Game 76: Knicks @ Cavs 4/2/2025

[ijspeelman]

#Cavs list Ty Jerome as out tomorrow against the Knicks.

https://bsky.app/profile/dannycunningham.bsky.social/post/3llruygvp3c2h

[JujitsuFlip]

Dang, that knee tendonitis is kicking Jerome's butt. Hope he's ready to go for the playoffs, need our 6th man.

[JujitsuFlip]

Knicks will be without Brunson, Robinson, Payne, McBride, and Huk. KAT is probable.

Wade is questionable for the Cavs with an illness.

[JujitsuFlip]

With the win and Celtics loss, Cavs are 2 wins away from locking up the #1 seed.

[jbk1234]

With the win and Celtics loss, Cavs are 2 wins away from locking up the #1 seed.

The Magic number is 2. One win and one Celtics loss should do it.

[JujitsuFlip]

With the win and Celtics loss, Cavs are 2 wins away from locking up the #1 seed.

The Magic number is 2. One win and one Celtics loss should do it.

The sooner, the better. Although the Celtics have a cake schedule.

2 Cavs wins
2 Celtics losses
1 Cavs win, 1 Celtics loss

Any combination works.

In reality though, with all the tie breakers, could probably get by with the magic number being 1, 2 is just what actually mathematically locks it in.

[ijspeelman]

Should have probs commented last night, but that was a good comeback from behind win. OG could not miss in the first half and the Knicks were able to get out to a sizable lead and then Cavs went on one of their Cavalanches to make the score look like we were dominating the whole game. Haven't seen one of those in a bit

[JonFromVA]

Should have probs commented last night, but that was a good comeback from behind win. OG could not miss in the first half and the Knicks were able to get out to a sizable lead and then Cavs went on one of their Cavalanches to make the score look like we were dominating the whole game. Haven't seen one of those in a bit

Kind of expected the Knicks to fall off in the second half given how Thibs runs them ragged and the second night of a back to back. Still, apparently they'd never given up a 15 point lead (their streak had gotten to 71 in a row). So, we still found a way to do something else ridiculous this season.

[mcfly1204]

Should have probs commented last night, but that was a good comeback from behind win. OG could not miss in the first half and the Knicks were able to get out to a sizable lead and then Cavs went on one of their Cavalanches to make the score look like we were dominating the whole game. Haven't seen one of those in a bit

Kind of expected the Knicks to fall off in the second half given how Thibs runs them ragged and the second night of a back to back. Still, apparently they'd never given up a 15 point lead (their streak had gotten to 71 in a row). So, we still found a way to do something else ridiculous this season.

I was thinking along the same lines, you can basically just rope-a-dope a depleted Knicks team.

[JonFromVA]

Should have probs commented last night, but that was a good comeback from behind win. OG could not miss in the first half and the Knicks were able to get out to a sizable lead and then Cavs went on one of their Cavalanches to make the score look like we were dominating the whole game. Haven't seen one of those in a bit

Kind of expected the Knicks to fall off in the second half given how Thibs runs them ragged and the second night of a back to back. Still, apparently they'd never given up a 15 point lead (their streak had gotten to 71 in a row). So, we still found a way to do something else ridiculous this season.

I was thinking along the same lines, you can basically just rope-a-dope a depleted Knicks team.

Interestingly the pace for the game was only 94.5 even though the Cavs were clearly trying to go fast at the Knicks in the second half.