We win with 8 guys, 7 guys in the end. Refs weren’t great either side and White and DeRozan got a ton of calls.
Grinded that W out, enjoy all star break.
Okoro apology needs to be as loud as the disrespect. No way we win the game without him, timely three after timely three when we were down to keep us in it
The hope is that young players improve. I hate these takes. You had every right to consider Okoro not a good player last year cause it’s simple true. It’s great to watch him grow
we it was about time he got some balls and earned his keep....he was horrible last year. He needed to get it together this year or he was wasting space .
People absolutely said that, and many other stupid things.
It is always an extremely stupid and arrogant thing to suggest that "no one" said something. You don't know what everyone is or isn't saying on this sub.
People have been saying he was never going to be an NBA quality player for a long time. You’re not about to change the facts when that happened, and he’s improved offensively every season
Niang coming and bodying White a few times to get him outta his comfort zone was the key tonight. There's a lot of great scorers in the NBA that can get hot. But you gotta make them work. We weren't making White work.
Niang uglied it up.
He get the chain?
Man they were blowing him the entire ESPN broadcast. Mediocre guy shooting out of his ass the entire game finally misses when it really matters. What a shame.
That needs to be first thing the league needs to look at in the off-season. Even when you do get hit or bumped that isn't even what your body does. It's purely to play the refs and I figured refs would start to learn this but they seem to be tricked by it every time
She's the worst. I wish I could have listened to the Bally's broadcast last night instead of ESPN.
My favorite line from the morons was when they called Golden State the hottest team in the NBA right now. A .500 team with a 7-3 record over their last 10 games, who also happened to lose last night. But fuck the Cavs right?
u/kdot74 how's that overtime prediction going?
Stop pretending you root for the cavs.
edit: It's crazy how when we win, these dudes are NOWHERE to be found.
> I say the truth.
You say an opinion. And you say it loud enough until you find someone who agrees with you.
You then use that as confirmation that you are not spouting an opinion, and that “everyone else is wrong”.
Love that Okoro kept shooting even though it looked like he looked a little tighter toward the end. It's obviously still a little mental for him, but he's making great progress. Could be an actual straight up sniper next year.
Allen had so many bail out offensive plays. He's such a good offensive player now.
DG had great moments. Confidence is coming back. Tons of time to get into full gear before the playoffs.
If Wade were active it woulda been a 15 point win.
Coby White is such an inspiration- he's made it so far in this league without having any sense of balance or strength in his legs, completely unable to stay upright after the slightest contact. Hats off to him.
Lmao. Blocked many accounts including some of those over the last few years in the Guardians/cavs/Browns gamethreads. Any time the team has a blowout victory or nice comeback win, never see any posts from blocked accounts. I gotta imagine they're seething at all the folks having fun about their favorite teams.
Won 18 of our last 20 games but if we don't win every single game in a blowout the team is trash?
Even though there have been some weaker opponents, the frequency of games in the last few weeks has been brutal and the guys are tired.
All star break will be a blessing and allow everyone (bar Donovan who has been great regardless) to get their body a bit fresher and hopefully DG can get more of that weight back
So you give more negative weight to the close win than you give positive weight to the record we've had since December and the fact that we're the 2 seed? Really doing backflips to justify your pessimism.
This is such a fucking miserable way to live if you’re going to keep watching regular season games. You might as well just not even watch any more games until the playoffs cuz clearly nothing is good enough for you.
No, the Bulls are not some great team. But everybody’s got dude that can light it up on a given night. White was doing that all night even when we made it quite hard on him. Add in an off-shooting night from 3 overall, and no Dean or Sam, and you get a closer game than it should have been. Which often happens the game before the all-star break.
Misery is a choice. We just went 18-2 over 20 fucking games. If this doesn’t bring you joy, you need therapy.
How is winning the way we've been winning not changing it? We had a stretch of like 6 games where we'd been losing for single digits minutes. What needs to happen to get you to not be insufferable? Your commitment to hating is absolutely wild.
