The Cleveland Cavaliers Made One Thing VERY CLEAR…

[@basketballreach]

Could you see Cleveland beating Boston in the post season if both sides are healthy? ⬇

[@cph3257]

Yes

[@Deadpool______________]

Cleveland is cooking with chemistry, fully healthy with home court advantage, no way they not taking Boston at least to game 7! Cavs are right there, I feel them not winning a chip yet may also make them more hungry to win!

[@ranbailey8693]

It would be a tough series for both teams, and it would heavily depend on who has home court advantage

[@jkreimborg]

Yes , if Porzingis is hurt .

[@Slanghood101]

@@jkreimborgboth teams are fully healthy bud

[@robmangeri777]

Cavs are trending so strongly in an amazing direction! Their system is rewarding everyone and they have A LOT OF GUYS UP TO THE TASK, so they win games in blowout fashion even with Mitchell and other stars sitting out.

[@aVo_001]

The Cavs have been a rising threat in the East the last 3 years. Each season has seen impressive improvements the last 5 years getting more wins and going deeper and deeper into the playoffs. Cavs vs Celtics in the ECF is a very likely possibility. That series could go either way imho, but one thing is certain: THE CAVS ARE NO FLUKE.

[@cheetah219]

It'll come down to health and defense. But, they are definitely a real team behind Mitchell. My main concern around the cavs is if they already peaked. Most teams don't want to be at their absolute best at the beginning of the season...that generates a lot of film for opposing teams to watch to find ways to counter them. If this streak was happening post all star break this cavs team is a bonafide contender. That said, this team reminds me of the nuggets who spent a few years maintaining the same core and continued to push further and further in the playoffs until they finally won. I still think the cavs need more depth, but there is no doubt they have the potential to be the best regular season team this year. The question will be how they look and who will be healthy come play off time

[@MKStof]

@@cheetah219all 5 teams in nba history to start 15-0 have made at least the conference finals. 4 have made the finals. 3 won the chip. History says there’s no peaking early starting off that hot 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@aVo_001]

@@cheetah219 those are some pretty good points and are all very relevant. But what I say is this. I know people like to think that someone might peek early or you shouldn’t be this good this soon but in all honesty isn’t the goal of every basketball game to win? Like how can I fault the Cavs for being on a 15-0 win streak? For some reason the mentality is if they have a couple of losses, they are a healthy team, but if they’re on a win streak, I have to question it even though winning is better than losing. We certainly don’t have as much playoff experience as the Celtics do,, and you’re right about seeing if we can maintain this after the All-Star break, but like the other guy said teams that start historically have gone very far in the playoffs that same year.

[@cheetah219]

@@aVo_001 I totally agree. The mindset and focus is there and I won't deny the probability of making a deep playoff run. I'm a Knicks fan, and I hope for a competitive, healthy series

[@cashlindeman]

The cavs would have beat the celtics but had six injuries

[@mudflaps4730]

Just an EXCELLENT review!!!

[@thespeedster7700]

Cavs faced the worst possibility this game, I think we are the better team 💪🏿

[@jacklike2526]

Porzingis would've completely shut down Allen and ESPECIALLY Mobley... the guys the Cavs were missing were nothing compared to porzingis missing...

[@JDLuckbox]

If the situation was reversed and the Cavs third best player was out (Mobley IMO), but the Celtics were missing jrue, Pritchard, Hauser and another of your best bench players, you wouldn't be saying that Mobley missing has more of an impact than missing a third of your team. KP was the best player that sat this game out for sure. He doesn't have more impact than four other guys combined though. Especially when those four players are the first four options at small forward for the Cavs, and their two best perimeter defenders.

[@jacklike2526]

@ nobody can guard Tatum or brown anyway, also if holiday, Pritchard, and hauser were out I would still expect the Celtics to win against ANYBODY, even without those 3 players they STILL have so much scoring and such great defense.

