🫡
Facts. Can tell they are actually knowledgeable about the teams they are discussing.
Awesome content it is refreshing to see good NBA analysis keep it up
Thank you! Appreciate you watching
Nice evaluation and review. I'm not even a NYK fan, but I subscribed for the smooth vibes and classy discussions.
YES! We are the best in league! We proving it too man. GGs tho to the Thunder, they like us, for real and no jokes💯
These two teams are the future of the NBA. Dynamic flow, passing and contributions from everyone. Both play an unselfish, team centric game, both offensively and defensively. It is beautiful to watch. The era of a big 3 superteam is in the rearview mirror.
IT JUST COMES TO SHOW YOU HOW GOOD THE CAVS ARE BC YOU HAVE DIFFERENT CAVS MEMBERS STEPPING UP TO WIN & THERE IS NO DRAMA NO CAPPING
Josh and Kwab. Thanks so much for the content guys. Best in the business right now.
Appreciate the love! Thank you
OKC 2nd lost in the last 2 months come from teams having 2 7footer and being able to play a 3-2 zone and offensively being able to force feed the paint.
Nobody is talking about this.
OKC just needs 1 more rotational big for these kinda of matchups, even when Chet is back
I love seeing out of towners see what ive been seeing all year. GO CAVS!
I've been cheering for the Cavs in Sweden for a decade
New to your content guys, solid work 👌🏿I’ll be subscribing.
Loved the way the Cavs played. Happy we got the win. Donovan played very odd tonight. After the first quarter he looked like he didn't want the ball. Played off the ball probably the most I've seen him do this season. Almost acted as just a decoy. He didn't have it tonight, but the Cavs depth showed. Jerome and Strus were huge off the bench
Exactly right. He was a decoy most of the evening.
Sometimes teams act like stopping Mitchell is the key, and they focus everything on him. The Cavs have educated several squads this year.
Cavs just getting the light of greatness keep it up go Cavs
CLEVELAND!!!!! Cavs run the NBA!
Dort, is a flopper
I think you guys are the only ones who actually watch the games, big props. Happy for the win, but OKC with Holmgren would have made this a different game, the Cavs exploited their size tonight. When Holmgren and Caruso come back this will be a different game, but I kinda feel the Cavs will find adjustments. One game doesn't decide the matchup, but I really like what I see, especially with Donovan being flat. Last year we lose this game, no question!
I've been watching the show for the past few days. Good content, just subscribed!
First time listening as a Cavs fan, great analysis !!
Im loving it actually got me wanting to watch the cavs again after years of tuning basketball out 😅
Me to but I got back to them few yrs ago at the end of the sexton era with him n markenan going in the DM trade still couldn’t quite get over the hump but Ty Jerome n new coach KA spreading the minutes around this team is a power house I’m a little confused how the hawks beat us 2 outta 4 losses but it really doesn’t matter at this point ! 👍GO CAVS !
Much respect to OKC but they showed up at the wrong zip code
Cavs won by 7 against an injured okc team lol
@@JD-wh6wr You weren't talking about injuries when you were winning 15 straight.
Great show... u got a new subscriber.
Ready for Thursday, We'll see the cavs in OKC
I don’t know if anyone else remembers last year when Evan Mobley beat the hell out of Chet. He gave him the good news all game long.
Not true. Chet outplayed Mobley in just the 2nd game of his career. Go back and watch the game from November 2023
@@Nmorganize10/28/23 Chet 16 13 2 1 7, 5/9 FG (wow)
Mobley 14 15 3 0 2 5/12 FG
108-105 thunder win (Cavs no Allen or garland)
11/8/23 Chet 15 7 2 1 3 7/10
Mobley 22 5 1 1 1 9/16
Thunder win 128-120
However, these guys aren’t the same players whatsoever anymore and especially Mobley who is much better now
You heard it hear it here first next game, mitchell is gonna have a have a chip on his shoulder he's gonna drop a 50 piece
No one is dropping 50 against OKC’s defense. Most guys don’t even get to 30 against them. Check the stats
@@Nmorganizewell the Cavs don’t play that way anyways this season. They don’t need someone to drop 50
Who wins a 7 game series between the Thunder and Cavs?
CAVS! #LETEMKNOW!
@@royalband6839facts....they don't know
Cavs 4-2
With Chet and Caruso it won't even be close. OKC 4-2.
Thunder with Chet an Caruso
Good time to be a cavs fan but to be honest i am not satisfied with the win. Since OKC isn’t fully healthy and are missing Chet their 2nd best player plus Caruso and the other backup point guard A. Mitchell. Chet was leading with blocks with Wemby before he went down i know he would have caused headaches for our bigs.
