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Cavs v Hawks Saturday Game Tape; 2 more

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Cavs take the first 2 in Atlanta and now travel back home to defend homecourt and hopefully close out the series in four games. Lebron dropped 31, 9, & 11; Tristan Thompson grabbed 16 boards; Delly was solid with 11, 6, and 4; Shump added 16 points and hit four big 3 pointers; Mozzie had a quiet 10 points and 7 rebounds; and game 1 here JR Smith pitched in 9 points.

Quick one today, guys. It’s Memorial Day Weekend and that’s no time to be inside writing game recaps when there’s beers to be drank and KanJam to be played.

Let’s look at the game tape

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At this point I officially started to feel bad for Kent Bazemore

Uh. Wut?

JR Smith did this. It’s weird that this wasn’t a three pointer.

LeBron with the spin-a-rooney to Shump for the corner 3

LeBron to Shump behind the back again for 3. This is when things started to get fun.

The biggest travesty in the history of basketball occurred last night when Tristan Thompson was called for a foul

Don’t know what the hell LeBron was doing here at the end of the 3rd but I loved it

Bron! Savannah is watching!

Favorite play of the night: JR Smith diving on the ground and forcing a turnover when the Cavs were up 16

I want your tears, Atlanta. I want all of your tears

REMIX!!!!!

Couple quick thoughts:

– Tristan Thompson again led all players in minutes played with 41. Pay him pay him pay him.

– Each night it’s a different guy that steps up. Delly in game 6 in Chicago, JR in game 1 vs. ATL, and yesterday it was Shump in game 2.

– Playoff basketball is totally different that regular season basketball and Atlanta is finding that out their 60 wins in the regular season don’t mean shit.

– I think it’s pretty clear that the whole Cavs offense is structured around LeBron doing LeBron things, TT grabbing offensive boards like no other, and then having 1 or 2 other role players go off. It’s worked the past 3 games that’s for sure.

– LOVE the way the Cavs have been coming out of halftime this series. This is the complete opposite of the Chicago series.

– I wasn’t a fan of it at first but watching that game yesterday I’m pretty sure they don’t need Kyrie Irving to win 2 games out of the next 5. Give him and his knee some rest and let’s rock in the finals.

– This series is nothing like the first two. I know I’ve said it before but I just can’t bring myself to hate the Hawks. They’re too boring and don’t have any “bad guys” on their team. This is also very very good for the collective blood pressure of the people of Cleveland.

– Can someone put out an Amber Alert for Paul Millsap? He averaged almost 17 points and 8 rebounds in the regular season and he’s been a complete non factor in these 2 games thus far.

– This look right here is my favorite look.

That’s it for today, guys. Zac Brown concert tonight. Bout to drink a million beers. See you guys on Sunday for game 3 (I’m sitting right behind Atlanta’s bench)

Cavs in 4.

Bottlegate, Cavs

Bottlegate’s Cavaliers Drinking Game; Eastern Conference Finals Edition

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We’re back. As big a hit as our 2015 regular season drinking game was (it wasn’t really a hit, people probably died. Read my experience here) we thought what better way to watch these Eastern Conference Finals games than following along with a set of rules designed to get you blackout drunk.

You’ll find that a lot of the guidelines are similar with some changes here and there

THE RULES

1 Healthy Gulp

  • Kyrie Irving assist
  • Kyle Korver misses a 3
  • Any dunk by anyone not named LeBron (both teams)
  • For each Cavs player handshake you see. This includes pregame intros.
  • When you think to yourself how bad Al Horford’s shirt under his jersey looks
  • A telecast mentions Delly’s toughness or grit
  • A JR Smith stepback 3 pointer (make or miss)
  • Iman Shumpert gets a steal or rebound

 2 Gulps

  • LeBron James dunk
  • Every time you see someone on Twitter mention how dumb Dennis Schroder’s hair looks
  • JR Smith 3 pointer
  • Buzzer beater end of 1st or 3rd quarter
  • When Tristan Thompson grabs an offensive rebound and then throws down a dunk right after
  • The telecast shows a shot outside of the Q or anywhere in Cleveland
  • Cavs or Hawks build a 15 point lead
  • Reggie Miller or Chris Webber reference their playing days
  • Someone mentions JR Smith and Iman Shumpert’s time on the Knicks
  • TNT shows a graphic with all of the Cavaliers injuries throughout the playoffs
  • When Delly throws a “Delly-Oop”

