Gameday: Cavs @ Hawks

[MaceCase]

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7:30 EST

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Injury reports:

sore back


broken finger



Hawks go for a 7th straight victory.
Cavs are losers of 11 of their last 12.

[Jamaaliver]

Why is Ludacris starting over Anthony Morrow?

Cleveland is pretty much just Varejao and a bunch of unproven, unheralded players at this point.
I expect us to handle these guys pretty easily.

Horford v Varejao should be a thng of beauty, though.

Josh has been playing well lately. I expect him to dominate his matchup. Just hope he focuses on scoring inside, and not shooting from deep.

[Jamaaliver]

In know it's only the Cavaliers, but it's embarrassing how few people are at the game on a Friday night...

[Jamaaliver]

Cavs doubling Josh every time he posts up...

[Jamaaliver]

Looks like Josh is starting the night guarding Varejao...interesting decision by Drew.

[Jamaaliver]

Hawks featuring Josh as 1st option on almost every play. To little effect. He's taking good shots, just being defended well.

[ATLHawksfan21]

Man, Ivan is easily my favorite bench player. How does he not get consistent PT. All he does is contribute solid play every time he gets on the floor

[ATL Boy]

Ivan at the buzzer!!!! 3 pointer

[ATL Boy]

Cavs are scrappy, but we're getting it done. What we're doing this year that we didn't do last year is that now we're beating teams we should beat, mix that in with inspiring effort which leads to upset wins over the NBA Giants and you have a team that's fighting for 1st place in the east in the early going

[ATL Boy]

Just 6 turnovers tonight, if we continue this ball movement and disciplined basketball Larry Drew might just be an option for Player of the Game

[Jamaaliver]

Varajao is a beast.

[ATL Boy]

I admire Drew for taking out Lou, he went iso and took an awful shot costing us possession. How tf are we letting Jeremy Pargo single handetly destroy us. They also have a +20 rebound advantage

[Jamaaliver]

This is where a veteran PG or a dependable go-to scorer is missed.

Cavs making a run, and our last three possessions have been underwhelming. The only bucket in 4 minmutes is a josh smith 20-footer. (Which wasn't a very smart shot, anyway.)

[Jamaaliver]

I always cringe when Josh leads a fast break, but nice pass to Lou for a 3-pointer.

[Jamaaliver]

Whenever Josh doubles to block a shot in the lane, Varejao slips in for an easy finish.

He shouldn't be guarding their best big man, if he's still attemptimg to block shots from the weakside every defensive play.

[Jamaaliver]

Big three by Josh. Not sure how I feel about the shot attempt, but it went in.

[Jamaaliver]

Josh Smith....he'll break your heart.

Smoove, you gotta block out dude.

Heart...breaker.

[ATL Boy]

Josh, Al it's called boxing out!!!!! It came right to Gee which was a lucky break, but noone boxed him out, we lost the rebounding battle by 20!!! That's unreal!! We will never win if we don't rebound I don't give a **** who we're playing. We need a Center, is Varejao available?

[Jamaaliver]

We got outworked on the boards all night. Losing the rebounding battle 49-28.

Figures that we lose the game on an offensive rebound.

I'd trade Josh Smith for Anderson Varejao in a heartbeat.

[Jamaaliver]

D Ferry, are you watching?

We need a center. A shot blocking, rebounding center.