Game Thread: Bulls vs Cavs Game Day Thread: 8pm TNT

[LAD]

They do? How so?

Ummm we could start with the fact that their main starters were PLAYING and not riding pine.....

 

[LAD]

At least you guys know it.
Cavs fans, especially Wigster are in total denial.

LOL not Wigster

 

[lakersrule]

Cavs fans calling that a foul on Gasol?

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

It was clearly a foul but refs don't make those calls on the road....either way they can improve little things like missing 7 ft's in a 2 point loss

If i had a complaint it was that terrible Tech they called on the cavs right when they were getting back into the game....

The nba kinda shafted us on scheduling tho with back to back road games against playoff contenders to start the season

Here come the excuses again.

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

First off, if you actually had watched the game he clearly didn't go straight up. I mean, if you have eyes, you can figure that out. You have to be a retard if you believe that.


Secondly, my point was it easily could've been called a foul but wasn't, hence my point about Lebron not getting all the calls.

That's was literally one of the cleanest blocks I've seen. Stop bitching and admit you got beat by the better team.

 

[lakersrule]

That's was literally one of the cleanest blocks I've seen. Stop bitching and admit you got beat by the better team.

Look at Lebron's extended left arm....offensive foul Cavs fan

 

[lebron23james]

Here come the excuses again.

Yeah we really need excuses to beat the bulls lol....from what i recall i heard non stop excuses on here after the bulls lost in the playoffs to the cavs last year and then switched to how ATL would win

 

[LAD]

Yeah we really need excuses to beat the bulls lol....from what i recall i heard non stop excuses on here after the bulls lost in the playoffs to the cavs last year and then switched to how ATL would win

I don't think you need excuses to win...clearly you need a healthy starting lineup.

 

[lebron23james]

Look at Lebron's extended left arm....offensive foul Cavs fan

Pau's left hand may have blocked the ball but Look at pau's right hand it's wrapped around lebrons arm....i didn't know you could do that

 

[lebron23james]

I don't think you need excuses to win...clearly you need a healthy starting lineup.

I am not sure that is even true, we barley lost road game, why do we need health so badly to win? We didn't have it last year and still got out of the east...

 

[Heatles84]

I am not sure that is even true, we barley lost road game, why do we need health so badly to win? We didn't have it last year and still got out of the east...

Chemistry and getting into a rhythm. You can't have all of your players injured throughout the year, make it to the Finals, then have all of them available and expect them to click on all cylinders. The fact that 2/5 of your starting lineup is out, and Lebron's already nursing his back on game 1 should be somewhat of a concern. Not a "everything if falling apart" concern, but something to watch out for.

 

[LAD]

I am not sure that is even true, we barley lost road game, why do we need health so badly to win? We didn't have it last year and still got out of the east...

LOL because regardless of whether you lost by 1 point or 20 points it's still a LOSS. I don't think your team was hanging a championship banner or receiving a championship ring prior to the start of last night's game.

And if I do remember correctly after that loss in the Finals last season all Cavs fans talked about was what would've happened had they been healthy.

 

[lebron23james]

Chemistry and getting into a rhythm. You can't have all of your players injured throughout the year, make it to the Finals, then have all of them available and expect them to click on all cylinders. The fact that 2/5 of your starting lineup is out, and Lebron's already nursing his back on game 1 should be somewhat of a concern. Not a "everything if falling apart" concern, but something to watch out for.

I agree, i would rather have it early than later on in the season tho

I figure we will have a better start than last year, because we made a pretty big midseason trade and all the new players now have playoff experience

 

[lakersrule]

Pau's left hand may have blocked the ball but Look at pau's right hand it's wrapped around lebrons arm....i didn't know you could do that

Looked like it was in a legal bent position with the forearm against Lebron's body.

 

[trojanfan12]

Lebron's going to log heavy minutes; especially with Irving out for an extended period of time.

To me, this is what's going to potentially hurt the Cavs. If Kyrie is really going to be out until December or January, Lebron is going to have to log some heavy minutes at some point in the season. Either while Kyrie is out to keep the Cavs in the upper half of the playoff race, or more towards the end of the season when they are trying to make up ground.

Either way, it's going to be a lot more minutes on a player who has already logged a ton of minutes and is starting to decline a little.

 

[lebron23james]

LOL because regardless of whether you lost by 1 point or 20 points it's still a LOSS. I don't think your team was hanging a championship banner or receiving a championship ring prior to the start of last night's game.

And if I do remember correctly after that loss in the Finals last season all Cavs fans talked about was what would've happened had they been healthy.

I thought you were talking about the bulls and in the east....We need to be 100% or close to that healthy to win against the west

I think being 100% healthy and getting out of the east is very debatable just like last year

 

[LAD]

I agree, i would rather have it early than later on in the season tho

I can agree with this. But unfortunately for this team you probably will be dealing with injuries all season.

 

[lebron23james]

To me, this is what's going to potentially hurt the Cavs. If Kyrie is really going to be out until December or January, Lebron is going to have to log some heavy minutes at some point in the season. Either while Kyrie is out to keep the Cavs in the upper half of the playoff race, or more towards the end of the season when they are trying to make up ground.

Either way, it's going to be a lot more minutes on a player who has already logged a ton of minutes and is starting to decline a little.

If i was the coach he would be logging not many minutes....what does it matter, as long as they get in and are healthy is way more important

 

[LAD]

I thought you were talking about the bulls and in the east....We need to be 100% or close to that healthy to win against the west

I think being 100% healthy and getting out of the east is very debatable just like last year

Oh no, I was talking about being healthy in general. And yea, I don't think this team will ever be 100% healthy....haven't seen too many teams that have been to be honest.

 

[trojanfan12]

First off, if you actually had watched the game he clearly didn't go straight up. I mean, if you have eyes, you can figure that out. You have to be a retard if you believe that.


Secondly, my point was it easily could've been called a foul but wasn't, hence my point about Lebron not getting all the calls.

You couldn't be more wrong if you were doing it on purpose. Gasol never moved toward Lebron, he moved laterally with him, went straight and blocked the shot. If any there was any foul to be called, it was offensive on Lebron for putting his arm out and to call that would have been incredibly ticky tack.

It was a good no call, because there was no foul.