NBA Playoffs! Round 2, Game 3: Toronto Raptors 103 - Cleveland Cavaliers 105 (CLE 3-0)

[MixxAOR]

Pascal-OG-CJ-Derozan-Lowry is a line up they should try at some point in a game

[tDotted]

Automatic firing if that happens. Do it during the game I don't care. First one who should be even considered benching is Ibaka. Everyone else should be a staple in the starting lineup. Key word "Should".

Of course, but I'm just being realistic. This is Casey we're talking about

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[The Great One]

Who guards Kevin Love though? Maybe play pascal 40 minutes but last game he had 3 fouls in under 10 minutes.

Put JV on Love. Siakam on LeBron.

[JimiCliff]

Months ago, it was pretty clear to me that our best lineup against Lebron would be KL/DD/CJ/OG/Ibaka (not applicable now), or KL/DD/CJ/OG/PS (applicable). (And the elephant in the room is that the best lineup now may actually be KL/Delon/CJ/OG/PS). Have either of these last two lineups seen the floor together at all this season, for even a minute? Malpractice on the part of the coaching staff, I tell ya.

[white men can't jump]

Months ago, it was pretty clear to me that our best lineup against Lebron would be KL/DD/CJ/OG/Ibaka (not applicable now), or KL/DD/CJ/OG/PS (applicable). (And the elephant in the room is that the best lineup now may actually KL/Delon/CJ/OG/PS). Have either of these last two lineups seen the floor together at all this season, for even a minute? Malpractice on the part of the coaching staff, I tell ya.

I don't know. Has anyone done better on Love than JV?

When we go smaller, they eat us alive inside and on the glass. This is the problem with going small because of an overly fearful approach to shooters. If you go small, and the other team still has two guys (LeBron and Love) who are stronger than anyone you have on the court, what do you actually gain? They stop taking 35% 3s and start taking 65%(or higher) 2s.

Last game most of the scoring Love got on JV was JV sticking to him too much on the perimeter (probably the game plan) to make sure he couldn't get shots, and they ran plays to get Love cutting for layups. Love hasn't been very successful from 3 or in the post with JV on him. Apart from JV, only Ibaka and maybe Poeltl have enough strength/size to handle him in the post. He's not going to destroy you there unless you put someone too small/weak on him, which is literally something Casey has intentionally done in both games, and in both games coincided with Cleveland gaining momentum.

JV-Love hasn't been a matchup problem. Everything else about how we're handling Love and their role players has been a problem.

[JimiCliff]

I don't know. Has anyone done better on Love than JV?

When we go smaller, they eat us alive inside and on the glass. This is the problem with going small because of an overly fearful approach to shooters. If you go small, and the other team still has two guys (LeBron and Love) who are stronger than anyone you have on the court, what do you actually gain? They stop taking 35% 3s and start taking 65%(or higher) 2s.

Last game most of the scoring Love got on JV was JV sticking to him too much on the perimeter (probably the game plan) to make sure he couldn't get shots, and they ran plays to get Love cutting for layups. Love hasn't been very successful from 3 or in the post with JV on him. Apart from JV, only Ibaka and maybe Poeltl have enough strength/size to handle him in the post. He's not going to destroy you there unless you put someone too small/weak on him, which is literally something Casey has intentionally done in both games, and in both games coincided with Cleveland gaining momentum.

JV-Love hasn't been a matchup problem. Everything else about how we're handling Love and their role players has been a problem.

Sure, this is all possible. Maybe the best lineup is KL/DD(or Delon, or CJ)/OG/PS/JV. None of those three potential lineups saw any time together this year. Literally zero minutes. It's classic Casey - there's a pretty obvious avenue for you to explore with your rotations, and you completely ignore it.

[white men can't jump]

Sure, this is all possible. Maybe the best lineup is KL/DD(or Delon, or CJ)/OG/PS/JV. None of those three potential lineups saw any time together this year. Literally zero minutes. It's classic Casey - there's a pretty obvious avenue for you to explore with your rotations, and you completely ignore it.

I get what you're saying. Specifically, OG-Pascal have shared very limited time, which is funny since they are easily are most versatile defenders and Casey is, again, supposedly a defensive specialist. Casey usually elects for an extra guard/wing instead. I guess he prefers shooting/ballhandling to D.

[Just Is]

We blow these guys out today and take the next 2 in a row.

I dreamt it and why would a dream lie to me?

[Just Is]

If Casey moves JV out of the starting line up; I might be straight up done.

[Zainab]

Nope, that makes perfect sense ... realgm is trash.

lmaooo so much hate

[Zainab]

This the best slander I've seen the Raptors get all series lmaoooooooo pic.twitter.com/0mImvDBEmI

— Sexton Hardcastle (@HennyOmega) May 5, 2018

[Zainab]

LETS GOOOOOO!!!!

It’s first to 4, not 2. Let’s prove em wrong tonight, @Raptors. #WeTheNorth pic.twitter.com/nzwLTl78pI

— Norm Kelly (@norm) May 5, 2018

[Zainab]

LEGGOOOOOOOOOO POSITIVE POSTS

Reminder that the Cavs won by 44 in Boston last year to go up 2-0 and then lost game 3 at home.

Also a reminder that the Cavs went up 2-0 on the Raptors in 2016 before the Raptors won two straight to tie up the series.

Maybe we should slow down a bit.

— Kanye West (@TheClosinOne) May 5, 2018

[psrs1]

Game 3

And 4

[Joey]

lmaooo so much hate

So much truth.