[@gullintanni]

Considering the bench play in this game I’d say Cleveland gets worse contributions if they were healthy and Boston gets better. Cleveland has 3 major issues. 2 non shooting big starting, no defense from their star backcourt and a general lack of 2 way role players (they’re either defenders or shooters, not both)

[@angelopineda200]

@@JDLuckbox yep these delusional Celtics fan think Porzingis will make much impact compared to Cavs missing their 4 wing defenders. I think they already forgot what Dean Wade did to them last march 🤣

[@mr.righty6985]

Cleveland got hosed on calls all game long. Plus they were out for rotational players. And Boston was only at 1

[@jef_freely]

If Kenny would’ve put the pressure on the rookie Tyson and two way players LT JT I think we’d been better in Boston with them with all the injuries, but must’ve not wanted the pressure of the streak on the youth

[@db1872]

Cleveland got this

[@themagnificentgaming1419]

Would have won easily at home, with garland on his game

[@louburgunde9719]

@@themagnificentgaming1419 No they would Not won if Garland was on his game... Cleveland would have Won, and They will in the future especially when it counts...!!!!

[@Vi11ain100]

He got locked up goofy ahh clown😂

[@louburgunde9719]

@@Vi11ain100 what are ya talking about

[@trulydindu5435]

@@louburgunde9719lol like wtf is he talking about yo

[@kennash9196]

Cavs not beating the celtics no day

[@Strategic_Reformer]

The officiating was atrocious, Brothers was clevelands sixth man. This needs to be discussed and change FORCED, im tired of people ignoring it. Dont watch via official channels, dont buy merch or tickets. Sports betting is an epidemic

[@TheRobversion1]

You sound as if you're implying garland not shooting well was dumb luck for the celtics. This was the celtics gameplan. You gotta give the celtics some credit for limiting garland. Especially horford. Garland didnt shoot well because of the celtics defense. There will always be someone on the opposing team whos going to not shoot well. Boston will always take at least 1 guy away. Also keep in mind that the cavs came back because they kept attacking queta. That was the cavs adjustment. Remove him and replace with KP and suddenly the celtics have no holes to exploit anymore. Sure the cavs were missing okoro, levert and wade. Put them in. Do the celtics lose a pressure point? Nope. They still go back to the original gameplan: take away 1 of spida or garland (bait mobley to score 2s while staying home on shooters just like last year's playoffs) and attack garland/spida (just like last years playoffs again). Okoro can be there but he can only guard 1 guy. Whoever hes not guarding simply attacks garland/spida. The celtics on the other hand lose their pain points with Kp replacing queta. Cleveland goes back to targeting al horford as the worst defender. We all know how that turns out in most games.

[@MarkwittaK]

Exactly. This game just showed when Celtics lock down on defense, there’s no beating them. Cavs might win one or two on us this year, but I don’t think they’re taking us in a 7 game series. We have too many weapons and can adjust to any offense and defense. I’m only human tho, I could be wrong.

[@jerrygoldfarb7739]

Last night against Wizards Tatum and White were 0/16 from 3- If the Wiz were a half decent team could have beaten the Celts- Tatum is great but inconsistent- wish he had laid an egg against Cavs- even Brown was only 3/13 from 3

[@MarkwittaK]

Tatum has actually been fairly consistent this season. Last season he was not I agree. The wizards game was just bad for the Celtics. It was like they just had no drive to play them.

[@X_I_AM]

im ngl cleveland might be the sorriest undefeated team😭 the celtics were the 2nd actual good team they played and they lost

[@DocJoby]

New York, Lakers, Orlando, and Milwaukee are not good, got it.

