GAME THREAD: Atlanta Hawks (0-2) @ Cleveland Cavaliers (0-2) - (October 21, 2018)

KillianDrake · 2018-10-22T12:23:26+00:00

How many times dud Lue say "throw the ball to LeBron, oh shit that's right... uh... I really don't know guys"

cc17776 · 2018-10-22T00:28:11+00:00

The Hawks helping Cleveland hold onto their pick

2018-10-22T00:26:03+00:00

gg hawks. I'm gonna go cry now.

Laui_2000 · 2018-10-22T00:25:56+00:00

What went wrong with the Cav's start to the regular season? I thought they were looking rather sharp during pre-season.

shish-kebab · 2018-10-22T00:24:24+00:00

i feel bad for the Kings fans. Ayton, Doncic and Trae young are already out there carrying their team. Not saying Bagley III ain't good, but in this rookie class he's definitely not the 2nd best.

_SotiroD_ · 2018-10-22T00:23:07+00:00

Man, that was one of those awful losses.

gg Hawks

antman2124 · 2018-10-22T00:21:03+00:00

oof. that graphic

Jordan_Pushed_Off · 2018-10-22T00:19:45+00:00

trae should try driving for his points

realwords · 2018-10-22T00:19:28+00:00

STEPH CURRY WHO????

heat5life · 2018-10-22T00:19:27+00:00

lol TT really jinxed his team

nittemcen · 2018-10-22T00:18:28+00:00

Taurean in Wesley Matthews mode

sevens777 · 2018-10-22T00:18:23+00:00

I've got no confidence against the nets, they're kinda ok so I'm worried.

Maydietoday · 2018-10-22T00:18:14+00:00

Alex Len heard me talkin shit. You’re welcome Hawks fans.

Mogster_74 · 2018-10-22T00:18:07+00:00

Curry got all ball, I don't know wtf that ref was watching.

KillianDrake · 2018-10-22T00:17:52+00:00

Man this kinda hurts to watch. The look on some of these dudes faces..like its setting in how much lebron actually did carry them and theres stil 79 games left

LakeErieMovement · 2018-10-22T00:16:56+00:00

So is the best bet in Vegas under for the Cavs 30.5 wins?

Decatur_Psalm · 2018-10-22T00:15:57+00:00

Ughh needed that 3

AccountSave · 2018-10-22T00:15:27+00:00

Throwback to when TT said they were the defending eastern conference champs and that teams had to go through them.

nittemcen · 2018-10-22T00:15:26+00:00

Finally the revenge for the G2 of 2016 playoffs lol

ThatsRich · 2018-10-22T00:14:35+00:00

Man the Cavs don't look so good. I guess not having that Lebron dude hurts them.

snappytomaustralia · 2018-10-22T00:14:09+00:00

19/41 dammmmn

Laserscope · 2018-10-22T00:14:01+00:00

Just what was Phoenix doing with Len? Something in the water?

All season he's been at least functional.

ColeTrickleVroom · 2018-10-22T00:14:00+00:00

Love just got punked.

Hope this season will be the last one where people think of Love as a legitimately good player.

He’s a good stats, bad team guy.

BradForS34 · 2018-10-22T00:13:52+00:00

KLove looks washed.

Len looks so dominant in the paint compared to him.

Jordan_Pushed_Off · 2018-10-22T00:13:50+00:00

wow, Len is playing pretty well too

Ger971 · 2018-10-22T00:13:00+00:00

Fucking trae young

Zelostar · 2018-10-22T00:12:59+00:00

Please basketball jesus, I need a 40 point double double in my life from Trae

evrenn · 2018-10-22T00:12:33+00:00

Atlanta Warriors

2018-10-22T00:12:22+00:00

looks like a 2k match with all these 3s

2018-10-22T00:12:20+00:00

At least Cedi is turning it around.

reddier5 · 2018-10-22T00:12:17+00:00

Atlanta Rockets

Maydietoday · 2018-10-22T00:11:57+00:00

I member people here being audacious enough to call Trae a “meme player”

LSobrado · 2018-10-22T00:10:01+00:00

This is just depressing.

BonerGoku · 2018-10-22T00:10:00+00:00

Press 5 if you never doubted Trae Young for a second.

iwontgiveup · 2018-10-22T00:09:13+00:00

Lol Tristan Thompson last month talking about how they the Eastern Conference champs 😂😂 this is perfect

Toshing · 2018-10-22T00:07:58+00:00

Bad sequence for Sexton ouch

AccountSave · 2018-10-22T00:07:56+00:00

Sexton is gonna hurt himself with the amount of bum rushing he’s doing.

Laserscope · 2018-10-22T00:07:50+00:00

Did I just see the chic who worked with GSW ? Is she now with the Hawks?

2018-10-22T00:07:45+00:00

This switching fucking killing us, we just don't have the players to do that.

BatCaveGaming · 2018-10-22T00:07:17+00:00

I really thought the cavs would be decent. The hawks wanna suck and they donkey fuckin em. SOOOOOOOOO damn.. That team just cant play defense cant blame IT wade or rose no mo lmao

LakeErieMovement · 2018-10-22T00:07:00+00:00

LOL @ the people who thought signing Kevin Love was going to cost us our draft pick

Decatur_Psalm · 2018-10-22T00:06:45+00:00

People literally saying Sexton was way better than Young lol.

