28th January - New Orleans Pelicans @ Cleveland Cavaliers - 18-29

Why do we always play down to teams!!!

Come on boys!!

Lol at Nance just frantically swiping and swatting there trying to prevent Zion, and just getting scored on all the same

Would be cool to see Zo play transition defense and rebound instead of turning around and questioning the ref

— Mason Ginsberg (@MasonGinsberg) January 29, 2020

As I speak, we only have one player with a negative +/-.

#BanJJInitiations2k20

Zion just got mauled on that lob. Absolutely hammered

FRAAAAANK!

10 turnovers already. Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice to see Brandon Ingram waking up from that slump.

Brandon is too much of a nice kid to bark for his calls

He needs to realize he’s a star and deserves calls so he should learn how to work officials a bit

Soooooo... what's the story with this officiating tonight? Because it seems deliberately personal.

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Soooooo... what's the story with this officiating tonight? Because it seems deliberately personal.

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Really? I haven’t noticed anything lopsided tonight.

Zion should have laid that up with the right. Still too dominant with left hand

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Brandon is too much of a nice kid to bark for his calls

He needs to realize he’s a star and deserves calls so he should learn how to work officials a bit

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I much prefer suffering in silence (aka, The Jrue Holiday special) to Lonzo's complaining to the refs that results in him neglecting the game mid-play.

Frank just missed Zion on the break. We need the Pels to always be aware of where Zion is on fast breaks

Thanks for nothing, Nuggets.

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Frank just missed Zion on the break. We need the Pels to always be aware of where Zion is on fast breaks

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I agree. However, it’s going to take some time for the team to adjust. They will get there.

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Thanks for nothing, Nuggets.

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It’s still very early in the game. Lots of game left.

Also, way too early to worry about other teams yet. Just need to win games.

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Frank just missed Zion on the break. We need the Pels to always be aware of where Zion is on fast breaks

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This has not been a good game for people finding open Zions. Even Lonzo's missed it a few times, and Lonzo's usually good for at least the passing.

End of the first half. Pels up, 74-65. Scoring 74 on a bad defensive team = good. Letting a terrible offensive team get on pace for 130? Very bad. Better defense from everyone in the second half, except maybe Jrue because if he played defense much better than this he'd just eat the entire Cavs team.

Great to see Ingram hitting a bunch of shots tonight, breaking out of that slump hopefully.

First half statlines:
Jrue: 17 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks. 6/9 shooting (66.7%), 2/5 from 3. 0 turnovers, 0 fouls.
Ingram: 19 points, 0 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal. 7/9 shooting (77.8%), 4/4 from 3. 1 turnover, 0 fouls.
Lonzo: 5 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists. 2/7 shooting (28.6%), 1/5 from 3 (20%). 3 turnovers, 0 fouls.
Zion: 6 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist. 3/7 shooting (42.9%). 0 turnovers, 0 fouls.
Favors: 2 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist. 1/2 shooting (50%). 1 turnover, 3 fouls (second game he's been in early foul trouble in a row!)

Bench:
Jax: 7 points, 1 rebound. 3/3 shooting. 2 fouls, 0 turnovers
Frank: 7 points, 3 rebounds. 2/4 shooting. 1 foul, 1 turnover.

Jax is going to be really good.. Excited about his future.

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Jax is going to be really good.. Excited about his future.

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That lob was bananas.

Officials arent calling for one side or the other...they are just calling a bad game. Absolutely no consistency

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That lob was bananas.

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Crazyyy...

Just an observation: Jah had a 25/14 & 3 Block performance six games ago against Andre Drummond and has played 3.5 minutes since then.

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Just an observation: Jah had a 25/14 & 3 Block performance six games ago against Andre Drummond and has played 3.5 minutes since then.

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if favors get a early foul then okafor and hayes may have to get the mins..

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Just an observation: Jah had a 25/14 & 3 Block performance six games ago against Andre Drummond and has played 3.5 minutes since then.

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Jah (a backup) got 34 minutes in a game where the guys ahead of him were injured or unfit for that particular matchup, and has proceeded to get fewer minutes when the guys who are ahead of him are back. This is not a mystery.

ingram should finish 14 for 19 and call it a night...

These missed free throws are killing me

Zion's touch at the rim remains unbeaten

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Jah (a backup) got 34 minutes in a game where the guys ahead of him were injured or unfit for that particular matchup, and has proceeded to get fewer minutes when the guys who are ahead of him are back. This is not a mystery.

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NO need to get your panties in a knot...it was just an observation.

this team hate to make free throws lol...

Wow. That was terrible, Cleveland...

You gotta wonder at a ref who can watch someone two-hands shove a guy out of bounds and not call it

Jrue looked like Zion there.

Zion tipped that ball away and for a brief moment I was waiting for the crazy transition dunk before it managed to get rescued for the Cavs.

Don't do this to me

An ineffectual drive from Lonzo where he didn't even look at the basket turns into a turnover.

Who is this Jamelle guy? Do folks on the board have an opinion on him? I liked what I heard from him. Looks like a rising star

Zion hurt Love lmao

K. Love is not happy. I'd be pissed too if I had to play for the Cavs.

Love is going to get a restraining order on Jrue.

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Who is this Jamelle guy? Do folks on the board have an opinion on him? I liked what I heard from him. Looks like a rising star

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He's cool. Whenever he does the 2nd half interviews he seems good and I could have sworn he was on a pod at some point. Tweets after games pretty regularly.

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Love is going to get a restraining order on Jrue.

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Jrue's blocked him 3 times tonight, and stolen the ball off him at least once. Combined with the nutmeg, I think he might try and fight Jrue :hihi:

To those people wondering why myself and some others expect so much more from Jrue than we've had at times this year, look no further than this game.

Obviously I'm not saying he was registering 4 blocks and 3 steals every game last year (he wasn't, that's absurd, nobody was) but this is the kind of impact he was having fairly regularly the last two years. Just imposing his will on games, denying everything defensively, hitting the basket at will, etc etc

Ingram needs to improve his defense off-ball.

They're trapping Ingram, other guys have to hit their open looks..

I hate this team when we have a big lead. Why does our bball IQ go down?

this team get lazy and lack the killer instinct to take teams out..

LOL we choked a lead?

Ingram racking up turnovers 2 possessions in a row