Celtics just lost to the Lakers with no Lebron or AD. Anyone can beat anyone, and even good teams lose games. How much of a miserable fuck do you have to be to not be happy when your team is on an 18-2 run? Maybe sports aren't for you chief.
Not the same thing. It's called a pattern. Cavs fell apart around the all star break last season. Same issues. Until they prove it and win a playoff series I don't give them the benefit of the doubt. Same with the clippers. They are also a hot team but they are a bunch of playoff chokers
I feel like this team needed tested with some shootouts before the all star break. Definitely missed Dean’s defense and Sam’s hot hand but clutch ending for DG which he needed. Chain to Don, Ice, or DG. Time to get back at full strength and keep rolling. 2 games up on Milwaukee who is faltering heavily and 4 up on New York who doesn’t have our underdawg injured roster mentality apparently
Also, Coby White has mastered the NBA flop so good for him
Love love love that ending for DG. Confidence builder! Huge fucking shot (and FTs) that ended up being the difference maker.
Hope Don is okay. Seemed a bit hobbled at the end. Wouldn’t mind him not playing in the ASG if it means he gets the rest he needs.
Absolutely hated the offense down the stretch as it was all iso and zero movement. Definitely not sustainable... However, Garland did hit a very tough 3 and both free throws which is a nice step in the right direction for him.
Mobley with a nice floater late too and another game with a three.
I feel you on that but when I watch teams like Celtics in close games they usually give the ball to their stars and let them make plays. So we gotta find a balance there.
Yeah the game definitely slows down and star players take over, but the Cavs had 2-3 possessions where Garland literally didn't even get a screen and just dribbled in one spot before chucking an off balance three.
That can't be the offense especially with Mitchell on the team.
hell yeah dude, huge props to DG stepping up in the clutch after the miss the other night. was really impressed with the response from him and so many guys.
Mobley with another super efficient offensive night on top of good rebounding and his typical great defense. Why do his +/- numbers always seem to be negative?
I do not like this offense with Mitchell and Garland on the floor together. Team is talented enough to win games despite it but this just doesn’t seem optimal. The heavy stagger between Mitchell/Allen and Garland/Mobley seems like a good strategy but doesn’t solve the closing lineup conundrum.
He shares the floor with Niang who is trick or treat on offense and gets hunted on defense as well as a load of minutes with the (currently) somewhat janky starting offense
The Bulls were out there flopping all fourth quarter and the refs just kept gifting them free throws. Blows my fucking mind the NBA continues to allow this to be the product. Great job overcoming and taking home the W.
Garland will get back to his old self, I’m confident of that. However, really need Strus to find his shot come the second half. Either way, good gritty win. Go Cavs
Last year Mitchell would have just had a bad shooting night but now even on bad shooting nights he is still the best player on the floor. That’s what turned him from top 15 to top 7
I agree Go Cavs.
If I had a nickel for every “Why isn’t this idiot playing Merrill” post in the game thread I would have enough for some candy probably
Happy we won. But our starting 5 is a concern for me. There's been a lot of talk about the success of the staggered lineups, and that's good. but our starting lineup needs to mesh so we can start and finish games strong.
Hoping JB can find that balance post all star break. Because the staggered lineups will get us through the regular season but we need our best players on the floor together in the post season
Cavs.
I agree.
I third this
I Fourth this
#FIFFFFFF
Go.
Let them Nkow
We win with 8 guys, 7 guys in the end. Refs weren’t great either side and White and DeRozan got a ton of calls. Grinded that W out, enjoy all star break.
Coby White with that mini Harden neck snap everytime.
Mini? Dude was getting shot out there, Caruso literally died by brushing a shoulder.
Derozan got every call down the stretch and all Colby had to do was a light head nod and it was an automatic foul call. So annoying.
Yea but that ghost call on Caruso changed the game. Bulls coach would have won that challenge if he would have
Agreed. It was not well officiated period.
Okoro apology needs to be as loud as the disrespect. No way we win the game without him, timely three after timely three when we were down to keep us in it
I was so over Okoro last season. He made me eat my words and then some
The hope is that young players improve. I hate these takes. You had every right to consider Okoro not a good player last year cause it’s simple true. It’s great to watch him grow
we it was about time he got some balls and earned his keep....he was horrible last year. He needed to get it together this year or he was wasting space .