I thought that for myself I didn’t know about there other couple backups being out were pretty healthy now except Merrill but this is gonna be a heck of a matchup every time n Boston to of course dg looks good this year and Spida is that guy can’t score 26 every night but we got others that chip in niang Jerome strus everybody really fun to watch go Cavs !
One question about Wiggins my friends daughter went to same college as him but didn’t the Cavs draft him in like 2018 and trade him to Minn for k love or am I way off on that situation ?
Credit to dort and the OKC defense but Mitchell’s problems were equally on himself. He had plenty of open shots, good shots, and missed them. He just had an off night.
Chet’s absent was the difference in the game. Unfortunately we won’t see the matchup this year bc Chet won’t be back for the next game and Cleveland won’t make the finals
I’m not a huge NBA fan like I use to be. Seems like the brand overall got kind of boring the last several years. But this game was 🔥 from start to finish. Both teams were all gas no brakes.
This could have been a lot worse for OKC, Mitchell was cold and missed a couple uncontested open 3's early on, so did Strus, and Garland. Nothing to do with the Thunder's very good defense aggression. CAVS were just not hitting for stretches. But Mitchell was cold, and he knew it
Jan.18 in Okc we'll see.
You prolly may see the same outcome...cavs have a whole grinder to show you on any given night
Got our popcorn ready!
@@O.G.LIL-MAN This isn't the same OKC team you'll meet in the finals in the playoffs. Chet and Caruso will be healthy.
It's January 16th, not the 18th.
@@seemooremutts
Chet is a big plus. Caruso may be a detriment to the team, if his shot stays in the dumps like it is.
No Cavalanche and we still won!!!
#LETEMKNOW!! They know now 😎
As i cans fan i cant wait to play a fully healthy thunder them and boston the only teams the can match the cavs interms of defense and scoring no other team in the league play as good as the cavs thunder a okc
They're the best at home with OKC missing Chet and Caruso.
Injuries are part of the game; they happen to every team.
@@madman1rug ok
@@seemooremuttsCavs played the Celtics at 15-0, didn’t have okoro levert Wade strus all our wings and SF to guard Tatum and brown and garland shot 3/21 in Boston we only lost by 3, no one cared. We then beat Celtics while brown and white sat out and everyone gave Celtics the excuse. Goes both ways. Thunder were on a 15* game winning streak with and without those players beating the other best teams in the nba they’re still elite
Chet has missed 2/3rds of his career so far. Its like with kp. When its your mo (at least to this point) no excuses when you aren't available
The FIRST 3 words of your comment is "They're the best". That is you admitting it. Mobley will own Chet when Chet gets back. Media is not wanting to tell people like you how dominant the Cavs are. Thats why you right now are looking for excuses why a team with a 15 - 0 run loses to the Cavs. The NBA and companies like ESPN hate teams like the Cavaliers and will not create content to watch for viewers about them. With how great the team is your still likely seeing more coverage on Lakers, Knicks, Celtics (and whatever else your area has a hunger for) but, Cavaliers will still not get covered. This trend will continue all season long. Go watch some previous Cavs games. The fact is "They're the Best". They have been the best all year long. You just did not have that information presented to you well enough for you to believe it yet.
Different game if Chet plays. OKC lack of size killed them. Especially down the stretch
false. We have gotten to Chet before..and if you had Chet, you know full well that less people on your team that can eat, making it easier to lock OKC down in the end.
@@O.G.LIL-MAN With Chet on the floor even Mobley would have been able to take advantage of his speed vs ihart and his height advantage vs dub the paint would have been much more available for Jdub and shai with Chet spacing the floor and would take things off of Ihart back with having to guards even mobly and Jarret Allen
@@larrylobster9174 I was actually thinking of playing Zay and Chet together. I thought that containing the Cavs bigs was a bigger issue than OKC scoring
When OKC beats them at home do you guys have the same reaction?
The refs will make sure OKC wins in OKC.
imagine having more than four losses
#LetEmKnow
SGA was 3-10fg 0-6 3pt at half.
SGA was the best player in the game. However, the Cavaliers played the better team basketball. Thunder played much more isolation basketball. The Cavs superior team, chemistry, and superior passing ability was the difference in the game as they were too to get many many easy buckets. Seemed like the thunder had to work much harder for their buckets. Donovan Mitchell had the worst game of his season and the Cavs still found a way to win.