OneEyedBobby9 · 2018-10-22T00:06:40+00:00

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sergechewbacca · 2018-10-22T00:06:40+00:00

What is Sexton doing?

Jacobdrichards4 · 2018-10-22T00:06:15+00:00

Trae Young is like Steph-lite without any of the worry about shot selection. Just doesn’t give a fuck if he feels hot. I love it.

WeberStateWildcat · 2018-10-22T00:06:13+00:00

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antoniolentez · 2018-10-22T00:05:48+00:00

What she won’t know won’t HUERTER. He’s getting major minutes I love it

SalBeats · 2018-10-22T00:05:32+00:00

Noooo more trae pls. I want 40 and 10!!

CLCUBING · 2018-10-22T00:05:24+00:00

Sexton needs to play more aggressively

2018-10-22T00:05:00+00:00

I’m happy now that smelly Lebron is gone and the Cavs are poo now

AzurewynD · 2018-10-22T00:04:51+00:00

Clarkson playing his heart out but you're really in trouble when all the shots taken on the other end are easy looks by comparison.

brainiac2025 · 2018-10-22T00:04:18+00:00

Sexton is non existent.

Jordan_Pushed_Off · 2018-10-22T00:04:06+00:00

Trae is a rim protector too

pridetime93 · 2018-10-22T00:03:34+00:00

Trae is the real deal. I never doubted

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2018-10-22T00:03:16+00:00

I was told trae young was going to be a huge bust, I would like that version please

snappytomaustralia · 2018-10-22T00:02:56+00:00

Quavo was right

2018-10-22T00:02:51+00:00

time to watch a lot more hawks games, traes passing is so great too, and the hawks are hustling hard

2018-10-22T00:02:51+00:00

wow it’s almost like trae young is a good basketball player and he was projected high for a reason

_SotiroD_ · 2018-10-22T00:02:38+00:00

How can you betray your team like that, rim?

Jdale321 · 2018-10-22T00:02:23+00:00

I know Trae's 35 is insane but his passing is the crispiest part of his game tonight. He is threading the needle like no other.

lardbiscuits · 2018-10-22T00:02:07+00:00

Imagine trading out of a spot where you could have taken Trae Young

CLCUBING · 2018-10-22T00:01:40+00:00

Trae was always this good, he just struggled with good shot selection. Hes still very raw and a little bit of a project but this is a glimpse of what he can become.

Imsortofabigdeal · 2018-10-22T00:01:34+00:00

Is this the Trae Young breakout game?

scadams23 · 2018-10-22T00:01:31+00:00

Don't Huerter Kev, don't Huerter!!

2018-10-22T00:01:24+00:00

Trae Young

Psychaz · 2018-10-22T00:01:09+00:00

how unlucky can you get Clarkson

Decatur_Psalm · 2018-10-22T00:01:07+00:00

Lol yall see they put like 2 or 3 people on Trae so he easily found Huerter.

sergechewbacca · 2018-10-22T00:01:06+00:00

Damn Trae is really really good.

OneEyedBobby9 · 2018-10-22T00:00:57+00:00

Young>>>>Sexton

17461863372823734930 · 2018-10-22T00:00:42+00:00

Trae gonna lead the NBA in heat check airballs and I mean that in a good way.

_SotiroD_ · 2018-10-22T00:00:09+00:00

Trae is going so fucking well on those 3s, man.

2018-10-21T23:59:45+00:00

Young is single handily beating the entire team.

17461863372823734930 · 2018-10-21T23:59:39+00:00

40? 50?

BradForS34 · 2018-10-21T23:58:17+00:00

'member when we were saying that last year draft was one of the better ones in years.

well, this year looks bomb af.

Ayton, Doncic, Young.

Had great goddamn games.

brainiac2025 · 2018-10-21T23:57:21+00:00

It doesn't feel like a 6 point game.

rps215 · 2018-10-21T23:57:08+00:00

That Hawks fastbreak segment was just a giant "trae is better than Luka" segment

2018-10-21T23:56:44+00:00

James Harden brother on the drums.

meming_and_dreaming · 2018-10-21T23:56:03+00:00

trae looking like the best one on the court

ThatsRich · 2018-10-21T23:55:55+00:00

Take my energy Cavs bros. Plz pull it out

BradForS34 · 2018-10-21T23:55:38+00:00

what a fucking slam by Omari.

Maydietoday · 2018-10-21T23:55:32+00:00

Early but feeling very vindicated rn

Jordan_Pushed_Off · 2018-10-21T23:54:52+00:00

Holy fuck, what an absurd pass

2018-10-21T23:54:51+00:00

Trae is Stephing us. You would think we would know how to defend against his style of play. But nah....

