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Cavs Rewind + The Week Ahead; Surging at the All Star Break

February 10, 2015 Mike Leave a comment

Cavs Rewind + the Week Ahead

By: Will

Basketball life is good in the ‘Land right now. The 12 game winning streak had me seat dancing like Taylor Swift at an awards show. 13-1 since January 15th and a ½ game out of the 3-seed in the East. The Cavs 12 game win streak was snapped Friday night in Indianapolis against the Pacers but we bounced right back to thump the Lakers 120-105 on Sunday. Let’s rewind:

Last Saturday, Kevin Love returned to Minnesota for the first time and although the game was close until the early 4th quarter LeBron took over late and outdueled Andrew Wiggins for the win. LeBron had 36 and Love put up 14 points and 17 rebounds. Wiggins paced the Twolves with a career high 33. CAVS 106, Timberwolves 90

On Monday Philly brought their D-league team to the Q and while the score says we won by 10,3 the game was a lot tougher than it needed to be. We definitely played down to the level of competition we were facing and it almost cost us. After being up 19 in the third, the Sixers cut the lead to 80-77 in the fourth. But we have All-stars and Philly doesn’t. Kyrie rattled off 6 straight points and Delly hit a 3 to put the game away. Kyrie finished with 24. LeBron had 18 and 11 assists. Cavs 97, Sixers 84

After a couple days of rest the Cavs took on the Clippers at the Q. We got off to a hot start and did not look back the entire game. Saying the Clippers got frustrated is an understatement as they got T’d up 5 times with Matt Barnes being ejected after his second. After the game Chris Paul called out a female ref and got fined 25k for it.

Kevin Love bounced back from an awful game against Philly to lead the team with 24 points and 9 rebounds. Guys, about the girl ref though….would you? I think I might. Like, just to do it but it’s not a “no” for me. Cavs 105, Clippers 94.

So the Cavs played like shit and won against bad Minnesota and Philly teams. They got way up for the Clippers game and blew out a good team. Then came the Pacers Friday night. It was the second night of a back to back, the Cavs had to travel after the Clippers game. Indiana has a bad record. All these things came together in the wrong way and the Cavs came out expecting to win without any effort like they did with Minny and Philly. They let Indiana hang around and then George Hill and CJ Miles got hot in the 4th quarter and it cost us the game and the win streak. Kevin Love had 5 points for the 2nd time in three games which is a little worrisome for me. Pacers 103, Cavs 99.

Thank god for the Lakers though. The Cavs ended that ugly 8 game losing streak against the Lakers in LA last month and we got them again coming off the loss to the Pacers. Just what the doctor ordered. Kevin Love looked like Kevin Love going for 32 and 10 (on 7/8 3pt shooting), Kyrie got a big double-double with 28 points and 10 assists and LeBron was two assists shy of a triple-double with 22-10-8. Games like this make me appreciate how good this team can be when they’re on. As Kanye would say, “respect the artistry.” Cavs 120, Lakers 105.

The Week Ahead

The Cavs only play twice this week before 8 days off for the All-Star break. Wednesday night we get Miami in the Q. I’m actually excited for this game and is has nothing to do with D-Wade, LeBron, Bosh, or Love. I LOVE Hassan Whiteside. I hope he goes for 25 and 25 with 10 blocks…. But the Cavs still win by 30. How can you not embrace that kid’s story. He played at Marshall (MACtion, baby!), didn’t get drafted, played overseas for years working on his game, didn’t make a team out of training camp this year and all of a sudden got his shot with Miami and is absolutely crushing it. Plus Miami is terrible this year so I don’t feel bad at all liking one of their players that isn’t Wade or Bosh. This game is nationally televised on ESPN.

After Miami, we go to Chicago for another primetime game on TNT. The Bulls are a mess lately so this doesn’t really worry me that much. I’m looking forward to a nice 34-21 record heading into All-Star weekend.

Editor’s note: Will is now an Uber driver in Cleveland on the weekends since Bottlegate.com isn’t exactly paying the bills yet. If you see a 6’7 driver pull up in a black Honda don’t be afraid to talk some Cavs with him.

Cleveland

A horse escaped from Northfield Park and galloped down the street like a god damn maniac

February 10, 2015 Mike Leave a comment

From Cleveland.com

NORTHFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio — Police agencies from two cities wrangled a loose horse from city streets in Northfield Village and Macedonia on Sunday.

The horse was seen running down Northfield Road (Ohio 8) around 3 p.m. Sunday with police in tow, after escaping from Northfield Park during a training session. The video was captured on camera by Carl Nemec and sent to Fox 8 News.

Look at Seabiscuit go! If I’m at Northfield Park this week I’m putting my whole weekly paycheck on this horse right here. Just no regard for race track rules and marches to the beat of his own drum. Sign this motherfucker up for the Kentucky Derby STAT. Runs so damn fast he breaks out of his shackles and gallops down the mean streets of Northfield and into Macedonia. Probably on his way to grab a beer or two at the Winking Lizard on Route 82.

PS- Kinda sucks that this horse will probably be turned into glue for misbehaving

PPS- This is exactly how I imagine Kyle Shanahan looked when he left the Browns

PPPS- This happened about 2 minutes away from Bottlegate HQ (aka my house) and I’m devastated I wasn’t there to see it

Buckeyes

If you missed it this weekend, here’s a full recap of the OSU-Michigan Twitter war

February 9, 2015 Mike Leave a comment

While you were relaxing and probably nursing a hangover Saturday afternoon you may have missed the most entertaining “match” Ohio State and Michigan have had in years… and it happened on social media. Because nothing says “rivalry” like a good old fashioned Twitter beef. That’s the way Bo and Woody would’ve wanted it.

It all started when Jim Harbaugh and his khakis sent out this “Thought of the day”

Hm, weird. I never took Coach Jim as a “Thought of the day” kinda guy… but I digress. This was a direct shot at Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes and how they handled the Mike Weber/Stan Drayton recruiting situations. I’m not explaining it here but if you’re unfamiliar with what happened read this. This is Harbaugh just proving he’s got the mindset of a 15 year old girl by subtweeting Urban and the Bucks.

Interesting tactics by Jimmy here when Urban and the Bucks are the ones holding the CFB trophy while Michigan can’t even make the GoDaddy.com Bowl.

The tweet by Harbaugh piqued the interest of Mark Pantoni who is the Buckeye Director of Player Personnel. He sent this tweet out and it was a little less cryptic than Harbaugh’s.

“Oh hey Jim, you wanna send out whiny preteen girl subtweets? Oh well that’s cool my thought of the day is this cover of Sports Illustrated where we just rolled over Oregon to win the National Championship. How’s your 60th ranked recruiting class doing?”

Former Offensive Coordinator Tom Herman just couldn’t help himself either. He needed to take one last parting shot at Michigan and Jim Harbaugh and he completely ETHERED them. A lot of people have been dying on Twitter lately but this was a decapitiation unlike any these eyes have seen. He dropped the guillotine on Harbaugh and then dropped the mic. I really don’t know how Harbaugh will be able to show his face in public after that one. Fatality.

This renewed Ohio State-Michigan rivalry is already off to a great start. Michigan wins coaching searches, Ohio State wins National Championships. If you’re keeping score at home- Ohio State owns Michigan on the football field, the basketball court, the recruiting rankings, and now on the mean streets of social media.