Cavs, OKC evenly matched, Thunder will probably beat them in the rematch.Cavs need to stay healthy in playoffs,injuries killed them last year.
No chet, ajay, or caruso, against a healthy cavs team. We’ll see you in a couple days :)
Yea yall didn't pick us to win! 😅 I told yall the bigs was gone go crazy!
CLEVLEAND CAVS #1 BOSTON SHAKING IN THERE BOOTS
I disagree with you on why Donovan had a tough game. I think good players have bad games, this was just a bad shooting game for Don. The shots he took are the shots he’s been taking all year and making. It’s not like old forced him to take tough shots or forced him to spots he’s not comfortable being in. He had a bad offensive game. 9/10 times Cleveland shouldn’t win that game but JA made up for it. That cavs bench as a whole is playing like one hell of a superstar.
Cavs beat a team without a very big piece
Cavs rule ! Vac off your microphone 🎤
Lol okay keep telling yourself that. The Thunder didn’t have 3 of their top 8 players. Their 2nd best player and either best or 2nd best defender in the league, Chet Holmgren. Their 6th man and all NBA defender, Alex Caruso. Their backup point guard and most consistent player off the bench all season, Ajay Mitchell. The Cavs were healthy, rested, and at home in front of a rabid crowd, and despite all of that they were up by 2 points with 2 minutes to go. I really like this Cavs team, I really enjoy watching them play, and I believe it’s a toss up between them and the Celtics to make it out of the East, but let’s pump the breaks with all of this undisputed best team in the NBA. I promise you if the Cavs played in OKC under the exact same circumstances of the Cavs missing 3 of their top players, vs a rested fully healthy OKC team, and in front of a rabid OKC fan base the Cavs would have been put away in the 3rd quarter. I picked the Cavs to do the same thing tonight. I thought with everything going against the Thunder and the emotion of the game and crowd the Cavs were going to have everything snowball against OKC and hand the Thunder their first blow out loss of the season. I’m actually convinced the Thunder are even more likely to win the Championship once everyone is healthy after tonight’s game. This should have been a score of like 130 to 110 and the Thunder nearly beat them. If Chet, Caruso, and Mitchell played tonight the Thunder win by 10+ and I’m more convinced after the game than I was before.
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Chet is only player out of three you talking about,probably would have made difference!Stop acting okc is missing all star players,take your L like a man and play better next time,Cleveland have two players just coming from long term injuries and one of there best shooters was out!
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@danieljordan9004 you’re absolutely correct. Just Chet Holmgren alone would’ve made this a vastly different game. Not to mention the impact of Caruso who’s one of the best perimeter defenders in the league and Ajay Mitchell who is an absolute stud. I agree, this game shouldn’t have been close… Cavs shoulda blown them out. I’m a fan of neither team but I’d take a healthy OKC in 6 games based off of what I saw tonight.
You play with what you got. The Cavs were injured last year in the playoffs. That does not matter now. It seems the Thunders injuries did not prevent them from winning over the last several weeks? What is real is what you can put on the table right now. When the Cavs go to OKC to play it does not matter who has what injuries. Whomever wins that day will be the best for that day's game. Presently the Cavs have the most wins in regular season. That makes them the best team at winning basketball games. If the Cavaliers lose their next game after the OKC game they still will have a better win-loss record than OKC so they still will be the best winning basket team. OKC now has experience and can modify their game to beat the Cavs when they play in OKC. Injuries are irrelevant. Will they accomplish it? One thing is for sure, the Cavs will have a lot less pressure than OKC will to do so.
Ny guys "th" in the beginning of words is "d" and"th" at the end of words like with turn into an "f". It's like a whole different language. Please pronounce your "th" correctly
Great channel. Interesting chat. Josh. Clean your goddamn microphone. It’s gross dude. My take is that it’s very strange the NBA isn’t making more of these two incredible teams, their win rate and the overall level of offence and defence on display. They have promotional one track minds to market the sport and it’s clearly not working. At what point will their success be covered properly, together with a serious talk about SGA for MVP.