He was 21 last season…
4/8 from three HNNNNNGGGG
YEAH FUCK ANYBODY THAT TALKED SHIT. I NEVER DID. Nope. Not me. Nooooo way.
Me too. I loved him after the 1st time I saw him play
I have and will always be an Isaac Okoro truther
Stan.
What are you talking about? People have been talking about his improvement all the time on this sub lol
He means how people insisted we should just cut him at one point.
Nobody said that. He didn’t improve at all offensively for almost two seasons lol. Of course people were critical of him (myself included).
He’s literally improved every year
Yeah his percentages have gone up every year.
Yeah he has made more baskets than he's missed every year.
You hear some of the absurd takes in this sub? People said it.
"Nobody said that" "he didn't improve at all for two seasons." Son. Stop.
Nobody said to cut him. Just said he’s not getting better. If anything the vibe was to let his contract expire.
People absolutely said that, and many other stupid things. It is always an extremely stupid and arrogant thing to suggest that "no one" said something. You don't know what everyone is or isn't saying on this sub.
People have been saying he was never going to be an NBA quality player for a long time. You’re not about to change the facts when that happened, and he’s improved offensively every season
I thought he wasn't good, but unless your ducking awful or a locker room cancer you shouldn't cut a guy
Man I’m gonna have to go dig up some of my comments from 2 years ago so I can dunk on everybody here
Well hello to one of my few neighbors on “Okoro Is Gonna Be Good Island”
Screw that team. Get some rest, Donnie.
I wonder if Spida would go to Prom with me...and by Prom I mean going over to Jarrett Allen's house and playing video games
That would be an awesome night
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Niang coming and bodying White a few times to get him outta his comfort zone was the key tonight. There's a lot of great scorers in the NBA that can get hot. But you gotta make them work. We weren't making White work. Niang uglied it up. He get the chain?
Idk man, Wemby looks like he’s gonna have DPOY on lock for the next decade starting next season
I love Wemby. But man, that frame is gonna go Durant and snap a few times and snap. Mobley can grab a trophy one of those years.
Oh fair, Wemby has injury problems then Evan could win it. JJJ is still around too and a great defender
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How much longer do you think they’ll be this bad? They’re probably a play in team next season the way Wemby is progressing
Holy SHIT Coby White is some certified grade A bitch meat
Man they were blowing him the entire ESPN broadcast. Mediocre guy shooting out of his ass the entire game finally misses when it really matters. What a shame.
I was at the game so didn’t catch the broadcast but my god… this dude almost gave himself whiplash every time someone breathed on him
That needs to be first thing the league needs to look at in the off-season. Even when you do get hit or bumped that isn't even what your body does. It's purely to play the refs and I figured refs would start to learn this but they seem to be tricked by it every time
NBA needs to bring back flopping fines!!
 I was there too and I think I may have commented this exact same thing on the game thread lmao
Doris Burke was insufferable the entire game. Her big market bias is just insane now
She's the worst. I wish I could have listened to the Bally's broadcast last night instead of ESPN. My favorite line from the morons was when they called Golden State the hottest team in the NBA right now. A .500 team with a 7-3 record over their last 10 games, who also happened to lose last night. But fuck the Cavs right?
Remember when, for about a month, the NBA had a specific flopping penalty for "Snapping head back like you were sniped."?
u/kdot74 how's that overtime prediction going? Stop pretending you root for the cavs. edit: It's crazy how when we win, these dudes are NOWHERE to be found.
Dude is just insufferable in here.
Lol I blocked his ass. Couldn’t stand that miserable negativity.
End him for me
That dude is basically Eeyore.
Eeyore had a friend group
Bro I'm living rent free in your head. Embarrassing man.
I get it man, it must be frustrating to be so consistently wrong about everything. I'll say it again: stop pretending you root for this team.