[@notmyname9625]

Facts 😂 they think the fact they were able to abuse one of our 4th stringers for a 3rd quarter “comeback” where they never even got the lead actually proves something. If anything its proof that they would get their asses handed to em if they both played healthy. 3 of their 4 missing players were at SF and craig porter jr (sf) was one of their only players who could make anything happen so i dont think it hurt them that much. With him off the court and kp back in they would have lost by like 50 pts 😂 honestly even if just kornet was available to relieve queta i dont see them making their little “comeback”. This type of nonsense doesnt even deserve to be addressed. Celtics dominated the entire game when queta wasnt on the floor. I like queta too dont get me wrong i think he will develop into a solid player but he’s technically our 4th string center n as far as i know it was his first time ever playing a full quarter. The whole premise is just ridiculous. If u actually watched the game it was pretty clear who the more dominant team is

[@notmyname9625]

⁠@@DocJobyyes bucks are aweful this year and Orlando the knicks and the lakers are all average at best. None of them are serious contenders

[@DocJoby]

@@notmyname9625we beat Milwaukee on a night when Dame dropped 41 and Giannis dropped 34. Milwaukee is underrated at this point because of injuries and inconsistency from Dame. If Dame is on fire they are still at the top half of the East.

[@notmyname9625]

@@DocJoby no milwaukee is genuinely aweful because they have horrible coaching and even worse chemistry. Giannis and Dame put up numbers against the celtics too but they still most likely wont win a single game against us this year. Bucks are literally the worst of all the teams u mentioned idk why you think that is an impressive win to point out

[@JamesToliver-ge4jb]

Don't over re-act to one game. U got to beat a Team 4times in the playoffs.

[@adamwehri]

They add porzginas yet and we’re missing solid bench. That’s not good for cavs

[@jbarshorts]

boston shoots 22 3s and only won by 3 points lmao. cavs missing 4 forwards to defend tatum and brown. celtics only missing porzingis. mobley > porzingis .

[@adamwehri]

@ I’ll give you Mobley is a better defender than Porzingas, however thinking Isaac is gonna shut Tatum down is very suspect. Not a Celtics fan. I just don’t think anyone is gonna beat this Celtics squad if they are fully healthy. I think Cavs might legit be the second best team in the association

[@thesportsfein]

@@adamwehri no issac won’t shut down Tatum but he would’ve slowed him down better than a 6’1 Mitchell did or sam merill lol like come on man 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@henrybiggs3113]

Key points - Garland 3-21... That won't happen again... He go 5-21, Cavs win... Celtics made 22 3's over 50%... Likely not to happen again, they were scorching... That should-ve been a blowout, not reserve players helping a comeback... KP does not tilt the scale because of all the teams in the league, the Cavs have 2 bigs that can athletically step out on the perimeter with him... Also Strus, Levert & Okoro didn't play either... Strus & Levert can easily match any pts KP adds while Okoro is the Cavs best perimeter defender... I like the Cavs chances in a 7 game series...🤷🏽🤷🏽🤷🏽

[@jalengarrett2868]

Said that last year and garland had those types of stat lines each game except one

[@Vi11ain100]

Ik you might be special needs but kp very much tilts the scale and garland wad locked up😂

[@duplexarco]

This is what garland's game when facing the celtics. Nothing more you can expect on him

[@jalengarrett2868]

@@duplexarco exactly

[@trulydindu5435]

Don’t forget dean wade was out too

[@elburto5387]

Boston gave choked in the past back they are so loaded, second season together and a lot of playoff experience.

[@notmyname9625]

Boston didnt even choke. It was just the queta matchup getting taken advantage of. He is a 3rd/4th stringer (depends who you ask) and has never played a full quarter before iirc. If u actually watched the game the celtics absolutely dominated anytime queta wasnt on the court. Not even saying anything bad about queta either. I actually like him he is just very green still but i dont think anyone is surprised that he would fair poorly playing an entire quarter in this type of high intensity game. Ppl just start narratives without even watching the actual games. All they see is the highlights. If u actually watched the game it was pretty clear that without missing two of our centers we would have completely blown them out. I dont wanna hear about their injuries either. 3 of those injuries were all at SF and craig porter jr was damn near their best player on the court. Taking minutes from CPJ wasnt gonna help them anyway. He was one of like 3 guys on their entire roster to make any momentum

[@ekkogames1085]

the cavs were playing like they were gonna shit themselves from the pressure of boston in the first quarter. especially gaarland ngl. In the other games THEY started the games off quickly by getting a 20 point lead in the opening few minutes and then they slowed down. But in this match they were reluctant to take shots and was hard and sad to watch. I still cant believe that gaarland had such a bad game. he was missing open layups like wtf.