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Idk how you could they are the NBA’s best “no doubt” when they are 1-1 against Boston and then beat an injured OKC team without Chet and Caruso and AJ Mitchell lol. Boston is still the favourite to come out the East and win it all
Still a young season, GO THUNDER
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@Stardust713-y6e I'm not 😥ing it's still a great season for my Thunder
Okc fan different with Chet vs them
LEBRON JAMES JUST CANT WAIT TO COME BACK HOME FOR A 3RD TIME TO GET THAT 5TH RING NO CAPPING
Won’t happen as long as Dan Gilbert owns the team
ENOUGH OF THIS STPUID JOKE
I don’t know if they leave no doubt about being the best team in the nba. There were 30 lead changes and this was a 3 point game with 90’seconds left. Plus the thunder was without Chet and Caruso.
yeah, excuses for the Thunder. The absences of those two players never came up when OKC was winning 15 straight games. No one mentioned how their absences affected OKC. Only now that they lost, people are making excuses about their absences. Any team can get injured players and the mentality should always be next man up.
All i no is Donovan mitchell teams always have a good regular season ans lose early in the playoffs
Casual
Let's be clear about this right now, the Cavs are a good team and they earned a win tonight but with Chet, Caruso, and Ajay they would win 1 game maybe in a 7 game series with this team.
Wrong. Okoro and Strus just returned and aren’t fully back in rhythm yet. Plus, Merritt was out, and Mitchell wasn’t at his best.
This wasn’t the Cavs' best performance offensively. Remember, the Cavs once scored 80 points in a half against the Warriors during their win streak, when Golden State had the best defense in the NBA.
So this was just the beginning.
@@Kemet3.0lol there’s a reason this wasn’t the Cavs best offensive game, OKC’s defense is awesome. Add Chet and Caruso in the mix and they’re nearly unbeatable
1 game? LOL. Mitchell isn’t going 3/16 again that matters too
I agree 100 percent
Nah. Cavs take that series
Look at the job we dine on Mitchell. If Caruso was playing he would have done even lesss. And as far as Allen goes, we know Chet will school the f" outta him. Inside and outside the paint. Game meant absolutely nothing.
No he wouldn't. Mitchell's shooting had nothing to do with 1v1 matchups.
Also, Mobley is better than Chet, and Allen is better than Heart.
@dearmas9068 Ok homeboy. Wait til the playoffs and I betcha the Hawks or Sixers will knock ya"ll out the first round. Facts!!!
@@Clarence-bx2dl lol, look everyone! Another clueless casual dropping stpuid hot takes and then saying "facts!" At the end...
@@dearmas9068 Learn to spell stupid, B4 implying that someone is stupid.... STUPID!!!
Naw I don't agree with the Cavs being the best. I need to see them beat thunder at full strength until then it's up for debate
Casual
Disagree Mobley clutch plays in the
Fourth and his passing were the difference. Allen was great though
yeah, excuses for the Thunder. The absences of those two players never came up when OKC was winning 15 straight games. No one mentioned how their absences affected OKC. Only now that they lost, people are making excuses about their absences. Any team can get injured players and the mentality should always be next man up.
Lol okay keep telling yourself that. The Thunder didn’t have 3 of their top 8 players. Their 2nd best player and either best or 2nd best defender in the league, Chet Holmgren. Their 6th man and all NBA defender, Alex Caruso. Their backup point guard and most consistent player off the bench all season, Ajay Mitchell. The Cavs were healthy, rested, and at home in front of a rabid crowd, and despite all of that they were up by 2 points with 2 minutes to go. I really like this Cavs team, I really enjoy watching them play, and I believe it’s a toss up between them and the Celtics to make it out of the East, but let’s pump the breaks with all of this undisputed best team in the NBA. I promise you if the Cavs played in OKC under the exact same circumstances of the Cavs missing 3 of their top players, vs a rested fully healthy OKC team, and in front of a rabid OKC fan base the Cavs would have been put away in the 3rd quarter. I picked the Cavs to do the same thing tonight. I thought with everything going against the Thunder and the emotion of the game and crowd the Cavs were going to have everything snowball against OKC and hand the Thunder their first blow out loss of the season. I’m actually convinced the Thunder are even more likely to win the Championship once everyone is healthy after tonight’s game. This should have been a score of like 130 to 110 and the Thunder nearly beat them. If Chet, Caruso, and Mitchell played tonight the Thunder win by 10+ and I’m more convinced after the game than I was before.
Look at this manifesto nobody gonna read. You mad.
Keep Dreaming. The Cavs played good but there is still a lot of improvement to come. They know it and now the NBA is gonna start to realize it.
Last time I looked, the Celtics were the champs. They are the measuring stick, not OKC. Let's see the Thunder beat Boston in Boston. I don't care who they have back from injuries. Stop all the talk about injuries till you beat a healthy Celtics team on their own floor. You faced the Cavs on a 15 game roll. I did not hear any talk about injuries then. But, you didn't get the job done. You will get your chance to return the favor in a few days.