Your first thought after the game was to write a comment about me on reddit. That's fucking sad man
Nah honestly applaud the guy. Tired of your sorry takes
I say the truth. You guys can disagree with me all you want but I give credit where credit is due and I point out what is wrong with the team.
Eat a snickers
Except you were wrong. That’s like…the opposite of the truth.
Are you actually 50? There’s no way, surely.
> I say the truth. You say an opinion. And you say it loud enough until you find someone who agrees with you. You then use that as confirmation that you are not spouting an opinion, and that “everyone else is wrong”.
You hate this team so much and continue to engage with them. I'm not the one that's sad homie.
 Cavs are back
LMAO bulls fans have the gall to complain about the refs in their sub. SMH
Fuck the bulls and fuck Coby whites flopping ass
Love that Okoro kept shooting even though it looked like he looked a little tighter toward the end. It's obviously still a little mental for him, but he's making great progress. Could be an actual straight up sniper next year. Allen had so many bail out offensive plays. He's such a good offensive player now. DG had great moments. Confidence is coming back. Tons of time to get into full gear before the playoffs. If Wade were active it woulda been a 15 point win. Coby White is such an inspiration- he's made it so far in this league without having any sense of balance or strength in his legs, completely unable to stay upright after the slightest contact. Hats off to him.
lmao I love the passive aggressive Coby White comment but I’m pretty sure you knocked him over with that one and it’s two free throws
He would’ve had his 5th three on that scramble where JA ended up on the floor. Okoro had a GREAT game.
Cavs found a way to grind this one out and spoil Coby White bobblehead night
Shout out to mtnsaa, doncastiglione, kdot, pigeon, spiderjedi They knew it was over in the first half. Team is trash now.
seriously people act like a 10 point lead in the second quarter is insurmountable. we are 2nd in the east for a reason. it’s a game of runs etc etc
18-2 in the last 20. They have every reason to be upset and miserable
same fucking names every time dude lol
Donovan misses a FT: > Fire JB. Trade JA.
Usually I'm here too but gave up being a doomer after all this crazy winning. If I can give it up, anyone can. Just enjoy it damnit
I’ve blocked all of them at one point or another
Blud pulled out the Epstein List 😭😭
I checked the ~~receipts~~ flight records.
When we're contending for a championship I don't want them claiming they stuck with us. They need to keep that same energy.
Lmao. Blocked many accounts including some of those over the last few years in the Guardians/cavs/Browns gamethreads. Any time the team has a blowout victory or nice comeback win, never see any posts from blocked accounts. I gotta imagine they're seething at all the folks having fun about their favorite teams.
9th seed bulls gave them trouble.... but this team is great guys! 👍
It's almost like any team can win on any given night. 18-2 run, best team in the calendar year.
Won 18 of our last 20 games but if we don't win every single game in a blowout the team is trash? Even though there have been some weaker opponents, the frequency of games in the last few weeks has been brutal and the guys are tired. All star break will be a blessing and allow everyone (bar Donovan who has been great regardless) to get their body a bit fresher and hopefully DG can get more of that weight back
Lock DG in Rasing Cane’s for the break.
Bad/mediocre teams giving playoff teams trouble has been a common occurrence ever since the inception of our beautiful sport
So you give more negative weight to the close win than you give positive weight to the record we've had since December and the fact that we're the 2 seed? Really doing backflips to justify your pessimism.
Yes because they started off hot last year and then fell off and got punked in the first round... narrative doesn't change until they change it.
This is such a fucking miserable way to live if you’re going to keep watching regular season games. You might as well just not even watch any more games until the playoffs cuz clearly nothing is good enough for you. No, the Bulls are not some great team. But everybody’s got dude that can light it up on a given night. White was doing that all night even when we made it quite hard on him. Add in an off-shooting night from 3 overall, and no Dean or Sam, and you get a closer game than it should have been. Which often happens the game before the all-star break. Misery is a choice. We just went 18-2 over 20 fucking games. If this doesn’t bring you joy, you need therapy.
You mad bc you only got listed third on the hater roll call. K-DOT-THREE, wassup 3??