[@smercxz]

We took off in the second half in all our other games. First half was always close. Boston was the only first half it wasn’t close and we were the ones down. But again the second has been our half and we rallied back instead of pulling away this time. 28 games in 16 days and an inefficient night from DG. While only losing by 3. Yea we fr contenders

[@ekkogames1085]

@@smercxz agree

[@kristofferwash1]

Nailed it. No notes.

[@p1ayerzer0]

Now we need the bucks to trade lopez for a bum like richaun holmes (Or bobby portis) for better depth than AJ green and Doc rivers

[@nelsonlim1389]

In the end of the day.Cleveland will lost in playoff time.They need more experience to win a series in Boston.

[@godsartist_33]

Shut up 🤡

[@godsartist_33]

All of the Cavaliers SF wing players were out due to injuries.. Cavs are better than the Boston L-tics‼️😭🤣

[@malcolmhodnett8874]

😂 cope

[@basketballreach]

😅😅😅

[@griplimit]

I can’t remember which team won in the playoffs… remind me again.😅

[@notmyname9625]

And yet Craig Porter Jr (SF) was one of the only guys on your roster who could actually make anything happen. Switch it the other way on the otherhand and the celtics only weak link in that game was queta (C) who is technically a 4th stringer himself and has never played a full quarter in the nba as far as i know. The whole 3rd quarter “comeback” was due to taking advantage of queta being on the court. You cant act like the cavs injuries had more effect on that game than the celtics being down 2 of their centers when that was the only weak position for the celtics and SF was one of the stronger performing positions for cleveland that night. I actually like this cleveland team too but thats just terrible logic. I still hope to see you in the ECF tho

[@calebburt180]

This is a weird take, but the only team in the east that may have a chance to beat boston in a 7 game series is probably a fully healthy magic. The cavs and knicks just dont have the defensive personal to beat bostons starting 5. Even if this matchup happened tho. I would still pick boston bc they are miles ahead offensively

[@louburgunde9719]

@@calebburt180 Yes. They do. Do you actually know about basketball? The refs helped Cleveland that game... Boston did not win that. Cleveland is going to get them... Do not play Cleveland anymore referees ITNOCJ Amen and Hallelujah 🙌🙏👍

[@marlanekelly170]

Not a weird take but I’d take out the Knicks simply because they rely too heavily on Brunson and KAT. Believe it or not but Hart hurts them more than he helps them since he’s so one dimensional. He can’t shoot, finish, handle or facilitate at 6’4”ish. Celtics’ guards are sizable and versatile. This is also why the Cavs won’t beat us in 7. Garland just can’t compete with Jrue and White, Mitchell can’t guard Tatum or Brown and the Cavs in general rely on funneling players to their bigs at the rim. Celtics can go 5 out which mitigates that scheme. As you can see though, Cavs bigs dominate against us because of how versatile they are. Problem is, the league runs through guards and forwards, not bigs. Look at the history of NBA Champions in the last 10 years.

[@louburgunde9719]

@marlanekelly170 Cleveland does not have to follow those strategies for Great success... Cleveland is not a much better all around team than Boston. Even K,P Garland needs to stay very consistent and come through in clutch moments against teams like Boston, they will eventually Beat Boston...

[@marlanekelly170]

@@louburgunde9719 I don’t even understand this comment if I’m being completely honest.

[@louburgunde9719]

@@marlanekelly170 so What I am hoping to convey to is yes, Boston Celtics are the reigning championship, but Cleveland actually has a Better team then Boston at this point and going into the playoffs, so asked you do really know about the sport itself because you did not break the Cleveland Cavalier's roster probably.

[@zhenya7992]

IT'S ABSUUUURD

[@Carlo-zk2cy]

Garland 6’1 and Mitchell 6’3 guarding Tatum and Brown showed how bad this game for the Cavs in terms of size match-up. Not having any of the Cavs wing players was just too much. Yet they fought until the end.