5 Gulps

  • Each time you want to blow your brains out hearing Chris Webber and Reggie Miller talk (JK you’ll be dead by the end of the 1st quarter)
  • After James Jones nails a 3
  • Kendrick Perkins commits a foul
  • Buzzer beater before halftime/end of game (each team)
  • Anytime someone on the Cavs gets an “And 1″
  • Mike Miller is the first one off the bench to high five the players in the game when a timeout is taken
  • Cavs or Hawks build a 20 point lead
  • Mozgov drops a pass that hits him directly in the hands
  • The TNT telecast reference how the Hawks and Spurs are similar

Finish your drink

  • Coach Blatt gets a technical called on him
  • When LeBron does his whole thing where you think he’s dead and will never walk again then is fine 2 minutes later (O hi there Demarre Carroll)
  • Brendan Haywood & Kendrick Perkins are on the court at the same time
  • The game goes to overtime

Shotgun/Beer bong/Full beer chug

  • JR Smith crotch grab
  • Game winning shot (either team)
  • A Cavs player records a triple double
  • A Cavs players scores 50+ points

Finish a whole six pack and meet me at the I480 Bridge to jump 

  • David Blatt calls a timeout that he doesn’t have

Merry drinking, everybody

 

 

 

 

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Cavs v Hawks Thursday Game Tape; God bless JR Smith.

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Well then. That was fun. That’s something I really enjoyed. I could get used to that. Winning playoff games is pretty fun.

The Cavs shook off some first quarter rust, went to halftime tied, then took off in the second half and never looked back. LeBron had his normal ho hum 31, 8, & 6; Tristan and Mozgov each had a double-double; Kyrie the gimp added 10; and JR was on fucking fire hitting every single 3 pointer imaginable to the tune of 28 points and the Cavs won their first game 1 road playoff game in team history.

Let’s look at the game tape

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In pregame Mike Miller knew he probably wouldn’t play so he decided to shoot threes and not miss

Delly! Whoops!

LeBron stepped on a cameraman’s foot and there’s a good chance we never hear from that cameraman again

Something happened in the second half. That something was JR Smith.

Bad moment here with Demarre Carroll’s knee. Hopefully he comes back this series.

The Cavs built a big lead, LeBron dicked around in the 4th quarter, the Hawks got it close, and then LeBron did this

And Kyle Korver did what we all would have done in that situation

Couple quick thoughts:

– JR Smith. Damn you JR Smith.

Keep shooting you beautiful bastard! psst he was also shutting down Kyle Korver & Paul Millsap.

-Tristan Thompson played 42 minutes last night which was more than other player on either team. Tristan Thompson had the most minutes played in an Eastern Conference Finals game. Just let that sink in. This man is getting PAID this summer.

– The real MVP of the game was this beautiful haired and bright eyed hooligan

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– Delly really followed up all that good pub from game 6 in Chicago, huh? With Kyrie out, we’ll need him to play somewhere in the middle of last night’s game (0 points) and game 6 in Chicago (19 points)

– The loss of Demarre Carroll really really hurts the Hawks.

– Why was Paul Millsap checking LeBron at halfcourt? Bro, don’t try and be a superhero.

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– I’m not addressing whatever the fuck LeBron was doing in that stretch of the fourth quarter. I don’t know what it was but I don’t think he’ll be pulling that again.

– Man how nice was it actually watching basketball last night and not having to pray on Tuesday that the ping pong balls bounced our way?

– Let Dennis Schroder shoot elbow jumpers ALL GAME LONG.

– Our bench played alright and notched 28 points in the game. JR Smith came off the bench and scored 28 points. JR Smith was our only bench player to score.

– Jeff Teague is better than I thought. Clearly this is going to be the hardest match up the Cavs have to work through. With Kyrie hobbling + Teague’s speed, Coach Blatt is going to have to draw up a defense to limit Teague’s blow bys and drives to the hole.

– After 2 emotional and heated playoff series against 2 hated teams, I just can’t bring myself to hate the Hawks. There’s just nothing about them that gets my blood boiling. The good thing is that there’s at least 3 games left and this could all change.

– The Atlanta Hawks organist is the best thing about Atlanta.

– Geez. Clean it up, girl. (this is probably how I’ll be when I see Shaq Sunday night at Barley House)

– I’m not a Hammer hater like most of Cleveland but c’mon dude, you don’t have to play the negative character every second of the day. Sometimes it’s nice to sit back and enjoy great performances by your players.

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– You’d think Charles would know how to pronounce Dellavedova by now…. but NOPE!!

 – Almost put Kent Bazemore’s dunk in here. Nope. If it doesn’t make the Game Tape then it really didn’t happen.

– God bless JR Smith. God bless that man.

See you guys on Friday.

Cavs in 4.