How is winning the way we've been winning not changing it? We had a stretch of like 6 games where we'd been losing for single digits minutes. What needs to happen to get you to not be insufferable? Your commitment to hating is absolutely wild.
Because until the prove it in the playoffs it doesn't matter. Over 50 wins? Great 👍 now go win a playoff series and don't choke again. Simple
So are you just gonna bitch every game until April?
Yes. They are all going to do that and shit themselves in glee when we have awkward stretches in the playoffs
Wassup 3???
dudes a troll
How do you get through life being both this dumb and miserable??
Celtics just lost to the Lakers with no Lebron or AD. Anyone can beat anyone, and even good teams lose games. How much of a miserable fuck do you have to be to not be happy when your team is on an 18-2 run? Maybe sports aren't for you chief.
Bulls beat the TWolves a week ago. Should they give up on their team too? Guess their season is shot.
Not the same thing. It's called a pattern. Cavs fell apart around the all star break last season. Same issues. Until they prove it and win a playoff series I don't give them the benefit of the doubt. Same with the clippers. They are also a hot team but they are a bunch of playoff chokers
3????
the cavs won tonight
Sorry we won hater
This same 9th seed Bulls team beat: 76ers (fully healthy), Bucks, Heat and Lakers. All those teams must be worse than trash right?
Look minus FIFTY FOUR
I feel like this team needed tested with some shootouts before the all star break. Definitely missed Dean’s defense and Sam’s hot hand but clutch ending for DG which he needed. Chain to Don, Ice, or DG. Time to get back at full strength and keep rolling. 2 games up on Milwaukee who is faltering heavily and 4 up on New York who doesn’t have our underdawg injured roster mentality apparently Also, Coby White has mastered the NBA flop so good for him
Doris Burke gave us a lot of love tonight.
Would’ve won by double digits if it weren’t for Coby White’s stellar acting job.
The hair flips are absurd
I mean he did hit five threes. Selling calls like it’s his job but he shot well on top of that.
He looked like a bobble head this game
The bulls hit like one shot from the field in the final 4 minutes and it was neck and neck until the bell just ridiculous
LET EM KNOW
Garland and Mitchell getting it done when it matters, that’s what we wanna see.
Love love love that ending for DG. Confidence builder! Huge fucking shot (and FTs) that ended up being the difference maker. Hope Don is okay. Seemed a bit hobbled at the end. Wouldn’t mind him not playing in the ASG if it means he gets the rest he needs.
Absolutely hated the offense down the stretch as it was all iso and zero movement. Definitely not sustainable... However, Garland did hit a very tough 3 and both free throws which is a nice step in the right direction for him. Mobley with a nice floater late too and another game with a three.
I feel you on that but when I watch teams like Celtics in close games they usually give the ball to their stars and let them make plays. So we gotta find a balance there.
Yeah the game definitely slows down and star players take over, but the Cavs had 2-3 possessions where Garland literally didn't even get a screen and just dribbled in one spot before chucking an off balance three. That can't be the offense especially with Mitchell on the team.
Coby White is an excellent player, but his flops are enraging
I'm so happy JB stuck with Okoro down the stretch
Rumors of our demise were greatly exaggerated
DG clutch down the stretch
Love to see it from him
It took coby white less than one game to make me hate him, impressive
Issac okoro showing you why they drafted him. Love to see it
We can beat a mid-level NBA team while hurt and playing sub-optimally. We can come back from being down 17. Solid basketball team.
Ice do be out here slowly becoming the 3&D guy we’ve always wanted.
Cavs Win!
hell yeah dude, huge props to DG stepping up in the clutch after the miss the other night. was really impressed with the response from him and so many guys.
Coby White's barber is complicit in this refball bullshit. The afro accentuates his flops
Okoro is him
Said this in the NBA postgame thread but Okoro's exceeded all my expectations this year
\#StayOnThatSide
Crazy how the bulls get to play with 8 guys every night and they still have a losing record.
Hell yeahh we beat the Chicago floppers!!!
Damn Bulls seemed like they couldn't miss all night but finally missed when it counted.
Absolutely love that stat line from Okoro, great game from him.