[@angelopineda200]

We'll see how they matchup with LeVert, Okoro, Wade, and maybe Strus when they return on their next matchup.

[@SALIMdagodakaHarryAllen]

​@@angelopineda200😂😂😂

[@angelopineda200]

@@SALIMdagodakaHarryAllen another nigga celtics fan? what? you’ll bring up Porzingis being out as well? 🤣

[@gullintanni]

Boston beats Cleveland as easily as they beat Dallas as the Cavs have the same issues with no 3 point defense, weak and exploitable guards that get shut down by the great defenders on Boston. They also start 2 non shooters against Boston’s 5 out offense. Cleveland need to trade Allen for some 2 way wings and probably Garland as well, cause he’s inferior to Prichard who’s Boston’s 3rd best guard 😂

[@godsartist_33]

A doofus, none of the Cavs wings were available, they all were injured this game‼️😒👊🏿💢🤕

[@basketballreach]

Well Cleveland were without their best perimeter defender in Issac Okoro so that’s not necessarily the case. Also Max Strus also battles on that end too. Then with your take on Pritchard being better than Garland you know that’s not true 💀💀

[@benklosowski1209]

If you’re talking worth mentioning that kp is more valuable than all of cavs inj

[@bmbrowns1778]

Nah, thats 4 guys who all get 17+ mins a game. It's a wash at best

[@kennash9196]

​@@bmbrowns1778u dreaming

[@matthewstrach4135]

Idc how that game went, the Cavs are 16-1 rn. Boston played a great game but they caught DG on his worst day this season. That ain’t happening again. When they inevitably play eachother this postseason: Cavs in 6

[@nikobellic2515]

So the entire game is going to go the exact same way but Garland is going to hit shots? That’s not how basketball works

[@MyBihLuhCoco]

@@nikobellic2515cavs were away and missing 4 of their heavy rotation players. Cavs in 5

[@huckleberry12]

6:32 explain why you think this could've been a tech

[@ryebread447]

Unnecessary contact going THRU the guy to get the ball toooooo harrrddd. It's not football bro

[@huckleberry12]

@@ryebread447 he was clearly going for the steal. It was neither unnecessary nor excessive. Just because your boy bleeds easily doesn't mean it's a tech.

[@jaydenglass-r9i]

@@huckleberry12 he literally ran into him what was you watching

[@huckleberry12]

@@jaydenglass-r9i I watched the entire game. they ran into each other. Read what qualifies a technical foul. Reading would do you good.

[@birdperson6473]

​@huckleberry12 he leaned in with his shoulder when the the ball wasn't even near for him to go the way he did it was excessive and should have been a flagrant but as always the refs carrying that fruad just like the travel no call against Toronto

[@crotdacrude]

Cavs gotta button-up their perimeter defense. They have a lot of undersized and/or unathletic wings who can't match up with our guards/wings. They also try to funnel opponents into the paint as their defensive philosophy. That just plays in to Celtics drive and kick game. If Celtics launch threes AFTER getting two feet in the paint off the drive (and limit Queta's meaningful minutes), I don't think the Cavs can hang with the C's. Donovan is scary good but he's not gonna win a 7 game series single handed.

[@tijantoube]

If the Celtics did not grow cold in the second half, what would the narrative be?

[@smercxz]

Fatigue and bad shooting from DG. 16 games in 28 days leaves no time for rest

[@louburgunde9719]

@@tijantoube but they did, like any NBA team... Do you really know about basketball?

[@alexelliot3812]

If only this, if only that. Celtics dominated the Cavs in the first half and let their foot off the gas in the 2nd and they still won. Come playoff time, they're not letting their foot off the gas, and last season proved that. AND STOP WITH THE INJURY EXCUSES. damn... Every team misses players. How can you say the Cavs could have won if they had their rotational players? Celtics were down their 3rd best player. If Cavs rotational players played, it would have taken shots away from Niang, Jerome and Porter would were abnormal hot. Cavs ain't beting the C's.