OneEyedBobby9 · 2018-10-21T23:54:47+00:00

I didn’t know Cedi was such a shit Ball handler

heathbadger · 2018-10-21T23:54:42+00:00

fucking insane pass!

rps215 · 2018-10-21T23:54:35+00:00

How the fuck does Young find these bigs so easily... amazing what happens when he has competent teammates

heathbadger · 2018-10-21T23:53:51+00:00

holy fuck he's got 30 and 7 in 3 qtrs??

Jordan_Pushed_Off · 2018-10-21T23:53:43+00:00

the difference between lin and trae is pretty astounding

OneEyedBobby9 · 2018-10-21T23:53:18+00:00

Clarkson got a lot ugly new tattoos this offseason

2018-10-21T23:53:15+00:00

I was so sure we had the pieces to get to the playoffs, I really just don't see it now. Yeah this is a bad game but its the hawks, no disrespect its just you guys are rebuilding right now. FeelsBadMan

Jordan_Pushed_Off · 2018-10-21T23:53:00+00:00

Trae needs to come back in

2018-10-21T23:51:32+00:00

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tapk69 · 2018-10-21T23:51:00+00:00

We are bad. Very bad.

ckareddit · 2018-10-21T23:50:52+00:00

r/nba gonna be in shambles if Trae ends up better than Doncic

CLCUBING · 2018-10-21T23:50:01+00:00

Cavs need more defensive effort. The Hawks are just getting way too many Offensive Rebounds.

I still believe this team can sneak into the playoffs, but they need to try harder.

jwn0323 · 2018-10-21T23:49:22+00:00

Honestly thought Trae will be a bust, happy to see him be this good this early.

PhredXor · 2018-10-21T23:47:14+00:00

Nice to see Rodney starting to go off.

ShrekIsNotDrek · 2018-10-21T23:46:41+00:00

When did Rodney Hood become Kobe wtf

CLCUBING · 2018-10-21T23:46:28+00:00

This isn't Cavs vs Hawks rn, its Hood vs Young

teh_centurion · 2018-10-21T23:45:45+00:00

lol someone needs to clip Rodney Hood screaming "Fuck!"

nittemcen · 2018-10-21T23:45:12+00:00

I am very happy with the competitive game but come on we have to lose this.

_SotiroD_ · 2018-10-21T23:44:50+00:00

Is Hood 5/5 after being 0/5 on the first half?

wazup564 · 2018-10-21T23:44:44+00:00

Trae is such a baller

2018-10-21T23:44:09+00:00

Curry's having a great game for Atlanta, but he's not fooling anyone with that fake mustache and terrible wig.

sergechewbacca · 2018-10-21T23:43:53+00:00

Holy shit Trae. Didn't expect him to be this good this early.

TheAlmightyLoaf · 2018-10-21T23:43:48+00:00

I miss Olivia Harlan. :(

2018-10-21T23:43:44+00:00

SAVE US RODNEY

TheMexiMingler · 2018-10-21T23:43:38+00:00

Mavs fans salty rn

Jordan_Pushed_Off · 2018-10-21T23:43:27+00:00

He rly can’t miss huh

soedmaelk · 2018-10-21T23:43:26+00:00

They're running a Trae on Cleveland

Toshing · 2018-10-21T23:43:24+00:00

Wow what a shot

SalBeats · 2018-10-21T23:43:21+00:00

Dude. This kid is fucking special

nittemcen · 2018-10-21T23:43:00+00:00

Trae casually scoring 30.

CLCUBING · 2018-10-21T23:40:16+00:00

I don't get why people hate on Ty Lue so much. The Cavs before and after his timeout were night and day IMO

Toshing · 2018-10-21T23:39:29+00:00

Trae playing the floor really well this game.

realwords · 2018-10-21T23:39:27+00:00

Does Kevin Love have a streak of grey?

Eddie1378 · 2018-10-21T23:38:59+00:00

Rodney's jumpshot is so pretty

2018-10-21T23:38:40+00:00

Tristan I fucking swear, I'll trade you for a box of chicken wings myself.

rps215 · 2018-10-21T23:38:35+00:00

Is there a worst interior defensive team than Cleveland?

CLE998 · 2018-10-21T23:38:33+00:00

Our defense is such garbage. Not sure how much of it is coaching/scheme and how much of it is player ability and effort.

CLCUBING · 2018-10-21T23:38:16+00:00

Just give the ball to hood every play hes playing so well

SalBeats · 2018-10-21T23:37:39+00:00

Jesus Christ traes passing is amazing

WEST			EAST
TEAM	W/L	GB	TEAM	W/L	GB
1	53-29	—	1	58-24	—
2	51-31	2.0	2	57-25	1.0
3	48-34	5.0	3	54-28	4.0
4	45-37	8.0	4	51-31	7.0
5	44-38	9.0	5	47-35	11.0
6	44-38	9.0	6	45-37	13.0
7	43-39	10.0	7	44-38	14.0
8	42-40	11.0	8	41-41	17.0
9	42-40	11.0	9	41-41	17.0
10	40-42	13.0	10	40-42	18.0
	38-44	15.0		35-47	23.0
	37-45	16.0		35-47	23.0
	33-49	20.0		34-48	24.0
	22-60	31.0		27-55	31.0
	22-60	31.0		17-65	41.0


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