Game 61: Cavs @ Bulls 3/4/2025

Post #1 » by **ijspeelman** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 4:46 pm

The scheduled rest games continue for the #Cavs as they gear up for the postseason.

Evan Mobley (rest) is OUT for Tuesday’s contest in Chicago.

Luke Travers, Emoni Bates, and Nae’Qwan Tomlin are also inactive. #LetEmKnow

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mcfly1204 · Post #2 » by **mcfly1204** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 6:44 pm

I wonder if we go small at the 4, or end up starting Wade?

JonFromVA · Post #3 » by **JonFromVA** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 7:11 pm

mcfly1204 wrote:I wonder if we go small at the 4, or end up starting Wade?

Kenny doesn't seem as rigid as JBB in terms of promoting someone from the deep bench to start so he can keep his rotations the same.

I could see home wanting to see Hunter playing some more minutes at PF.

Post #4 » by **ijspeelman** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 12:23 am

The #Cavs are keeping De’Andre Hunter in the starting lineup with Evan Mobley sitting tonight.

He joins Mitchell, Garland, Strus and Allen.

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JujitsuFlip · Post #5 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 12:33 am

JonFromVA wrote:
mcfly1204 wrote:I wonder if we go small at the 4, or end up starting Wade?

Kenny doesn't seem as rigid as JBB in terms of promoting someone from the deep bench to start so he can keep his rotations the same.

I could see home wanting to see Hunter playing some more minutes at PF.

You called it.

mcfly1204 · Post #6 » by **mcfly1204** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 3:25 am

It's been fun watching Green produce in limited time.

JujitsuFlip · Post #7 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 3:30 am

mcfly1204 wrote:It's been fun watching Green produce in limited time.

I was gonna ask, he finally played rotation minutes, how'd he look?

mcfly1204 · Post #8 » by **mcfly1204** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 3:31 am

JujitsuFlip wrote:
mcfly1204 wrote:It's been fun watching Green produce in limited time.
I was gonna ask, he finally played rotation minutes, how'd he look?

Scrappy, and he was making shots, so he looked pretty good.

toooskies · Post #9 » by **toooskies** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 4:40 am

Green had the most energy on the floor on a night it was badly needed.

JonFromVA · Post #10 » by **JonFromVA** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 4:56 am

mcfly1204 wrote:
JujitsuFlip wrote:
mcfly1204 wrote:It's been fun watching Green produce in limited time.
I was gonna ask, he finally played rotation minutes, how'd he look?

Scrappy, and he was making shots, so he looked pretty good.

Yep, and while not as important, he's helping turn around our garbage time unit who are no longer just bleeding points when they come in (+3 .vs. the Bulls).

JujitsuFlip · Post #11 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 5:08 am

toooskies wrote:Green had the most energy on the floor on a night it was badly needed.

Only 1 game but you feel like he is probably no more than the 11th man?

JonFromVA · Post #12 » by **JonFromVA** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 7:46 am

JujitsuFlip wrote:
toooskies wrote:Green had the most energy on the floor on a night it was badly needed.
Only 1 game but you feel like he is probably no more than the 11th man?

Kenny liked the energy and athleticism that Isaac and Devonte brought to counter the Bull's athleticism (he talked about them in the post game presser). Sounds like he may be tempted to re-visit the duo when we're getting out worked.

toooskies · Post #13 » by **toooskies** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 3:03 pm

JujitsuFlip wrote:
toooskies wrote:Green had the most energy on the floor on a night it was badly needed.
Only 1 game but you feel like he is probably no more than the 11th man?

Probably 11th man, could earn situational minutes in certain matchups. Trying not to read too much into that revenge game for Green against Chicago, though.

Post #14 » by **jbk1234** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 9:33 pm

toooskies wrote:Green had the most energy on the floor on a night it was badly needed.

Cavs have kind of fallen into a play with their food stage that can accompany having a really good team.

toooskies · Post #15 » by **toooskies** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 10:16 pm

jbk1234 wrote:
toooskies wrote:Green had the most energy on the floor on a night it was badly needed.

Cavs have kind of fallen into a play with their food stage that can accompany having a really good team.

That's not quite it though. We had a tough time stopping Talen Horton-Tucker. Garland and Jerome couldn't hit shots off of drives. Just didn't look good until we realized that Allen and Green were ready to play last night.

On that note, I don't like starting Hunter. Where we need his self-creation is in bench units, not when we've got all our weapons out there. I'm more fine with him closing games as the need for a guy to get his own shot goes up, but I think that's part of our early deficits.

JujitsuFlip · Post #16 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 10:23 pm

toooskies wrote:
jbk1234 wrote:
toooskies wrote:Green had the most energy on the floor on a night it was badly needed.

Cavs have kind of fallen into a play with their food stage that can accompany having a really good team.

That's not quite it though. We had a tough time stopping Talen Horton-Tucker. Garland and Jerome couldn't hit shots off of drives. Just didn't look good until we realized that Allen and Green were ready to play last night.

On that note, I don't like starting Hunter. Where we need his self-creation is in bench units, not when we've got all our weapons out there. I'm more fine with him closing games as the need for a guy to get his own shot goes up, but I think that's part of our early deficits.

Idk if i agree with Hunter being the reason for early deficits. Celtics started 11-0 with Strus at SF, then pushed it to 25-3.

I agree Hunter is better off the bench but some of our bad starts can't be attributed to him, when he's not even starting.