[@trishalogan4643]

You scared 😅😅

[@LikeWhyTF]

7:00 let’s not do that tho they don’t have Porzingas 😬

[@nimitshah1684]

we also didn't have our key bench players so it all evens out. I will say it will be a fun seris during the year so lets be excited about that

[@isaks185]

Yeah you hear a lot about how they didnt have porzingis but cavs missing at least as much in those 4 players all of the wings who wouldve done a better defensive job on tatum and brown, away game aswell, celtics still the team to beat but the cavs are closer than most ppl think..

[@nimitshah1684]

@@isaks185 i dislike how so many people keep ignoring this fact lol

[@Averagedre]

@@nimitshah1684nobody is ignoring that facts thats all you cavs fans are complaining about lol… both teams fully healthy Boston is wiping the floor with cleveland just like last year

[@michaeloh6221]

Lol some things to consider: -Georges Niang, Ty Jerome and Craig Porter are not shooting 80% again -Okoro and Strus got toasted by Tatum and Brown in last year's playoffs -Levert might be a factor but again, cooked on D and streaky on offense -Queta was -15 in 16 minutes. The Cavs only made runs when he was on the floor, he was the worst player on the floor tonight (yes, even Darius Garland). Porzingis returning means there will be much less of Queta Even if Garland shoots better, the other players will regress back to the mean. Cavs have gotten better but they played the Cs last year without Porzingis. Celtics in 5

[@vism2812]

-georges niang and craig porter will not see playoff minutes, ty jerome is an efficient player regardless. -cavs are a better offence and defence this year, last years data was against a worse version of the team -levert has played the best defence of his career in cleveland, and is taking better shots this season -stop banking on porzingis. he’s hardly ever is on the court in the playoffs. luke kornet will get attacked in the same way queta did, even if he does a better job handling cavs were a borderline top 10 offence at their peak under JB. coming out the gate this versatile offensively under kenny atkinson is dangerous. its been 17 games and their shooters havent regressed yet, even when darius is playing well. they create that many good shots for their great scorers. cavs-celtics series is going 7 this year. this cavs team is developing internally at a scary fast rate.

[@5h00ta]

@@vism2812FACTS bro. All they do is bring Porzingus. And the guy is basically useless because he’s hurt 90% of the time. And they ignore all the facts you stated. And they’ll claim the 4 players that the Cavs were missing are “all bums anyways” , just because they’re not stars or Celtics.

[@cph3257]

You’re going off of last year which is a completely different team. Don’t act like Al Horford is playing like every game. Celtics rely too much on the three. They cooked the Cavs from three and barely won. What happen when they shoot normally and the Cavs have their perimeter defenders back?

[@vism2812]

@ porzingis is amazing man. no other big got elite shooting and elite rim protection. but even he is not as impactful as a whole position group. cavs didnt just miss 4 players, they lost their first 4 options to start at SF. they started 6’4 sam merrill at the 3 and still switched everything with him and the guards. gonna be a lot harder when strus/okoro/wade/levert can take the tatum assignment.

[@louburgunde9719]

Dude Cleveland is well on their way to Beat Boston...!!!

[@chriscranston7189]

Clevelands played a bunch of scrubs and lost when it counted. They never had the lead and were loosing by 21 at one point. With Zap back in the playoffs. Cavs dont stand a chance. When Celtics want the win its theirs.

[@rileyvb7257]

Did you really just say that the Celtics are a bunch of scrubs??

[@jonathondemer7749]

No he’s saying everyone they played before this were scrubs, even though the cavs have played multiple very good teams lmao. Blew out the 10-4 lakers by 30. Blew out the #1 in the west warriors by 40. Beat multiple playoff teams in the east by double digits, the guy saying scrubs is just an idiot obviously

[@louburgunde9719]

@@chriscranston7189 actually The Playoffs is really when it counts...

[@louburgunde9719]

Bias Boston fans,yeah Boston that game,but don't act like Cleveland can't beat you, because they can beat you,and they will Beat you...!!! Cleveland will be a force to be, reckoned with...

[@dearmas9068]

Boston fans are really not very smart. We all knew its not the brightest population base, but I would have expected more when it came to sports... Yikes.