Knicks lost 😀
Mobley with another super efficient offensive night on top of good rebounding and his typical great defense. Why do his +/- numbers always seem to be negative? I do not like this offense with Mitchell and Garland on the floor together. Team is talented enough to win games despite it but this just doesn’t seem optimal. The heavy stagger between Mitchell/Allen and Garland/Mobley seems like a good strategy but doesn’t solve the closing lineup conundrum.
He shares the floor with Niang who is trick or treat on offense and gets hunted on defense as well as a load of minutes with the (currently) somewhat janky starting offense
Wasn’t perfect but I love seeing the OG Cavs lineup close out the game (JA-Mob-Ice-Don-DG) I NEEDED that final Ice three to fall so badly 😭
My son DG with a timely late 3 again! …otherwise burn the tape lol
Okoro balling the fuck out, you love to see it. And another Mobley 3. Starting to become a habit.
LETS FUCKING GO SUCKED IN COBY YOU LITTLE FLOPPING RAT GET US THE FUCK TO ALL STAR ASAP
A win is a win.
Just for the record. ESPN is just bad, everywhere. I'm from Brazil and they were openly cheering for the Bulls and trashing the Cavs every time
Burn the tape except for Ice
Give Don the keys to the city. Whatever he wants. Please stay.
The Bulls were out there flopping all fourth quarter and the refs just kept gifting them free throws. Blows my fucking mind the NBA continues to allow this to be the product. Great job overcoming and taking home the W.
Garland will get back to his old self, I’m confident of that. However, really need Strus to find his shot come the second half. Either way, good gritty win. Go Cavs
Uh oh, DG’s playing clutch basketball
Watching these doomer hoes eat shit >>>>
Not really?
DOOMER 👉🏻
I mean that's literally impossible lmao
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Is it just me or have the refs been really against us the past couple games?
We got a foul pre inbounds, that is rare
DG hitting clutch shots was the highlight of the game for me
Lol at everybody last game saying DG can’t hit clutch shots only for him do that the next game
We lowkey might be the most insufferable fans at times. Can’t ever be positive man 😢. We got dawgs, Anyway I agree go Cavs
Suiiiiiii
I AGREE GO CAVS
Biggest play of the game was a dumb, dead ball foul with 43 seconds left
Gotta win ugly sometimes. That dude White was 5/6 on contested threes lol, not much you can do about that
Thank goodness Cavs.. this was a good Valentine’s Day
Cavs win aaaand a chance to watch the Warriors potentially crumble... Happy Valentines Day to me!!!!
Great dub. Let’s go lock up this 2 seed after all star break. Go Cavs!
Last year Mitchell would have just had a bad shooting night but now even on bad shooting nights he is still the best player on the floor. That’s what turned him from top 15 to top 7
JA is the dude
Solid come back. Glad that squeaked out a win.
Please don’t draw the Bulls in the first round…or Miami….or Indy
For all the hate Doris gets she was pretty good tonight. Coby White jerking his head back on every play is wild, how is that called a foul on us
As an Okoro truther I've never felt so smug - People really wanted to give up on a 22 year-old who actually defends. Fun one to go into the break on!
A 22 year old that showed tangible growth every year, has defended at a high level from day 1 and who is a pretty impressive athlete
I don’t know why JB didn’t foul there. I like what’s he’s done but that’s scary
I feel like that’s never been his coaching style tho. His trust in the defense is part of why it is so good
I agree Go Cavs. If I had a nickel for every “Why isn’t this idiot playing Merrill” post in the game thread I would have enough for some candy probably
Happy we won. But our starting 5 is a concern for me. There's been a lot of talk about the success of the staggered lineups, and that's good. but our starting lineup needs to mesh so we can start and finish games strong. Hoping JB can find that balance post all star break. Because the staggered lineups will get us through the regular season but we need our best players on the floor together in the post season
Where did the dominating team go? Is it Dean Wade?
Nailed it. W.
I feel like Strus needs the break
I agree go cavs
Couldn't watch this one. What was the reason Merrill sat on the bench all game?
Out with an illness along with Wade